Adding Class::MOP::Browser catalyst app

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-- do not bless methods unless asked
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-We should turn off automagic method blessing for classes which are 
-not explictly asking for a metaclass.
+[23:47]        Theory  stevan: What do you think of the use of key names as substitutes for class names that Class::Meta uses?
+[23:48]        stevan  Theory: key names?
+[23:48]        Theory  stevan: All Class::Meta classes have key names.
+[23:48]        Theory  They're short aliases, basically
+[23:48]        stevan  oh
+[23:48]        Theory  So Foo::Bar::App::Person might be "person".
+[23:48]        Theory  This is useful for a few things:
+[23:48]        Theory  1. Database mapping (table/view names)
+[23:48]        Theory  2. easy type specification
+[23:49]        Theory  3. Use in other contexts (e.g., URLs)
+[23:49]        Theory  So in effect, class key names in Class::Meta are also types.
+[23:49]        Theory  So I can say
+[23:49]        Theory  has user => ( type => 'person');
+[23:49]        Theory  instead of
+[23:49]        Theory  has user => (type => "Foo::Bar::App::Person");
+[23:50]        Theory  Anyway, the key name stuff is essential for the ORM stuff I do.
+[23:50]        Theory  Which is why I'm asking you for your thoughts on it.
+[23:50]        stevan  where is the mapping stored?
+[23:50]        stevan  and how and when is it computed?
+[23:51]        Theory  It's just another attribute of the Meta::Class object,
+[23:51]        Theory  If it's not specified, it just grabs the last part of the package name.
+[23:51]        Theory  and lowercases it.
+[23:51]        stevan  but is there any global map anywhere?
+[23:51]        Theory  But it has to be unique.
+[23:52]        Theory  yes, Class::Meta stores a hash that maps key names to Meta::Class objects.
+[23:52]        Theory  So you can say
+[23:52]        stevan  k
+[23:52]        stevan  yeah Class::MOP has a similar thing
+[23:52]        Theory  my $meta = Class::Meta->for_key('person')
+[23:52]        Theory  Which is great for mapping URLs and database tables.
+[23:52]        stevan  Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name('Foo::Bar::App::Person')
+[23:52]        Theory  yes, but it's only package names, right?
+[23:52]        stevan  I could add Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_key('person')
+[23:52]        stevan  yeah it is
+[23:53]        Theory  not a substitute key word.
+[23:53]        Theory  Yes, that's what I'm thinking, exactly.,
+[23:53]        stevan  yeah that would be fairly easy actually
+[23:54]        stevan  I have been pondering (for a very long time actually) a Smalltalk like class browser 
+[23:54]        stevan  it would be very useful in that context
+[23:54]        Theory  Glad to hear it. :-)
+[23:54]        *       stevan jots another note onto the TODO list
 
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