1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
6 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
7 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
8 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
9 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
12 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
13 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
15 * Class::MOP::Instance
16 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
17 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
19 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
21 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
23 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
26 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
28 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
29 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
32 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
33 changed back in 0.82_01)
34 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
35 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
38 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
39 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
41 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
43 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
44 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
45 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
48 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
49 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
53 * Class::MOP::Attribute
54 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
56 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
57 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
58 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
61 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
64 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
65 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
66 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
67 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
68 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
71 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
74 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
76 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
80 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
81 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
82 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
83 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
87 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
91 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
94 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
97 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
99 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
102 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
103 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
104 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
105 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
108 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
109 was removed in 0.82_01.
111 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
112 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
113 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
114 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
115 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
116 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
117 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
118 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
119 for the Moose compatibility handling code
120 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
122 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
124 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
125 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
127 * Class::MOP::Immutable
128 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
129 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
130 provides its own constructor (doy)
132 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
135 * Class::MOP::Instance
136 * Class::MOP::Attribute
137 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
138 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
139 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
140 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
143 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
144 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
146 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
148 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
149 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
151 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
152 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
153 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
154 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
155 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
158 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
159 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
160 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
161 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
162 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
163 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
164 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
166 - Class::MOP::Instance
167 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
171 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
172 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
173 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
175 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
176 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
177 when an object is constructed)
178 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
180 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
181 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
182 when an object is constructed)
183 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
184 - attributes => _attributes
185 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
187 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
189 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
190 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
191 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
194 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
195 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
196 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
199 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
200 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
201 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
202 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
206 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
207 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
208 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
209 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
210 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
211 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
213 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
214 * No changes from 0.78_02.
216 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
218 * Class::MOP::Immutable
219 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
220 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
221 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
222 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
226 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
227 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
230 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
231 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
232 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
234 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
236 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
237 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
240 * Class::MOP::Instance
241 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
242 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
243 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
244 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
246 * Class::MOP::Attribute
247 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
248 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
249 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
251 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
252 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
253 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
257 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
258 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
259 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
260 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
262 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
263 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
264 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
265 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
266 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
267 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
268 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
269 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
270 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
273 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
274 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
277 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
279 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
280 * No changes from 0.77_01
282 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
284 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
285 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
286 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
287 against the pure Perl version of this code.
289 * Class::MOP::Instance
290 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
291 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
294 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
296 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
300 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
301 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
305 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
306 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
308 * Class::MOP::Package
309 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
310 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
313 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
317 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
318 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
319 near future release. You've been warned.
321 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
322 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
323 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
324 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
326 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
327 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
330 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
331 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
334 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
337 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
338 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
340 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
342 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
343 sharing an immutable transformer object
344 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
345 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
347 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
349 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
350 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
351 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
352 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
354 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
355 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
357 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
359 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
360 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
362 * t/082_get_code_info.t
363 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
364 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
365 succeed in that case.
367 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
368 * Class::MOP::Package
369 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
372 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
373 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
375 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
376 * Class::MOP::Immutable
377 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
378 the constructor was inlined.
379 * Class::MOP::Package
380 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
381 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
382 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
384 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
385 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
387 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
389 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
390 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
391 * Class::MOP::Immutable
392 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
393 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
394 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
397 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
398 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
399 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
400 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
401 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
402 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
403 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
404 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
405 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
406 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
408 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
411 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
412 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
415 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
417 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
418 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
420 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
422 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
423 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
424 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
427 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
428 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
429 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
432 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
434 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
435 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
437 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
438 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
439 times in an eval. (t0m)
441 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
443 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
444 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
445 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
446 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
447 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
448 - added test for this
450 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
451 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
452 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
455 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
456 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
460 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
461 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
462 aliased methods and "real" methods.
464 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
465 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
466 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
467 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
470 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
471 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
474 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
475 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
476 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
477 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
478 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
479 for sad systems without a compiler.
