From 8c9ecad3c57a153095375560f7e370e8837e7489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan David Mol <mol@astron.nl>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 08:09:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] L2SS-769: Added comment describing extra parameter that
 disappears in use and inheritance

---
 tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam_device.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam_device.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam_device.py
index 659966177..4072ef384 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam_device.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/beam_device.py
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ class beam_device(lofar_device):
         # generic delay calculator to ask about validity of settings
         self.generic_delay_calculator = delay_calculator([0, 0, 0])
 
+    # Derived  classes will override this with a non-parameterised
+    # version that lofar_device will call.
     @log_exceptions()
     def configure_for_initialise(self, num_pointings):
         super().configure_for_initialise()
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