1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
5 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
6 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
9 * Class::MOP::Immutable
10 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
11 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
12 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
13 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
17 * Class::MOP::Instance
18 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
19 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
20 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
21 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
23 * Class::MOP::Attribute
24 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
25 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
26 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
28 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
29 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
30 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
34 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
35 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
36 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
37 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
39 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
40 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
41 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
42 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
43 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
44 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
45 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
46 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
47 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
50 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
51 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
54 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
56 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
57 * No changes from 0.77_01
59 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
61 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
62 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
63 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
64 against the pure Perl version of this code.
66 * Class::MOP::Instance
67 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
68 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
71 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
73 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
77 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
78 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
82 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
83 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
86 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
87 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
90 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
94 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
95 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
96 near future release. You've been warned.
98 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
99 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
100 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
101 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
103 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
104 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
107 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
108 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
111 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
114 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
115 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
117 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
119 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
120 sharing an immutable transformer object
121 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
122 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
124 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
126 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
127 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
128 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
129 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
131 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
132 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
134 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
136 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
137 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
139 * t/082_get_code_info.t
140 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
141 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
142 succeed in that case.
144 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
145 * Class::MOP::Package
146 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
149 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
150 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
152 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
153 * Class::MOP::Immutable
154 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
155 the constructor was inlined.
156 * Class::MOP::Package
157 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
158 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
159 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
161 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
162 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
164 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
166 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
167 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
168 * Class::MOP::Immutable
169 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
170 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
171 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
174 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
175 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
176 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
177 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
178 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
179 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
180 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
181 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
182 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
183 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
185 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
188 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
189 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
192 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
194 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
195 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
197 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
199 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
200 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
201 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
204 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
205 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
206 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
209 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
211 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
212 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
214 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
215 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
216 times in an eval. (t0m)
218 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
220 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
221 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
222 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
223 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
224 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
225 - added test for this
227 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
228 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
229 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
232 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
233 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
237 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
238 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
239 aliased methods and "real" methods.
241 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
242 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
243 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
244 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
247 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
248 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
251 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
252 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
253 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
254 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
255 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
256 for sad systems without a compiler.
259 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
260 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
263 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
264 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
265 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
267 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
269 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
270 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
271 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
272 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
274 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
275 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
276 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
277 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
279 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
281 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
282 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
285 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
286 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
287 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
289 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
291 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
293 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
294 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
295 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
297 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
298 * Class::MOP::Package
299 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
300 releases. (nothingmuch)
303 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
305 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
306 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
307 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
310 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
313 * Class::MOP::Instance
314 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
316 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
318 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
319 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
320 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
321 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
324 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
325 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
329 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
330 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
331 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
332 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
333 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
336 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
337 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
338 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
341 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
342 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
343 consistency (nothingmuch)
344 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
346 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
347 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
348 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
349 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
352 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
353 * Class::MOP::Immutable
354 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
356 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
358 * Class::MOP::Instance
359 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
360 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
362 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
364 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
365 the class is already loaded (sartak)
366 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
367 instead of just 1 (sartak)
370 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
372 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
373 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
374 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
376 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
377 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
378 recognizes it correct this time.
380 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
381 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
384 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
385 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
388 - now stores the instance of the instance
389 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
390 and deletes it when the cache is blown
391 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
392 the options used to make it immutable as well as
393 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
395 * Class::MOP::Package
396 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
397 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
398 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
402 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
404 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
405 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
407 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
408 names now throw a more direct error in
410 - tests for this and other aspects of
416 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
417 Class::MOP::Attribute
418 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
421 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
422 (late night release engineering)--
424 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
425 changes in this release
427 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
428 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
429 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
432 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
433 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
434 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
437 * Class::MOP::Package
438 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
440 - inlining a few calls to &name with
441 direct HASH access key access
442 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
443 a HASH of items based on a type filter
444 similar to list_all_package_symbols
445 - added tests for this
448 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
449 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
450 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
451 - added more descriptive error message to help
452 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
453 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
455 * Class::MOP::Immutable
456 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
458 - added tests for this
460 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
462 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
463 function from MRO::Compat
464 - All XS based functionality now has a
465 Pure Perl alternative
466 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
467 can now be used to force non-XS versions
470 * Class::MOP::Attribute
471 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
472 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
473 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
475 - added tests for this
477 * Class::MOP::Immutable
478 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
479 making the class immutable
482 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
483 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
484 allow for it to work.
485 - added tests for this
487 * Class::MOP::Attribute
489 Class::MOP::Immutable
490 - any time a method meta object is constructed
491 we make sure to pass the correct package and
492 method name information
495 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
496 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
497 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
498 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
499 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
500 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
501 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
502 throw an error if these are not supplied.
503 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
504 and now store the package_name and name attributes
507 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
508 Module::Install support has been removed
510 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
511 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
512 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
513 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
517 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
518 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
520 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
521 when it has no init_arg
522 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
523 to support c3 classes.
