1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 * Class::MOP::Attribute
5 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods.
7 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
8 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted behavior
11 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
13 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
17 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
18 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
19 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
20 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
24 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
28 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
31 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
33 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
36 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
37 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
38 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
39 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
42 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
43 was removed in 0.82_01.
45 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
46 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
47 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
48 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
49 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
50 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
51 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
52 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
53 for the Moose compatibility handling code
54 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
56 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
58 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
59 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
61 * Class::MOP::Immutable
62 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
63 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
64 provides its own constructor (doy)
66 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
69 * Class::MOP::Instance
70 * Class::MOP::Attribute
71 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
72 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
73 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
74 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
77 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
78 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
80 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
82 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
83 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
85 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
86 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
87 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
88 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
89 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
92 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
93 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
94 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
95 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
96 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
97 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
98 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
100 - Class::MOP::Instance
101 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
105 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
106 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
107 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
109 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
110 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
111 when an object is constructed)
112 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
114 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
115 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
116 when an object is constructed)
117 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
118 - attributes => _attributes
119 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
121 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
123 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
124 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
125 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
128 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
129 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
130 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
133 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
134 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
135 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
136 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
140 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
141 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
142 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
143 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
144 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
145 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
147 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
148 * No changes from 0.78_02.
150 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
152 * Class::MOP::Immutable
153 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
154 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
155 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
156 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
160 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
161 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
164 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
165 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
166 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
168 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
170 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
171 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
174 * Class::MOP::Instance
175 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
176 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
177 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
178 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
180 * Class::MOP::Attribute
181 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
182 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
183 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
185 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
186 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
187 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
191 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
192 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
193 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
194 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
196 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
197 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
198 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
199 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
200 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
201 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
202 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
203 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
204 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
207 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
208 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
211 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
213 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
214 * No changes from 0.77_01
216 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
218 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
219 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
220 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
221 against the pure Perl version of this code.
223 * Class::MOP::Instance
224 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
225 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
228 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
230 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
234 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
235 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
239 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
240 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
242 * Class::MOP::Package
243 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
244 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
247 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
251 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
252 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
253 near future release. You've been warned.
255 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
256 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
257 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
258 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
260 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
261 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
264 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
265 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
268 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
271 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
272 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
274 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
276 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
277 sharing an immutable transformer object
278 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
279 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
281 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
283 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
284 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
285 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
286 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
288 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
289 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
291 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
293 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
294 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
296 * t/082_get_code_info.t
297 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
298 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
299 succeed in that case.
301 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
302 * Class::MOP::Package
303 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
306 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
307 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
309 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
310 * Class::MOP::Immutable
311 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
312 the constructor was inlined.
313 * Class::MOP::Package
314 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
315 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
316 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
318 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
319 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
321 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
323 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
324 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
325 * Class::MOP::Immutable
326 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
327 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
328 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
331 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
332 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
333 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
334 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
335 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
336 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
337 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
338 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
339 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
340 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
342 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
345 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
346 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
349 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
351 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
352 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
354 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
356 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
357 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
358 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
361 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
362 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
363 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
366 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
368 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
369 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
371 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
372 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
373 times in an eval. (t0m)
375 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
377 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
378 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
379 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
380 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
381 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
382 - added test for this
384 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
385 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
386 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
389 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
390 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
394 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
395 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
396 aliased methods and "real" methods.
398 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
399 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
400 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
401 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
404 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
405 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
408 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
409 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
410 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
411 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
412 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
413 for sad systems without a compiler.
