Changelog and document for the -extend command

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 7412ed0..126c60c 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Also see Moose::Manual::Delta for more details of, and workarounds
 for, noteworthy changes.
 
+0.90
+    * Moose::Exporter
+      - Make "use Moose -extends => [@superclasses]". (gfx)
+
 0.89 Thu Aug 13, 2009
     * Moose::Manual::Attributes
       - Clarify "is", include discussion of "bare". (Sartak)

diff --git a/lib/Moose.pm b/lib/Moose.pm
index 9d93a07..694a830 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Moose.pm
+++ b/lib/Moose.pm
@@ -294,9 +294,7 @@ Moose - A postmodern object system for Perl 5
   }
 
   package Point3D;
-  use Moose;
-
-  extends 'Point';
+  use Moose -extends => 'Point';
 
   has 'z' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int');
 
@@ -382,6 +380,8 @@ actually C<push>es onto the class's C<@ISA>, whereas C<extends> will
 replace it. This is important to ensure that classes which do not have
 superclasses still properly inherit from L<Moose::Object>.
 
+You can also do this at compile-time with C<use Moose -extends => [...]>.
+
 =item B<with (@roles)>
 
 This will apply a given set of C<@roles> to the local class.