1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
6 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
7 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
8 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
11 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
12 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
16 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
17 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
18 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
19 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
20 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
23 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
24 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
25 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
28 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
29 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
30 consistency (nothingmuch)
31 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
33 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
34 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
35 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
36 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
39 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
40 * Class::MOP::Immutable
41 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
43 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
45 * Class::MOP::Instance
46 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
47 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
51 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
52 the class is already loaded (sartak)
53 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
54 instead of just 1 (sartak)
57 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
59 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
60 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
61 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
63 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
64 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
65 recognizes it correct this time.
67 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
68 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
71 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
72 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
75 - now stores the instance of the instance
76 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
77 and deletes it when the cache is blown
78 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
79 the options used to make it immutable as well as
80 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
83 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
84 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
85 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
89 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
91 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
92 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
94 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
95 names now throw a more direct error in
97 - tests for this and other aspects of
103 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
104 Class::MOP::Attribute
105 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
108 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
109 (late night release engineering)--
111 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
112 changes in this release
114 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
115 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
116 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
119 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
120 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
121 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
124 * Class::MOP::Package
125 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
127 - inlining a few calls to &name with
128 direct HASH access key access
129 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
130 a HASH of items based on a type filter
131 similar to list_all_package_symbols
132 - added tests for this
135 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
136 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
137 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
138 - added more descriptive error message to help
139 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
140 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
142 * Class::MOP::Immutable
143 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
145 - added tests for this
147 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
149 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
150 function from MRO::Compat
151 - All XS based functionality now has a
152 Pure Perl alternative
153 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
154 can now be used to force non-XS versions
157 * Class::MOP::Attribute
158 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
159 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
160 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
162 - added tests for this
164 * Class::MOP::Immutable
165 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
166 making the class immutable
169 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
170 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
171 allow for it to work.
172 - added tests for this
174 * Class::MOP::Attribute
176 Class::MOP::Immutable
177 - any time a method meta object is constructed
178 we make sure to pass the correct package and
179 method name information
182 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
183 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
184 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
185 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
186 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
187 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
188 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
189 throw an error if these are not supplied.
190 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
191 and now store the package_name and name attributes
194 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
195 Module::Install support has been removed
197 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
198 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
199 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
200 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
204 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
205 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
207 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
208 when it has no init_arg
209 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
210 to support c3 classes.
212 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
215 - making sure that load_class never gets
216 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
217 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
220 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
222 - improved error handling in ->create method
223 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
224 will be used to populate values
225 - added tests for this
228 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
229 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
235 Class::MOP::Attribute
236 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
237 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
239 * Class::MOP::Instance
240 Class::MOP::Immutable
241 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
244 - fixed the filename length on several
245 test files so we install on VMS better
247 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
248 should be catfile (RT #32385)
250 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
251 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
254 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
255 Class::MOP::Attribute
256 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
257 to indicate that no constructor args can
258 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
259 - added tests for this
260 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
263 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
264 feature instead of the silly hack from
265 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
267 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
269 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
272 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
273 - removed assumptions about the existence of
276 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
277 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
278 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
281 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
282 constant so that we can take advantage
283 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
286 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
287 optimize the &linearized_isa method
288 and avoid the hack/check for circular
289 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
290 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
291 - added tests for this
293 * Class::MOP::Immutable
294 - the immutable class now keeps track of
295 the transformer which immutablized it
297 * Class::MOP::Instance
298 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
299 - added tests for this
301 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
303 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
304 transformation arguments are saved
306 - added tests for this
308 * Class::MOP::Immutable
309 - fixed a bug (see above)
311 * Class::MOP::Attribute
314 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
315 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
316 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
319 - removed the dependency on B
320 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
321 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
322 the B fiddling we were doing with
323 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
324 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
325 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
326 be used to help manage method caching.
329 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
330 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
331 even more accurate caching information.
