1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
8 pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate,
9 or to install one under a different name. (doy)
11 * Reinitializing a metaclass no longer removes the existing method and
12 attribute objects (it instead fixes them so they are correct for the
13 reinitialized metaclass). (doy)
15 * All 'meta' methods created by Class::MOP are now of the class
16 Class::MOP::Method::Meta. This is overridable at the metaclass layer. (doy)
20 * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
21 preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
23 * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run all
24 tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
26 1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
30 * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
31 of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
33 1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
37 * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
38 "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
39 /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
42 1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
46 * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
47 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
48 _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
51 1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
55 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
56 for inlined code (doy).
58 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
60 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
64 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
65 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
66 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
67 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
68 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
75 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
77 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
81 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
82 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
86 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
88 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
89 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
90 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
96 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
97 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
101 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
102 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
103 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
105 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
107 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
109 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
111 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
115 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
117 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
121 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
122 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
124 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
128 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
129 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
131 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
132 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
134 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
136 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
137 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
138 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
140 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
142 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
144 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
145 modules (nothingmuch).
147 * Class::MOP::Package
148 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
152 * Class::MOP::Package
153 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
154 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
155 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
158 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
159 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
162 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
163 * Class::MOP::Attribute
164 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
165 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
166 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
167 attributes. (nothingmuch)
169 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
171 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
172 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
173 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
174 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
175 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
177 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
178 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
179 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
181 * Class::MOP::Package
182 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
183 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
185 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
186 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
187 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
189 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
190 * Class::MOP::Package
191 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
194 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
197 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
198 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
199 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
202 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
203 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
205 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
207 * Class::MOP::Package
208 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
211 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
212 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
214 * Class::MOP::Attribute
216 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
219 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
220 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
221 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
222 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
225 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
226 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
227 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
228 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
229 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
230 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
234 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
235 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
239 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
240 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
241 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
245 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
246 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
249 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
250 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
251 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
255 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
256 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
257 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
258 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
259 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
262 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
263 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
265 * Class::MOP::Instance
266 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
267 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
269 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
271 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
273 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
276 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
278 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
279 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
282 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
283 changed back in 0.82_01)
284 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
285 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
288 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
289 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
291 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
293 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
294 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
295 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
298 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
299 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
302 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
303 * Class::MOP::Attribute
304 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
306 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
307 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
308 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
311 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
314 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
315 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
316 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
317 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
318 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
321 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
324 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
326 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
330 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
331 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
332 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
333 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
337 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
340 * Class::MOP::Package
341 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
344 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
347 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
349 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
352 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
353 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
354 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
355 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
358 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
359 was removed in 0.82_01.
361 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
362 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
363 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
364 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
365 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
366 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
367 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
368 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
369 for the Moose compatibility handling code
370 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
372 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
374 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
375 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
377 * Class::MOP::Immutable
378 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
379 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
380 provides its own constructor (doy)
382 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
385 * Class::MOP::Instance
386 * Class::MOP::Attribute
387 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
388 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
389 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
390 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
393 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
394 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
396 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
398 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
399 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
401 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
402 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
403 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
404 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
405 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
408 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
409 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
410 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
411 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
412 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
413 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
414 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
416 - Class::MOP::Instance
417 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
421 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
422 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
423 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
425 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
426 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
427 when an object is constructed)
428 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
430 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
431 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
432 when an object is constructed)
433 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
434 - attributes => _attributes
435 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
437 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
439 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
440 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
441 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
444 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
445 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
446 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
449 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
450 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
451 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
452 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
456 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
457 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
458 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
459 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
460 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
461 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
463 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
464 * No changes from 0.78_02.
466 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
468 * Class::MOP::Immutable
469 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
470 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
471 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
472 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
476 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
477 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
480 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
481 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
482 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
484 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
486 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
487 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
490 * Class::MOP::Instance
491 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
492 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
493 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
494 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
496 * Class::MOP::Attribute
497 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
498 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
499 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
501 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
502 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
503 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
507 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
508 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
509 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
510 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
512 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
513 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
514 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
515 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
516 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
517 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
518 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
519 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
520 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
523 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
524 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
527 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
529 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
530 * No changes from 0.77_01
532 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
534 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
535 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
536 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
537 against the pure Perl version of this code.
539 * Class::MOP::Instance
540 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
541 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
544 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
546 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
550 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
551 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
555 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
556 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
558 * Class::MOP::Package
559 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
560 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
563 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
567 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
568 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
569 near future release. You've been warned.
