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JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT: fixup typos and punctuation 

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Vito Caputo 2020-11-17 13:23:00 -08:00 committed by Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ _packed_ struct HashTableObject {
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The structure of both DATA_HASH_TABLE and FIELD_HASH_TABLE objects are
identical. They implement a simple hash table, which each cell containing
identical. They implement a simple hash table, with each cell containing
offsets to the head and tail of the singly linked list of the DATA and FIELD
objects, respectively. DATA's and FIELD's next_hash_offset field are used to
chain up the objects. Empty cells have both offsets set to 0.
@ -651,15 +651,15 @@ look up the FIELD object and follow the chain of links to all DATA it includes.
### Writing
When an entry is appended to the journal for each of its data fields the data
hash table should be checked. If the data field does not yet exist in the file
it should be appended and added to the data hash table. When a field data
object is added the field hash table should be checked for the field name of
When an entry is appended to the journal, for each of its data fields the data
hash table should be checked. If the data field does not yet exist in the file,
it should be appended and added to the data hash table. When a data field's data
object is added, the field hash table should be checked for the field name of
the data field, and a field object be added if necessary. After all data fields
(and recursively all field names) of the new entry are appended and linked up
in the hashtables the entry object should be appended and linked up too.
in the hashtables, the entry object should be appended and linked up too.
In regular intervals a tag object should be written if sealing is enabled (see
At regular intervals a tag object should be written if sealing is enabled (see
above). Before the file is closed a tag should be written too, to seal it off.
Before writing an object, time and disk space limits should be checked and