525 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
528 - making sure that load_class never gets
529 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
530 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
533 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
535 - improved error handling in ->create method
536 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
537 will be used to populate values
538 - added tests for this
541 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
542 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
548 Class::MOP::Attribute
549 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
550 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
552 * Class::MOP::Instance
553 Class::MOP::Immutable
554 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
557 - fixed the filename length on several
558 test files so we install on VMS better
560 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
561 should be catfile (RT #32385)
563 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
564 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
567 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
568 Class::MOP::Attribute
569 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
570 to indicate that no constructor args can
571 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
572 - added tests for this
573 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
576 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
577 feature instead of the silly hack from
578 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
580 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
582 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
585 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
586 - removed assumptions about the existence of
589 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
590 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
591 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
594 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
595 constant so that we can take advantage
596 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
599 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
600 optimize the &linearized_isa method
601 and avoid the hack/check for circular
602 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
603 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
604 - added tests for this
606 * Class::MOP::Immutable
607 - the immutable class now keeps track of
608 the transformer which immutablized it
610 * Class::MOP::Instance
611 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
612 - added tests for this
614 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
616 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
617 transformation arguments are saved
619 - added tests for this
621 * Class::MOP::Immutable
622 - fixed a bug (see above)
624 * Class::MOP::Attribute
627 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
628 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
629 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
632 - removed the dependency on B
633 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
634 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
635 the B fiddling we were doing with
636 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
637 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
638 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
639 be used to help manage method caching.
642 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
643 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
644 even more accurate caching information.
645 blblack++ for that stuff :)
648 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
649 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
650 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
651 track of when we need to re-fetch the
653 - Several small improvements to take advantage
654 of the new method map caching features
656 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
657 * Class::MOP::Attribute
658 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
659 HASH ref case, which makes the
660 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
661 - added more tests for this
663 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
664 * Class::MOP::Attribute
665 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
666 - added more tests for this
668 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
670 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
671 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
672 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
674 * Class::MOP::Attribute
675 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
676 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
677 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
679 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
680 * Class::MOP::Attribute
681 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
683 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
684 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
686 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
688 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
691 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
692 construct_class_instance (groditi)
693 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
694 call through (groditi)
696 * Class::MOP::Attribute
697 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
698 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
699 it is defined (groditi)
701 * Class::MOP::Instance
702 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
703 it is defined (groditi)
705 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
706 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
707 - removed the relevant attributes
709 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
710 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
711 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
712 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
714 - added tests for this
715 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
716 non-inlined constructors.
717 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
719 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
720 - added this class as an abstract base for the
721 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
722 - added tests for this
725 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
726 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
729 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
731 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
732 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
734 * Class::MOP::Package
735 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
738 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
740 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
742 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
743 it manually now so that people can use this
744 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
746 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
748 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
749 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
750 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
753 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
754 * Class::MOP::Immutable
755 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
756 - removed unused variable
757 - added create_immutable_transformer
758 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
759 - tests for this (groditi)
762 - Immutability can now be undone,
763 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
764 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
765 for details see comments next to make_immutable
766 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
767 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
768 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
769 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
770 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
771 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
773 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
774 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
776 * Class::MOP::Package
777 - we now deal with stub methods properly
778 - added tests for this
779 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
781 * Class::MOP::Attribute
782 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
783 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
785 - added tests and POD for this
788 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
789 handles undef values correctly.
790 - added tests for this
791 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
792 will not get reaped when instances still
793 exist which need to reference them. This is
794 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
795 obscure enough feature that there are not too
796 many work arounds out in the wild.
797 - added tests for this by groditi
798 - updated docs to explain this
801 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
802 - added tests for this behavior
804 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
805 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
808 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
809 - added tests and docs for these
811 * Class::MOP::Attribute
812 - default now checks the instance with defined to
813 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
817 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
823 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
824 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
825 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
826 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
829 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
831 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
832 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
833 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
836 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
837 immutable transformation instead of
838 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
840 + Class::MOP::Immutable
841 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
842 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
843 be coming eventually.
846 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
848 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
849 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
853 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
856 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
858 - constructor generation is now handled by
859 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
861 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
862 - created this to handle constructor generation
863 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
865 * Class::MOP::Attribute
867 - attributes now delegate to the
868 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
871 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
872 - all accessor generation functions from
873 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
875 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
877 * scripts/class_browser.pl
878 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
879 on this to come. Comments and patches are
883 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
884 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
885 they are aliased from the originals
886 - fixed tests to reflect
887 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
889 - adjusted tests for this
890 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
895 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
896 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
897 - adjusted tests to compensate
898 - adjusted docs for this
901 - changed how methods are dealt with to
902 encapsulate most of the work into the
903 &get_method_map method
904 - made several adjustments for the change
905 in Class::MOP::Method
906 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
907 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
908 old one before installing the new one
909 - added tests for this
910 - adjusted docs for this
912 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
913 - added caching of &get_method_map
914 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
915 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
917 * Class::MOP::Package
918 - added filtering capabilities to
919 &list_all_package_symbols
921 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
923 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
924 the $:version and such just actually goes
925 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
926 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
928 - The &create method now requires that all
929 but the package name now is passed in as
930 named parameters. See docs for more info.
