--- AnyEvent/lib/AnyEvent.pm	2010/08/31 23:32:40	1.332
+++ AnyEvent/lib/AnyEvent.pm	2010/12/03 18:39:06	1.340
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
 
 =head1 SUPPORT
 
-There is a mailinglist for discussing all things AnyEvent, and an IRC
+An FAQ document is available as L<AnyEvent::FAQ>.
+
+There also is a mailinglist for discussing all things AnyEvent, and an IRC
 channel, too.
 
 See the AnyEvent project page at the B<Schmorpforge Ta-Sa Software
@@ -1167,7 +1169,7 @@
 
 use Carp ();
 
-our $VERSION = '5.271';
+our $VERSION = '5.29';
 our $MODEL;
 
 our $AUTOLOAD;
@@ -1291,7 +1293,7 @@
          }
 
          $MODEL
-           or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.\n";
+           or die "AnyEvent: backend autodetection failed - did you properly install AnyEvent?\n";
       }
    }
 
@@ -1300,14 +1302,18 @@
    push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
    unshift @ISA, $MODEL;
 
-   # now nuke some methods that are overriden by the backend.
+   # now nuke some methods that are overridden by the backend.
    # SUPER is not allowed.
    for (qw(time signal child idle)) {
       undef &{"AnyEvent::Base::$_"}
          if defined &{"$MODEL\::$_"};
    }
 
-   require AnyEvent::Strict if $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT};
+   if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT}) {
+      eval { require AnyEvent::Strict };
+      warn "AnyEvent: cannot load AnyEvent::Strict: $@"
+         if $@ && $VERBOSE;
+   }
 
    (shift @post_detect)->() while @post_detect;
 
@@ -1727,6 +1733,12 @@
 
 our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::;
 
+# only to be used for subclassing
+sub new {
+   my $class = shift;
+   bless AnyEvent->condvar (@_), $class
+}
+
 package AnyEvent::CondVar::Base;
 
 #use overload
@@ -2654,6 +2666,10 @@
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
+Tutorial/Introduction: L<AnyEvent::Intro>.
+
+FAQ: L<AnyEvent::FAQ>.
+
 Utility functions: L<AnyEvent::Util>.
 
 Event modules: L<EV>, L<EV::Glib>, L<Glib::EV>, L<Event>, L<Glib::Event>,
@@ -2669,10 +2685,9 @@
 
 Asynchronous DNS: L<AnyEvent::DNS>.
 
-Coroutine support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>,
-L<Coro::Event>,
+Thread support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>, L<Coro::Event>.
 
-Nontrivial usage examples: L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::XMPP>,
+Nontrivial usage examples: L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::IRC>,
 L<AnyEvent::HTTP>.