482 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
483 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
486 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
487 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
488 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
490 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
492 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
493 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
494 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
495 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
497 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
498 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
499 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
500 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
502 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
504 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
505 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
508 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
509 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
510 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
512 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
514 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
516 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
517 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
518 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
520 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
521 * Class::MOP::Package
522 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
523 releases. (nothingmuch)
526 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
528 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
529 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
530 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
533 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
536 * Class::MOP::Instance
537 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
539 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
541 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
542 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
543 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
544 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
547 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
548 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
552 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
553 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
554 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
555 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
556 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
559 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
560 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
561 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
564 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
565 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
566 consistency (nothingmuch)
567 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
569 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
570 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
571 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
572 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
575 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
576 * Class::MOP::Immutable
577 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
579 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
581 * Class::MOP::Instance
582 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
583 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
585 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
587 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
588 the class is already loaded (sartak)
589 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
590 instead of just 1 (sartak)
593 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
595 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
596 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
597 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
599 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
600 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
601 recognizes it correct this time.
603 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
604 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
607 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
608 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
611 - now stores the instance of the instance
612 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
613 and deletes it when the cache is blown
614 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
615 the options used to make it immutable as well as
616 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
618 * Class::MOP::Package
619 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
620 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
621 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
625 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
627 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
628 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
630 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
631 names now throw a more direct error in
633 - tests for this and other aspects of
639 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
640 Class::MOP::Attribute
641 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
644 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
645 (late night release engineering)--
647 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
648 changes in this release
650 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
651 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
652 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
655 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
656 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
657 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
660 * Class::MOP::Package
661 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
663 - inlining a few calls to &name with
664 direct HASH access key access
665 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
666 a HASH of items based on a type filter
667 similar to list_all_package_symbols
668 - added tests for this
671 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
672 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
673 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
674 - added more descriptive error message to help
675 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
676 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
678 * Class::MOP::Immutable
679 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
681 - added tests for this
683 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
685 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
686 function from MRO::Compat
687 - All XS based functionality now has a
688 Pure Perl alternative
689 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
690 can now be used to force non-XS versions
693 * Class::MOP::Attribute
694 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
695 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
696 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
698 - added tests for this
700 * Class::MOP::Immutable
701 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
702 making the class immutable
705 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
706 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
707 allow for it to work.
708 - added tests for this
710 * Class::MOP::Attribute
712 Class::MOP::Immutable
713 - any time a method meta object is constructed
714 we make sure to pass the correct package and
715 method name information
718 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
719 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
720 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
721 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
722 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
723 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
724 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
725 throw an error if these are not supplied.
726 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
727 and now store the package_name and name attributes
730 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
731 Module::Install support has been removed
733 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
734 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
735 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
736 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
740 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
741 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
743 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
744 when it has no init_arg
745 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
746 to support c3 classes.
748 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
751 - making sure that load_class never gets
752 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
753 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
756 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
758 - improved error handling in ->create method
759 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
760 will be used to populate values
761 - added tests for this
764 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
765 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
771 Class::MOP::Attribute
772 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
773 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
775 * Class::MOP::Instance
776 Class::MOP::Immutable
777 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
780 - fixed the filename length on several
781 test files so we install on VMS better
783 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
784 should be catfile (RT #32385)
786 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
787 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
790 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
791 Class::MOP::Attribute
792 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
793 to indicate that no constructor args can
794 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
795 - added tests for this
796 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
799 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
800 feature instead of the silly hack from
801 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
803 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
805 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
808 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
809 - removed assumptions about the existence of
812 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
813 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
814 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
817 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
818 constant so that we can take advantage
819 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
822 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
823 optimize the &linearized_isa method
824 and avoid the hack/check for circular
825 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
826 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
827 - added tests for this
829 * Class::MOP::Immutable
830 - the immutable class now keeps track of
831 the transformer which immutablized it
833 * Class::MOP::Instance
834 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
835 - added tests for this
837 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
839 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
840 transformation arguments are saved
842 - added tests for this
844 * Class::MOP::Immutable
845 - fixed a bug (see above)
847 * Class::MOP::Attribute
850 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
851 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
852 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
855 - removed the dependency on B
856 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
857 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
858 the B fiddling we were doing with
859 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
860 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
861 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
862 be used to help manage method caching.
