1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
7 * Class::MOP::Attribute
8 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
9 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
10 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
11 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
14 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
15 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
17 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
19 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
20 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
22 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
23 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
24 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
25 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
26 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
29 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
30 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
31 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
32 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
33 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
34 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
35 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
37 - Class::MOP::Instance
38 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
42 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
43 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
44 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
46 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
47 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
48 when an object is constructed)
49 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
51 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
52 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
53 when an object is constructed)
54 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
55 - attributes => _attributes
56 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
58 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
60 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
61 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
62 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
65 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
66 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
67 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
70 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
71 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
72 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
73 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
77 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
78 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
79 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
80 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
81 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
82 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
84 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
85 * No changes from 0.78_02.
87 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
89 * Class::MOP::Immutable
90 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
91 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
92 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
93 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
97 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
98 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
101 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
102 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
103 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
105 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
107 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
108 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
111 * Class::MOP::Instance
112 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
113 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
114 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
115 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
117 * Class::MOP::Attribute
118 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
119 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
120 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
122 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
123 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
124 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
128 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
129 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
130 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
131 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
133 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
134 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
135 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
136 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
137 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
138 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
139 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
140 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
141 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
144 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
145 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
148 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
150 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
151 * No changes from 0.77_01
153 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
155 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
156 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
157 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
158 against the pure Perl version of this code.
160 * Class::MOP::Instance
161 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
162 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
165 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
167 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
171 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
172 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
176 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
177 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
179 * Class::MOP::Package
180 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
181 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
184 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
188 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
189 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
190 near future release. You've been warned.
192 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
193 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
194 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
195 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
197 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
198 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
201 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
202 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
205 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
208 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
209 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
211 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
213 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
214 sharing an immutable transformer object
215 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
216 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
218 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
220 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
221 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
222 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
223 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
225 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
226 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
228 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
230 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
231 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
233 * t/082_get_code_info.t
234 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
235 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
236 succeed in that case.
238 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
239 * Class::MOP::Package
240 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
243 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
244 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
246 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
247 * Class::MOP::Immutable
248 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
249 the constructor was inlined.
250 * Class::MOP::Package
251 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
252 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
253 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
255 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
256 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
258 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
260 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
261 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
262 * Class::MOP::Immutable
263 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
264 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
265 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
268 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
269 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
270 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
271 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
272 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
273 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
274 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
275 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
276 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
277 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
279 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
282 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
283 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
286 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
288 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
289 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
291 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
293 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
294 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
295 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
298 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
299 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
300 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
303 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
305 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
306 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
308 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
309 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
310 times in an eval. (t0m)
312 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
314 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
315 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
316 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
317 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
318 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
319 - added test for this
321 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
322 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
323 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
326 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
327 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
331 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
332 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
333 aliased methods and "real" methods.
335 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
336 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
337 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
338 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
341 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
342 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
345 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
346 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
347 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
348 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
349 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
350 for sad systems without a compiler.
353 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
354 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
357 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
358 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
359 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
361 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
363 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
364 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
365 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
366 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
368 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
369 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
370 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
371 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
373 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
375 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
376 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
379 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
380 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
381 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
383 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
385 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
387 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
388 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
389 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
391 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
392 * Class::MOP::Package
393 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
394 releases. (nothingmuch)
397 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
399 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
400 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
401 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
404 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
407 * Class::MOP::Instance
408 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
410 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
412 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
413 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
414 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
415 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
418 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
419 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
423 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
424 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
425 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
426 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
427 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
430 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
431 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
432 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
435 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
436 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
437 consistency (nothingmuch)
438 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
440 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
441 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
442 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
443 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
446 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
447 * Class::MOP::Immutable
448 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
450 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
452 * Class::MOP::Instance
453 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
454 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
456 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
458 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
459 the class is already loaded (sartak)
460 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
461 instead of just 1 (sartak)
464 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
466 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
467 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
468 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
470 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
471 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
472 recognizes it correct this time.
474 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
475 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
478 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
479 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
482 - now stores the instance of the instance
483 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
484 and deletes it when the cache is blown
485 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
486 the options used to make it immutable as well as
487 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
489 * Class::MOP::Package
490 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
491 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
492 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
496 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
498 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
499 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
501 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
502 names now throw a more direct error in
504 - tests for this and other aspects of
510 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
511 Class::MOP::Attribute
512 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
515 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
516 (late night release engineering)--
518 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
519 changes in this release
521 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
522 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
523 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
526 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
527 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
528 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
531 * Class::MOP::Package
532 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
534 - inlining a few calls to &name with
535 direct HASH access key access
536 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
537 a HASH of items based on a type filter
538 similar to list_all_package_symbols
539 - added tests for this
542 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
543 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
544 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
545 - added more descriptive error message to help
546 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
547 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
549 * Class::MOP::Immutable
550 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
552 - added tests for this
554 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
556 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
557 function from MRO::Compat
558 - All XS based functionality now has a
559 Pure Perl alternative
560 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
561 can now be used to force non-XS versions
564 * Class::MOP::Attribute
565 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
566 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
567 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
569 - added tests for this
571 * Class::MOP::Immutable
572 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
573 making the class immutable
576 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
577 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
578 allow for it to work.
