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Revision history for Perl extension Moose

0.13
    * Moose
      - Removed the use of UNIVERSAL::require to be a better
        symbol table citizen and remove a dependency.

    * Moose::Cookbook
      - added a FAQ and WTF files to document frequently 
        asked questions and common problems
        
    * Moose::Meta::Role
      - added basic support for runtime role composition
        but this is still highly experimental
        - added tests for this

    * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
      - properly capturing error when type constraint 
        is not found

    * Build.PL
      - Scalar::Util 1.18 is bad on Win32, so temporarily
        only require version 1.17 for Win32 and cygwin.

0.12 Sat. Sept. 1, 2006
    * Moose::Cookbook
      - Recipe5 (subtypes & coercion) has been written
      
    * Moose
      - fixed "bad meta" error message to be more descriptive      
      - fixed &unimport to not remove the &inner and &super  
        keywords because we need to localize them.
      - fixed number of spelling/grammer issues, thanks Theory :)
      
      **~~ experimental & undocumented feature ~~**
      - added the method and self keywords, they are basically 
        just sugar, and they may not stay around.
        
    * Moose::Object
      - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper 
        an object
        
    * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
      - added the &is_a_type_of method to check both the current
        and the subtype of a method (similar to &isa with classes)

    * Moose::Meta::Role
      - this is now a subclass of Class::MOP::Module, and no longer
        creates the _role_meta ugliness of before. 
        - fixed tests to reflect this change
    
0.11 Wed. July 12, 2006
    * Moose
      - added an &unimport method to remove all the keywords
        that Moose will import, simply add 'no Moose' to the 
        bottom of your class file. 
        
    * t/
      - fixed some test failures caused by a forgotten test 
        dependency.

0.10 Thurs. July 6, 2006
    * Moose
      - improved error message when loading modules so
        it is less confusing when you load a role.
      - added &calculate_all_roles method to 
        Moose::Meta::Class and Moose::Meta::Role
        
    NOTE:
    This module has been tested against Class::MOP 0.30
    but it does not yet utilize the optimizations 
    it makes available. Stay tuned for that ;)
    
0.09_03 Fri. June 23, 2006
    ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
    * Moose
      - 'use strict' and 'use warnings' are no longer
         needed in Moose classes, Moose itself will 
         turn them on for you.
         - added tests for this
      - moved code from exported subs to private methods
        in Moose::Meta::Class
         
    * Moose::Role
      - as with Moose, strict and warnings are 
        automatically turned on for you.
         - added tests for this        
        
    * Moose::Meta::Role
      - now handles an edge case for override errors
        - added tests for this
      - added some more edge case tests

0.09_02 Tues. May 16, 2006
    ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
    * Moose
      - added prototypes to the exported subs
      - updated docs
      
    * Moose::Role
      - added prototypes to the exported subs      
      - updated docs
      
    * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
      - cleaned up prototypes for the subs      
      - updated docs      

0.09_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
    ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
      - This release works in combination with 
        Class::MOP 0.29_01, it is a developer 
        release because it uses the a new 
        instance sub-protocol and a fairly
        complete Role implementation. It has 
        not yet been optimized, so it slower
        the the previous CPAN version. This 
        release also lacks good updated docs, 
        the official release will have updated docs.

    * Moose 
      - refactored the keyword exports
        - 'with' now checks Role validaity and 
          accepts more than one Role at a time
        - 'extends' makes metaclass adjustments as 
           needed to ensure metaclass compatability
          
    * Moose::Role
      - refactored the keyword exports
        - 'with' now checks Role validaity and 
          accepts more than one Role at a time
          
    * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
      - added the 'enum' keyword for simple 
        string enumerations which can be used as 
        type constraints
        - see example of usage in t/202_example.t
        
    * Moose::Object
      - more careful checking of params to new()
      
    * Moose::Meta::Role
      - much work done on the role composition
        - many new tests for conflict detection 
          and composition edge cases
        - not enough documentation, I suggest 
          looking at the tests    
      
    * Moose::Meta::Instance
      - added new Instance metaclass to support 
        the new Class::MOP instance protocol
        
    * Moose::Meta::Class
      - some small changes to support the new 
        instance protocol
      - some small additions to support Roles
        
    * Moose::Meta::Attribute
      - some improvements to the accessor generation code
        by nothingmuch
      - some small changes to support the new 
        instance protocol
      - (still somewhat) experimental delegation support 
        with the 'handles' option
        - added several tests for this
        - no docs for this yet

0.05 Thurs. April 27, 2006
    * Moose
      - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
        thanks to chansen for this commit
      - has keyword now takes a 'metaclass' option 
        to support custom attribute meta-classes 
        on a per-attribute basis
        - added tests for this  
      - the 'has' keyword not accepts inherited slot
        specifications (has '+foo'). This is still an 
        experimental feature and probably not finished
        see t/038_attribute_inherited_slot_specs.t for 
        more details, or ask about it on #moose
        - added tests for this
        
