1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 * Remove usage of undocumented Package::Stash APIs from the tests. This
6 prevents the tests from failing on Package::Stash >= 0.18.
10 * Replace use of Test::Exception with Test::Fatal. (Karen Etheridge and Dave
13 1.10 Mon, Oct 18, 2010
15 * Lots of fixes for edge cases with anon classes. (doy)
21 * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
22 pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate,
23 or to install one under a different name. (doy)
25 * Reinitializing a metaclass no longer removes the existing method and
26 attribute objects (it instead fixes them so they are correct for the
27 reinitialized metaclass). (doy)
29 * All 'meta' methods created by Class::MOP are now of the class
30 Class::MOP::Method::Meta. This is overridable at the metaclass layer. (doy)
34 * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
35 preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
37 * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run all
38 tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
40 1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
44 * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
45 of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
47 1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
51 * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
52 "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
53 /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
56 1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
60 * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
61 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
62 _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
65 1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
69 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
70 for inlined code (doy).
72 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
74 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
78 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
79 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
80 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
81 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
82 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
89 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
91 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
95 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
96 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
100 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
102 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
103 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
104 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
106 1.01 Thu, May 6, 2010
110 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
111 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
115 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
116 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
117 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
119 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
121 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
123 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
125 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
129 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
131 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
135 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
136 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
138 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
142 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
143 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
145 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
146 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
148 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
150 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
151 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
152 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
154 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
156 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
158 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
159 modules (nothingmuch).
161 * Class::MOP::Package
162 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
166 * Class::MOP::Package
167 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
168 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
169 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
172 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
173 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
176 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
177 * Class::MOP::Attribute
178 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
179 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
180 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
181 attributes. (nothingmuch)
183 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
185 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
186 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
187 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
188 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
189 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
191 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
192 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
193 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
195 * Class::MOP::Package
196 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
197 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
199 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
200 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
201 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
203 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
204 * Class::MOP::Package
205 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
208 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
211 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
212 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
213 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
216 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
217 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
219 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
221 * Class::MOP::Package
222 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
225 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
226 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
228 * Class::MOP::Attribute
230 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
233 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
234 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
235 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
236 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
239 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
240 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
241 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
242 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
243 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
244 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
248 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
249 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
253 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
254 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
255 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
259 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
260 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
263 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
264 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
265 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
269 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
270 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
271 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
272 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
273 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
276 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
277 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
279 * Class::MOP::Instance
280 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
281 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
283 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
285 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
287 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
290 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
292 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
293 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
296 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
297 changed back in 0.82_01)
298 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
299 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
302 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
303 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
305 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
307 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
308 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
309 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
312 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
313 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
316 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
317 * Class::MOP::Attribute
318 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
320 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
321 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
322 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
325 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
328 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
329 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
330 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
331 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
332 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
335 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
338 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
340 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
344 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
345 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
346 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
347 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
351 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
354 * Class::MOP::Package
355 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
358 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
361 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
363 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
366 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
367 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
368 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
369 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
372 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
373 was removed in 0.82_01.
375 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
376 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
377 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
378 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
379 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
380 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
381 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
382 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
383 for the Moose compatibility handling code
384 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
386 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
388 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
389 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
391 * Class::MOP::Immutable
392 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
393 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
394 provides its own constructor (doy)
396 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
399 * Class::MOP::Instance
400 * Class::MOP::Attribute
401 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
402 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
403 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
404 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
407 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
408 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
410 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
412 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
413 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
415 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
416 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
417 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
418 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
419 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
422 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
423 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
424 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
425 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
426 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
427 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
428 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
430 - Class::MOP::Instance
431 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
435 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
436 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
437 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
439 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
440 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
441 when an object is constructed)
442 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
444 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
445 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
446 when an object is constructed)
447 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
448 - attributes => _attributes
449 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
451 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
453 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
454 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
455 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
458 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
459 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
460 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
463 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
464 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
465 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
466 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
470 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
471 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
472 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
473 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
474 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
475 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
477 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
478 * No changes from 0.78_02.
480 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
482 * Class::MOP::Immutable
483 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
484 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
485 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
486 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
490 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
491 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
494 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
495 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
496 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
498 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
500 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
501 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
504 * Class::MOP::Instance
505 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
506 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
507 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
508 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
510 * Class::MOP::Attribute
511 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
512 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
513 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
515 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
516 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
517 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
521 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
522 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
523 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
524 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
526 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
527 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
528 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
529 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
530 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
531 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
532 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
533 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
534 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
537 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
538 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
541 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
543 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
544 * No changes from 0.77_01
546 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
548 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
549 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
550 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
551 against the pure Perl version of this code.
