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1 | =pod |
2 | |
3 | =head1 NAME |
4 | |
5 | Moose::Manual::Delta - Important Changes in Moose |
6 | |
7 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
8 | |
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9 | This documents any important or noteworthy changes in Moose, with a |
10 | focus on backwards. This does duplicate data from the F<Changes> file, |
11 | but aims to provide more details and when possible workarounds. |
12 | |
13 | Besides helping keep up with changes, you can also use this document |
14 | for finding the lowest version of Moose that supported a given |
15 | feature. If you encounter a problem and have a solution but don't see |
16 | it documented here, or think we missed an important feature, please |
17 | send us a patch. |
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18 | |
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19 | =head1 Version 0.89 |
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20 | |
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21 | L<Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native> has been moved into the Moose core from |
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22 | L<MooseX::AttributeHelpers>. Major changes include: |
23 | |
24 | =over |
25 | |
26 | =item C<traits>, not C<metaclass> |
27 | |
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28 | Method providers are only available via traits. |
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29 | |
30 | =item C<handles>, not C<provides> or C<curries> |
31 | |
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32 | The C<provides> syntax was like core Moose C<< handles => HASHREF >> |
33 | syntax, but with the keys and values reversed. This was confusing, |
34 | and AttributeHelpers now uses C<< handles => HASHREF >> in a way that |
35 | should be intuitive to anyone already familiar with how it is used for |
36 | other attributes. |
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37 | |
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38 | The C<curries> functionality provided by AttributeHelpers has been |
39 | generalized to apply to all cases of C<< handles => HASHREF >>, though |
40 | not every piece of functionality has been ported (currying with a |
41 | CODEREF is not supported). |
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42 | |
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43 | =item C<empty> is now C<is_empty>, and means empty, not non-empty |
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44 | |
45 | Previously, the C<empty> method provided by Arrays and Hashes returned true if |
46 | the attribute was B<not> empty (no elements). Now it returns true if the |
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47 | attribute B<is> empty. It was also renamed to C<is_empty>, to reflect this. |
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48 | |
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49 | =item C<find> was renamed to C<first>, and C<first> and C<last> were removed |
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50 | |
51 | L<List::Util> refers to the functionality that we used to provide under C<find> |
52 | as L<first|List::Util/first>, so that will likely be more familiar (and will |
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53 | fit in better if we decide to add more List::Util functions). C<first> and |
54 | C<last> were removed, since their functionality is easily duplicated with |
55 | curries of C<get>. |
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56 | |
57 | =item Helpers that take a coderef of one argument now use C<$_> |
58 | |
59 | Subroutines passed as the first argument to C<first>, C<map>, and C<grep> now |
60 | receive their argument in C<$_> rather than as a parameter to the subroutine. |
61 | Helpers that take a coderef of two or more arguments remain using the argument |
62 | list (there are technical limitations to using C<$a> and C<$b> like C<sort> |
63 | does). |
64 | |
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65 | =back |
66 | |
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67 | See L<Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native> for the new documentation. |
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68 | |
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69 | C<< use Moose -metaclass => 'Foo' >> now does alias resolution, just like |
70 | C<-traits> (and the C<metaclass> and C<traits> options to C<has>). |
71 | |
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72 | Added two functions C<meta_class_alias> and C<meta_attribute_alias> to |
73 | L<Moose::Util>, to simplify aliasing metaclasses and metatraits. This is |
74 | a wrapper around the old |
75 | |
76 | package Moose::Meta::Class::Custom::Trait::FooTrait; |
77 | sub register_implementation { 'My::Meta::Trait' } |
78 | |
79 | way of doing this. |
80 | |
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81 | The C<alias> and C<excludes> role parameters have been renamed to C<-alias> |
82 | and C<-excludes>. The old names still work, but new code should use the new |
83 | names, and eventually the old ones will be deprecated and removed. |
84 | |
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85 | =head1 Version 0.84 |
86 | |
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87 | When an attribute generates I<no> accessors, we now warn. This is to help |
88 | users who forget the C<is> option. If you really do not want any accessors, |
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89 | you can use C<< is => 'bare' >>. You can maintain back compat with older |
90 | versions of Moose by using something like: |
91 | |
92 | ($Moose::VERSION >= 0.84 ? is => 'bare' : ()) |
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93 | |
94 | When an accessor overwrites an existing method, we now warn. To work around |
95 | this warning (if you really must have this behavior), you can explicitly |
96 | remove the method before creating it as an accessor: |
97 | |
98 | sub foo {} |
99 | |
100 | __PACKAGE__->meta->remove_method('foo'); |
101 | |
102 | has foo => ( |
103 | is => 'ro', |
104 | ); |
105 | |
106 | When an unknown option is passed to C<has>, we now warn. You can silence |
107 | the warning by fixing your code. :) |
108 | |
