diff --git a/src/lib/views/sunlight/vContext.cpp b/src/lib/views/sunlight/vContext.cpp
index 81608af..e7e7731 100644
--- a/src/lib/views/sunlight/vContext.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/views/sunlight/vContext.cpp
@@ -27,18 +27,30 @@
 
 void
 vContext::vDeleteAllStyles(void) {
+  /*
+   * vContext::vDeleteAllStyle()
+   * Deletes all style entries in this node of the style tree.
+   */
+
+  if (styles.empty()) return;
+
+  // create a map<> iterator that points to the beginning style
   map<const std::string, sStyle *>::iterator curStyle = styles.begin();
+  
+  // loop through the styles, deleting them and calling the style object's
+  // destructor
+
   while (curStyle != styles.end()) {
     std::string str = curStyle->first;
     sStyle * tmpStyle = dynamic_cast<sStyle *>(styles[str]);
-//    if (tmpStyle != NULL) cout << "deleting styles[\"" << str << "\"]" << endl;
+// if (tmpStyle != NULL) cout << "deleting styles[\"" << str << "\"]" << endl;
     styles.erase(curStyle);
     delete tmpStyle;
     ++curStyle;
-  }
+  } // while
 
   return;
-} // vContext
+} // vContext::vDeleteAllStyles
 
 bool
 vContext::vDeleteStyle(const std::string styleKey) {