make construct_class_instance a private method

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
index 6bc3e36..c4b3889 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ sub initialize {
         || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
 
     return Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name)
-        || $class->construct_class_instance(package => $package_name, @_);
+        || $class->_construct_class_instance(package => $package_name, @_);
+}
+
+sub construct_class_instance {
+    warn 'The construct_class_instance method has been made private.'
+        . " The public version is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.\n";
+    goto &_construct_class_instance;
 }
 
 # NOTE: (meta-circularity)
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ sub initialize {
 # meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
 # class. All other classes will use the more
 # normal &construct_instance.
-sub construct_class_instance {
+sub _construct_class_instance {
     my $class        = shift;
     my $options      = @_ == 1 ? $_[0] : {@_};
     my $package_name = $options->{package};
@@ -324,7 +330,7 @@ sub new_object {
     # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, so we
     # delegate this to &construct_class_instance
     # which will deal with the singletons
-    return $class->construct_class_instance(@_)
+    return $class->_construct_class_instance(@_)
         if $class->name->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
     return $class->construct_instance(@_);
 }

diff --git a/t/010_self_introspection.t b/t/010_self_introspection.t
index 2fee9f8..3d21424 100644 (file)
--- a/t/010_self_introspection.t
+++ b/t/010_self_introspection.t
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Test::More tests => 244;
+use Test::More tests => 246;
 use Test::Exception;
 
 use Class::MOP;
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ my @class_mop_class_methods = qw(
 
     instance_metaclass get_meta_instance create_meta_instance
     new_object clone_object
-    construct_instance construct_class_instance clone_instance
+    construct_instance
+    construct_class_instance _construct_class_instance
+    clone_instance
     rebless_instance
     check_metaclass_compatibility
 

diff --git a/t/016_class_errors_and_edge_cases.t b/t/016_class_errors_and_edge_cases.t
index 256d058..1626e0e 100644 (file)
--- a/t/016_class_errors_and_edge_cases.t
+++ b/t/016_class_errors_and_edge_cases.t
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ use Class::MOP;
 
 {
     dies_ok {
-        Class::MOP::Class->construct_class_instance();
-    } '... construct_class_instance requires an :package parameter';
+        Class::MOP::Class->_construct_class_instance();
+    } '... _construct_class_instance requires an :package parameter';
     
     dies_ok {
-        Class::MOP::Class->construct_class_instance(':package' => undef);
-    } '... construct_class_instance requires a defined :package parameter';     
+        Class::MOP::Class->_construct_class_instance(':package' => undef);
+    } '... _construct_class_instance requires a defined :package parameter';     
     
     dies_ok {
-        Class::MOP::Class->construct_class_instance(':package' => '');
-    } '... construct_class_instance requires a valid :package parameter'; 
+        Class::MOP::Class->_construct_class_instance(':package' => '');
+    } '... _construct_class_instance requires a valid :package parameter'; 
 }