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109 | The C<Role> type has been deprecated. On its own, it was useless, |
110 | since it just checked C<< $object->can('does') >>. If you were using |
111 | it as a parent type, just call C<role_type('Role::Name')> to create an |
112 | appropriate type instead. |
113 | |
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114 | =head1 Version 0.78 |
115 | |
116 | C<use Moose::Exporter;> now imports C<strict> and C<warnings> into packages |
117 | that use it. |
118 | |
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119 | =head1 Version 0.77 |
120 | |
121 | C<DEMOLISHALL> and C<DEMOLISH> now receive an argument indicating whether or |
122 | not we are in global destruction. |
123 | |
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124 | =head1 Version 0.76 |
125 | |
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126 | Type constraints no longer run coercions for a value that already matches the |
127 | constraint. This may affect some (arguably buggy) edge case coercions that |
128 | rely on side effects in the C<via> clause. |
129 | |
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130 | =head1 Version 0.75 |
131 | |
132 | L<Moose::Exporter> now accepts the C<-metaclass> option for easily |
133 | overriding the metaclass (without L<metaclass>). This works for classes |
134 | and roles. |
135 | |
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136 | =head1 Version 0.74 |
137 | |
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138 | Added a C<duck_type> sugar function to L<Moose::Util::TypeConstraints> |
139 | to make integration with non-Moose classes easier. It simply checks if |
140 | C<< $obj->can() >> a list of methods. |
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141 | |
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142 | A number of methods (mostly inherited from L<Class::MOP>) have been |
143 | renamed with a leading underscore to indicate their internal-ness. The |
144 | old method names will still work for a while, but will warn that the |
145 | method has been renamed. In a few cases, the method will be removed |
146 | entirely in the future. This may affect MooseX authors who were using |
147 | these methods. |
148 | |
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149 | =head1 Version 0.73 |
150 | |
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151 | Calling C<subtype> with a name as the only argument now throws an |
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152 | exception. If you want an anonymous subtype do: |
153 | |
154 | my $subtype = subtype as 'Foo'; |
155 | |
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156 | This is related to the changes in version 0.71_01. |
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157 | |
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158 | The C<is_needed> method in L<Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor> is now |
159 | only usable as a class method. Previously, it worked as a class or |
160 | object method, with a different internal implementation for each |
161 | version. |
162 | |
163 | The internals of making a class immutable changed a lot in Class::MOP |
164 | 0.78_02, and Moose's internals have changed along with it. The |
165 | external C<< $metaclass->make_immutable >> method still works the same |
166 | way. |
167 | |
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168 | =head1 Version 0.72 |
169 | |
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170 | A mutable class accepted C<< Foo->new(undef) >> without complaint, |
171 | while an immutable class would blow up with an unhelpful error. Now, |
172 | in both cases we throw a helpful error instead. |
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173 | |
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174 | This "feature" was originally added to allow for cases such as this: |
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175 | |
176 | my $args; |
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177 | |
178 | if ( something() ) { |
179 | $args = {...}; |
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180 | } |
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181 | |
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182 | return My::Class->new($args); |
183 | |
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184 | But we decided this is a bad idea and a little too magical, because it |
185 | can easily mask real errors. |
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186 | |
187 | =head1 Version 0.71_01 |
188 | |
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189 | Calling C<type> or C<subtype> without the sugar helpers (C<as>, |
190 | C<where>, C<message>) is now deprecated. |
191 | |
192 | As a side effect, this meant we ended up using Perl prototypes on |
193 | C<as>, and code like this will no longer work: |
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194 | |
195 | use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints; |
196 | use Declare::Constraints::Simple -All; |
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197 | |
198 | subtype 'ArrayOfInts' |
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199 | => as 'ArrayRef' |
200 | => IsArrayRef(IsInt); |
201 | |
202 | Instead it must be changed to this: |
203 | |
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204 | subtype( |
205 | 'ArrayOfInts' => { |
206 | as => 'ArrayRef', |
207 | where => IsArrayRef(IsInt) |
208 | } |
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209 | ); |
210 | |
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211 | If you want to maintain backwards compat with older versions of Moose, |
212 | you must explicitly test Moose's C<VERSION>: |
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213 | |
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214 | if ( Moose->VERSION < 0.71_01 ) { |
215 | subtype 'ArrayOfInts' |
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216 | => as 'ArrayRef' |
217 | => IsArrayRef(IsInt); |
218 | } |
219 | else { |
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220 | subtype( |
221 | 'ArrayOfInts' => { |
222 | as => 'ArrayRef', |
223 | where => IsArrayRef(IsInt) |
224 | } |
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225 | ); |
226 | } |
227 | |
228 | =head1 Version 0.70 |
229 | |