    * Moose::Role
      - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter

    * Moose::Utils::TypeConstraints
      - reorganized the type constraint hierarchy, thanks
        to nothingmuch and chansen for his help and advice 
        on this
        - added some tests for this
      - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
        thanks to chansen for this commit

    * Moose::Meta::Class
      - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to change
        construct_instance (for the better)
        
    * Moose::Meta::Attribute
      - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to add the 
        initialize_instance_slot method (it's a good thing)
        
    * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
      - added type constraint unions 
        - added tests for this
      - added the is_subtype_of predicate method
        - added tests for this

0.04 Sun. April 16th, 2006
    * Moose::Role
      - Roles can now consume other roles
        - added tests for this
      - Roles can specify required methods now with 
        the requires() keyword
        - added tests for this

    * Moose::Meta::Role
      - ripped out much of it's guts ,.. much cleaner now
      - added required methods and correct handling of 
        them in apply() for both classes and roles
        - added tests for this
      - no longer adds a does() method to consuming classes 
        it relys on the one in Moose::Object
      - added roles attribute and some methods to support 
        roles consuming roles

    * Moose::Meta::Attribute
      - added support for triggers on attributes
        - added tests for this
      - added support for does option on an attribute 
        - added tests for this
        
    * Moose::Meta::Class
      - added support for attribute triggers in the 
        object construction
        - added tests for this
    
    * Moose
      - Moose no longer creates a subtype for your class 
        if a subtype of the same name already exists, this 
        should DWIM in 99.9999% of all cases
        
    * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
      - fixed bug where incorrect subtype conflicts were 
        being reported
        - added test for this
        
    * Moose::Object
      - this class can now be extended with 'use base' if
        you need it, it properly loads the metaclass class now
        - added test for this

0.03_02 Wed. April 12, 2006
    * Moose
      - you must now explictly use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
        it no longer gets exported for you automatically
        
    * Moose::Object
      - new() now accepts hash-refs as well as key/value lists
      - added does() method to check for Roles
        - added tests for this

    * Moose::Meta::Class
      - added roles attribute along with the add_role() and 
        does_role() methods
        - added tests for this 

    * Moose::Meta::Role
      - now adds a does() method to consuming classes 
        which tests the class's hierarchy for roles
        - added tests for this

0.03_01 Mon. April 10, 2006
    * Moose::Cookbook
      - added new Role recipe (no content yet, only code)
      
    * Moose
      - added 'with' keyword for Role support
        - added test and docs for this
      - fixed subtype quoting bug
        - added test for this 

    * Moose::Role
      - Roles for Moose
        - added test and docs

    * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
      - added the message keyword to add custom
        error messages to type constraints        
      
    * Moose::Meta::Role
      - the meta role to support Moose::Role
        - added tests and docs
        
    * Moose::Meta::Class
      - moved a number of things from Moose.pm 
        to here, they should have been here 
        in the first place

    * Moose::Meta::Attribute
      - moved the attribute option macros here
        instead of putting them in Moose.pm

    * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
      - added the message attributes and the 
        validate method
        - added tests and docs for this

0.03 Thurs. March 30, 2006
    * Moose::Cookbook
      - added the Moose::Cookbook with 5 recipes, 
        describing all the stuff Moose can do.

    * Moose
      - fixed an issue with &extends super class loading
        it now captures errors and deals with inline 
        packages correctly (bug found by mst, solution 
        stolen from alias)
      - added super/override & inner/augment features
        - added tests and docs for these
    
    * Moose::Object
      - BUILDALL now takes a reference of the %params 
        that are passed to &new, and passes that to 
        each BUILD as well.
        
    * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
      - Type constraints now survive runtime reloading
        - added test for this

	* Moose::Meta::Class
	  - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled 
	    during instance construction (bug found by chansen)

    * Moose::Meta::Attribute
      - read-only attributes now actually enforce their
        read-only-ness (this corrected in Class::MOP as 
        well)

0.02 Tues. March 21, 2006
    * Moose
      - many more tests, fixing some bugs and  
        edge cases
      - &extends now loads the base module with
        UNIVERSAL::require 
        - added UNIVERSAL::require to the 
          dependencies list
      ** API CHANGES **
      - each new Moose class will also create 
        and register a subtype of Object which 
        correspond to the new Moose class.      
      - the 'isa' option in &has now only 
        accepts strings, and will DWIM in 
        almost all cases
    
    * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
      - added type coercion features
        - added tests for this
        - added support for this in attributes 
          and instance construction
      ** API CHANGES **
      - type construction no longer creates a 
        function, it registers the type instead.
        - added several functions to get the 
          registered types 

    * Moose::Object
      - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL were broken 
        because of a mis-named hash key, Whoops :)
    
    * Moose::Meta::Attribute
      - adding support for coercion in the
        autogenerated accessors
        
    * Moose::Meta::Class
      - adding support for coercion in the
        instance construction  

    * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
    * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
	  - type constraints and coercions are now 
	    full fledges meta-objects

0.01 Wed. March 15, 2006
    - Moooooooooooooooooose!!!