553 * Class::MOP::Instance
554 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
555 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
558 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
560 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
564 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
565 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
569 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
570 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
572 * Class::MOP::Package
573 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
574 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
577 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
581 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
582 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
583 near future release. You've been warned.
585 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
586 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
587 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
588 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
590 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
591 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
594 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
595 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
598 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
601 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
602 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
604 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
606 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
607 sharing an immutable transformer object
608 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
609 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
611 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
613 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
614 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
615 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
616 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
618 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
619 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
621 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
623 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
624 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
626 * t/082_get_code_info.t
627 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
628 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
629 succeed in that case.
631 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
632 * Class::MOP::Package
633 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
636 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
637 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
639 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
640 * Class::MOP::Immutable
641 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
642 the constructor was inlined.
643 * Class::MOP::Package
644 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
645 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
646 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
648 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
649 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
651 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
653 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
654 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
655 * Class::MOP::Immutable
656 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
657 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
658 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
661 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
662 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
663 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
664 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
665 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
666 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
667 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
668 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
669 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
670 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
672 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
675 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
676 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
679 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
681 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
682 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
684 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
686 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
687 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
688 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
691 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
692 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
693 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
696 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
698 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
699 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
701 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
702 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
703 times in an eval. (t0m)
705 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
707 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
708 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
709 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
710 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
711 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
712 - added test for this
714 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
715 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
716 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
719 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
720 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
724 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
725 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
726 aliased methods and "real" methods.
728 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
729 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
730 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
731 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
734 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
735 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
738 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
739 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
740 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
741 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
742 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
743 for sad systems without a compiler.
746 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
747 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
750 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
751 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
752 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
754 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
756 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
757 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
758 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
759 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
761 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
762 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
763 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
764 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
766 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
768 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
769 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
772 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
773 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
774 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
776 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
778 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
780 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
781 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
782 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
784 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
785 * Class::MOP::Package
786 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
787 releases. (nothingmuch)
790 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
792 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
793 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
794 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
797 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
800 * Class::MOP::Instance
801 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
803 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
805 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
806 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
807 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
808 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
811 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
812 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
816 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
817 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
818 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
819 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
820 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
823 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
824 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
825 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
828 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
829 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
830 consistency (nothingmuch)
831 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
833 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
834 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
835 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
836 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
839 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
840 * Class::MOP::Immutable
841 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
843 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
845 * Class::MOP::Instance
846 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
847 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
849 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
851 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
852 the class is already loaded (sartak)
853 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
854 instead of just 1 (sartak)
857 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
859 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
860 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
861 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
863 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
864 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
865 recognizes it correct this time.
867 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
868 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
871 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
872 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
875 - now stores the instance of the instance
876 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
877 and deletes it when the cache is blown
878 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
879 the options used to make it immutable as well as
880 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
882 * Class::MOP::Package
883 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
884 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
885 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
889 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
891 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
892 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
894 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
895 names now throw a more direct error in
897 - tests for this and other aspects of
903 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
904 Class::MOP::Attribute
905 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
908 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
909 (late night release engineering)--
911 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
912 changes in this release
914 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
915 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
916 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
919 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
920 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
921 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
924 * Class::MOP::Package
925 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
927 - inlining a few calls to &name with
928 direct HASH access key access
929 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
930 a HASH of items based on a type filter
931 similar to list_all_package_symbols
932 - added tests for this
935 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
936 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
937 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
938 - added more descriptive error message to help
939 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
940 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
942 * Class::MOP::Immutable
943 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
945 - added tests for this
947 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
949 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
950 function from MRO::Compat
951 - All XS based functionality now has a
952 Pure Perl alternative
953 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
954 can now be used to force non-XS versions
957 * Class::MOP::Attribute
958 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
959 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
960 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
962 - added tests for this
964 * Class::MOP::Immutable
965 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
966 making the class immutable
969 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
970 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
971 allow for it to work.
972 - added tests for this
974 * Class::MOP::Attribute
976 Class::MOP::Immutable
977 - any time a method meta object is constructed
978 we make sure to pass the correct package and
979 method name information
982 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
983 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
984 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
985 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
986 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
987 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
988 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
989 throw an error if these are not supplied.
990 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
991 and now store the package_name and name attributes
994 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
995 Module::Install support has been removed
997 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
998 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
999 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
1000 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
1004 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
1005 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
1007 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
1008 when it has no init_arg
1009 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
1010 to support c3 classes.
