Added note to make clear that get_attribute does not search superclasses

[gitmo/Class-MOP.git] / lib / Class / MOP / Class.pm

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
index ec53419..d2dfd10 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
@@ -1613,7 +1613,10 @@ attributes which are defined in terms of "regular" Perl 5 methods.
 
 This will return a L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for the specified
 C<$attribute_name>. If the class does not have the specified
-attribute, it returns C<undef>
+attribute, it returns C<undef>.  
+
+NOTE that get_attribute does not search superclasses, for 
+that you need to use C<find_attribute_by_name>.
 
 =item B<< $metaclass->has_attribute($attribute_name) >>