add some comments

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.cc b/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.cc
index 10b52027e8..78e6dd789d 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/generic_midi/generic_midi_control_protocol.cc
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ GenericMidiControlProtocol::start_learning (Controllable* c)
 	Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lm2 (controllables_lock);
 	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::GenericMidi, string_compose ("Learn binding: Controlable number: %1\n", c));
 
+	/* drop any existing mappings for the same controllable for which
+	 * learning has just started.
+	 */
+
 	MIDIControllables::iterator tmp;
 	for (MIDIControllables::iterator i = controllables.begin(); i != controllables.end(); ) {
 		tmp = i;
@@ -352,6 +356,10 @@ GenericMidiControlProtocol::start_learning (Controllable* c)
 		i = tmp;
 	}
 
+	/* check pending controllables (those for which a learn is underway) to
+	 * see if it is for the same one for which learning has just started.
+	 */
+
 	{
 		Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lm (pending_lock);
 
@@ -386,6 +394,8 @@ GenericMidiControlProtocol::start_learning (Controllable* c)
 		own_mc = true;
 	}
 
+	/* stuff the new controllable into pending */
+
 	{
 		Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lm (pending_lock);
 
@@ -419,6 +429,10 @@ GenericMidiControlProtocol::learning_stopped (MIDIControllable* mc)
 		i = tmp;
 	}
 
+	/* add the controllable for which learning stopped to our list of
+	 * controllables
+	 */
+
 	controllables.push_back (mc);
 }