1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
8 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
9 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
10 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
12 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
14 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
16 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
17 modules (nothingmuch).
20 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
25 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
26 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
27 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
30 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
31 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
34 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
35 * Class::MOP::Attribute
36 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
37 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
38 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
39 attributes. (nothingmuch)
41 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
43 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
44 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
45 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
46 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
47 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
49 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
50 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
51 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
54 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
55 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
57 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
58 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
59 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
61 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
63 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
66 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
69 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
70 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
71 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
74 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
75 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
80 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
83 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
84 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
86 * Class::MOP::Attribute
88 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
92 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
93 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
94 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
98 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
99 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
100 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
101 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
102 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
106 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
107 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
111 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
112 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
113 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
117 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
118 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
121 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
122 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
123 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
127 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
128 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
129 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
130 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
131 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
134 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
135 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
137 * Class::MOP::Instance
138 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
139 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
141 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
143 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
145 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
148 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
150 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
151 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
154 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
155 changed back in 0.82_01)
156 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
157 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
160 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
161 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
163 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
165 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
166 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
167 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
170 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
171 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
174 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
175 * Class::MOP::Attribute
176 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
178 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
179 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
180 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
183 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
186 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
187 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
188 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
189 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
190 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
193 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
196 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
198 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
202 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
203 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
204 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
205 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
209 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
212 * Class::MOP::Package
213 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
216 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
219 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
221 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
224 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
225 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
226 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
227 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
230 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
231 was removed in 0.82_01.
233 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
234 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
235 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
236 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
237 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
238 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
239 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
240 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
241 for the Moose compatibility handling code
242 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
244 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
246 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
247 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
249 * Class::MOP::Immutable
250 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
251 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
252 provides its own constructor (doy)
254 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
257 * Class::MOP::Instance
258 * Class::MOP::Attribute
259 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
260 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
261 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
262 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
265 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
266 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
268 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
270 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
271 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
273 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
274 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
275 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
276 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
277 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
280 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
281 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
282 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
283 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
284 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
285 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
286 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
288 - Class::MOP::Instance
289 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
293 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
294 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
295 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
297 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
298 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
299 when an object is constructed)
300 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
302 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
303 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
304 when an object is constructed)
305 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
306 - attributes => _attributes
307 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
309 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
311 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
312 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
313 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
316 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
317 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
318 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
321 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
322 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
323 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
324 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
328 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
329 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
330 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
331 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
332 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
333 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
335 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
336 * No changes from 0.78_02.
338 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
340 * Class::MOP::Immutable
341 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
342 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
343 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
344 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
348 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
349 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
352 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
353 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
354 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
356 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
358 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
359 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
362 * Class::MOP::Instance
363 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
364 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
365 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
366 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
368 * Class::MOP::Attribute
369 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
370 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
371 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
373 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
374 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
375 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
379 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
380 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
381 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
382 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
384 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
385 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
386 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
387 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
388 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
389 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
390 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
391 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
392 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
395 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
396 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
399 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
401 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
402 * No changes from 0.77_01
404 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
406 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
407 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
408 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
409 against the pure Perl version of this code.
411 * Class::MOP::Instance
412 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
413 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
416 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
418 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
422 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
423 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
427 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
428 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
430 * Class::MOP::Package
431 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
432 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
435 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
439 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
440 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
441 near future release. You've been warned.
443 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
444 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
445 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
446 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
448 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
449 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
452 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
453 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
456 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
459 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
460 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
462 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
464 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
465 sharing an immutable transformer object
466 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
467 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
469 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
471 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
472 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
473 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
474 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
476 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
477 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
479 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
481 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
482 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
484 * t/082_get_code_info.t
485 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
486 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
487 succeed in that case.
489 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
490 * Class::MOP::Package
491 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
494 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
495 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
497 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
498 * Class::MOP::Immutable
499 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
500 the constructor was inlined.
