--- AnyEvent-MP/MP/Node.pm	2009/08/05 09:38:56	1.11
+++ AnyEvent-MP/MP/Node.pm	2009/08/05 22:40:51	1.13
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       && $self->{remote_uniq} ne $transport->{remote_uniq}
    ) {
       # uniq changed, different node
-      $self->fail ("node restart detected");
+      $self->fail (transport_error => $self->{noderef}, "node was restarted");
    }
 
    delete $self->{trial};
@@ -165,12 +165,22 @@
    };
 }
 
+package AnyEvent::MP::Node::Slave;
+
+use base "AnyEvent::MP::Node::Direct";
+
+sub connect {
+   my ($self) = @_;
+
+   $self->fail (transport_error => $self->{noderef}, "unable to connect to slave node");
+}
+
 package AnyEvent::MP::Node::Self;
 
 use base "AnyEvent::MP::Node";
 
 sub set_transport {
-   die "FATAL error, set_transport was called";
+   Carp::confess "FATAL error, set_transport was called on local node";
 }
 
 sub send {