1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
11 * Class::MOP::Attribute
12 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
13 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
14 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
17 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
18 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
19 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
20 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
22 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
23 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
24 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
25 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
26 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
27 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
28 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
29 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
32 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
33 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
36 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
38 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
39 * No changes from 0.77_01
41 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
43 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
44 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
45 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
46 against the pure Perl version of this code.
48 * Class::MOP::Instance
49 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
50 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
53 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
55 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
59 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
60 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
64 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
65 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
68 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
69 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
72 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
76 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
77 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
78 near future release. You've been warned.
80 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
81 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
82 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
83 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
85 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
86 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
89 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
90 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
93 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
96 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
97 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
99 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
101 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
102 sharing an immutable transformer object
103 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
104 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
106 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
108 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
109 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
110 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
111 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
113 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
114 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
116 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
118 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
119 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
121 * t/082_get_code_info.t
122 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
123 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
124 succeed in that case.
126 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
127 * Class::MOP::Package
128 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
131 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
132 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
134 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
135 * Class::MOP::Immutable
136 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
137 the constructor was inlined.
138 * Class::MOP::Package
139 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
140 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
141 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
143 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
144 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
146 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
148 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
149 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
150 * Class::MOP::Immutable
151 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
152 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
153 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
156 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
157 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
158 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
159 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
160 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
161 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
162 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
163 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
164 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
165 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
167 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
170 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
171 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
174 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
176 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
177 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
179 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
181 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
182 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
183 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
186 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
187 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
188 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
191 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
193 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
194 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
196 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
197 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
198 times in an eval. (t0m)
200 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
202 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
203 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
204 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
205 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
206 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
207 - added test for this
209 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
210 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
211 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
214 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
215 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
219 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
220 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
221 aliased methods and "real" methods.
223 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
224 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
225 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
226 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
229 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
230 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
233 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
234 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
235 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
236 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
237 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
238 for sad systems without a compiler.
241 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
242 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
245 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
246 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
247 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
249 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
251 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
252 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
253 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
254 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
256 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
257 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
258 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
259 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
261 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
263 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
264 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
267 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
268 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
269 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
271 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
273 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
275 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
276 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
277 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
279 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
280 * Class::MOP::Package
281 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
282 releases. (nothingmuch)
285 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
287 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
288 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
289 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
292 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
295 * Class::MOP::Instance
296 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
298 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
300 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
301 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
302 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
303 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
306 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
307 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
311 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
312 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
313 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
314 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
315 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
318 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
319 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
320 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
323 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
324 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
325 consistency (nothingmuch)
326 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
328 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
329 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
330 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
331 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
334 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
335 * Class::MOP::Immutable
336 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
338 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
340 * Class::MOP::Instance
341 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
342 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
344 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
346 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
347 the class is already loaded (sartak)
348 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
349 instead of just 1 (sartak)
352 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
354 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
355 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
356 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
358 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
359 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
360 recognizes it correct this time.
362 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
363 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
366 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
367 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
370 - now stores the instance of the instance
371 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
372 and deletes it when the cache is blown
373 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
374 the options used to make it immutable as well as
375 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
377 * Class::MOP::Package
378 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
379 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
380 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
384 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
386 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
387 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
389 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
390 names now throw a more direct error in
392 - tests for this and other aspects of
398 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
399 Class::MOP::Attribute
400 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
403 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
404 (late night release engineering)--
406 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
407 changes in this release
409 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
410 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
411 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
414 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
415 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
416 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
419 * Class::MOP::Package
420 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
422 - inlining a few calls to &name with
423 direct HASH access key access
424 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
425 a HASH of items based on a type filter
426 similar to list_all_package_symbols
427 - added tests for this
430 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
431 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
432 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
433 - added more descriptive error message to help
434 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
435 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
437 * Class::MOP::Immutable
438 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
440 - added tests for this
442 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
444 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
445 function from MRO::Compat
446 - All XS based functionality now has a
447 Pure Perl alternative
448 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
449 can now be used to force non-XS versions
452 * Class::MOP::Attribute
453 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
454 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
455 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
457 - added tests for this
459 * Class::MOP::Immutable
460 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
461 making the class immutable
464 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
465 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
466 allow for it to work.
467 - added tests for this
469 * Class::MOP::Attribute
471 Class::MOP::Immutable
472 - any time a method meta object is constructed
473 we make sure to pass the correct package and
474 method name information
477 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
478 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
479 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
480 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
481 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
482 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
483 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
484 throw an error if these are not supplied.
485 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
486 and now store the package_name and name attributes
489 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
490 Module::Install support has been removed
492 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
493 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
494 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
495 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
499 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
500 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
502 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
503 when it has no init_arg
504 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
505 to support c3 classes.
