From: Brian Manning <elspicyjack@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 21:38:34 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: - added some rough ideas for changes to the docs as proposed on #moose
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- added some rough ideas for changes to the docs as proposed on #moose
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diff --git a/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/BUILD.pod b/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/BUILD.pod
index a56ddf1..f16d075 100644
--- a/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/BUILD.pod
+++ b/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/BUILD.pod
@@ -74,6 +74,22 @@ created, a good time to do that is when the object is being created.  Why
 waste resources (CPU, memory) on objects that won't work because of missing
 resources?
 
+=head2 When would you use an Moose type constraint instead of a custom constructor?
+
+Using type constraints via L<Moose::Util::TypeConstraints>, you can verify
+simple relationships when an object is created:
+
+    package Triangle;
+    use Moose;
+
+    has 
+
+You would want to use the C<BUILD()> method in order to verify more complex
+relationships:
+
+    package IsoscelesTriangle;
+    use Moose;
+
 =head2 BUILD method is run only if it is defined in the object
 
 If your object does not have a C<BUILD> method, then Moose will skip trying to
diff --git a/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/HashRef.pod b/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/HashRef.pod
index 93c147b..a6b28fa 100644
--- a/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/HashRef.pod
+++ b/lib/Moose/Cookbook/Snack/HashRef.pod
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ variable as an attribute of a Moose object.
 The code in this document will work on Moose as advertised, but the developers
 strongly recommend using something like L<Moose::Autobox> or
 L<MooseX::AttributeHelpers> when working with hash references in order to
-help keep your Moose objects nice and encapsulated.
+help keep your Moose objects nice and encapsulated.  The reason why this POD
+exists is to show potential users of L<Moose> that Moose objects are just like
+Plain Ol' Perl Objects (POPO), albeit with some extra metadata syntatic sugar.
 
 =head2 Assigning hashes to a HashRef attribute
 
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ C<HashRef> attribute.  Here's an example of appending new key/value pars:
     my $avocado = Fruit->new( species => 'P. americana' );
     $fruit_aisle_copy{avocado} = $avocado;
     $store->fruit_aisle( \%fruit_aisle_copy );
+    $store->fruit_aisle->{avocado};
 
 And here's an example of deleting existing key/value pairs:
 
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ And here's an example of deleting existing key/value pairs:
     %fruit_aisle_copy = %{$store->fruit_aisle};
     delete($fruit_aisle_copy{tomato});
     $store->fruit_aisle( \%fruit_aisle_copy );
+    delete $mooseObj->hashref->{foo};
 
 Putting the above code into their own object methods would make appending to
 and deleting from a C<HashRef> a trivial operation.