571 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
572 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
573 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
574 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
576 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
577 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
580 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
581 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
584 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
587 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
588 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
590 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
592 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
593 sharing an immutable transformer object
594 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
595 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
597 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
599 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
600 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
601 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
602 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
604 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
605 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
607 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
609 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
610 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
612 * t/082_get_code_info.t
613 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
614 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
615 succeed in that case.
617 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
618 * Class::MOP::Package
619 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
622 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
623 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
625 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
626 * Class::MOP::Immutable
627 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
628 the constructor was inlined.
629 * Class::MOP::Package
630 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
631 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
632 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
634 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
635 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
637 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
639 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
640 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
641 * Class::MOP::Immutable
642 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
643 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
644 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
647 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
648 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
649 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
650 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
651 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
652 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
653 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
654 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
655 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
656 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
658 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
661 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
662 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
665 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
667 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
668 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
670 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
672 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
673 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
674 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
677 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
678 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
679 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
682 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
684 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
685 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
687 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
688 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
689 times in an eval. (t0m)
691 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
693 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
694 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
695 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
696 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
697 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
698 - added test for this
700 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
701 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
702 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
705 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
706 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
710 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
711 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
712 aliased methods and "real" methods.
714 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
715 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
716 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
717 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
720 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
721 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
724 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
725 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
726 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
727 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
728 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
729 for sad systems without a compiler.
732 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
733 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
736 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
737 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
738 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
740 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
742 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
743 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
744 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
745 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
747 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
748 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
749 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
750 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
752 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
754 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
755 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
758 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
759 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
760 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
762 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
764 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
766 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
767 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
768 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
770 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
771 * Class::MOP::Package
772 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
773 releases. (nothingmuch)
776 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
778 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
779 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
780 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
783 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
786 * Class::MOP::Instance
787 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
789 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
791 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
792 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
793 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
794 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
797 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
798 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
802 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
803 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
804 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
805 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
806 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
809 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
810 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
811 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
814 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
815 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
816 consistency (nothingmuch)
817 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
819 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
820 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
821 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
822 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
825 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
826 * Class::MOP::Immutable
827 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
829 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
831 * Class::MOP::Instance
832 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
833 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
835 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
837 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
838 the class is already loaded (sartak)
839 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
840 instead of just 1 (sartak)
843 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
845 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
846 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
847 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
849 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
850 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
851 recognizes it correct this time.
853 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
854 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
857 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
858 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
861 - now stores the instance of the instance
862 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
863 and deletes it when the cache is blown
864 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
865 the options used to make it immutable as well as
866 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
868 * Class::MOP::Package
869 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
870 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
871 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
875 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
877 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
878 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
880 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
881 names now throw a more direct error in
883 - tests for this and other aspects of
889 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
890 Class::MOP::Attribute
891 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
894 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
895 (late night release engineering)--
897 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
898 changes in this release
900 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
901 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
902 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
905 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
906 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
907 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
910 * Class::MOP::Package
911 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
913 - inlining a few calls to &name with
914 direct HASH access key access
915 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
916 a HASH of items based on a type filter
917 similar to list_all_package_symbols
918 - added tests for this
921 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
922 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
923 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
924 - added more descriptive error message to help
925 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
926 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
928 * Class::MOP::Immutable
929 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
931 - added tests for this
933 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
935 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
936 function from MRO::Compat
937 - All XS based functionality now has a
938 Pure Perl alternative
939 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
940 can now be used to force non-XS versions
943 * Class::MOP::Attribute
944 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
945 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
946 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
948 - added tests for this
950 * Class::MOP::Immutable
951 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
952 making the class immutable
955 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
956 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
957 allow for it to work.
958 - added tests for this
960 * Class::MOP::Attribute
962 Class::MOP::Immutable
963 - any time a method meta object is constructed
964 we make sure to pass the correct package and
965 method name information
968 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
969 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
970 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
971 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
972 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
973 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
974 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
975 throw an error if these are not supplied.
976 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
977 and now store the package_name and name attributes
980 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
981 Module::Install support has been removed
983 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
984 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
985 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
986 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
990 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
991 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
993 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
994 when it has no init_arg
995 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
996 to support c3 classes.