1012 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
1015 - making sure that load_class never gets
1016 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
1017 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1020 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
1021 (cause Sartak asked)
1022 - improved error handling in ->create method
1023 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
1024 will be used to populate values
1025 - added tests for this
1027 * Class::MOP::Object
1028 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1029 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1035 Class::MOP::Attribute
1036 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
1037 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1039 * Class::MOP::Instance
1040 Class::MOP::Immutable
1041 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1044 - fixed the filename length on several
1045 test files so we install on VMS better
1047 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
1048 should be catfile (RT #32385)
1050 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
1051 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
1054 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1055 Class::MOP::Attribute
1056 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
1057 to indicate that no constructor args can
1058 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
1059 - added tests for this
1060 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1063 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1064 feature instead of the silly hack from
1065 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1067 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1069 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1072 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1073 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1076 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1077 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1078 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1081 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1082 constant so that we can take advantage
1083 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1086 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1087 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1088 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1089 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1090 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1091 - added tests for this
1093 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1094 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1095 the transformer which immutablized it
1097 * Class::MOP::Instance
1098 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1099 - added tests for this
1101 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1103 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1104 transformation arguments are saved
1106 - added tests for this
1108 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1109 - fixed a bug (see above)
1111 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1114 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1115 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1116 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1119 - removed the dependency on B
1120 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1121 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1122 the B fiddling we were doing with
1123 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1124 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1125 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1126 be used to help manage method caching.
1129 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1130 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1131 even more accurate caching information.
1132 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1135 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1136 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1137 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1138 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1140 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1141 of the new method map caching features
1143 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1144 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1145 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1146 HASH ref case, which makes the
1147 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1148 - added more tests for this
1150 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1151 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1152 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1153 - added more tests for this
1155 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1157 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1158 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1159 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1161 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1162 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1163 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1164 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1166 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1167 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1168 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1170 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1171 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1173 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1175 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1178 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1179 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1180 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1181 call through (groditi)
1183 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1184 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1185 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1186 it is defined (groditi)
1188 * Class::MOP::Instance
1189 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1190 it is defined (groditi)
1192 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1193 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1194 - removed the relevant attributes
1196 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1197 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1198 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1199 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1201 - added tests for this
1202 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1203 non-inlined constructors.
1204 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1206 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1207 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1208 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1209 - added tests for this
1212 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1213 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1216 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1218 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1219 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1221 * Class::MOP::Package
1222 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1225 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1227 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1229 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1230 it manually now so that people can use this
1231 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1233 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1235 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1236 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1237 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1240 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1241 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1242 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1243 - removed unused variable
1244 - added create_immutable_transformer
1245 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1246 - tests for this (groditi)
1249 - Immutability can now be undone,
1250 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1251 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1252 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1253 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1254 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1255 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1256 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1257 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1258 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1260 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1261 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1263 * Class::MOP::Package
1264 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1265 - added tests for this
1266 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1268 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1269 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1270 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1272 - added tests and POD for this
1275 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1276 handles undef values correctly.
1277 - added tests for this
1278 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1279 will not get reaped when instances still
1280 exist which need to reference them. This is
1281 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1282 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1283 many work arounds out in the wild.
1284 - added tests for this by groditi
1285 - updated docs to explain this
1288 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1289 - added tests for this behavior
1291 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1292 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1295 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1296 - added tests and docs for these
1298 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1299 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1300 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1304 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1309 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1310 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1311 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1312 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1313 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1316 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1318 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1319 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1320 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1323 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1324 immutable transformation instead of
1325 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1327 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1328 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1329 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1330 be coming eventually.
