This doesn't seem to work for me:

use v5.14.4;
use warnings;
use autodie qw< :all >;

use Moops;

role Foo
{   
    #use Moose::Role;
    use Data::Printer;
    p __PACKAGE__->meta;
}

1;

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First of all, should it? If not, why not? Note that if you uncomment the commented line, then it works fine. But that seems redundant to me.

To clarify, when I say "doesn't work," what I mean is:

Can't locate object method "meta" via package "Foo" at test.pm line 12
+.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at test.pm line 13.

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What I really want to do is this:

role Foo
{
    use Moose::Util;
    Moose::Util::meta_attribute_alias 'Foo';
}

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but not being able to get the meta means that fails as well:

Can't call method "isa" on an undefined value at /home/buddy/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.4/lib/site_perl/5.14.4/x86_64-linux/Moose/Util.pm line 335.

Enlighten me, O fellow monks. What is the magical Moops incantation I'm missing here?

In reply to Moops: meta not available in role by Oberon

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