[svn:parrot] r45963 - trunk/include/parrot

petdance at svn.parrot.org petdance at svn.parrot.org
Sat Apr 24 03:16:55 UTC 2010


Author: petdance
Date: Sat Apr 24 03:16:54 2010
New Revision: 45963
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/45963

Log:
clarify some comments

Modified:
   trunk/include/parrot/pobj.h

Modified: trunk/include/parrot/pobj.h
==============================================================================
--- trunk/include/parrot/pobj.h	Sat Apr 24 03:06:09 2010	(r45962)
+++ trunk/include/parrot/pobj.h	Sat Apr 24 03:16:54 2010	(r45963)
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@
     PObj_sysmem_FLAG            = POBJ_FLAG(15),
 
 /* PObj usage FLAGs, COW & GC */
-    /* Mark the contents as Copy on write */
+    /* Mark the contents as Copy On Write, that we are piggybacking on another string. */
     PObj_COW_FLAG               = POBJ_FLAG(16),
-    /* the Buffer may have COW copies */
+    /* The Buffer allows COW copies, and may have some. */
     PObj_is_COWable_FLAG        = POBJ_FLAG(17),
     /* Private flag for the GC system. Set if the PObj's in use as
      * far as the GC's concerned */


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