931 - updated docs and tests for this
934 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
938 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
939 which do not store things in the instance
940 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
943 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
945 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
947 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
948 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
951 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
952 - fixed all tests for this
954 * Class::MOP::Attribute
955 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
956 are no longer allowed for defaults
957 - added tests for this
959 * Class::MOP::Package
960 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
961 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
962 always reloaded from the symbol table.
964 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
966 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
967 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
968 metamodel is more complete (and closer
969 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
971 * Class::MOP::Package
972 - refactored entire class, this is now
973 the primary gateway between the metaclass
974 and the Perl 5 symbol table
975 - added many tests for this
976 - this class is now a subclass of
978 - added some tests to reflect this
981 - refactored all symbol table access to
982 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
985 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
986 so that Module has a version as an attribute
987 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
988 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
989 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
990 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
991 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
992 - added tests for this
994 * Class::MOP::Instance
995 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
997 - added tests for this
999 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1000 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1001 slots from an instance
1002 - added tests for this
1004 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1007 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1008 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1010 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1011 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1012 the value of the attribute for a particular
1015 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1016 ---------------------------------------
1017 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1018 to introduce the immutable features which
1019 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1020 This support should still be considered
1021 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1022 ---------------------------------------
1024 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1026 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1027 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1028 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1031 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1032 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1033 ::Package and now inherited
1034 - added tests for this
1036 * Class::MOP::Instance
1037 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1038 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1039 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1040 instance creation (of course)
1043 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1044 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1045 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1046 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1047 table manipulation methods.
1049 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1050 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1052 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1053 properly when inherited
1054 - small fix to &clone_instance
1056 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1057 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1058 - This release works in combination with
1059 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1060 because it introduces a new instance
1061 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1065 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1066 - added tests for this
1067 - improved method modifier wrapping
1069 * Class::MOP::Instance
1070 - added new instance protocol
1071 - added tests for this
1072 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1074 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1078 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1079 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1081 - updated tests for this
1084 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1085 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1087 - added tests for this
1088 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1089 new instance protocol
1090 - added more tests for this
1092 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1094 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1095 - added tests and docs for this
1096 - some small optimizations
1098 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1099 - some small optimizations
1101 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1103 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1104 - added tests for this
1105 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1106 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1107 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1108 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1109 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1110 delegates appropriately
1112 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1113 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1114 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1115 called initialize_instance_slot
1118 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1119 initialize_instance_slot method
1121 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1123 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1124 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1126 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1128 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1129 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1131 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1132 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1133 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1135 - added tests for this
1136 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1138 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1140 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1141 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1142 - added test case for this
1144 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1146 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1147 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1148 available in DESTORY calls
1150 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1151 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1152 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1154 * Class::MOP::Method
1155 - added &package_name, &name and
1156 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1157 which were formerly private subs in
1160 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1161 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1162 before, after and around modifiers
1163 - added tests and docs for this feature
1166 - improved &get_package_symbol
1167 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1168 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1170 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1171 - &add_before_method_modifier
1172 - &add_after_method_modifier
1173 - &add_around_method_modifier
1174 - added tests and docs for these
1175 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1176 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1178 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1179 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1183 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1184 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1185 the test skip if it is not installed
1187 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1189 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1192 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1193 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1194 - added docs and tests
1196 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1197 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1198 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1199 be considered "ready to use".
1201 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1202 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1203 - test coverage is now at 99%
1206 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1207 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1208 metaclass pragma instead.
1211 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1212 error/edge-case tests
1214 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1215 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1216 error/edge-case tests
1219 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1221 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1223 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1224 metaclass a little more straightforward
1227 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1228 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1229 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1230 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1234 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1235 is now more useful for subclasses
1236 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1237 hash of attribute meta objects
1238 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1239 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1240 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1241 attribute meta-object itself
1242 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1243 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1244 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1245 - added docs & tests for this
1246 - added Clone as a dependency
1247 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1248 return blessed new or cloned instances
1249 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1250 - added docs & tests for this
1251 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1252 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1253 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1254 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1255 - added tests and docs for this
1258 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1260 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1262 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1264 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1265 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1266 attributes/methods respectively
1269 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1272 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1273 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1274 - added new example:
1277 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1279 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1281 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1282 - improved error messages
1285 - added new examples:
1286 - AttributesWithHistory
1287 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1289 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1290 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1292 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1293 - refactored method generation code
1294 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1297 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1298 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1299 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1300 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1301 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1303 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1304 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1305 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1307 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006