1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
4 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
5 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
6 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
9 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
10 was removed in 0.82_01.
12 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
13 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
14 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
15 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
16 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
17 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
18 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
19 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
20 for the Moose compatibility handling code
21 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
23 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
25 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
26 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
28 * Class::MOP::Immutable
29 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
30 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
31 provides its own constructor (doy)
33 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
36 * Class::MOP::Instance
37 * Class::MOP::Attribute
38 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
39 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
40 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
41 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
44 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
45 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
47 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
49 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
50 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
52 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
53 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
54 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
55 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
56 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
59 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
60 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
61 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
62 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
63 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
64 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
65 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
67 - Class::MOP::Instance
68 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
72 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
73 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
74 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
76 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
77 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
78 when an object is constructed)
79 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
81 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
82 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
83 when an object is constructed)
84 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
85 - attributes => _attributes
86 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
88 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
90 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
91 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
92 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
95 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
96 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
97 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
100 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
101 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
102 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
103 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
107 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
108 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
109 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
110 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
111 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
112 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
114 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
115 * No changes from 0.78_02.
117 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
119 * Class::MOP::Immutable
120 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
121 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
122 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
123 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
127 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
128 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
131 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
132 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
133 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
135 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
137 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
138 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
141 * Class::MOP::Instance
142 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
143 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
144 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
145 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
147 * Class::MOP::Attribute
148 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
149 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
150 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
152 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
153 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
154 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
158 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
159 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
160 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
161 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
163 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
164 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
165 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
166 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
167 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
168 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
169 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
170 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
171 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
174 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
175 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
178 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
180 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
181 * No changes from 0.77_01
183 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
185 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
186 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
187 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
188 against the pure Perl version of this code.
190 * Class::MOP::Instance
191 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
192 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
195 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
197 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
201 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
202 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
206 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
207 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
209 * Class::MOP::Package
210 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
211 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
214 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
218 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
219 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
220 near future release. You've been warned.
222 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
223 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
224 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
225 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
227 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
228 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
231 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
232 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
235 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
238 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
239 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
241 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
243 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
244 sharing an immutable transformer object
245 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
246 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
248 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
250 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
251 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
252 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
253 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
255 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
256 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
258 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
260 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
261 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
263 * t/082_get_code_info.t
264 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
265 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
266 succeed in that case.
268 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
269 * Class::MOP::Package
270 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
273 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
274 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
276 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
277 * Class::MOP::Immutable
278 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
279 the constructor was inlined.
280 * Class::MOP::Package
281 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
282 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
283 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
285 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
286 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
288 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
290 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
291 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
292 * Class::MOP::Immutable
293 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
294 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
295 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
298 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
299 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
300 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
301 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
302 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
303 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
304 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
305 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
306 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
307 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
309 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
312 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
313 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
316 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
318 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
319 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
321 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
323 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
324 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
325 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
328 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
329 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
330 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
333 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
335 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
336 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
338 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
339 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
340 times in an eval. (t0m)
342 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
344 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
345 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
346 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
347 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
348 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
349 - added test for this
351 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
352 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
353 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
356 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
357 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
361 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
362 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
363 aliased methods and "real" methods.
365 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
366 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
367 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
368 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
371 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
372 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
375 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
376 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
377 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
378 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
379 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
380 for sad systems without a compiler.
383 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
384 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
387 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
388 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
389 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
391 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
393 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
394 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
395 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
396 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
398 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
399 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
400 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
401 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
403 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
405 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
406 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
409 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
410 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
411 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
413 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
415 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
417 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
418 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
419 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
421 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
422 * Class::MOP::Package
423 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
424 releases. (nothingmuch)
427 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
429 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
430 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
431 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
434 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
437 * Class::MOP::Instance
438 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
440 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
442 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
443 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
444 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
445 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
448 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
449 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
453 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
454 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
455 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
456 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
457 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
460 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
461 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
462 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
465 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
466 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
467 consistency (nothingmuch)
468 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
470 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
471 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
472 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
473 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
476 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
477 * Class::MOP::Immutable
478 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
480 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
482 * Class::MOP::Instance
483 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
484 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
486 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
488 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
489 the class is already loaded (sartak)
490 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
491 instead of just 1 (sartak)
494 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
496 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
497 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
498 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
500 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
501 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
502 recognizes it correct this time.
