From: bangerth <bangerth@0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:27:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Augment documentation.
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e4676b9b785dd97261b93170453989bcf0f98dd4;p=dealii-svn.git

Augment documentation.


git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@25923 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d
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diff --git a/deal.II/include/deal.II/hp/fe_collection.h b/deal.II/include/deal.II/hp/fe_collection.h
index 1255ea88ca..cfe2769964 100644
--- a/deal.II/include/deal.II/hp/fe_collection.h
+++ b/deal.II/include/deal.II/hp/fe_collection.h
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ namespace hp
                                         * this collection.  This number must
                                         * be the same for all elements in the
                                         * collection.
+					*
+					* This function calls
+					* FiniteElement::n_components.  See
+					* @ref GlossComponent "the glossary"
+					* for more information.
                                         */
       unsigned int n_components () const;
 
@@ -236,6 +241,15 @@ namespace hp
   FECollection<dim,spacedim>::n_components () const
   {
     Assert (finite_elements.size () > 0, ExcNoFiniteElements());
+
+				     // note that there is no need
+				     // here to enforce that indeed
+				     // all elements have the same
+				     // number of components since we
+				     // have already done this when
+				     // adding a new element to the
+				     // collection.
+
     return finite_elements[0]->n_components ();
   }