416 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
417 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
420 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
421 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
422 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
424 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
426 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
427 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
428 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
429 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
431 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
432 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
433 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
434 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
436 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
438 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
439 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
442 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
443 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
444 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
446 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
448 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
450 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
451 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
452 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
454 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
455 * Class::MOP::Package
456 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
457 releases. (nothingmuch)
460 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
462 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
463 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
464 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
467 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
470 * Class::MOP::Instance
471 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
473 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
475 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
476 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
477 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
478 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
481 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
482 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
486 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
487 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
488 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
489 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
490 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
493 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
494 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
495 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
498 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
499 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
500 consistency (nothingmuch)
501 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
503 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
504 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
505 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
506 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
509 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
510 * Class::MOP::Immutable
511 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
513 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
515 * Class::MOP::Instance
516 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
517 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
519 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
521 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
522 the class is already loaded (sartak)
523 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
524 instead of just 1 (sartak)
527 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
529 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
530 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
531 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
533 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
534 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
535 recognizes it correct this time.
537 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
538 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
541 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
542 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
545 - now stores the instance of the instance
546 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
547 and deletes it when the cache is blown
548 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
549 the options used to make it immutable as well as
550 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
552 * Class::MOP::Package
553 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
554 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
555 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
559 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
561 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
562 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
564 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
565 names now throw a more direct error in
567 - tests for this and other aspects of
573 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
574 Class::MOP::Attribute
575 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
578 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
579 (late night release engineering)--
581 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
582 changes in this release
584 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
585 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
586 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
589 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
590 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
591 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
594 * Class::MOP::Package
595 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
597 - inlining a few calls to &name with
598 direct HASH access key access
599 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
600 a HASH of items based on a type filter
601 similar to list_all_package_symbols
602 - added tests for this
605 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
606 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
607 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
608 - added more descriptive error message to help
609 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
610 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
612 * Class::MOP::Immutable
613 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
615 - added tests for this
617 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
619 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
620 function from MRO::Compat
621 - All XS based functionality now has a
622 Pure Perl alternative
623 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
624 can now be used to force non-XS versions
627 * Class::MOP::Attribute
628 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
629 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
630 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
632 - added tests for this
634 * Class::MOP::Immutable
635 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
636 making the class immutable
639 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
640 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
641 allow for it to work.
642 - added tests for this
644 * Class::MOP::Attribute
646 Class::MOP::Immutable
647 - any time a method meta object is constructed
648 we make sure to pass the correct package and
649 method name information
652 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
653 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
654 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
655 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
656 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
657 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
658 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
659 throw an error if these are not supplied.
660 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
661 and now store the package_name and name attributes
664 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
665 Module::Install support has been removed
667 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
668 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
669 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
670 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
674 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
675 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
677 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
678 when it has no init_arg
679 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
680 to support c3 classes.
682 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
685 - making sure that load_class never gets
686 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
687 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
690 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
692 - improved error handling in ->create method
693 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
694 will be used to populate values
695 - added tests for this
698 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
699 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
705 Class::MOP::Attribute
706 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
707 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
709 * Class::MOP::Instance
710 Class::MOP::Immutable
711 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
714 - fixed the filename length on several
715 test files so we install on VMS better
717 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
718 should be catfile (RT #32385)
720 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
721 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
724 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
725 Class::MOP::Attribute
726 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
727 to indicate that no constructor args can
728 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
729 - added tests for this
730 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
733 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
734 feature instead of the silly hack from
735 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
737 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
739 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
742 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
743 - removed assumptions about the existence of
746 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
747 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
748 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
751 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
752 constant so that we can take advantage
753 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
756 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
757 optimize the &linearized_isa method
758 and avoid the hack/check for circular
759 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
760 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
761 - added tests for this
763 * Class::MOP::Immutable
764 - the immutable class now keeps track of
765 the transformer which immutablized it
767 * Class::MOP::Instance
768 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
769 - added tests for this
771 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
773 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
774 transformation arguments are saved
776 - added tests for this
778 * Class::MOP::Immutable
779 - fixed a bug (see above)
781 * Class::MOP::Attribute
784 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
785 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
786 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
789 - removed the dependency on B
790 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
791 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
792 the B fiddling we were doing with
793 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
794 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
795 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
796 be used to help manage method caching.
799 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
800 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
801 even more accurate caching information.
