--- a/src/oct-prcstrm.h	Fri Mar 31 07:12:30 2000 +0000
+++ b/src/oct-prcstrm.h	Fri Mar 31 08:50:50 2000 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
 #include "oct-stdstrm.h"
 
+// XXX FIXME XXX -- why don't these classes use iprocstream and
+// oprocstream, which in turn use the octave_procbuf class?
+
 class
 octave_iprocstream : public octave_istdiostream
 {
@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@
   create (const std::string& n, std::ios::openmode arg_md = std::ios::in,
 	  oct_mach_info::float_format flt_fmt = oct_mach_info::native);
 
+  void do_close (void);
+
 protected:
 
   ~octave_iprocstream (void);
@@ -66,6 +71,8 @@
   create (const std::string& n, std::ios::openmode arg_md = std::ios::out,
 	  oct_mach_info::float_format flt_fmt = oct_mach_info::native);
 
+  void do_close (void);
+
 protected:
 
   ~octave_oprocstream (void);