indicate

				      * the global scope using the
				      * @p{::} in front of
				      * @p{DataOutBase}, since
				      * otherwise the C++ rules
				      * specify that this here
				      * indicates the @p{DataOutBase}
				      * base class of this
				      * class. Since that is a private
				      * base class, we cannot access
				      * its members, and so access to
				      * the local @p{Patch} type would
				      * be forbidden.

git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@5830 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d

diff --git a/deal.II/lac/include/lac/matrix_out.h b/deal.II/lac/include/lac/matrix_out.h
index 74552df1b7e208903db85f9182fa7a54e6117d94..f4b74f019dea12fb28784f229e69208df2054b19 100644 (file)
--- a/deal.II/lac/include/lac/matrix_out.h
+++ b/deal.II/lac/include/lac/matrix_out.h
@@ -199,8 +199,22 @@ class MatrixOut : public DataOutInterface<2,2>
                                      * Abbreviate the somewhat
                                      * lengthy name for the @p{Patch}
                                      * class.
+                                     *
+                                     * Note that we have to indicate
+                                     * the global scope using the
+                                     * @p{::} in front of
+                                     * @p{DataOutBase}, since
+                                     * otherwise the C++ rules
+                                     * specify that this here
+                                     * indicates the @p{DataOutBase}
+                                     * base class of this
+                                     * class. Since that is a private
+                                     * base class, we cannot access
+                                     * its members, and so access to
+                                     * the local @p{Patch} type would
+                                     * be forbidden.
                                      */
-    typedef DataOutBase::Patch<2,2> Patch;
+    typedef ::DataOutBase::Patch<2,2> Patch;
 
                                     /**
                                      * This is a list of patches that