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230 | We no longer pass the meta-attribute object as a final argument to |
231 | triggers. This actually changed for inlined code a while back, but the |
232 | non-inlined version and the docs were still out of date. |
233 | |
234 | If by some chance you actually used this feature, the workaround is |
235 | simple. You fetch the attribute object from out of the C<$self> |
236 | that is passed as the first argument to trigger, like so: |
237 | |
238 | has 'foo' => ( |
239 | is => 'ro', |
240 | isa => 'Any', |
241 | trigger => sub { |
242 | my ( $self, $value ) = @_; |
243 | my $attr = $self->meta->find_attribute_by_name('foo'); |
244 | |
245 | # ... |
246 | } |
247 | ); |
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248 | |
249 | =head1 Version 0.66 |
250 | |
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251 | If you created a subtype and passed a parent that Moose didn't know |
252 | about, it simply ignored the parent. Now it automatically creates the |
253 | parent as a class type. This may not be what you want, but is less |
254 | broken than before. |
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255 | |
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256 | You could declare a name with subtype such as "Foo!Bar". Moose would |
257 | accept this allowed, but if you used it in a parameterized type such |
258 | as "ArrayRef[Foo!Bar]" it wouldn't work. We now do some vetting on |
259 | names created via the sugar functions, so that they can only contain |
260 | alphanumerics, ":", and ".". |
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261 | |
262 | =head1 Version 0.65 |
263 | |
264 | Methods created via an attribute can now fulfill a C<requires> |
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265 | declaration for a role. Honestly we don't know why Stevan didn't make |
266 | this work originally, he was just insane or something. |
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267 | |
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268 | Stack traces from inlined code will now report the line and file as |
269 | being in your class, as opposed to in Moose guts. |
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270 | |
271 | =head1 Version 0.62_02 |
272 | |
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273 | When a class does not provide all of a role's required methods, the |
274 | error thrown now mentions all of the missing methods, as opposed to |
275 | just the first missing method. |
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276 | |
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277 | Moose will no longer inline a constructor for your class unless it |
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278 | inherits its constructor from Moose::Object, and will warn when it |
279 | doesn't inline. If you want to force inlining anyway, pass |
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280 | C<< replace_constructor => 1 >> to C<make_immutable>. |
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281 | |
282 | If you want to get rid of the warning, pass C<< inline_constructor => |
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283 | 0 >>. |
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284 | |
285 | =head1 Version 0.62 |
286 | |
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287 | Removed the (deprecated) C<make_immutable> keyword. |
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288 | |
289 | Removing an attribute from a class now also removes delegation |
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290 | (C<handles>) methods installed for that attribute. This is correct |
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291 | behavior, but if you were wrongly relying on it you might get bit. |
292 | |
293 | =head1 Version 0.58 |
294 | |
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295 | Roles now add methods by calling C<add_method>, not |
296 | C<alias_method>. They make sure to always provide a method object, |
297 | which will be cloned internally. This means that it is now possible to |
298 | track the source of a method provided by a role, and even follow its |
299 | history through intermediate roles. This means that methods added by |
300 | a role now show up when looking at a class's method list/map. |
301 | |
302 | Parameter and Union args are now sorted, this makes Int|Str the same |
303 | constraint as Str|Int. Also, incoming type constraint strings are |
304 | normalized to remove all whitespace differences. This is mostly for |
305 | internals and should not affect outside code. |
306 | |
307 | L<Moose::Exporter> will no longer remove a subroutine that the |
308 | exporting package re-exports. Moose re-exports the Carp::confess |
309 | function, among others. The reasoning is that we cannot know whether |
310 | you have also explicitly imported those functions for your own use, so |
311 | we err on the safe side and always keep them. |
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312 | |
313 | =head1 Version 0.56 |
314 | |
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315 | C<Moose::init_meta> should now be called as a method. |
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316 | |
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317 | New modules for extension writers, L<Moose::Exporter> and |
318 | L<Moose::Util::MetaRole>. |
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319 | |
320 | =head1 Version 0.55_01 |
321 | |
322 | Implemented metaclass traits (and wrote a recipe for it): |
323 | |
324 | use Moose -traits => 'Foo' |
325 | |
326 | This should make writing small Moose extensions a little |
327 | easier. |
328 | |
329 | =head1 Version 0.55 |
330 | |
331 | Fixed C<coerce> to accept anon types just like C<subtype> can. |
332 | So that you can do: |
333 | |
334 | coerce $some_anon_type => from 'Str' => via { ... }; |
335 | |
336 | =head1 Version 0.51 |
337 | |
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338 | Added C<BUILDARGS>, a new step in C<< Moose::Object->new() >>. |
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339 | |
340 | =head1 Version 0.49 |
341 | |
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342 | Fixed how the C<< is => (ro|rw) >> works with custom defined |
343 | C<reader>, C<writer> and C<accessor> options. See the below table for |
