Better error message for clone_instance("foo")

diff --git a/lib/Mouse/Meta/Class.pm b/lib/Mouse/Meta/Class.pm
index 96da88f..bf3276a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Mouse/Meta/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/Mouse/Meta/Class.pm
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ sub clone_instance {
     my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
 
     (blessed($instance))
-        || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
+        || confess "You can only clone instances, ($instance) is not a blessed instance";
 
     my $clone = bless { %$instance }, ref $instance;
 

diff --git a/t/031-clone.t b/t/031-clone.t
index fd9e500..9d7454f 100644 (file)
--- a/t/031-clone.t
+++ b/t/031-clone.t
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 9;
+use Test::More tests => 10;
 use Test::Exception;
 
 do {
@@ -57,3 +57,7 @@ throws_ok {
     Foo->meta->clone_object(Foo->meta)
 } qr/You must pass an instance of the metaclass \(Foo\), not \(Mo.se::Meta::Class=HASH\(\w+\)\)/;
 
+throws_ok {
+    Foo->meta->clone_instance("constant")
+} qr/You can only clone instances, \(constant\) is not a blessed instance/;
+