802 blblack++ for that stuff :)
805 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
806 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
807 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
808 track of when we need to re-fetch the
810 - Several small improvements to take advantage
811 of the new method map caching features
813 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
814 * Class::MOP::Attribute
815 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
816 HASH ref case, which makes the
817 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
818 - added more tests for this
820 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
821 * Class::MOP::Attribute
822 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
823 - added more tests for this
825 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
827 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
828 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
829 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
831 * Class::MOP::Attribute
832 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
833 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
834 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
836 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
837 * Class::MOP::Attribute
838 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
840 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
841 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
843 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
845 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
848 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
849 construct_class_instance (groditi)
850 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
851 call through (groditi)
853 * Class::MOP::Attribute
854 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
855 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
856 it is defined (groditi)
858 * Class::MOP::Instance
859 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
860 it is defined (groditi)
862 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
863 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
864 - removed the relevant attributes
866 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
867 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
868 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
869 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
871 - added tests for this
872 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
873 non-inlined constructors.
874 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
876 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
877 - added this class as an abstract base for the
878 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
879 - added tests for this
882 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
883 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
886 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
888 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
889 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
891 * Class::MOP::Package
892 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
895 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
897 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
899 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
900 it manually now so that people can use this
901 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
903 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
905 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
906 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
907 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
910 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
911 * Class::MOP::Immutable
912 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
913 - removed unused variable
914 - added create_immutable_transformer
915 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
916 - tests for this (groditi)
919 - Immutability can now be undone,
920 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
921 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
922 for details see comments next to make_immutable
923 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
924 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
925 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
926 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
927 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
928 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
930 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
931 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
933 * Class::MOP::Package
934 - we now deal with stub methods properly
935 - added tests for this
936 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
938 * Class::MOP::Attribute
939 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
940 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
942 - added tests and POD for this
945 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
946 handles undef values correctly.
947 - added tests for this
948 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
949 will not get reaped when instances still
950 exist which need to reference them. This is
951 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
952 obscure enough feature that there are not too
953 many work arounds out in the wild.
954 - added tests for this by groditi
955 - updated docs to explain this
958 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
959 - added tests for this behavior
961 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
962 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
965 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
966 - added tests and docs for these
968 * Class::MOP::Attribute
969 - default now checks the instance with defined to
970 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
974 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
980 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
981 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
982 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
983 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
986 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
988 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
989 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
990 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
993 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
994 immutable transformation instead of
995 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
997 + Class::MOP::Immutable
998 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
999 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1000 be coming eventually.
1003 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1005 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1006 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1010 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1013 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1015 - constructor generation is now handled by
1016 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1018 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1019 - created this to handle constructor generation
1020 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1022 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1024 - attributes now delegate to the
1025 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1028 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1029 - all accessor generation functions from
1030 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1032 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1034 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1035 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1036 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1040 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1041 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1042 they are aliased from the originals
1043 - fixed tests to reflect
1044 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1046 - adjusted tests for this
1047 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1050 * Class::MOP::Method
1052 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1053 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1054 - adjusted tests to compensate
1055 - adjusted docs for this
1058 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1059 encapsulate most of the work into the
1060 &get_method_map method
1061 - made several adjustments for the change
1062 in Class::MOP::Method
1063 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1064 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1065 old one before installing the new one
1066 - added tests for this
1067 - adjusted docs for this
1069 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1070 - added caching of &get_method_map
1071 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1072 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1074 * Class::MOP::Package
1075 - added filtering capabilities to
1076 &list_all_package_symbols
1078 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1080 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1081 the $:version and such just actually goes
1082 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1083 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1085 - The &create method now requires that all
1086 but the package name now is passed in as
1087 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1088 - updated docs and tests for this
1090 * Class::MOP::Object
1091 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1095 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1096 which do not store things in the instance
1097 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1100 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1102 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1104 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1105 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1108 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1109 - fixed all tests for this
1111 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1112 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1113 are no longer allowed for defaults
1114 - added tests for this
1116 * Class::MOP::Package
1117 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1118 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1119 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1121 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1123 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1124 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1125 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1126 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1128 * Class::MOP::Package
1129 - refactored entire class, this is now
1130 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1131 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1132 - added many tests for this
1133 - this class is now a subclass of
1135 - added some tests to reflect this
1138 - refactored all symbol table access to
1139 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1141 * Class::MOP::Module
1142 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1143 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1144 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1145 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1146 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1147 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1148 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1149 - added tests for this
1151 * Class::MOP::Instance
1152 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1154 - added tests for this
1156 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1157 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1158 slots from an instance
1159 - added tests for this
1161 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1164 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1165 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1167 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1168 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1169 the value of the attribute for a particular
1172 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1173 ---------------------------------------
1174 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1175 to introduce the immutable features which
1176 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1177 This support should still be considered
1178 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1179 ---------------------------------------
1181 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1183 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1184 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1185 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1188 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1189 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1190 ::Package and now inherited
1191 - added tests for this
1193 * Class::MOP::Instance
1194 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1195 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1196 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1197 instance creation (of course)
1200 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1201 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1202 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1203 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1204 table manipulation methods.