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344 | details: |
345 | |
346 | is => ro, writer => _foo # turns into (reader => foo, writer => _foo) |
347 | is => rw, writer => _foo # turns into (reader => foo, writer => _foo) |
348 | is => rw, accessor => _foo # turns into (accessor => _foo) |
349 | is => ro, accessor => _foo # error, accesor is rw |
350 | |
351 | =head1 Version 0.45 |
352 | |
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353 | The C<before/around/after> method modifiers now support regexp |
354 | matching of method names. NOTE: this only works for classes, it is |
355 | currently not supported in roles, but, ... patches welcome. |
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356 | |
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357 | The C<has> keyword for roles now accepts the same array ref form that |
358 | L<Moose>.pm does for classes. |
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359 | |
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360 | A trigger on a read-only attribute is no longer an error, as it's |
361 | useful to trigger off of the constructor. |
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362 | |
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363 | Subtypes of parameterizable types now are parameterizable types |
364 | themselves. |
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365 | |
366 | =head1 Version 0.44 |
367 | |
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368 | Fixed issue where C<DEMOLISHALL> was eating the value in C<$@>, and so |
369 | not working correctly. It still kind of eats them, but so does vanilla |
370 | perl. |
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371 | |
372 | =head1 Version 0.41 |
373 | |
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374 | Inherited attributes may now be extended without restriction on the |
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375 | type ('isa', 'does'). |
376 | |
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377 | The entire set of Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::* classes were |
378 | refactored in this release. If you were relying on their internals you |
379 | should test your code carefully. |
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380 | |
381 | =head1 Version 0.40 |
382 | |
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383 | Documenting the use of '+name' with attributes that come from recently |
384 | composed roles. It makes sense, people are using it, and so why not |
385 | just officially support it. |
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386 | |
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387 | The C<< Moose::Meta::Class->create >> method now supports roles. |
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388 | |
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389 | It is now possible to make anonymous enum types by passing C<enum> an |
390 | array reference instead of the C<< enum $name => @values >>. |
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391 | |
392 | =head1 Version 0.37 |
393 | |
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394 | Added the C<make_immutable> keyword as a shortcut to calling |
395 | C<make_immutable> on the meta object. This eventually got removed! |
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396 | |
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397 | Made C<< init_arg => undef >> work in Moose. This means "do not accept |
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398 | a constructor parameter for this attribute". |
399 | |
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400 | Type errors now use the provided message. Prior to this release they |
401 | didn't. |
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402 | |
403 | =head1 Version 0.34 |
404 | |
405 | Moose is now a postmodern object system :) |
406 | |
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407 | The Role system was completely refactored. It is 100% backwards |
408 | compat, but the internals were totally changed. If you relied on the |
409 | internals then you are advised to test carefully. |
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410 | |
411 | Added method exclusion and aliasing for Roles in this release. |
412 | |
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413 | Added the L<Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints> |
414 | module. |
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415 | |
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416 | Passing a list of values to an accessor (which is only expecting one |
417 | value) used to be silently ignored, now it throws an error. |
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418 | |
419 | =head1 Version 0.26 |
420 | |
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421 | Added parameterized types and did a pretty heavy refactoring of the |
422 | type constraint system. |
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423 | |
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424 | Better framework extendability and better support for "making your own |
425 | Moose". |
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426 | |
427 | =head1 Version 0.25 or before |
428 | |
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429 | Honestly, you shouldn't be using versions of Moose that are this old, |
430 | so many bug fixes and speed improvements have been made you would be |
431 | crazy to not upgrade. |
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432 | |
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433 | Also, I am tired of going through the Changelog so I am stopping here, |
434 | if anyone would like to continue this please feel free. |
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435 | |
436 | =head1 AUTHOR |
437 | |
438 | Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt> |
439 | |
440 | =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE |
441 | |
442 | Copyright 2009 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. |
443 | |
444 | L<http://www.iinteractive.com> |
445 | |
446 | This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
447 | it under the same terms as Perl itself. |
448 | |
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449 | =cut |