--- AnyEvent-MP/MP.pm	2009/08/07 22:55:18	1.38
+++ AnyEvent-MP/MP.pm	2009/08/08 00:22:16	1.40
@@ -621,8 +621,9 @@
 permissible to immediately start sending messages or monitor the port.
 
 After the port has been created, the init function is
-called. This fucntion must be a fully-qualified function name
-(e.g. C<MyApp::Chat::Server::init>).
+called. This function must be a fully-qualified function name
+(e.g. C<MyApp::Chat::Server::init>). To specify a function in the main
+program, use C<::name>.
 
 If the function doesn't exist, then the node tries to C<require>
 the package, then the package above the package and so on (e.g.
@@ -671,6 +672,9 @@
 
    my $id = "$RUNIQ." . $ID++;
 
+   $_[0] =~ /::/
+      or Carp::croak "spawn init function must be a fully-qualified name, caught";
+
    ($NODE{$noderef} || add_node $noderef)
       ->send (["", "AnyEvent::MP::_spawn" => $id, @_]);