Modernize legacy backquotes in comments.

Was: ``blah''
Now: `blah`

5 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Flags.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Flags.scala
index 06f6c46fc3..1987f34474 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Flags.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Flags.scala
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ class Flags extends ModifierFlags {
   final val VBRIDGE       = 1L << 42      // symbol is a varargs bridge
 
   final val VARARGS       = 1L << 43      // symbol is a Java-style varargs method
-  final val TRIEDCOOKING  = 1L << 44      // ``Cooking'' has been tried on this symbol
-                                          // A Java method's type is ``cooked'' by transforming raw types to existentials
+  final val TRIEDCOOKING  = 1L << 44      // `Cooking` has been tried on this symbol
+                                          // A Java method's type is `cooked` by transforming raw types to existentials
 
   final val SYNCHRONIZED  = 1L << 45      // symbol is a method which should be marked ACC_SYNCHRONIZED
 
diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/util/StripMarginInterpolator.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/util/StripMarginInterpolator.scala
index e7579229b2..9259c5abf1 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/util/StripMarginInterpolator.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/util/StripMarginInterpolator.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ trait StripMarginInterpolator {
   def stringContext: StringContext
 
   /**
-   * A safe combination of `[[scala.collection.immutable.StringLike#stripMargin]]
+   * A safe combination of [[scala.collection.immutable.StringLike#stripMargin]]
    * and [[scala.StringContext#raw]].
    *
    * The margin of each line is defined by whitespace leading up to a '|' character.
diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Enclosures.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Enclosures.scala
index 723b94016d..fd91333dae 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Enclosures.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Enclosures.scala
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ trait Enclosures {
    *  Can be useful for interoperating with other macros and for imposing compiler-friendly limits on macro expansion.
    *
    *  Is also priceless for emitting sane error messages for macros that are called by other macros on synthetic (i.e. position-less) trees.
-   *  In that dire case navigate the ``enclosingMacros'' stack, and it will most likely contain at least one macro with a position-ful macro application.
-   *  See ``enclosingPosition'' for a default implementation of this logic.
+   *  In that dire case navigate the `enclosingMacros` stack, and it will most likely contain at least one macro with a position-ful macro application.
+   *  See `enclosingPosition` for a default implementation of this logic.
    *
    *  Unlike `openMacros`, this is a val, which means that it gets initialized when the context is created
    *  and always stays the same regardless of whatever happens during macro expansion.
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ trait Enclosures {
   def enclosingImplicits: List[(Type, Tree)]
 
   /** Tries to guess a position for the enclosing application.
-   *  But that is simple, right? Just dereference ``pos'' of ``macroApplication''? Not really.
+   *  But that is simple, right? Just dereference `pos` of `macroApplication`? Not really.
    *  If we're in a synthetic macro expansion (no positions), we must do our best to infer the position of something that triggerd this expansion.
-   *  Surprisingly, quite often we can do this by navigation the ``enclosingMacros'' stack.
+   *  Surprisingly, quite often we can do this by navigation the `enclosingMacros` stack.
    */
   def enclosingPosition: Position
 
diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Reifiers.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Reifiers.scala
index fa27295f4e..1eae3e3fce 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Reifiers.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Reifiers.scala
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ trait Reifiers {
   self: Context =>
 
   /** Given a tree, generate a tree that when compiled and executed produces the original tree.
-   *  For more information and examples see the documentation for ``Universe.reify''.
+   *  For more information and examples see the documentation for `Universe.reify`.
    *
-   *  The produced tree will be bound to the specified ``universe'' and ``mirror''.
-   *  Possible values for ``universe'' include ``universe.treeBuild.mkRuntimeUniverseRef''.
-   *  Possible values for ``mirror'' include ``EmptyTree'' (in that case the reifier will automatically pick an appropriate mirror).
+   *  The produced tree will be bound to the specified `universe` and `mirror`.
+   *  Possible values for `universe` include `universe.treeBuild.mkRuntimeUniverseRef`.
+   *  Possible values for `mirror` include `EmptyTree` (in that case the reifier will automatically pick an appropriate mirror).
    *
-   *  This function is deeply connected to ``Universe.reify'', a macro that reifies arbitrary expressions into runtime trees.
-   *  They do very similar things (``Universe.reify'' calls ``Context.reifyTree'' to implement itself), but they operate on different metalevels (see below).
+   *  This function is deeply connected to `Universe.reify`, a macro that reifies arbitrary expressions into runtime trees.
+   *  They do very similar things (`Universe.reify` calls `Context.reifyTree` to implement itself), but they operate on different metalevels (see below).
    *
-   *  Let's study the differences between ``Context.reifyTree'' and ``Universe.reify'' on an example of using them inside a ``fooMacro'' macro:
+   *  Let's study the differences between `Context.reifyTree` and `Universe.reify` on an example of using them inside a `fooMacro` macro:
    *
    *    * Since reify itself is a macro, it will be executed when fooMacro is being compiled (metalevel -1)
    *      and will produce a tree that when evaluated during macro expansion of fooMacro (metalevel 0) will recreate the input tree.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ trait Reifiers {
    *    * The result of compiling and running the result of reify will be bound to the Universe that called reify.
    *      This is possible because it's a macro, so it can generate whatever code it wishes.
    *
-   *    * The result of compiling and running the result of reifyTree will be the ``prefix'' that needs to be passed explicitly.
+   *    * The result of compiling and running the result of reifyTree will be the `prefix` that needs to be passed explicitly.
    *      This happens because the Universe of the evaluated result is from a different metalevel than the Context the called reify.
    *
    *  Typical usage of this function is to retain some of the trees received/created by a macro
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ trait Reifiers {
   def reifyTree(universe: Tree, mirror: Tree, tree: Tree): Tree
 
   /** Given a type, generate a tree that when compiled and executed produces the original type.
-   *  The produced tree will be bound to the specified ``universe'' and ``mirror''.
-   *  For more information and examples see the documentation for ``Context.reifyTree'' and ``Universe.reify''.
+   *  The produced tree will be bound to the specified `universe` and `mirror`.
+   *  For more information and examples see the documentation for `Context.reifyTree` and `Universe.reify`.
    */
   def reifyType(universe: Tree, mirror: Tree, tpe: Type, concrete: Boolean = false): Tree
 
   /** Given a type, generate a tree that when compiled and executed produces the runtime class of the original type.
-   *  If ``concrete'' is true, then this function will bail on types, who refer to abstract types (like `ClassTag` does).
+   *  If `concrete` is true, then this function will bail on types, who refer to abstract types (like `ClassTag` does).
    */
   def reifyRuntimeClass(tpe: Type, concrete: Boolean = true): Tree
 
diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/TreeBuilder.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/TreeBuilder.scala
index bdd5dc8a96..19230010e6 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/TreeBuilder.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/TreeBuilder.scala
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ abstract class TreeBuilder {
 
   def mkNullaryCall(method: Symbol, targs: List[Type]): Tree
 
-  /** A tree that refers to the runtime reflexive universe, ``scala.reflect.runtime.universe''. */
+  /** A tree that refers to the runtime reflexive universe, `scala.reflect.runtime.universe`. */
   def mkRuntimeUniverseRef: Tree
 }