ChangeLogTag:Thu Mar 28 16:14:39 2002 Steve Huston <shuston@riverace.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ace/OS.h b/ace/OS.h
index f672a84d7f1..a66c3b88791 100644
--- a/ace/OS.h
+++ b/ace/OS.h
@@ -858,7 +858,13 @@ public:
   friend ACE_OS_Export int operator != (const ACE_Time_Value &tv1,
                                      const ACE_Time_Value &tv2);
 
-  /// Dump the state of an object.
+  /// Dump is a no-op.
+  /**
+   * The dump() method is a no-op.  It's here for backwards compatibility
+   * only, but does not dump anything. Invoking logging methods here
+   * violates layering restrictions in ACE because this class is part
+   * of the OS layer and @c ACE_Log_Msg is at a higher level.
+   */
   void dump (void) const;
 
 # if defined (ACE_WIN32)