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diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm
index 74804c3..6832942 100644
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ package Class::MOP::Module;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use Carp         'confess';
 use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
 
-our $VERSION   = '0.67';
+our $VERSION   = '0.76';
 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
 our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
 
@@ -31,6 +32,26 @@ sub identifier {
     );
 }
 
+sub create {
+    my ( $class, %options ) = @_;
+
+    my $package_name = $options{package};
+
+    (defined $package_name && $package_name)
+        || confess "You must pass a package name";
+
+    my $code = "package $package_name;";
+    $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
+        if exists $options{version};
+    $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
+        if exists $options{authority};
+
+    eval $code;
+    confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
+
+    return; # XXX: should this return some kind of meta object? ~sartak
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__
@@ -47,6 +68,10 @@ This is an abstraction of a Perl 5 module, it is a superclass of
 L<Class::MOP::Class>. A module essentially a package with metadata, 
 in our case the version and authority. 
 
+=head1 INHERITANCE
+
+B<Class::MOP::Module> is a subclass of L<Class::MOP::Package>
+
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =over 4
@@ -74,6 +99,10 @@ package for the given instance.
 
 This constructs a string of the name, version and authority.
 
+=item B<create>
+
+This creates the module; it does not return a useful result.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 AUTHORS