1333 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1335 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1336 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1340 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1343 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1345 - constructor generation is now handled by
1346 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1348 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1349 - created this to handle constructor generation
1350 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1352 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1354 - attributes now delegate to the
1355 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1358 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1359 - all accessor generation functions from
1360 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1362 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1364 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1365 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1366 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1370 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1371 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1372 they are aliased from the originals
1373 - fixed tests to reflect
1374 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1376 - adjusted tests for this
1377 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1380 * Class::MOP::Method
1382 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1383 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1384 - adjusted tests to compensate
1385 - adjusted docs for this
1388 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1389 encapsulate most of the work into the
1390 &get_method_map method
1391 - made several adjustments for the change
1392 in Class::MOP::Method
1393 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1394 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1395 old one before installing the new one
1396 - added tests for this
1397 - adjusted docs for this
1399 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1400 - added caching of &get_method_map
1401 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1402 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1404 * Class::MOP::Package
1405 - added filtering capabilities to
1406 &list_all_package_symbols
1408 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1410 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1411 the $:version and such just actually goes
1412 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1413 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1415 - The &create method now requires that all
1416 but the package name now is passed in as
1417 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1418 - updated docs and tests for this
1420 * Class::MOP::Object
1421 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1425 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1426 which do not store things in the instance
1427 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1430 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1432 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1434 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1435 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1438 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1439 - fixed all tests for this
1441 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1442 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1443 are no longer allowed for defaults
1444 - added tests for this
1446 * Class::MOP::Package
1447 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1448 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1449 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1451 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1453 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1454 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1455 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1456 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1458 * Class::MOP::Package
1459 - refactored entire class, this is now
1460 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1461 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1462 - added many tests for this
1463 - this class is now a subclass of
1465 - added some tests to reflect this
1468 - refactored all symbol table access to
1469 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1471 * Class::MOP::Module
1472 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1473 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1474 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1475 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1476 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1477 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1478 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1479 - added tests for this
1481 * Class::MOP::Instance
1482 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1484 - added tests for this
1486 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1487 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1488 slots from an instance
1489 - added tests for this
1491 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1494 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1495 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1497 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1498 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1499 the value of the attribute for a particular
1502 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1503 ---------------------------------------
1504 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1505 to introduce the immutable features which
1506 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1507 This support should still be considered
1508 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1509 ---------------------------------------
1511 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1513 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1514 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1515 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1518 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1519 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1520 ::Package and now inherited
1521 - added tests for this
1523 * Class::MOP::Instance
1524 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1525 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1526 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1527 instance creation (of course)
1530 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1531 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1532 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1533 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1534 table manipulation methods.
1536 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1537 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1539 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1540 properly when inherited
1541 - small fix to &clone_instance
1543 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1544 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1545 - This release works in combination with
1546 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1547 because it introduces a new instance
1548 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1552 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1553 - added tests for this
1554 - improved method modifier wrapping
1556 * Class::MOP::Instance
1557 - added new instance protocol
1558 - added tests for this
1559 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1561 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1565 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1566 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1568 - updated tests for this
1571 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1572 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1574 - added tests for this
1575 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1576 new instance protocol
1577 - added more tests for this
1579 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1581 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1582 - added tests and docs for this
1583 - some small optimizations
1585 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1586 - some small optimizations
1588 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1590 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1591 - added tests for this
1592 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1593 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1594 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1595 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1596 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1597 delegates appropriately
1599 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1600 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1601 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1602 called initialize_instance_slot
1605 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1606 initialize_instance_slot method
1608 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1610 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1611 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1613 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1615 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1616 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1618 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1619 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1620 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1622 - added tests for this
1623 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1625 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1627 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1628 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1629 - added test case for this
1631 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1633 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1634 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1635 available in DESTORY calls
1637 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1638 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1639 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1641 * Class::MOP::Method
1642 - added &package_name, &name and
1643 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1644 which were formerly private subs in
1647 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1648 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1649 before, after and around modifiers
1650 - added tests and docs for this feature
1653 - improved &get_package_symbol
1654 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1655 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1657 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1658 - &add_before_method_modifier
1659 - &add_after_method_modifier
1660 - &add_around_method_modifier
1661 - added tests and docs for these
1662 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1663 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1665 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1666 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1670 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1671 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1672 the test skip if it is not installed
1674 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1676 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1679 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1680 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1681 - added docs and tests
1683 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1684 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1685 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1686 be considered "ready to use".
1688 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1689 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1690 - test coverage is now at 99%
1693 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1694 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1695 metaclass pragma instead.
1698 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1699 error/edge-case tests
1701 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1702 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1703 error/edge-case tests
1706 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1708 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1710 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1711 metaclass a little more straightforward
1714 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1715 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1716 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1717 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1721 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1722 is now more useful for subclasses
1723 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1724 hash of attribute meta objects
1725 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1726 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1727 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1728 attribute meta-object itself
1729 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1730 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1731 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1732 - added docs & tests for this
1733 - added Clone as a dependency
1734 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1735 return blessed new or cloned instances
1736 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1737 - added docs & tests for this
1738 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1739 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1740 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1741 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1742 - added tests and docs for this
1745 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1747 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1749 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1751 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1752 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1753 attributes/methods respectively
1756 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1759 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1760 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1761 - added new example:
1764 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1766 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1768 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1769 - improved error messages
1772 - added new examples:
1773 - AttributesWithHistory
1774 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1776 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1777 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1779 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1780 - refactored method generation code
1781 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1784 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1785 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1786 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1787 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1788 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1790 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1791 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1792 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1794 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006