update the SEE ALSO section a bit

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

diff --git a/lib/Moose.pm b/lib/Moose.pm
index e090be4..7aac685 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Moose.pm
+++ b/lib/Moose.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use 5.008;
 
 use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
 use Carp         'confess';
+use Class::Load  'is_class_loaded';
+
 
 use Moose::Deprecated;
 use Moose::Exporter;
@@ -141,6 +143,9 @@ sub init_meta {
     my $metaclass  = $args{metaclass}  || 'Moose::Meta::Class';
     my $meta_name  = exists $args{meta_name} ? $args{meta_name} : 'meta';
 
+    Moose->throw_error("The Metaclass $metaclass must be loaded. (Perhaps you forgot to 'use $metaclass'?)")
+        unless is_class_loaded($metaclass);
+
     Moose->throw_error("The Metaclass $metaclass must be a subclass of Moose::Meta::Class.")
         unless $metaclass->isa('Moose::Meta::Class');
 
@@ -966,9 +971,19 @@ early ideas/feature-requests/encouragement/bug-finding.
 
 =item L<http://www.iinteractive.com/moose>
 
-This is the official web home of Moose, it contains links to our public git repository
-as well as links to a number of talks and articles on Moose and Moose related
-technologies.
+This is the official web home of Moose. It contains links to our public git
+repository, as well as links to a number of talks and articles on Moose and
+Moose related technologies.
+
+=item the L<Moose manual|Moose::Manual>
+
+This is an introduction to Moose which covers most of the basics.
+
+=item Modern Perl, by chromatic
+
+This is an introduction to modern Perl programming, which includes a section on
+Moose. It is available in print and as a free download from
+L<http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>.
 
 =item The Moose is flying, a tutorial by Randal Schwartz