Index: /branches/release-41/php/lib/function.mtcommentername.php
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--- /branches/release-41/php/lib/function.mtcommentername.php (revision 1174)
+++ /branches/release-41/php/lib/function.mtcommentername.php (revision 2685)
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@
 function smarty_function_mtcommentername($args, &$ctx) {
     $a =& $ctx->stash('commenter');
-    return isset($a) ? $a['author_nickname'] : '';
+    $name = isset($a) ? $a['author_nickname'] : '';
+    if ($name == '') {
+        $name = $ctx->tag('CommentName');
+    }
+    return $name;
 }
-?>