998 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
1001 - making sure that load_class never gets
1002 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
1003 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1006 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
1007 (cause Sartak asked)
1008 - improved error handling in ->create method
1009 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
1010 will be used to populate values
1011 - added tests for this
1013 * Class::MOP::Object
1014 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1015 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1021 Class::MOP::Attribute
1022 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
1023 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1025 * Class::MOP::Instance
1026 Class::MOP::Immutable
1027 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1030 - fixed the filename length on several
1031 test files so we install on VMS better
1033 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
1034 should be catfile (RT #32385)
1036 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
1037 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
1040 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1041 Class::MOP::Attribute
1042 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
1043 to indicate that no constructor args can
1044 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
1045 - added tests for this
1046 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1049 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1050 feature instead of the silly hack from
1051 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1053 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1055 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1058 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1059 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1062 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1063 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1064 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1067 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1068 constant so that we can take advantage
1069 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1072 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1073 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1074 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1075 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1076 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1077 - added tests for this
1079 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1080 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1081 the transformer which immutablized it
1083 * Class::MOP::Instance
1084 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1085 - added tests for this
1087 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1089 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1090 transformation arguments are saved
1092 - added tests for this
1094 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1095 - fixed a bug (see above)
1097 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1100 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1101 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1102 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1105 - removed the dependency on B
1106 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1107 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1108 the B fiddling we were doing with
1109 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1110 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1111 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1112 be used to help manage method caching.
1115 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1116 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1117 even more accurate caching information.
1118 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1121 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1122 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1123 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1124 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1126 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1127 of the new method map caching features
1129 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1130 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1131 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1132 HASH ref case, which makes the
1133 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1134 - added more tests for this
1136 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1137 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1138 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1139 - added more tests for this
1141 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1143 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1144 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1145 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1147 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1148 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1149 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1150 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1152 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1153 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1154 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1156 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1157 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1159 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1161 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1164 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1165 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1166 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1167 call through (groditi)
1169 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1170 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1171 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1172 it is defined (groditi)
1174 * Class::MOP::Instance
1175 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1176 it is defined (groditi)
1178 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1179 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1180 - removed the relevant attributes
1182 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1183 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1184 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1185 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1187 - added tests for this
1188 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1189 non-inlined constructors.
1190 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1192 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1193 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1194 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1195 - added tests for this
1198 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1199 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1202 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1204 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1205 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1207 * Class::MOP::Package
1208 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1211 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1213 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1215 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1216 it manually now so that people can use this
1217 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1219 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1221 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1222 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1223 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1226 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1227 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1228 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1229 - removed unused variable
1230 - added create_immutable_transformer
1231 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1232 - tests for this (groditi)
1235 - Immutability can now be undone,
1236 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1237 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1238 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1239 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1240 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1241 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1242 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1243 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1244 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1246 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1247 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1249 * Class::MOP::Package
1250 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1251 - added tests for this
1252 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1254 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1255 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1256 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1258 - added tests and POD for this
1261 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1262 handles undef values correctly.
1263 - added tests for this
1264 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1265 will not get reaped when instances still
1266 exist which need to reference them. This is
1267 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1268 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1269 many work arounds out in the wild.
1270 - added tests for this by groditi
1271 - updated docs to explain this
1274 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1275 - added tests for this behavior
1277 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1278 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1281 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1282 - added tests and docs for these
1284 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1285 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1286 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1290 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1295 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1296 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1297 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1298 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1299 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1302 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1304 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1305 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1306 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1309 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1310 immutable transformation instead of
1311 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1313 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1314 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1315 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1316 be coming eventually.
