From: Jay Kuri <jayk@jay-kuris-macbook.local>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:53:35 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Added note to make clear that get_attribute does not search superclasses
X-Git-Tag: 0.86~22
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=67765c4bd214eede1a60b816cfbf1931440a04b1;p=gitmo%2FClass-MOP.git

Added note to make clear that get_attribute does not search superclasses
---

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
index ec53419..d2dfd10 100644
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
@@ -1613,7 +1613,10 @@ attributes which are defined in terms of "regular" Perl 5 methods.
 
 This will return a L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for the specified
 C<$attribute_name>. If the class does not have the specified
-attribute, it returns C<undef>
+attribute, it returns C<undef>.  
+
+NOTE that get_attribute does not search superclasses, for 
+that you need to use C<find_attribute_by_name>.
 
 =item B<< $metaclass->has_attribute($attribute_name) >>