This is 0.07

[perl/modules/Lexical-Types.git] / lib / Lexical / Types.pm

diff --git a/lib/Lexical/Types.pm b/lib/Lexical/Types.pm
index 2999a764f7aa355b8d38c55d3edb9046caac9bc5..112c04236baa6956ca9fe48215b7e82f33178e1f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Lexical/Types.pm
+++ b/lib/Lexical/Types.pm
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ Lexical::Types - Extend the semantics of typed lexicals.
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-Version 0.05
+Version 0.07
 
 =cut
 
 our $VERSION;
 BEGIN {
- $VERSION = '0.05';
+ $VERSION = '0.07';
 }
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ sub import {
    croak "Invalid $r reference for 'as'";
   }
  } else {
-  $hint = _tag(0);
+  $hint = _tag(sub { @_ });
  }
 
  $^H |= 0x020000;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ If you prefer to use constants rather than creating empty packages, you can repl
 
 =head2 C<LT_THREADSAFE>
 
-True iff the module could have been built when thread-safety features.
+True iff the module could have been built with thread-safety features enabled.
 
 =head1 CAVEATS
 
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ The restrictions on the type (being either a defined package name or a constant)
 
 Only one mangler or prefix can be in use at the same time in a given scope.
 
+The implementation was tweaked to work around several limitations of vanilla C<perl> pragmas : it's thread safe, and doesn't suffer from a C<perl 5.8.x-5.10.0> bug that causes all pragmas to propagate into C<require>d scopes.
+
+With 5.8 perls, the pragma does not propagate into C<eval STRING>.
+This is due to a shortcoming in the way perl handles the hints hash, which is addressed in perl 5.10.
+
 =head1 DEPENDENCIES
 
 L<perl> 5.8, L<XSLoader>.