504 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
505 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
508 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
509 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
512 - now stores the instance of the instance
513 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
514 and deletes it when the cache is blown
515 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
516 the options used to make it immutable as well as
517 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
519 * Class::MOP::Package
520 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
521 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
522 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
526 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
528 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
529 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
531 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
532 names now throw a more direct error in
534 - tests for this and other aspects of
540 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
541 Class::MOP::Attribute
542 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
545 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
546 (late night release engineering)--
548 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
549 changes in this release
551 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
552 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
553 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
556 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
557 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
558 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
561 * Class::MOP::Package
562 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
564 - inlining a few calls to &name with
565 direct HASH access key access
566 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
567 a HASH of items based on a type filter
568 similar to list_all_package_symbols
569 - added tests for this
572 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
573 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
574 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
575 - added more descriptive error message to help
576 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
577 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
579 * Class::MOP::Immutable
580 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
582 - added tests for this
584 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
586 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
587 function from MRO::Compat
588 - All XS based functionality now has a
589 Pure Perl alternative
590 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
591 can now be used to force non-XS versions
594 * Class::MOP::Attribute
595 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
596 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
597 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
599 - added tests for this
601 * Class::MOP::Immutable
602 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
603 making the class immutable
606 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
607 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
608 allow for it to work.
609 - added tests for this
611 * Class::MOP::Attribute
613 Class::MOP::Immutable
614 - any time a method meta object is constructed
615 we make sure to pass the correct package and
616 method name information
619 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
620 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
621 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
622 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
623 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
624 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
625 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
626 throw an error if these are not supplied.
627 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
628 and now store the package_name and name attributes
631 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
632 Module::Install support has been removed
634 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
635 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
636 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
637 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
641 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
642 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
644 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
645 when it has no init_arg
646 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
647 to support c3 classes.
649 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
652 - making sure that load_class never gets
653 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
654 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
657 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
659 - improved error handling in ->create method
660 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
661 will be used to populate values
662 - added tests for this
665 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
666 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
672 Class::MOP::Attribute
673 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
674 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
676 * Class::MOP::Instance
677 Class::MOP::Immutable
678 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
681 - fixed the filename length on several
682 test files so we install on VMS better
684 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
685 should be catfile (RT #32385)
687 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
688 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
691 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
692 Class::MOP::Attribute
693 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
694 to indicate that no constructor args can
695 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
696 - added tests for this
697 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
700 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
701 feature instead of the silly hack from
702 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
704 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
706 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
709 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
710 - removed assumptions about the existence of
713 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
714 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
715 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
718 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
719 constant so that we can take advantage
720 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
723 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
724 optimize the &linearized_isa method
725 and avoid the hack/check for circular
726 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
727 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
728 - added tests for this
730 * Class::MOP::Immutable
731 - the immutable class now keeps track of
732 the transformer which immutablized it
734 * Class::MOP::Instance
735 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
736 - added tests for this
738 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
740 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
741 transformation arguments are saved
743 - added tests for this
745 * Class::MOP::Immutable
746 - fixed a bug (see above)
748 * Class::MOP::Attribute
751 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
752 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
753 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
756 - removed the dependency on B
757 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
758 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
759 the B fiddling we were doing with
760 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
761 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
762 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
763 be used to help manage method caching.
766 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
767 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
768 even more accurate caching information.
