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diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llevents.h b/indra/llcommon/llevents.h
index 1526128725..a3b9ec02e0 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llevents.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llevents.h
@@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ typedef boost::signals2::trackable LLEventTrackable;
class LL_COMMON_API LLEventPump: public LLEventTrackable
{
public:
+ static const std::string ANONYMOUS; // constant for anonymous listeners.
+
/**
* Exception thrown by LLEventPump(). You are trying to instantiate an
* LLEventPump (subclass) using the same name as some other instance, and
@@ -496,6 +498,12 @@ public:
* instantiate your listener, then passing the same name on each listen()
* call, allows us to optimize away the second and subsequent dependency
* sorts.
+ *
+ * If name is set to LLEventPump::ANONYMOUS listen will bypass the entire
+ * dependency and ordering calculation. In this case, it is critical that
+ * the result be assigned to a LLTempBoundListener or the listener is
+ * manually disconnected when no longer needed since there will be no
+ * way to later find and disconnect this listener manually.
*
* If (as is typical) you pass a <tt>boost::bind()</tt> expression as @a
* listener, listen() will inspect the components of that expression. If a