diff --git a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_SparseSet.h b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_SparseSet.h
index b0019523ef..86366fce5b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_SparseSet.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_SparseSet.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     ranges of values. It's quite a specialised class, mostly useful for things
     like keeping the set of selected rows in a listbox.
 
-    The type used as a template paramter must be an integer type, such as int, short,
+    The type used as a template parameter must be an integer type, such as int, short,
     int64, etc.
 */
 template <class Type>
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp
index 9ae4ee0132..806b1a758e 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp
@@ -489,6 +489,11 @@ bool var::equalsWithSameType (const var& other) const noexcept
     return type == other.type && equals (other);
 }
 
+bool var::hasSameTypeAs (const var& other) const noexcept
+{
+    return type == other.type;
+}
+
 bool operator== (const var& v1, const var& v2) noexcept     { return v1.equals (v2); }
 bool operator!= (const var& v1, const var& v2) noexcept     { return ! v1.equals (v2); }
 bool operator== (const var& v1, const String& v2)           { return v1.toString() == v2; }
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h
index 2651c95064..9ad94c37a4 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ public:
     */
     bool equalsWithSameType (const var& other) const noexcept;
 
+    /** Returns true if this var has the same type as the one supplied. */
+    bool hasSameTypeAs (const var& other) const noexcept;
+
     //==============================================================================
     /** If the var is an array, this returns the number of elements.
         If the var isn't actually an array, this will return 0.
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.cpp b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.cpp
index 784bc5ff05..ba37420fc3 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ int BigInteger::toInteger() const noexcept
     return negative ? -n : n;
 }
 
+int64 BigInteger::toInt64() const noexcept
+{
+    const int64 n = (((int64) (values[1] & 0x7fffffff)) << 32) | values[0];
+    return negative ? -n : n;
+}
+
 BigInteger BigInteger::getBitRange (int startBit, int numBits) const
 {
     BigInteger r;
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.h b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.h
index cca7b9b078..c212cfd399 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_BigInteger.h
@@ -94,11 +94,16 @@ public:
     /** Returns true if the value is 1. */
     bool isOne() const noexcept;
 
-    /** Attempts to get the lowest bits of the value as an integer.
+    /** Attempts to get the lowest 32 bits of the value as an integer.
         If the value is bigger than the integer limits, this will return only the lower bits.
     */
     int toInteger() const noexcept;
 
+    /** Attempts to get the lowest 64 bits of the value as an integer.
+        If the value is bigger than the integer limits, this will return only the lower bits.
+    */
+    int64 toInt64() const noexcept;
+
     //==============================================================================
     /** Resets the value to 0. */
     void clear();
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp
index a055750cc8..a196256834 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ int Random::nextInt (const int maxValue) noexcept
     return (int) ((((unsigned int) nextInt()) * (uint64) maxValue) >> 32);
 }
 
+int Random::nextInt (Range<int> range) noexcept
+{
+    return range.getStart() + nextInt (range.getLength());
+}
+
 int64 Random::nextInt64() noexcept
 {
     return (((int64) nextInt()) << 32) | (int64) (uint64) (uint32) nextInt();
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h
index a5a0be153a..19e6d6ef8b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/maths/juce_Random.h
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ public:
     */
     int nextInt (int maxValue) noexcept;
 
+    /** Returns the next random number, limited to a given range.
+        @returns a random integer between the range start (inclusive) and its end (exclusive).
+    */
+    int nextInt (Range<int> range) noexcept;
+
     /** Returns the next 64-bit random number.
         @returns a random integer from the full range 0x8000000000000000 to 0x7fffffffffffffff
     */
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.h b/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.h
index 82ae5880aa..462ec88d99 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/network/juce_URL.h
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public:
     /** Attempts to open a stream that can read from this URL.
 
         @param usePostCommand   if true, it will try to do use a http 'POST' to pass
-                                the paramters, otherwise it'll encode them into the
+                                the parameters, otherwise it'll encode them into the
                                 URL and do a 'GET'.
         @param progressCallback if this is non-zero, it lets you supply a callback function
                                 to keep track of the operation's progress. This can be useful
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/zip/juce_GZIPCompressorOutputStream.h b/modules/juce_core/zip/juce_GZIPCompressorOutputStream.h
index fe484b08ee..3309486a05 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/zip/juce_GZIPCompressorOutputStream.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/zip/juce_GZIPCompressorOutputStream.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
     bool setPosition (int64) override;
     bool write (const void*, size_t) override;
 
-    /** These are preset values that can be used for the constructor's windowBits paramter.
+    /** These are preset values that can be used for the constructor's windowBits parameter.
         For more info about this, see the zlib documentation for its windowBits parameter.
     */
     enum WindowBitsValues
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_extra/embedding/juce_UIViewComponent.h b/modules/juce_gui_extra/embedding/juce_UIViewComponent.h
index 80d47ea122..eefc1c031d 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_extra/embedding/juce_UIViewComponent.h
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_extra/embedding/juce_UIViewComponent.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     An iOS-specific class that can create and embed an UIView inside itself.
 
     To use it, create one of these, put it in place and make sure it's visible in a
-    window, then use setView() to assign an NSView to it. The view will then be
+    window, then use setView() to assign a UIView to it. The view will then be
     moved and resized to follow the movements of this component.
 
     Of course, since the view is a native object, it'll obliterate any