Remove empty packages

[gitmo/Moose.git] / lib / Class / MOP / Package.pm

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Package.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Package.pm
index 92e555e..062706f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Package.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Package.pm
@@ -96,18 +96,20 @@ sub create {
         my ($class, %options) = @_;
 
         my $cache_ok = delete $options{cache};
+        $options{weaken} = !$cache_ok unless exists $options{weaken};
 
         my $cache_key;
         if ($cache_ok) {
             $cache_key = $class->_anon_cache_key(%options);
+            undef $cache_ok if !defined($cache_key);
+        }
 
+        if ($cache_ok) {
             if (defined $ANON_PACKAGE_CACHE{$cache_key}) {
                 return $ANON_PACKAGE_CACHE{$cache_key};
             }
         }
 
-        $options{weaken} = !$cache_ok unless exists $options{weaken};
-
         my $package_name = $class->_anon_package_prefix . ++$ANON_SERIAL;
 
         my $meta = $class->create($package_name, %options);
@@ -259,13 +261,14 @@ looking at and changing that namespace's symbol table.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<< Class::MOP::Package->initialize($package_name) >>
+=item B<< Class::MOP::Package->initialize($package_name, %options) >>
 
 This method creates a new C<Class::MOP::Package> instance which
 represents specified package. If an existing metaclass object exists
-for the package, that will be returned instead.
+for the package, that will be returned instead. No options are valid at the
+package level.
 
-=item B<< Class::MOP::Package->reinitialize($package) >>
+=item B<< Class::MOP::Package->reinitialize($package, %options) >>
 
 This method forcibly removes any existing metaclass for the package
 before calling C<initialize>. In contrast to C<initialize>, you may
@@ -274,6 +277,31 @@ a package name as C<$package>.
 
 Do not call this unless you know what you are doing.
 
+=item B<< Class::MOP::Package->create($package, %options) >>
+
+Creates a new C<Class::MOP::Package> instance which represents the specified
+package, and also does some initialization of that package. Currently, this
+just does the same thing as C<initialize>, but is overridden in subclasses,
+such as C<Class::MOP::Class>.
+
+=item B<< Class::MOP::Package->create_anon(%options) >>
+
+Creates a new anonymous package. Valid keys for C<%options> are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<weaken>
+
+If this is true (the default), the instance stored in C<Class::MOP>'s metaclass
+cache will be weakened, so that the anonymous package will be garbage collected
+when the returned instance goes out of scope.
+
+=back
+
+=item B<< $metapackage->is_anon >>
+
+Returns true if the package is an anonymous package.
+
 =item B<< $metapackage->name >>
 
 This is returns the package's name, as passed to the constructor.