added note that trigger also triggers on constructor

[gitmo/Moo.git] / lib / Moo.pm

diff --git a/lib/Moo.pm b/lib/Moo.pm
index 7364c62..6450df8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Moo.pm
+++ b/lib/Moo.pm
@@ -325,8 +325,9 @@ Takes a hashref
 
 =item * trigger
 
-Takes a coderef which will get called any time the attribute is set. Coderef
-will be invoked against the object with the new value as an argument.
+Takes a coderef which will get called any time the attribute is set. This
+includes the constructor. Coderef will be invoked against the object with the
+new value as an argument.
 
 Note that Moose also passes the old value, if any; this feature is not yet
 supported.
@@ -458,7 +459,8 @@ API will encourage the use of other type systems as well, since it's
 probably the weakest part of Moose design-wise.
 
 C<initializer> is not supported in core since the author considers it to be a
-bad idea but may be supported by an extension in future.
+bad idea but may be supported by an extension in future. Meanwhile C<trigger> or
+C<coerce> are more likely to be able to fulfill your needs.
 
 There is no meta object.  If you need this level of complexity you wanted
 L<Moose> - Moo succeeds at being small because it explicitly does not