--- a/examples/make_int.cc
+++ b/examples/make_int.cc
@@ -285,6 +285,19 @@
 {
   octave_value_list retval;
 
+  // Might be better to use
+  //
+  //  args(0).type_name () == octave_integer::static_type_id ()
+  //
+  // But there are some problems with doing that if this function is
+  // in the same shared library as the one that defines the class.
+  // In that case, at least some systems will create two static data
+  // members for t_id.  To fix that problem, we need a different way
+  // of loading multiple functions from a single shared library...
+  // (Actually, I think this will be fixed when .oct file reloading is
+  // implemented for 2.1.x.  It was done for 2.0.x, but the changes
+  // have not been carried over to the 2.1.x source tree yet.  --jwe)
+
   if (args(0).type_name () == "integer")
     {
       // At this point, we know we have a handle for an octave_integer