stepcode
diff --git a/‎src/cllazyfile/lazyP21DataSectionReader.cc‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎src/cllazyfile/lazyP21DataSectionReader.cc‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎src/cllazyfile/lazyTypes.h‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎src/cllazyfile/lazyTypes.h‎
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diff --git a/‎src/cllazyfile/sectionReader.cc‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 0 deletions b/‎src/cllazyfile/sectionReader.cc‎
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diff --git a/‎src/clstepcore/ExpDict.h‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 4 deletions b/‎src/clstepcore/ExpDict.h‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 4 deletions
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ lazyP21DataSectionReader::lazyP21DataSectionReader( lazyFileReader * parent, std
 }
 
 // part of readdata1
+//if this changes, probably need to change sectionReader::getType()
 const namedLazyInstance lazyP21DataSectionReader::nextInstance() {
     std::streampos end = -1;
     namedLazyInstance i;
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ const namedLazyInstance lazyP21DataSectionReader::nextInstance() {
     if( ( _file.good() ) && ( i.loc.instance > 0 ) ) {
         skipWS();
         i.loc.section = _sectionID;
-        skipWS();
         i.name = getDelimitedKeyword( ";( /\\" );
         if( _file.good() ) {
             end = seekInstanceEnd( & i.refs );
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ typedef std::set< instanceID > instanceSet;
  * situations, so the information should be kept up-to-date.
  */
 typedef struct {
-    long begin;
+    long begin; ///< this is the result of tellg() before reading the instanceID; there may be whitespace or comments, but nothing else.
     instanceID instance;
     sectionID section;
     /* bool modified; */ /* this will be useful when writing instances - if an instance is
 
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ std::streampos sectionReader::findNormalString( const std::string & str, bool se
 
 
 //NOTE different behavior than const char * GetKeyword( istream & in, const char * delims, ErrorDescriptor & err ) in read_func.cc
+// returns pointer to the contents of a static std::string
 const char * sectionReader::getDelimitedKeyword( const char * delimiters ) {
     static std::string str;
     char c;
 
@@ -822,13 +822,12 @@ class SC_CORE_EXPORT Inverse_attributeLinkNode : public  SingleLinkNode {
 class SC_CORE_EXPORT Inverse_attributeList : public  SingleLinkList {
     private:
     protected:
-    public:
-        Inverse_attributeList();
-        virtual ~Inverse_attributeList();
-
         virtual SingleLinkNode * NewNode() {
             return new Inverse_attributeLinkNode;
         }
+    public:
+        Inverse_attributeList();
+        virtual ~Inverse_attributeList();
         Inverse_attributeLinkNode * AddNode( Inverse_attribute * ia );
 };