769 blblack++ for that stuff :)
772 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
773 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
774 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
775 track of when we need to re-fetch the
777 - Several small improvements to take advantage
778 of the new method map caching features
780 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
781 * Class::MOP::Attribute
782 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
783 HASH ref case, which makes the
784 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
785 - added more tests for this
787 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
788 * Class::MOP::Attribute
789 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
790 - added more tests for this
792 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
794 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
795 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
796 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
798 * Class::MOP::Attribute
799 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
800 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
801 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
803 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
804 * Class::MOP::Attribute
805 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
807 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
808 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
810 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
812 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
815 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
816 construct_class_instance (groditi)
817 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
818 call through (groditi)
820 * Class::MOP::Attribute
821 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
822 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
823 it is defined (groditi)
825 * Class::MOP::Instance
826 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
827 it is defined (groditi)
829 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
830 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
831 - removed the relevant attributes
833 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
834 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
835 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
836 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
838 - added tests for this
839 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
840 non-inlined constructors.
841 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
843 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
844 - added this class as an abstract base for the
845 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
846 - added tests for this
849 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
850 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
853 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
855 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
856 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
858 * Class::MOP::Package
859 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
862 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
864 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
866 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
867 it manually now so that people can use this
868 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
870 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
872 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
873 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
874 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
877 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
878 * Class::MOP::Immutable
879 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
880 - removed unused variable
881 - added create_immutable_transformer
882 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
883 - tests for this (groditi)
886 - Immutability can now be undone,
887 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
888 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
889 for details see comments next to make_immutable
890 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
891 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
892 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
893 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
894 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
895 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
897 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
898 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
900 * Class::MOP::Package
901 - we now deal with stub methods properly
902 - added tests for this
903 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
905 * Class::MOP::Attribute
906 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
907 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
909 - added tests and POD for this
912 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
913 handles undef values correctly.
914 - added tests for this
915 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
916 will not get reaped when instances still
917 exist which need to reference them. This is
918 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
919 obscure enough feature that there are not too
920 many work arounds out in the wild.
921 - added tests for this by groditi
922 - updated docs to explain this
925 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
926 - added tests for this behavior
928 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
929 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
932 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
933 - added tests and docs for these
935 * Class::MOP::Attribute
936 - default now checks the instance with defined to
937 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
941 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
947 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
948 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
949 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
950 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
953 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
955 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
956 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
957 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
960 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
961 immutable transformation instead of
962 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
964 + Class::MOP::Immutable
965 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
966 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
967 be coming eventually.
970 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
972 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
973 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
977 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
980 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
982 - constructor generation is now handled by
983 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
985 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
986 - created this to handle constructor generation
987 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
989 * Class::MOP::Attribute
991 - attributes now delegate to the
992 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
995 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
996 - all accessor generation functions from
997 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
999 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1001 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1002 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1003 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1007 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1008 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1009 they are aliased from the originals
1010 - fixed tests to reflect
1011 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1013 - adjusted tests for this
1014 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1017 * Class::MOP::Method
1019 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1020 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1021 - adjusted tests to compensate
1022 - adjusted docs for this
1025 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1026 encapsulate most of the work into the
1027 &get_method_map method
1028 - made several adjustments for the change
1029 in Class::MOP::Method
1030 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1031 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1032 old one before installing the new one
1033 - added tests for this
1034 - adjusted docs for this
1036 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1037 - added caching of &get_method_map
1038 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1039 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1041 * Class::MOP::Package
1042 - added filtering capabilities to
1043 &list_all_package_symbols
1045 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1047 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1048 the $:version and such just actually goes
1049 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1050 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1052 - The &create method now requires that all
1053 but the package name now is passed in as
1054 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1055 - updated docs and tests for this
1057 * Class::MOP::Object
1058 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1062 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1063 which do not store things in the instance
1064 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1067 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1069 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1071 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1072 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1075 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1076 - fixed all tests for this
1078 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1079 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1080 are no longer allowed for defaults
1081 - added tests for this
1083 * Class::MOP::Package
1084 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1085 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1086 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1088 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1090 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1091 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1092 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1093 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1095 * Class::MOP::Package
1096 - refactored entire class, this is now
1097 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1098 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1099 - added many tests for this
1100 - this class is now a subclass of
1102 - added some tests to reflect this
1105 - refactored all symbol table access to
1106 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1108 * Class::MOP::Module
1109 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1110 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1111 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1112 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1113 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1114 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1115 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1116 - added tests for this
1118 * Class::MOP::Instance
1119 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1121 - added tests for this
1123 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1124 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1125 slots from an instance
1126 - added tests for this
1128 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1131 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1132 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1134 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1135 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1136 the value of the attribute for a particular
1139 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1140 ---------------------------------------
1141 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1142 to introduce the immutable features which
1143 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1144 This support should still be considered
1145 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1146 ---------------------------------------
1148 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1150 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1151 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1152 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1155 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1156 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1157 ::Package and now inherited
1158 - added tests for this
1160 * Class::MOP::Instance
1161 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1162 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1163 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1164 instance creation (of course)
1167 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1168 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1169 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1170 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1171 table manipulation methods.
