From: Matt S Trout <matthewt@hercule.scsys.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:59:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: document disappearance of magic $self global
X-Git-Tag: v0.005~28
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FWeb-Simple.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e41225325bb4973e3355c6826d3b8bce288592a0

document disappearance of magic $self global
---

diff --git a/lib/Web/Simple.pm b/lib/Web/Simple.pm
index d251cc7..86a9cbd 100644
--- a/lib/Web/Simple.pm
+++ b/lib/Web/Simple.pm
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ subdispatch fails.
 dispatch {} has gone away - instead, you write:
 
   sub dispatch_request {
+    my $self = shift;
     sub (GET /foo/) { ... },
     ...
   }
@@ -534,6 +535,14 @@ dispatch {} has gone away - instead, you write:
 Note that this method is still -returning- the dispatch code - just like
 dispatch did.
 
+Also note that you need the 'my $self = shift' since the magic $self
+variable went away.
+
+=item * the magic $self variable went away.
+
+Just add 'my $self = shift;' while writing your 'sub dispatch_request {'
+like a normal perl method.
+
 =item * subdispatch deleted - all dispatchers can now subdispatch
 
 In earlier releases you needed to write: