From: Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:49:05 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Docs changes to parent(s) for Union types in Changes and Delta
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Docs changes to parent(s) for Union types in Changes and Delta
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diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 0a06072..26818fd 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ for, noteworthy changes.
 
   [API CHANGES]
 
+  * The ->parent and ->parents method for a union now return the nearest
+    common ancestor of that union's component types. See Moose::Manual::Delta
+    for more details. (Dave Rolsky)
+
   * The ->is_subtype_of and ->is_a_type_of methods have changed their
     behavior. Previously, they returned true if any of their member types
     returned true for a given type. Now, all of the member types must return
diff --git a/lib/Moose/Manual/Delta.pod b/lib/Moose/Manual/Delta.pod
index 832a35d..3078c04 100644
--- a/lib/Moose/Manual/Delta.pod
+++ b/lib/Moose/Manual/Delta.pod
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ send us a patch.
 
 =over 4
 
+=item The parent of a union type is its components' nearest common ancestor
+
+Previously, union types considered all of their component types their parent
+types. This has been changed to find the nearest common ancestor for all of
+its components. For example, a union of "Int|ArrayRef[Int]" now has a parent
+of "Defined".
+
 =item Union types consider all members in the C<is_subtype_of> and C<is_a_type_of> methods
 
 Previously, a union type would report itself as being of a subtype of a type