1173 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1174 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1176 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1177 properly when inherited
1178 - small fix to &clone_instance
1180 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1181 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1182 - This release works in combination with
1183 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1184 because it introduces a new instance
1185 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1189 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1190 - added tests for this
1191 - improved method modifier wrapping
1193 * Class::MOP::Instance
1194 - added new instance protocol
1195 - added tests for this
1196 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1198 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1202 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1203 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1205 - updated tests for this
1208 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1209 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1211 - added tests for this
1212 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1213 new instance protocol
1214 - added more tests for this
1216 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1218 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1219 - added tests and docs for this
1220 - some small optimizations
1222 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1223 - some small optimizations
1225 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1227 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1228 - added tests for this
1229 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1230 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1231 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1232 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1233 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1234 delegates appropriately
1236 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1237 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1238 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1239 called initialize_instance_slot
1242 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1243 initialize_instance_slot method
1245 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1247 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1248 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1250 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1252 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1253 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1255 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1256 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1257 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1259 - added tests for this
1260 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1262 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1264 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1265 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1266 - added test case for this
1268 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1270 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1271 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1272 available in DESTORY calls
1274 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1275 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1276 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1278 * Class::MOP::Method
1279 - added &package_name, &name and
1280 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1281 which were formerly private subs in
1284 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1285 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1286 before, after and around modifiers
1287 - added tests and docs for this feature
1290 - improved &get_package_symbol
1291 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1292 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1294 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1295 - &add_before_method_modifier
1296 - &add_after_method_modifier
1297 - &add_around_method_modifier
1298 - added tests and docs for these
1299 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1300 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1302 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1303 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1307 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1308 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1309 the test skip if it is not installed
1311 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1313 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1316 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1317 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1318 - added docs and tests
1320 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1321 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1322 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1323 be considered "ready to use".
1325 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1326 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1327 - test coverage is now at 99%
1330 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1331 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1332 metaclass pragma instead.
1335 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1336 error/edge-case tests
1338 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1339 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1340 error/edge-case tests
1343 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1345 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1347 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1348 metaclass a little more straightforward
1351 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1352 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1353 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1354 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1358 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1359 is now more useful for subclasses
1360 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1361 hash of attribute meta objects
1362 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1363 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1364 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1365 attribute meta-object itself
1366 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1367 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1368 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1369 - added docs & tests for this
1370 - added Clone as a dependency
1371 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1372 return blessed new or cloned instances
1373 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1374 - added docs & tests for this
1375 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1376 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1377 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1378 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1379 - added tests and docs for this
1382 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1384 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1386 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1388 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1389 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1390 attributes/methods respectively
1393 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1396 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1397 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1398 - added new example:
1401 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1403 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1405 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1406 - improved error messages
1409 - added new examples:
1410 - AttributesWithHistory
1411 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1413 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1414 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1416 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1417 - refactored method generation code
1418 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1421 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1422 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1423 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1424 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1425 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1427 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1428 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1429 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1431 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006