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+Revision history for Perl extension Attribute::Handlers
+
+0.50  Sat Apr 21 16:09:31 2001
+	- original version; 
+
+0.51	Tue May  1 06:33:15 2001
+
+	- Fixed fatal file path error in MANIFEST (thanks Marcel and Jost)
+
+
+0.60	Thu May 10 15:46:02 2001
+
+	- Added RAWDATA specifier
+
+	- Cleaned up documentation (thanks Garrett)
+
+	- Added warning for all-lowercase handlers (thanks Garrett)
+
+	- Added autotie functionality
+
+	- Tweaked handling of anon arrays as attribute args
+
+
+0.61	Thu May 10 16:28:06 2001
+
+	- Critical doc patch
+
+
+0.65	Sun Jun  3 07:40:03 2001
+
+	- Added __CALLER__ pseudo class for 'autotie'
+
+	- Added multi-phasic attribute handlers (thanks Garrett)
+
+	- Fixed nasty $SIG{__WARN__}-induced bug
+
+	- Cached ref/symbol mapping for better performance and more
+	  reliable symbol identification under evil typeglob manipulations
+
+	- Added option to pass arguments when autotied classes are imported
+	  (thanks Marcel)
+
+	- Fixed bug in handling of lexical SCALAR refs
+
+	- Cleaned up interactions with other class hierarchies
+	  (due to being base class of UNIVERSAL)
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+==============================================================================
+                Release of version 0.70 of Attribute::Handlers
+==============================================================================
+
+
+NAME
+    Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
+
+DESCRIPTION
+    This module, when inherited by a package, allows that package's class to
+    define attribute handler subroutines for specific attributes. Variables
+    and subroutines subsequently defined in that package, or in packages
+    derived from that package may be given attributes with the same names as
+    the attribute handler subroutines, which will then be called at the end
+    of the compilation phase (i.e. in a `CHECK' block).
+
+EXAMPLE
+
+	package UNIVERSAL;
+	use Attribute::Handlers;
+
+	my %name;
+	sub name { return $name{$_[2]}||*{$_[1]}{NAME} }
+
+	sub Name    :ATTR { $name{$_[2]} = $_[4] }
+
+	sub Purpose :ATTR { print STDERR "Purpose of ", &name, " is $_[4]\n" }
+
+	sub Unit    :ATTR { print STDERR &name, " measured in $_[4]\n" }
+
+
+	package main;
+
+	my $capacity : Name(capacity)
+		     : Purpose(to store max storage capacity for files)
+		     : Unit(Gb);
+
+	package Other;
+
+	sub foo : Purpose(to foo all data before barring it) { }
+
+
+AUTHOR
+    Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)
+
+COPYRIGHT
+             Copyright (c) 2001, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
+           This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
+          and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
+                (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)
+
+
+==============================================================================
+
+CHANGES IN VERSION 0.70
+
+(No changes have been documented for this version)
+
+==============================================================================
+
+AVAILABILITY
+
+Attribute::Handlers has been uploaded to the CPAN
+and is also available from:
+
+	http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/CPAN/Attribute-Handlers.tar.gz
+
+==============================================================================