507 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
510 - making sure that load_class never gets
511 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
512 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
515 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
517 - improved error handling in ->create method
518 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
519 will be used to populate values
520 - added tests for this
523 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
524 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
530 Class::MOP::Attribute
531 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
532 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
534 * Class::MOP::Instance
535 Class::MOP::Immutable
536 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
539 - fixed the filename length on several
540 test files so we install on VMS better
542 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
543 should be catfile (RT #32385)
545 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
546 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
549 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
550 Class::MOP::Attribute
551 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
552 to indicate that no constructor args can
553 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
554 - added tests for this
555 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
558 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
559 feature instead of the silly hack from
560 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
562 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
564 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
567 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
568 - removed assumptions about the existence of
571 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
572 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
573 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
576 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
577 constant so that we can take advantage
578 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
581 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
582 optimize the &linearized_isa method
583 and avoid the hack/check for circular
584 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
585 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
586 - added tests for this
588 * Class::MOP::Immutable
589 - the immutable class now keeps track of
590 the transformer which immutablized it
592 * Class::MOP::Instance
593 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
594 - added tests for this
596 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
598 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
599 transformation arguments are saved
601 - added tests for this
603 * Class::MOP::Immutable
604 - fixed a bug (see above)
606 * Class::MOP::Attribute
609 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
610 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
611 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
614 - removed the dependency on B
615 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
616 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
617 the B fiddling we were doing with
618 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
619 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
620 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
621 be used to help manage method caching.
624 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
625 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
626 even more accurate caching information.
627 blblack++ for that stuff :)
630 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
631 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
632 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
633 track of when we need to re-fetch the
635 - Several small improvements to take advantage
636 of the new method map caching features
638 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
639 * Class::MOP::Attribute
640 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
641 HASH ref case, which makes the
642 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
643 - added more tests for this
645 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
646 * Class::MOP::Attribute
647 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
648 - added more tests for this
650 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
652 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
653 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
654 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
656 * Class::MOP::Attribute
657 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
658 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
659 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
661 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
662 * Class::MOP::Attribute
663 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
665 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
666 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
668 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
670 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
673 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
674 construct_class_instance (groditi)
675 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
676 call through (groditi)
678 * Class::MOP::Attribute
679 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
680 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
681 it is defined (groditi)
683 * Class::MOP::Instance
684 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
685 it is defined (groditi)
687 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
688 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
689 - removed the relevant attributes
691 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
692 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
693 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
694 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
696 - added tests for this
697 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
698 non-inlined constructors.
699 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
701 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
702 - added this class as an abstract base for the
703 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
704 - added tests for this
707 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
708 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
711 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
713 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
714 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
716 * Class::MOP::Package
717 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
720 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
722 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
724 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
725 it manually now so that people can use this
726 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
728 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
730 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
731 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
732 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
735 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
736 * Class::MOP::Immutable
737 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
738 - removed unused variable
739 - added create_immutable_transformer
740 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
741 - tests for this (groditi)
744 - Immutability can now be undone,
745 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
746 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
747 for details see comments next to make_immutable
748 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
749 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
750 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
751 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
752 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
753 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
755 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
756 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
758 * Class::MOP::Package
759 - we now deal with stub methods properly
760 - added tests for this
761 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
763 * Class::MOP::Attribute
764 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
765 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
767 - added tests and POD for this
770 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
771 handles undef values correctly.
772 - added tests for this
773 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
774 will not get reaped when instances still
775 exist which need to reference them. This is
776 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
777 obscure enough feature that there are not too
778 many work arounds out in the wild.
779 - added tests for this by groditi
780 - updated docs to explain this
783 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
784 - added tests for this behavior
786 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
787 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
790 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
791 - added tests and docs for these
793 * Class::MOP::Attribute
794 - default now checks the instance with defined to
795 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
799 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
805 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
806 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
807 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
808 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
811 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
813 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
814 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
815 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
818 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
819 immutable transformation instead of
820 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
822 + Class::MOP::Immutable
823 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
824 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
825 be coming eventually.
828 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
830 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
831 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
835 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
838 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
840 - constructor generation is now handled by
841 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
843 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
844 - created this to handle constructor generation
845 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
847 * Class::MOP::Attribute
849 - attributes now delegate to the
850 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
853 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
854 - all accessor generation functions from
855 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
857 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
859 * scripts/class_browser.pl
860 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
861 on this to come. Comments and patches are
865 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
866 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
867 they are aliased from the originals
868 - fixed tests to reflect
869 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
871 - adjusted tests for this
872 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
877 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
878 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
879 - adjusted tests to compensate
880 - adjusted docs for this
883 - changed how methods are dealt with to
884 encapsulate most of the work into the
885 &get_method_map method
886 - made several adjustments for the change
887 in Class::MOP::Method
888 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
889 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
890 old one before installing the new one
891 - added tests for this
892 - adjusted docs for this
894 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
895 - added caching of &get_method_map
896 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
897 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
899 * Class::MOP::Package
900 - added filtering capabilities to
901 &list_all_package_symbols
903 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
905 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
906 the $:version and such just actually goes
907 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
908 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
910 - The &create method now requires that all
911 but the package name now is passed in as
912 named parameters. See docs for more info.
