diff --git a/Common/util_eddies.py b/Common/util_eddies.py
index 72fd25a3c4149a9dd63a768758526af7679f2be4..16374fb1c4413827b1f2531106aaa7111e7ae41b 100644
--- a/Common/util_eddies.py
+++ b/Common/util_eddies.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class SHPC_class:
 
         self.dir = SHPC_dir
         self.def_orient = def_orient
+
+        # Define self.n_slices:
+
         fname = path.join(SHPC_dir, "n_slices.txt")
 
         try:
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ class SHPC_class:
         self._readers = [
             {"Anticyclones": {}, "Cyclones": {}} for i in range(self.n_slices)
         ]
+
+        # Define self.d_init:
+
         self.d_init = []
 
         for i_slice, reader in enumerate(self._readers):