>> // Private method functions facilitate implementation of
>> // the class constructor.
>>
>> I consider as completely unnecessary, since it is basic C++
>> knowledge how data in the `private' section works.
>
> In this case, the intent is to emphasize that there is no user,
> besides the constructor itself, of any of the private functions;
> [...]
Then write exactly that in the comment!
>> A last thing regarding your comment style: Given that today's
>> editors support various colors for comments, data types, etc., I
>> think it's better to change [...]
>
> - even with syntax highlighting turned on, I find your style to be
> more difficult to read, simply because the boundary between comment
> and code is obscured when the vertical spacing is omitted.
OK.
>> Well, `register' is deprecated in the C++11 standard.
>
> Well, groff isn't C++11, [...]
But the future of C++ compilers is to default to C++11! So we have to
assure that it compiles with no useless warnings.
Again: thanks for working on this, please commit.
Werner