913 - updated docs and tests for this
916 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
920 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
921 which do not store things in the instance
922 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
925 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
927 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
929 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
930 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
933 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
934 - fixed all tests for this
936 * Class::MOP::Attribute
937 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
938 are no longer allowed for defaults
939 - added tests for this
941 * Class::MOP::Package
942 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
943 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
944 always reloaded from the symbol table.
946 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
948 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
949 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
950 metamodel is more complete (and closer
951 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
953 * Class::MOP::Package
954 - refactored entire class, this is now
955 the primary gateway between the metaclass
956 and the Perl 5 symbol table
957 - added many tests for this
958 - this class is now a subclass of
960 - added some tests to reflect this
963 - refactored all symbol table access to
964 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
967 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
968 so that Module has a version as an attribute
969 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
970 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
971 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
972 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
973 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
974 - added tests for this
976 * Class::MOP::Instance
977 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
979 - added tests for this
981 * Class::MOP::Attribute
982 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
983 slots from an instance
984 - added tests for this
986 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
989 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
990 anywhere within the class hierarchy
992 * Class::MOP::Attribute
993 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
994 the value of the attribute for a particular
997 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
998 ---------------------------------------
999 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1000 to introduce the immutable features which
1001 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1002 This support should still be considered
1003 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1004 ---------------------------------------
1006 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1008 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1009 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1010 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1013 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1014 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1015 ::Package and now inherited
1016 - added tests for this
1018 * Class::MOP::Instance
1019 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1020 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1021 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1022 instance creation (of course)
1025 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1026 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1027 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1028 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1029 table manipulation methods.
1031 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1032 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1034 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1035 properly when inherited
1036 - small fix to &clone_instance
1038 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1039 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1040 - This release works in combination with
1041 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1042 because it introduces a new instance
1043 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1047 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1048 - added tests for this
1049 - improved method modifier wrapping
1051 * Class::MOP::Instance
1052 - added new instance protocol
1053 - added tests for this
1054 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1056 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1060 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1061 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1063 - updated tests for this
1066 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1067 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1069 - added tests for this
1070 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1071 new instance protocol
1072 - added more tests for this
1074 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1076 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1077 - added tests and docs for this
1078 - some small optimizations
1080 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1081 - some small optimizations
1083 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1085 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1086 - added tests for this
1087 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1088 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1089 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1090 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1091 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1092 delegates appropriately
1094 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1095 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1096 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1097 called initialize_instance_slot
1100 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1101 initialize_instance_slot method
1103 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1105 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1106 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1108 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1110 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1111 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1113 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1114 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1115 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1117 - added tests for this
1118 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1120 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1122 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1123 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1124 - added test case for this
1126 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1128 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1129 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1130 available in DESTORY calls
1132 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1133 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1134 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1136 * Class::MOP::Method
1137 - added &package_name, &name and
1138 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1139 which were formerly private subs in
1142 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1143 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1144 before, after and around modifiers
1145 - added tests and docs for this feature
1148 - improved &get_package_symbol
1149 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1150 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1152 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1153 - &add_before_method_modifier
1154 - &add_after_method_modifier
1155 - &add_around_method_modifier
1156 - added tests and docs for these
1157 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1158 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1160 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1161 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1165 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1166 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1167 the test skip if it is not installed
1169 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1171 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1174 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1175 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1176 - added docs and tests
1178 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1179 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1180 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1181 be considered "ready to use".
1183 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1184 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1185 - test coverage is now at 99%
1188 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1189 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1190 metaclass pragma instead.
1193 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1194 error/edge-case tests
1196 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1197 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1198 error/edge-case tests
1201 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1203 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1205 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1206 metaclass a little more straightforward
1209 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1210 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1211 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1212 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1216 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1217 is now more useful for subclasses
1218 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1219 hash of attribute meta objects
1220 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1221 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1222 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1223 attribute meta-object itself
1224 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1225 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1226 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1227 - added docs & tests for this
1228 - added Clone as a dependency
1229 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1230 return blessed new or cloned instances
1231 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1232 - added docs & tests for this
1233 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1234 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1235 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1236 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1237 - added tests and docs for this
1240 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1242 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1244 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1246 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1247 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1248 attributes/methods respectively
1251 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1254 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1255 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1256 - added new example:
1259 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1261 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1263 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1264 - improved error messages
1267 - added new examples:
1268 - AttributesWithHistory
1269 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1271 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1272 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1274 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1275 - refactored method generation code
1276 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1279 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1280 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1281 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1282 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1283 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1285 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1286 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1287 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1289 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006