332 blblack++ for that stuff :)
335 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
336 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
337 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
338 track of when we need to re-fetch the
340 - Several small improvements to take advantage
341 of the new method map caching features
343 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
344 * Class::MOP::Attribute
345 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
346 HASH ref case, which makes the
347 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
348 - added more tests for this
350 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
351 * Class::MOP::Attribute
352 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
353 - added more tests for this
355 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
357 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
358 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
359 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
361 * Class::MOP::Attribute
362 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
363 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
364 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
366 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
367 * Class::MOP::Attribute
368 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
370 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
371 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
373 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
375 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
378 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
379 construct_class_instance (groditi)
380 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
381 call through (groditi)
383 * Class::MOP::Attribute
384 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
385 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
386 it is defined (groditi)
388 * Class::MOP::Instance
389 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
390 it is defined (groditi)
392 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
393 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
394 - removed the relevant attributes
396 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
397 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
398 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
399 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
401 - added tests for this
402 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
403 non-inlined constructors.
404 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
406 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
407 - added this class as an abstract base for the
408 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
409 - added tests for this
412 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
413 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
416 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
418 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
419 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
421 * Class::MOP::Package
422 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
425 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
427 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
429 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
430 it manually now so that people can use this
431 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
433 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
435 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
436 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
437 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
440 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
441 * Class::MOP::Immutable
442 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
443 - removed unused variable
444 - added create_immutable_transformer
445 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
446 - tests for this (groditi)
449 - Immutability can now be undone,
450 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
451 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
452 for details see comments next to make_immutable
453 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
454 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
455 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
456 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
457 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
458 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
460 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
461 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
463 * Class::MOP::Package
464 - we now deal with stub methods properly
465 - added tests for this
466 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
468 * Class::MOP::Attribute
469 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
470 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
472 - added tests and POD for this
475 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
476 handles undef values correctly.
477 - added tests for this
478 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
479 will not get reaped when instances still
480 exist which need to reference them. This is
481 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
482 obscure enough feature that there are not too
483 many work arounds out in the wild.
484 - added tests for this by groditi
485 - updated docs to explain this
488 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
489 - added tests for this behavior
491 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
492 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
495 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
496 - added tests and docs for these
498 * Class::MOP::Attribute
499 - default now checks the instance with defined to
500 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
504 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
510 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
511 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
512 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
513 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
516 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
518 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
519 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
520 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
523 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
524 immutable transformation instead of
525 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
527 + Class::MOP::Immutable
528 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
529 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
530 be coming eventually.
533 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
535 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
536 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
540 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
543 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
545 - constructor generation is now handled by
546 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
548 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
549 - created this to handle constructor generation
550 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
552 * Class::MOP::Attribute
554 - attributes now delegate to the
555 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
558 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
559 - all accessor generation functions from
560 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
562 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
564 * scripts/class_browser.pl
565 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
566 on this to come. Comments and patches are
570 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
571 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
572 they are aliased from the originals
573 - fixed tests to reflect
574 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
576 - adjusted tests for this
577 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
582 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
583 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
584 - adjusted tests to compensate
585 - adjusted docs for this
588 - changed how methods are dealt with to
589 encapsulate most of the work into the
590 &get_method_map method
591 - made several adjustments for the change
592 in Class::MOP::Method
593 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
594 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
595 old one before installing the new one
596 - added tests for this
597 - adjusted docs for this
599 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
600 - added caching of &get_method_map
601 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
602 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
604 * Class::MOP::Package
605 - added filtering capabilities to
606 &list_all_package_symbols
608 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
610 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
611 the $:version and such just actually goes
612 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
613 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
615 - The &create method now requires that all
616 but the package name now is passed in as
617 named parameters. See docs for more info.
618 - updated docs and tests for this
621 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
625 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
626 which do not store things in the instance
627 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
630 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
632 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
634 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
635 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
638 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
639 - fixed all tests for this
641 * Class::MOP::Attribute
642 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
643 are no longer allowed for defaults
644 - added tests for this
646 * Class::MOP::Package
647 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
648 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
649 always reloaded from the symbol table.