865 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
866 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
867 even more accurate caching information.
868 blblack++ for that stuff :)
871 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
872 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
873 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
874 track of when we need to re-fetch the
876 - Several small improvements to take advantage
877 of the new method map caching features
879 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
880 * Class::MOP::Attribute
881 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
882 HASH ref case, which makes the
883 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
884 - added more tests for this
886 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
887 * Class::MOP::Attribute
888 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
889 - added more tests for this
891 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
893 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
894 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
895 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
897 * Class::MOP::Attribute
898 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
899 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
900 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
902 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
903 * Class::MOP::Attribute
904 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
906 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
907 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
909 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
911 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
914 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
915 construct_class_instance (groditi)
916 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
917 call through (groditi)
919 * Class::MOP::Attribute
920 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
921 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
922 it is defined (groditi)
924 * Class::MOP::Instance
925 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
926 it is defined (groditi)
928 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
929 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
930 - removed the relevant attributes
932 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
933 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
934 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
935 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
937 - added tests for this
938 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
939 non-inlined constructors.
940 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
942 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
943 - added this class as an abstract base for the
944 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
945 - added tests for this
948 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
949 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
952 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
954 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
955 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
957 * Class::MOP::Package
958 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
961 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
963 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
965 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
966 it manually now so that people can use this
967 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
969 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
971 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
972 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
973 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
976 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
977 * Class::MOP::Immutable
978 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
979 - removed unused variable
980 - added create_immutable_transformer
981 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
982 - tests for this (groditi)
985 - Immutability can now be undone,
986 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
987 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
988 for details see comments next to make_immutable
989 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
990 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
991 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
992 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
993 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
994 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
996 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
997 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
999 * Class::MOP::Package
1000 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1001 - added tests for this
1002 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1004 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1005 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1006 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1008 - added tests and POD for this
1011 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1012 handles undef values correctly.
1013 - added tests for this
1014 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1015 will not get reaped when instances still
1016 exist which need to reference them. This is
1017 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1018 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1019 many work arounds out in the wild.
1020 - added tests for this by groditi
1021 - updated docs to explain this
1024 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1025 - added tests for this behavior
1027 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1028 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1031 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1032 - added tests and docs for these
1034 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1035 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1036 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1040 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1045 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1046 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1047 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1048 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1049 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1052 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1054 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1055 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1056 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1059 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1060 immutable transformation instead of
1061 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1063 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1064 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1065 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1066 be coming eventually.
1069 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1071 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1072 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1076 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1079 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1081 - constructor generation is now handled by
1082 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1084 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1085 - created this to handle constructor generation
1086 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1088 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1090 - attributes now delegate to the
1091 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1094 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1095 - all accessor generation functions from
1096 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1098 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1100 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1101 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1102 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1106 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1107 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1108 they are aliased from the originals
1109 - fixed tests to reflect
1110 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1112 - adjusted tests for this
1113 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1116 * Class::MOP::Method
1118 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1119 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1120 - adjusted tests to compensate
1121 - adjusted docs for this
1124 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1125 encapsulate most of the work into the
1126 &get_method_map method
1127 - made several adjustments for the change
1128 in Class::MOP::Method
1129 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1130 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1131 old one before installing the new one
1132 - added tests for this
1133 - adjusted docs for this
1135 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1136 - added caching of &get_method_map
1137 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1138 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1140 * Class::MOP::Package
1141 - added filtering capabilities to
1142 &list_all_package_symbols
1144 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1146 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1147 the $:version and such just actually goes
1148 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1149 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1151 - The &create method now requires that all
1152 but the package name now is passed in as
1153 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1154 - updated docs and tests for this
1156 * Class::MOP::Object
1157 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1161 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1162 which do not store things in the instance
1163 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1166 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1168 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1170 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1171 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1174 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1175 - fixed all tests for this
1177 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1178 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1179 are no longer allowed for defaults
1180 - added tests for this
1182 * Class::MOP::Package
1183 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1184 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1185 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1187 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1189 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1190 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1191 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1192 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1194 * Class::MOP::Package
1195 - refactored entire class, this is now
1196 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1197 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1198 - added many tests for this
1199 - this class is now a subclass of
1201 - added some tests to reflect this
1204 - refactored all symbol table access to
1205 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1207 * Class::MOP::Module
1208 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1209 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1210 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1211 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1212 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1213 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1214 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1215 - added tests for this
1217 * Class::MOP::Instance
1218 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1220 - added tests for this
1222 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1223 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1224 slots from an instance
1225 - added tests for this
1227 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1230 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1231 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1233 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1234 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1235 the value of the attribute for a particular
1238 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1239 ---------------------------------------
1240 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1241 to introduce the immutable features which
1242 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1243 This support should still be considered
1244 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1245 ---------------------------------------
1247 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1249 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1250 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1251 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1254 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1255 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1256 ::Package and now inherited
1257 - added tests for this
1259 * Class::MOP::Instance
1260 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1261 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1262 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1263 instance creation (of course)
1266 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1267 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1268 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1269 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1270 table manipulation methods.
