From 08263b26725db6e87097ae2ce9a571390dfefa85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Meadows <andrew@highfidelity.io>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:42:28 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add helpful comment about mysterious code
---
libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
index fed9090ddb..9066e76752 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
@@ -1942,6 +1942,8 @@ int EntityTree::processEditPacketData(ReceivedMessage& message, const unsigned c
FilterType filterType = isPhysics ? FilterType::Physics : (isAdd ? FilterType::Add : FilterType::Edit);
bool allowed = (!isPhysics && senderNode->isAllowedEditor()) || filterProperties(existingEntity, properties, properties, wasChanged, filterType);
if (!allowed) {
+ // the update failed and we need to convey that fact to the sender
+ // our method is to re-assert the current properties and bump the lastEdited timestamp
auto timestamp = properties.getLastEdited();
properties = EntityItemProperties();
properties.setLastEdited(timestamp);