From 8fdf6c18dc159396fed241722842ea8bde54c903 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Hill <johill@lanl.gov>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 00:32:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] workaround borland 5.5 bug

---
 src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsSingleton.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsSingleton.h b/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsSingleton.h
index 64e9e8ba0..547908a96 100644
--- a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsSingleton.h
+++ b/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsSingleton.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
     epicsSingleton ();
     ~epicsSingleton ();
 
-    // inline func def required by visual c++ 7
+    // inline mf def for class within a template required by visual c++ 7
     class reference {
     public:
         reference ( TYPE & tIn ) epicsThrows (()) :
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ inline epicsSingleton<TYPE>::~epicsSingleton ()
 
 epicsShareFunc epicsMutex & epicsSingletonPrivateMutex ();
 
+// borland 5.5 is unable to build this function optimized it it is inline
 template < class TYPE >
-inline typename epicsSingleton<TYPE>::reference epicsSingleton<TYPE>::getReference ()
+typename epicsSingleton<TYPE>::reference epicsSingleton<TYPE>::getReference ()
 {
     {
         epicsGuard < epicsMutex > guard ( epicsSingletonPrivateMutex() );