579 - added tests for this
581 * Class::MOP::Attribute
583 Class::MOP::Immutable
584 - any time a method meta object is constructed
585 we make sure to pass the correct package and
586 method name information
589 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
590 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
591 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
592 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
593 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
594 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
595 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
596 throw an error if these are not supplied.
597 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
598 and now store the package_name and name attributes
601 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
602 Module::Install support has been removed
604 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
605 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
606 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
607 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
611 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
612 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
614 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
615 when it has no init_arg
616 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
617 to support c3 classes.
619 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
622 - making sure that load_class never gets
623 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
624 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
627 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
629 - improved error handling in ->create method
630 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
631 will be used to populate values
632 - added tests for this
635 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
636 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
642 Class::MOP::Attribute
643 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
644 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
646 * Class::MOP::Instance
647 Class::MOP::Immutable
648 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
651 - fixed the filename length on several
652 test files so we install on VMS better
654 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
655 should be catfile (RT #32385)
657 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
658 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
661 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
662 Class::MOP::Attribute
663 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
664 to indicate that no constructor args can
665 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
666 - added tests for this
667 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
670 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
671 feature instead of the silly hack from
672 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
674 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
676 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
679 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
680 - removed assumptions about the existence of
683 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
684 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
685 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
688 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
689 constant so that we can take advantage
690 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
693 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
694 optimize the &linearized_isa method
695 and avoid the hack/check for circular
696 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
697 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
698 - added tests for this
700 * Class::MOP::Immutable
701 - the immutable class now keeps track of
702 the transformer which immutablized it
704 * Class::MOP::Instance
705 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
706 - added tests for this
708 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
710 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
711 transformation arguments are saved
713 - added tests for this
715 * Class::MOP::Immutable
716 - fixed a bug (see above)
718 * Class::MOP::Attribute
721 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
722 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
723 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
726 - removed the dependency on B
727 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
728 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
729 the B fiddling we were doing with
730 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
731 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
732 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
733 be used to help manage method caching.
736 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
737 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
738 even more accurate caching information.
739 blblack++ for that stuff :)
742 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
743 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
744 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
745 track of when we need to re-fetch the
747 - Several small improvements to take advantage
748 of the new method map caching features
750 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
751 * Class::MOP::Attribute
752 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
753 HASH ref case, which makes the
754 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
755 - added more tests for this
757 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
758 * Class::MOP::Attribute
759 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
760 - added more tests for this
762 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
764 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
765 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
766 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
768 * Class::MOP::Attribute
769 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
770 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
771 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
773 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
774 * Class::MOP::Attribute
775 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
777 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
778 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
780 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
782 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
785 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
786 construct_class_instance (groditi)
787 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
788 call through (groditi)
790 * Class::MOP::Attribute
791 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
792 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
793 it is defined (groditi)
795 * Class::MOP::Instance
796 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
797 it is defined (groditi)
799 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
800 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
801 - removed the relevant attributes
803 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
804 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
805 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
806 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
808 - added tests for this
809 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
810 non-inlined constructors.
811 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
813 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
814 - added this class as an abstract base for the
815 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
816 - added tests for this
819 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
820 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
823 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
825 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
826 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
828 * Class::MOP::Package
829 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
832 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
834 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
836 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
837 it manually now so that people can use this
838 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
840 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
842 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
843 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
844 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
847 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
848 * Class::MOP::Immutable
849 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
850 - removed unused variable
851 - added create_immutable_transformer
852 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
853 - tests for this (groditi)
856 - Immutability can now be undone,
857 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
858 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
859 for details see comments next to make_immutable
860 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
861 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
862 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
863 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
864 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
865 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
867 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
868 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
870 * Class::MOP::Package
871 - we now deal with stub methods properly
872 - added tests for this
873 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
875 * Class::MOP::Attribute
876 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
877 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
879 - added tests and POD for this
882 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
883 handles undef values correctly.
884 - added tests for this
885 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
886 will not get reaped when instances still
887 exist which need to reference them. This is
888 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
889 obscure enough feature that there are not too
890 many work arounds out in the wild.
891 - added tests for this by groditi
892 - updated docs to explain this
895 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
896 - added tests for this behavior
898 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
899 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
902 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
903 - added tests and docs for these
905 * Class::MOP::Attribute
906 - default now checks the instance with defined to
907 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
911 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
917 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
918 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
919 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
920 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
923 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
925 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
926 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
927 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
930 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
931 immutable transformation instead of
932 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
934 + Class::MOP::Immutable
935 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
936 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
937 be coming eventually.