501 * Class::MOP::Package
502 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
503 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
504 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
506 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
507 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
509 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
511 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
512 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
513 * Class::MOP::Immutable
514 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
515 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
516 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
519 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
520 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
521 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
522 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
523 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
524 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
525 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
526 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
527 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
528 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
530 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
533 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
534 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
537 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
539 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
540 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
542 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
544 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
545 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
546 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
549 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
550 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
551 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
554 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
556 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
557 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
559 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
560 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
561 times in an eval. (t0m)
563 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
565 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
566 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
567 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
568 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
569 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
570 - added test for this
572 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
573 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
574 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
577 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
578 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
582 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
583 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
584 aliased methods and "real" methods.
586 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
587 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
588 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
589 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
592 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
593 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
596 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
597 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
598 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
599 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
600 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
601 for sad systems without a compiler.
604 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
605 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
608 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
609 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
610 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
612 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
614 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
615 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
616 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
617 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
619 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
620 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
621 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
622 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
624 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
626 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
627 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
630 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
631 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
632 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
634 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
636 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
638 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
639 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
640 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
642 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
643 * Class::MOP::Package
644 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
645 releases. (nothingmuch)
648 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
650 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
651 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
652 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
655 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
658 * Class::MOP::Instance
659 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
661 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
663 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
664 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
665 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
666 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
669 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
670 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
674 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
675 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
676 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
677 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
678 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
681 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
682 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
683 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
686 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
687 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
688 consistency (nothingmuch)
689 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
691 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
692 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
693 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
694 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
697 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
698 * Class::MOP::Immutable
699 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
701 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
703 * Class::MOP::Instance
704 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
705 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
707 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
709 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
710 the class is already loaded (sartak)
711 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
712 instead of just 1 (sartak)
715 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
717 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
718 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
719 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
721 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
722 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
723 recognizes it correct this time.
725 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
726 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
729 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
730 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
733 - now stores the instance of the instance
734 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
735 and deletes it when the cache is blown
736 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
737 the options used to make it immutable as well as
738 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
740 * Class::MOP::Package
741 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
742 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
743 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
747 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
749 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
750 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
752 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
753 names now throw a more direct error in
755 - tests for this and other aspects of
761 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
762 Class::MOP::Attribute
763 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
766 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
767 (late night release engineering)--
769 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
770 changes in this release
772 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
773 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
774 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
777 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
778 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
779 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
782 * Class::MOP::Package
783 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
785 - inlining a few calls to &name with
786 direct HASH access key access
787 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
788 a HASH of items based on a type filter
789 similar to list_all_package_symbols
790 - added tests for this
793 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
794 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
795 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
796 - added more descriptive error message to help
797 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
798 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
800 * Class::MOP::Immutable
801 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
803 - added tests for this
805 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
807 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
808 function from MRO::Compat
809 - All XS based functionality now has a
810 Pure Perl alternative
811 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
812 can now be used to force non-XS versions
815 * Class::MOP::Attribute
816 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
817 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
818 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
820 - added tests for this
822 * Class::MOP::Immutable
823 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
824 making the class immutable
827 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
828 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
829 allow for it to work.
830 - added tests for this
832 * Class::MOP::Attribute
834 Class::MOP::Immutable
835 - any time a method meta object is constructed
836 we make sure to pass the correct package and
837 method name information
840 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
841 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
842 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
843 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
844 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
845 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
846 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
847 throw an error if these are not supplied.
848 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
849 and now store the package_name and name attributes
852 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
853 Module::Install support has been removed
855 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
856 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
857 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
858 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
862 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
863 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
865 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
866 when it has no init_arg
867 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
868 to support c3 classes.
870 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
873 - making sure that load_class never gets
874 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
875 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
878 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
880 - improved error handling in ->create method
881 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
882 will be used to populate values
883 - added tests for this
886 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
887 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
893 Class::MOP::Attribute
894 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
895 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
897 * Class::MOP::Instance
898 Class::MOP::Immutable
899 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
902 - fixed the filename length on several
903 test files so we install on VMS better
905 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
906 should be catfile (RT #32385)
908 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
909 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
912 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
913 Class::MOP::Attribute
914 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
915 to indicate that no constructor args can
916 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
917 - added tests for this
918 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
921 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
922 feature instead of the silly hack from
923 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
925 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
927 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
930 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
931 - removed assumptions about the existence of
934 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
935 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
936 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
939 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
940 constant so that we can take advantage
941 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
944 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
945 optimize the &linearized_isa method
946 and avoid the hack/check for circular
947 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
948 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
949 - added tests for this
951 * Class::MOP::Immutable
952 - the immutable class now keeps track of
953 the transformer which immutablized it
955 * Class::MOP::Instance
956 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
957 - added tests for this
959 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
961 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
962 transformation arguments are saved
964 - added tests for this
966 * Class::MOP::Immutable
967 - fixed a bug (see above)
969 * Class::MOP::Attribute
972 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
973 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
974 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
977 - removed the dependency on B
978 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
979 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
980 the B fiddling we were doing with
981 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
982 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
983 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
984 be used to help manage method caching.