1319 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1321 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1322 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1326 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1329 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1331 - constructor generation is now handled by
1332 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1334 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1335 - created this to handle constructor generation
1336 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1338 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1340 - attributes now delegate to the
1341 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1344 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1345 - all accessor generation functions from
1346 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1348 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1350 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1351 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1352 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1356 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1357 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1358 they are aliased from the originals
1359 - fixed tests to reflect
1360 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1362 - adjusted tests for this
1363 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1366 * Class::MOP::Method
1368 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1369 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1370 - adjusted tests to compensate
1371 - adjusted docs for this
1374 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1375 encapsulate most of the work into the
1376 &get_method_map method
1377 - made several adjustments for the change
1378 in Class::MOP::Method
1379 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1380 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1381 old one before installing the new one
1382 - added tests for this
1383 - adjusted docs for this
1385 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1386 - added caching of &get_method_map
1387 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1388 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1390 * Class::MOP::Package
1391 - added filtering capabilities to
1392 &list_all_package_symbols
1394 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1396 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1397 the $:version and such just actually goes
1398 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1399 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1401 - The &create method now requires that all
1402 but the package name now is passed in as
1403 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1404 - updated docs and tests for this
1406 * Class::MOP::Object
1407 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1411 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1412 which do not store things in the instance
1413 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1416 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1418 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1420 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1421 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1424 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1425 - fixed all tests for this
1427 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1428 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1429 are no longer allowed for defaults
1430 - added tests for this
1432 * Class::MOP::Package
1433 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1434 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1435 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1437 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1439 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1440 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1441 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1442 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1444 * Class::MOP::Package
1445 - refactored entire class, this is now
1446 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1447 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1448 - added many tests for this
1449 - this class is now a subclass of
1451 - added some tests to reflect this
1454 - refactored all symbol table access to
1455 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1457 * Class::MOP::Module
1458 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1459 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1460 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1461 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1462 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1463 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1464 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1465 - added tests for this
1467 * Class::MOP::Instance
1468 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1470 - added tests for this
1472 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1473 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1474 slots from an instance
1475 - added tests for this
1477 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1480 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1481 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1483 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1484 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1485 the value of the attribute for a particular
1488 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1489 ---------------------------------------
1490 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1491 to introduce the immutable features which
1492 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1493 This support should still be considered
1494 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1495 ---------------------------------------
1497 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1499 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1500 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1501 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1504 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1505 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1506 ::Package and now inherited
1507 - added tests for this
1509 * Class::MOP::Instance
1510 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1511 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1512 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1513 instance creation (of course)
1516 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1517 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1518 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1519 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1520 table manipulation methods.
1522 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1523 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1525 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1526 properly when inherited
1527 - small fix to &clone_instance
1529 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1530 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1531 - This release works in combination with
1532 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1533 because it introduces a new instance
1534 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1538 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1539 - added tests for this
1540 - improved method modifier wrapping
1542 * Class::MOP::Instance
1543 - added new instance protocol
1544 - added tests for this
1545 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1547 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1551 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1552 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1554 - updated tests for this
1557 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1558 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1560 - added tests for this
1561 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1562 new instance protocol
1563 - added more tests for this
1565 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1567 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1568 - added tests and docs for this
1569 - some small optimizations
1571 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1572 - some small optimizations
1574 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1576 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1577 - added tests for this
1578 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1579 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1580 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1581 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1582 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1583 delegates appropriately
1585 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1586 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1587 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1588 called initialize_instance_slot
1591 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1592 initialize_instance_slot method
1594 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1596 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1597 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1599 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1601 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1602 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1604 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1605 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1606 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1608 - added tests for this
1609 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1611 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1613 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1614 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1615 - added test case for this
1617 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1619 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1620 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1621 available in DESTORY calls
1623 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1624 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1625 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1627 * Class::MOP::Method
1628 - added &package_name, &name and
1629 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1630 which were formerly private subs in
1633 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1634 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1635 before, after and around modifiers
1636 - added tests and docs for this feature
1639 - improved &get_package_symbol
1640 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1641 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1643 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1644 - &add_before_method_modifier
1645 - &add_after_method_modifier
1646 - &add_around_method_modifier
1647 - added tests and docs for these
1648 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1649 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1651 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1652 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1656 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1657 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1658 the test skip if it is not installed
1660 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1662 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1665 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1666 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1667 - added docs and tests
1669 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1670 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1671 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1672 be considered "ready to use".
1674 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1675 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1676 - test coverage is now at 99%
1679 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1680 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1681 metaclass pragma instead.
1684 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1685 error/edge-case tests
1687 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1688 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1689 error/edge-case tests
1692 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1694 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1696 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1697 metaclass a little more straightforward
1700 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1701 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1702 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1703 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1707 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1708 is now more useful for subclasses
1709 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1710 hash of attribute meta objects
1711 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1712 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1713 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1714 attribute meta-object itself
1715 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1716 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1717 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1718 - added docs & tests for this
1719 - added Clone as a dependency
1720 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1721 return blessed new or cloned instances
1722 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1723 - added docs & tests for this
1724 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1725 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1726 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1727 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1728 - added tests and docs for this
1731 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1733 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1735 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1737 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1738 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1739 attributes/methods respectively
1742 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1745 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1746 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1747 - added new example:
1750 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1752 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1754 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1755 - improved error messages
1758 - added new examples:
1759 - AttributesWithHistory
1760 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1762 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1763 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1765 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1766 - refactored method generation code
1767 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1770 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1771 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1772 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1773 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1774 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1776 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1777 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1778 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1780 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006