From 9d7d158abd8fc5e72534ee3baae27c5ee05e0d55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:23:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add comment to help explain
 Region::source_beats_to_absolute_beats()

---
 libs/ardour/region.cc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/ardour/region.cc b/libs/ardour/region.cc
index 93d410f002..2b339ade7d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/region.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/region.cc
@@ -2024,6 +2024,9 @@ Region::region_distance_to_region_beats (timecnt_t const & region_relative_offse
 Temporal::Beats
 Region::source_beats_to_absolute_beats (Temporal::Beats beats) const
 {
+	/* since the return type must be beats, force source_position() to
+	   beats before adding, rather than after.
+	*/
 	return source_position().beats() + beats;
 }