987 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
988 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
989 even more accurate caching information.
990 blblack++ for that stuff :)
993 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
994 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
995 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
996 track of when we need to re-fetch the
998 - Several small improvements to take advantage
999 of the new method map caching features
1001 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1002 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1003 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1004 HASH ref case, which makes the
1005 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1006 - added more tests for this
1008 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1009 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1010 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1011 - added more tests for this
1013 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1015 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1016 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1017 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1019 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1020 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1021 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1022 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1024 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1025 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1026 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1028 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1029 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1031 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1033 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1036 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1037 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1038 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1039 call through (groditi)
1041 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1042 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1043 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1044 it is defined (groditi)
1046 * Class::MOP::Instance
1047 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1048 it is defined (groditi)
1050 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1051 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1052 - removed the relevant attributes
1054 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1055 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1056 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1057 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1059 - added tests for this
1060 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1061 non-inlined constructors.
1062 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1064 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1065 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1066 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1067 - added tests for this
1070 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1071 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1074 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1076 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1077 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1079 * Class::MOP::Package
1080 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1083 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1085 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1087 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1088 it manually now so that people can use this
1089 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1091 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1093 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1094 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1095 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1098 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1099 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1100 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1101 - removed unused variable
1102 - added create_immutable_transformer
1103 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1104 - tests for this (groditi)
1107 - Immutability can now be undone,
1108 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1109 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1110 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1111 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1112 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1113 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1114 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1115 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1116 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1118 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1119 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1121 * Class::MOP::Package
1122 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1123 - added tests for this
1124 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1126 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1127 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1128 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1130 - added tests and POD for this
1133 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1134 handles undef values correctly.
1135 - added tests for this
1136 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1137 will not get reaped when instances still
1138 exist which need to reference them. This is
1139 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1140 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1141 many work arounds out in the wild.
1142 - added tests for this by groditi
1143 - updated docs to explain this
1146 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1147 - added tests for this behavior
1149 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1150 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1153 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1154 - added tests and docs for these
1156 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1157 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1158 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1162 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1167 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1168 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1169 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1170 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1171 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1174 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1176 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1177 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1178 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1181 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1182 immutable transformation instead of
1183 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1185 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1186 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1187 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1188 be coming eventually.
1191 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1193 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1194 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1198 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1201 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1203 - constructor generation is now handled by
1204 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1206 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1207 - created this to handle constructor generation
1208 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1210 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1212 - attributes now delegate to the
1213 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1216 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1217 - all accessor generation functions from
1218 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1220 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1222 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1223 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1224 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1228 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1229 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1230 they are aliased from the originals
1231 - fixed tests to reflect
1232 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1234 - adjusted tests for this
1235 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1238 * Class::MOP::Method
1240 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1241 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1242 - adjusted tests to compensate
1243 - adjusted docs for this
1246 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1247 encapsulate most of the work into the
1248 &get_method_map method
1249 - made several adjustments for the change
1250 in Class::MOP::Method
1251 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1252 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1253 old one before installing the new one
1254 - added tests for this
1255 - adjusted docs for this
1257 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1258 - added caching of &get_method_map
1259 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1260 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1262 * Class::MOP::Package
1263 - added filtering capabilities to
1264 &list_all_package_symbols
1266 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1268 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1269 the $:version and such just actually goes
1270 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1271 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1273 - The &create method now requires that all
1274 but the package name now is passed in as
1275 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1276 - updated docs and tests for this
1278 * Class::MOP::Object
1279 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1283 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1284 which do not store things in the instance
1285 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1288 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1290 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1292 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1293 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1296 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1297 - fixed all tests for this
1299 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1300 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1301 are no longer allowed for defaults
1302 - added tests for this
1304 * Class::MOP::Package
1305 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1306 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1307 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1309 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1311 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1312 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1313 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1314 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1316 * Class::MOP::Package
1317 - refactored entire class, this is now
1318 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1319 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1320 - added many tests for this
1321 - this class is now a subclass of
1323 - added some tests to reflect this
1326 - refactored all symbol table access to
1327 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1329 * Class::MOP::Module
1330 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1331 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1332 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1333 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1334 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1335 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1336 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1337 - added tests for this
1339 * Class::MOP::Instance
1340 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1342 - added tests for this
1344 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1345 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1346 slots from an instance
1347 - added tests for this
1349 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1352 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1353 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1355 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1356 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1357 the value of the attribute for a particular
1360 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1361 ---------------------------------------
1362 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1363 to introduce the immutable features which
1364 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1365 This support should still be considered
1366 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1367 ---------------------------------------
1369 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1371 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1372 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1373 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1376 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1377 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1378 ::Package and now inherited
1379 - added tests for this
1381 * Class::MOP::Instance
1382 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1383 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1384 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1385 instance creation (of course)
1388 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1389 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1390 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1391 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1392 table manipulation methods.