1272 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1273 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1275 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1276 properly when inherited
1277 - small fix to &clone_instance
1279 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1280 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1281 - This release works in combination with
1282 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1283 because it introduces a new instance
1284 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1288 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1289 - added tests for this
1290 - improved method modifier wrapping
1292 * Class::MOP::Instance
1293 - added new instance protocol
1294 - added tests for this
1295 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1297 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1301 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1302 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1304 - updated tests for this
1307 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1308 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1310 - added tests for this
1311 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1312 new instance protocol
1313 - added more tests for this
1315 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1317 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1318 - added tests and docs for this
1319 - some small optimizations
1321 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1322 - some small optimizations
1324 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1326 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1327 - added tests for this
1328 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1329 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1330 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1331 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1332 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1333 delegates appropriately
1335 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1336 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1337 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1338 called initialize_instance_slot
1341 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1342 initialize_instance_slot method
1344 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1346 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1347 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1349 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1351 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1352 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1354 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1355 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1356 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1358 - added tests for this
1359 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1361 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1363 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1364 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1365 - added test case for this
1367 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1369 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1370 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1371 available in DESTORY calls
1373 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1374 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1375 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1377 * Class::MOP::Method
1378 - added &package_name, &name and
1379 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1380 which were formerly private subs in
1383 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1384 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1385 before, after and around modifiers
1386 - added tests and docs for this feature
1389 - improved &get_package_symbol
1390 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1391 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1393 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1394 - &add_before_method_modifier
1395 - &add_after_method_modifier
1396 - &add_around_method_modifier
1397 - added tests and docs for these
1398 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1399 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1401 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1402 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1406 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1407 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1408 the test skip if it is not installed
1410 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1412 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1415 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1416 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1417 - added docs and tests
1419 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1420 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1421 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1422 be considered "ready to use".
1424 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1425 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1426 - test coverage is now at 99%
1429 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1430 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1431 metaclass pragma instead.
1434 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1435 error/edge-case tests
1437 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1438 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1439 error/edge-case tests
1442 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1444 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1446 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1447 metaclass a little more straightforward
1450 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1451 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1452 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1453 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1457 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1458 is now more useful for subclasses
1459 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1460 hash of attribute meta objects
1461 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1462 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1463 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1464 attribute meta-object itself
1465 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1466 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1467 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1468 - added docs & tests for this
1469 - added Clone as a dependency
1470 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1471 return blessed new or cloned instances
1472 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1473 - added docs & tests for this
1474 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1475 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1476 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1477 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1478 - added tests and docs for this
1481 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1483 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1485 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1487 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1488 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1489 attributes/methods respectively
1492 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1495 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1496 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1497 - added new example:
1500 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1502 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1504 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1505 - improved error messages
1508 - added new examples:
1509 - AttributesWithHistory
1510 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1512 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1513 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1515 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1516 - refactored method generation code
1517 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1520 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1521 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1522 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1523 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1524 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1526 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1527 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1528 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1530 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006