Add explanation

AIDASoft · Oct 1, 2024 · 6c70199 · 6c70199
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commit 6c70199
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/DDCore/src/XML/DocumentHandler.cpp b/DDCore/src/XML/DocumentHandler.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ namespace {
   }
   int s_minPrintLevel = dd4hep::INFO;
 
-  std::string _clean_fname(const std::string& s) {
-    std::string const& temp = getEnviron(s);
-    std::string temp2 = undressed_file_name(temp.empty() ? s : temp);
+  std::string _clean_fname(const std::string& filepath) {
+    // This function seems to resolve environment variables inside the filepath string and return resolved string
+    std::string const& temp = getEnviron(filepath);
+    std::string temp2 = undressed_file_name( temp.empty() ? filepath : temp );
     if ( strncmp(temp2.c_str(),"file:",5)==0 ) return temp2.substr(5);
     return temp2;
   }