1394 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1395 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1397 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1398 properly when inherited
1399 - small fix to &clone_instance
1401 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1402 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1403 - This release works in combination with
1404 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1405 because it introduces a new instance
1406 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1410 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1411 - added tests for this
1412 - improved method modifier wrapping
1414 * Class::MOP::Instance
1415 - added new instance protocol
1416 - added tests for this
1417 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1419 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1423 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1424 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1426 - updated tests for this
1429 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1430 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1432 - added tests for this
1433 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1434 new instance protocol
1435 - added more tests for this
1437 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1439 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1440 - added tests and docs for this
1441 - some small optimizations
1443 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1444 - some small optimizations
1446 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1448 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1449 - added tests for this
1450 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1451 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1452 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1453 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1454 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1455 delegates appropriately
1457 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1458 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1459 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1460 called initialize_instance_slot
1463 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1464 initialize_instance_slot method
1466 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1468 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1469 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1471 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1473 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1474 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1476 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1477 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1478 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1480 - added tests for this
1481 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1483 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1485 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1486 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1487 - added test case for this
1489 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1491 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1492 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1493 available in DESTORY calls
1495 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1496 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1497 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1499 * Class::MOP::Method
1500 - added &package_name, &name and
1501 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1502 which were formerly private subs in
1505 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1506 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1507 before, after and around modifiers
1508 - added tests and docs for this feature
1511 - improved &get_package_symbol
1512 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1513 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1515 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1516 - &add_before_method_modifier
1517 - &add_after_method_modifier
1518 - &add_around_method_modifier
1519 - added tests and docs for these
1520 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1521 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1523 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1524 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1528 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1529 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1530 the test skip if it is not installed
1532 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1534 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1537 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1538 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1539 - added docs and tests
1541 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1542 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1543 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1544 be considered "ready to use".
1546 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1547 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1548 - test coverage is now at 99%
1551 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1552 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1553 metaclass pragma instead.
1556 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1557 error/edge-case tests
1559 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1560 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1561 error/edge-case tests
1564 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1566 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1568 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1569 metaclass a little more straightforward
1572 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1573 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1574 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1575 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1579 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1580 is now more useful for subclasses
1581 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1582 hash of attribute meta objects
1583 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1584 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1585 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1586 attribute meta-object itself
1587 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1588 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1589 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1590 - added docs & tests for this
1591 - added Clone as a dependency
1592 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1593 return blessed new or cloned instances
1594 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1595 - added docs & tests for this
1596 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1597 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1598 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1599 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1600 - added tests and docs for this
1603 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1605 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1607 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1609 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1610 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1611 attributes/methods respectively
1614 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1617 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1618 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1619 - added new example:
1622 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1624 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1626 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1627 - improved error messages
1630 - added new examples:
1631 - AttributesWithHistory
1632 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1634 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1635 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1637 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1638 - refactored method generation code
1639 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1642 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1643 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1644 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1645 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1646 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1648 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1649 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1650 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1652 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006