651 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
653 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
654 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
655 metamodel is more complete (and closer
656 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
658 * Class::MOP::Package
659 - refactored entire class, this is now
660 the primary gateway between the metaclass
661 and the Perl 5 symbol table
662 - added many tests for this
663 - this class is now a subclass of
665 - added some tests to reflect this
668 - refactored all symbol table access to
669 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
672 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
673 so that Module has a version as an attribute
674 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
675 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
676 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
677 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
678 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
679 - added tests for this
681 * Class::MOP::Instance
682 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
684 - added tests for this
686 * Class::MOP::Attribute
687 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
688 slots from an instance
689 - added tests for this
691 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
694 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
695 anywhere within the class hierarchy
697 * Class::MOP::Attribute
698 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
699 the value of the attribute for a particular
702 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
703 ---------------------------------------
704 This is the first version of Class::MOP
705 to introduce the immutable features which
706 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
707 This support should still be considered
708 experimental, but moving towards stability.
709 ---------------------------------------
711 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
713 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
714 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
715 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
718 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
719 - several methods moved to ::Module and
720 ::Package and now inherited
721 - added tests for this
723 * Class::MOP::Instance
724 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
725 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
726 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
727 instance creation (of course)
730 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
731 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
732 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
733 because they are now more general purpose symbol
734 table manipulation methods.
736 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
737 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
739 - small change in &create so that it behaves
740 properly when inherited
741 - small fix to &clone_instance
743 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
744 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
745 - This release works in combination with
746 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
747 because it introduces a new instance
748 sub-protocol and has not yet been
752 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
753 - added tests for this
754 - improved method modifier wrapping
756 * Class::MOP::Instance
757 - added new instance protocol
758 - added tests for this
759 - changed all relevant modules and examples
761 - Class::MOP::Attribute
765 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
766 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
768 - updated tests for this
771 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
772 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
774 - added tests for this
775 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
776 new instance protocol
777 - added more tests for this
779 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
781 - added find_attribute_by_name method
782 - added tests and docs for this
783 - some small optimizations
785 * Class::MOP::Attribute
786 - some small optimizations
788 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
790 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
791 - added tests for this
792 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
793 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
794 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
795 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
796 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
797 delegates appropriately
799 * Class::MOP::Attribute
800 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
801 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
802 called initialize_instance_slot
805 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
806 initialize_instance_slot method
808 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
810 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
811 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
813 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
815 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
816 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
818 * Class::MOP::Attribute
819 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
820 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
822 - added tests for this
823 - adjusted all /example files to comply
825 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
827 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
828 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
829 - added test case for this
831 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
833 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
834 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
835 available in DESTORY calls
837 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
838 - removed the dependency for Clone since
839 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
842 - added &package_name, &name and
843 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
844 which were formerly private subs in
847 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
848 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
849 before, after and around modifiers
850 - added tests and docs for this feature
853 - improved &get_package_symbol
854 - &version and &superclasses now use it
855 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
857 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
858 - &add_before_method_modifier
859 - &add_after_method_modifier
860 - &add_around_method_modifier
861 - added tests and docs for these
862 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
863 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
865 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
866 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
870 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
871 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
872 the test skip if it is not installed
874 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
876 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
879 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
880 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
881 - added docs and tests
883 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
884 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
885 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
886 be considered "ready to use".
888 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
889 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
890 - test coverage is now at 99%
893 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
894 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
895 metaclass pragma instead.
898 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
899 error/edge-case tests
901 * Class::MOP::Attribute
902 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
903 error/edge-case tests
906 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
908 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
910 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
911 metaclass a little more straightforward
914 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
915 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
916 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
917 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
921 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
922 is now more useful for subclasses
923 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
924 hash of attribute meta objects
925 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
926 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
927 since all the same info can be gotten from the
928 attribute meta-object itself
929 - updated docs & tests to reflect
930 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
931 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
932 - added docs & tests for this
933 - added Clone as a dependency
934 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
935 return blessed new or cloned instances
936 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
937 - added docs & tests for this
938 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
939 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
940 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
941 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
942 - added tests and docs for this
945 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
947 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
949 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
951 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
952 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
953 attributes/methods respectively
956 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
959 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
960 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
964 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
966 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
968 * Class::MOP::Attribute
969 - improved error messages
972 - added new examples:
973 - AttributesWithHistory
974 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
976 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
977 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
979 * Class::MOP::Attribute
980 - refactored method generation code
981 - attributes are now associated with class directly
984 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
985 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
986 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
987 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
988 namespaces really, they are just examples)
990 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
991 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
992 - adding POD documentation to the examples
994 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006