Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/2.11.x' into 2.12.x

only trivial merge conflicts here.

not dealing with PR #4333 in this merge because there is a substantial
conflict there -- so that's why I stopped at
63daba33ae99471175e9d7b20792324615f5999b for now

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Macros.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Macros.scala
index 99dd81c7e2..3ed128cbc5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Macros.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Macros.scala
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ trait Macros extends MacroRuntimes with Traces with Helpers {
 
   def globalSettings = global.settings
 
+  /** Obtains a `ClassLoader` instance used for macro expansion.
+   *
+   *  By default a new `ScalaClassLoader` is created using the classpath
+   *  from global and the classloader of self as parent.
+   *
+   *  Mirrors with runtime definitions (e.g. Repl) need to adjust this method.
+   */
   protected def findMacroClassLoader(): ClassLoader = {
     val classpath = global.classPath.asURLs
     macroLogVerbose("macro classloader: initializing from -cp: %s".format(classpath))
@@ -658,7 +665,7 @@ trait Macros extends MacroRuntimes with Traces with Helpers {
       //
       // Situation #2 requires measures to be taken. If we're in it, then noone's going to help us infer
       // the undetermined type params. Therefore we need to do something ourselves or otherwise this
-      // expandee will forever remaing not expanded (see SI-5692). A traditional way out of this conundrum
+      // expandee will forever remain not expanded (see SI-5692). A traditional way out of this conundrum
       // is to call `instantiate` and let the inferencer try to find the way out. It works for simple cases,
       // but sometimes, if the inferencer lacks information, it will be forced to approximate.
       //