1206 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1207 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1209 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1210 properly when inherited
1211 - small fix to &clone_instance
1213 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1214 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1215 - This release works in combination with
1216 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1217 because it introduces a new instance
1218 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1222 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1223 - added tests for this
1224 - improved method modifier wrapping
1226 * Class::MOP::Instance
1227 - added new instance protocol
1228 - added tests for this
1229 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1231 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1235 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1236 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1238 - updated tests for this
1241 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1242 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1244 - added tests for this
1245 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1246 new instance protocol
1247 - added more tests for this
1249 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1251 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1252 - added tests and docs for this
1253 - some small optimizations
1255 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1256 - some small optimizations
1258 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1260 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1261 - added tests for this
1262 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1263 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1264 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1265 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1266 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1267 delegates appropriately
1269 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1270 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1271 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1272 called initialize_instance_slot
1275 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1276 initialize_instance_slot method
1278 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1280 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1281 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1283 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1285 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1286 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1288 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1289 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1290 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1292 - added tests for this
1293 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1295 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1297 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1298 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1299 - added test case for this
1301 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1303 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1304 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1305 available in DESTORY calls
1307 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1308 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1309 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1311 * Class::MOP::Method
1312 - added &package_name, &name and
1313 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1314 which were formerly private subs in
1317 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1318 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1319 before, after and around modifiers
1320 - added tests and docs for this feature
1323 - improved &get_package_symbol
1324 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1325 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1327 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1328 - &add_before_method_modifier
1329 - &add_after_method_modifier
1330 - &add_around_method_modifier
1331 - added tests and docs for these
1332 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1333 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1335 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1336 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1340 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1341 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1342 the test skip if it is not installed
1344 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1346 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1349 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1350 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1351 - added docs and tests
1353 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1354 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1355 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1356 be considered "ready to use".
1358 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1359 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1360 - test coverage is now at 99%
1363 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1364 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1365 metaclass pragma instead.
1368 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1369 error/edge-case tests
1371 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1372 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1373 error/edge-case tests
1376 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1378 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1380 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1381 metaclass a little more straightforward
1384 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1385 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1386 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1387 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1391 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1392 is now more useful for subclasses
1393 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1394 hash of attribute meta objects
1395 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1396 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1397 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1398 attribute meta-object itself
1399 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1400 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1401 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1402 - added docs & tests for this
1403 - added Clone as a dependency
1404 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1405 return blessed new or cloned instances
1406 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1407 - added docs & tests for this
1408 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1409 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1410 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1411 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1412 - added tests and docs for this
1415 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1417 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1419 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1421 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1422 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1423 attributes/methods respectively
1426 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1429 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1430 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1431 - added new example:
1434 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1436 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1438 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1439 - improved error messages
1442 - added new examples:
1443 - AttributesWithHistory
1444 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1446 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1447 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1449 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1450 - refactored method generation code
1451 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1454 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1455 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1456 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1457 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1458 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1460 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1461 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1462 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1464 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006