Remove some outdated comments.

diff --git a/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h b/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h
index a7c7a6e0ff92ece6da8de65bf569e891baf08850..00f21e256b8ae027350d0ac209c8768d9d0c84a1 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2001 - 2014 by the deal.II authors
+// Copyright (C) 2001 - 2015 by the deal.II authors
 //
 // This file is part of the deal.II library.
 //
@@ -57,32 +57,6 @@ DEAL_II_NAMESPACE_OPEN
  * these flags.
  *
  *
- * <h3>Internals</h3>
- *
- * To avoid a compiler error in Sun's Forte compiler, we derive privately from
- * DataOutBase. Since the base class DataOutInterface does so as well, this
- * does no harm, but calms the compiler which is suspecting an access control
- * conflict otherwise. Testcase here:
- * @code
- *    template <typename T> class V {};
- *
- *    struct B1 {
- *        template <int dim> struct X {
- *      int i[dim];
- *        };
- *    };
- *
- *    struct B2 : private B1 {};
- *
- *    struct D : public B2, private B1 {
- *        ~D () {};
- *        typedef B1::X<2> X;
- *        V<X> x;
- *    };
- *
- *    D d;
- * @endcode
- *
  * @ingroup output
  * @author Wolfgang Bangerth, 2001
  */
@@ -163,14 +137,8 @@ private:
   /**
    * Abbreviate the somewhat lengthy name for the dealii::DataOutBase::Patch
    * class.
-   *
-   * Note that we have to indicate the global scope in front of DataOutBase,
-   * since otherwise the C++ rules specify that this here indicates the
-   * DataOutBase base class of this class. Since that is a private base class,
-   * we cannot access its members, and so access to the local Patch type would
-   * be forbidden.
    */
-  typedef dealii::DataOutBase::Patch<2,2> Patch;
+  typedef DataOutBase::Patch<2,2> Patch;
 
   /**
    * This is a list of patches that is created each time build_patches() is