940 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
942 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
943 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
947 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
950 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
952 - constructor generation is now handled by
953 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
955 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
956 - created this to handle constructor generation
957 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
959 * Class::MOP::Attribute
961 - attributes now delegate to the
962 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
965 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
966 - all accessor generation functions from
967 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
969 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
971 * scripts/class_browser.pl
972 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
973 on this to come. Comments and patches are
977 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
978 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
979 they are aliased from the originals
980 - fixed tests to reflect
981 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
983 - adjusted tests for this
984 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
989 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
990 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
991 - adjusted tests to compensate
992 - adjusted docs for this
995 - changed how methods are dealt with to
996 encapsulate most of the work into the
997 &get_method_map method
998 - made several adjustments for the change
999 in Class::MOP::Method
1000 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1001 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1002 old one before installing the new one
1003 - added tests for this
1004 - adjusted docs for this
1006 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1007 - added caching of &get_method_map
1008 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1009 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1011 * Class::MOP::Package
1012 - added filtering capabilities to
1013 &list_all_package_symbols
1015 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1017 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1018 the $:version and such just actually goes
1019 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1020 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1022 - The &create method now requires that all
1023 but the package name now is passed in as
1024 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1025 - updated docs and tests for this
1027 * Class::MOP::Object
1028 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1032 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1033 which do not store things in the instance
1034 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1037 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1039 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1041 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1042 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1045 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1046 - fixed all tests for this
1048 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1049 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1050 are no longer allowed for defaults
1051 - added tests for this
1053 * Class::MOP::Package
1054 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1055 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1056 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1058 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1060 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1061 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1062 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1063 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1065 * Class::MOP::Package
1066 - refactored entire class, this is now
1067 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1068 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1069 - added many tests for this
1070 - this class is now a subclass of
1072 - added some tests to reflect this
1075 - refactored all symbol table access to
1076 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1078 * Class::MOP::Module
1079 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1080 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1081 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1082 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1083 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1084 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1085 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1086 - added tests for this
1088 * Class::MOP::Instance
1089 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1091 - added tests for this
1093 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1094 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1095 slots from an instance
1096 - added tests for this
1098 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1101 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1102 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1104 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1105 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1106 the value of the attribute for a particular
1109 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1110 ---------------------------------------
1111 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1112 to introduce the immutable features which
1113 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1114 This support should still be considered
1115 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1116 ---------------------------------------
1118 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1120 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1121 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1122 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1125 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1126 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1127 ::Package and now inherited
1128 - added tests for this
1130 * Class::MOP::Instance
1131 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1132 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1133 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1134 instance creation (of course)
1137 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1138 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1139 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1140 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1141 table manipulation methods.
1143 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1144 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1146 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1147 properly when inherited
1148 - small fix to &clone_instance
1150 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1151 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1152 - This release works in combination with
1153 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1154 because it introduces a new instance
1155 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1159 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1160 - added tests for this
1161 - improved method modifier wrapping
1163 * Class::MOP::Instance
1164 - added new instance protocol
1165 - added tests for this
1166 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1168 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1172 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1173 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1175 - updated tests for this
1178 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1179 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1181 - added tests for this
1182 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1183 new instance protocol
1184 - added more tests for this
1186 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1188 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1189 - added tests and docs for this
1190 - some small optimizations
1192 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1193 - some small optimizations
1195 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1197 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1198 - added tests for this
1199 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1200 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1201 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1202 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1203 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1204 delegates appropriately
1206 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1207 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1208 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1209 called initialize_instance_slot
1212 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1213 initialize_instance_slot method
1215 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1217 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1218 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1220 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1222 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1223 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1225 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1226 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1227 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1229 - added tests for this
1230 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1232 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1234 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1235 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1236 - added test case for this
1238 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1240 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1241 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1242 available in DESTORY calls
1244 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1245 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1246 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1248 * Class::MOP::Method
1249 - added &package_name, &name and
1250 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1251 which were formerly private subs in
1254 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1255 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1256 before, after and around modifiers
1257 - added tests and docs for this feature
1260 - improved &get_package_symbol
1261 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1262 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1264 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1265 - &add_before_method_modifier
1266 - &add_after_method_modifier
1267 - &add_around_method_modifier
1268 - added tests and docs for these
1269 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1270 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1272 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1273 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1277 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1278 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1279 the test skip if it is not installed
1281 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1283 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1286 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1287 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1288 - added docs and tests
1290 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1291 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1292 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1293 be considered "ready to use".
1295 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1296 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1297 - test coverage is now at 99%
1300 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1301 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1302 metaclass pragma instead.
1305 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1306 error/edge-case tests
1308 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1309 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1310 error/edge-case tests
1313 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1315 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1317 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1318 metaclass a little more straightforward
1321 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1322 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1323 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1324 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1328 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1329 is now more useful for subclasses
1330 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1331 hash of attribute meta objects
1332 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1333 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1334 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1335 attribute meta-object itself
1336 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1337 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1338 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1339 - added docs & tests for this
1340 - added Clone as a dependency
1341 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1342 return blessed new or cloned instances
1343 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1344 - added docs & tests for this
1345 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1346 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1347 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1348 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1349 - added tests and docs for this
1352 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1354 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1356 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1358 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1359 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1360 attributes/methods respectively
1363 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1366 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1367 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1368 - added new example:
1371 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1373 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1375 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1376 - improved error messages
1379 - added new examples:
1380 - AttributesWithHistory
1381 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1383 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1384 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1386 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1387 - refactored method generation code
1388 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1391 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1392 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1393 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1394 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1395 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1397 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1398 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1399 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1401 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006