1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2008
4 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
5 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
6 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
8 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
9 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
12 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
13 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
16 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
19 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
20 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
22 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
24 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
26 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
27 sharing an immutable transformer object
28 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
29 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
31 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
33 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
34 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
35 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
36 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
38 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
39 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
41 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
43 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
44 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
46 * t/082_get_code_info.t
47 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
48 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
51 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
53 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
56 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
57 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
59 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
60 * Class::MOP::Immutable
61 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
62 the constructor was inlined.
64 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
65 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
66 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
68 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
69 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
71 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
73 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
74 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
75 * Class::MOP::Immutable
76 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
77 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
78 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
81 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
82 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
83 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
85 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
86 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
87 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
88 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
89 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
90 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
92 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
95 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
96 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
99 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
101 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
102 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
104 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
106 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
107 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
108 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
111 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
112 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
113 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
116 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
118 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
119 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
121 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
122 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
123 times in an eval. (t0m)
125 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
127 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
128 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
129 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
130 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
131 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
132 - added test for this
134 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
135 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
136 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
139 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
140 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
144 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
145 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
146 aliased methods and "real" methods.
148 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
149 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
150 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
151 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
154 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
155 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
158 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
159 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
160 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
161 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
162 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
163 for sad systems without a compiler.
166 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
167 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
170 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
171 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
172 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
174 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
176 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
177 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
178 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
179 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
181 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
182 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
183 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
184 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
186 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
188 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
189 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
192 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
193 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
194 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
196 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
198 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
200 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
201 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
202 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
204 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
205 * Class::MOP::Package
206 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
207 releases. (nothingmuch)
210 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
212 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
213 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
214 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
217 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
220 * Class::MOP::Instance
221 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
223 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
225 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
226 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
227 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
228 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
231 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
232 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
236 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
237 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
238 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
239 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
240 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
243 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
244 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
245 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
248 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
249 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
250 consistency (nothingmuch)
251 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
253 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
254 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
255 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
256 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
259 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
260 * Class::MOP::Immutable
261 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
263 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
265 * Class::MOP::Instance
266 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
267 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
269 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
271 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
272 the class is already loaded (sartak)
273 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
274 instead of just 1 (sartak)
277 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
279 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
280 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
281 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
283 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
284 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
285 recognizes it correct this time.
287 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
288 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
291 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
292 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
295 - now stores the instance of the instance
296 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
297 and deletes it when the cache is blown
298 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
299 the options used to make it immutable as well as
300 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
302 * Class::MOP::Package
303 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
304 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
305 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
309 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
311 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
312 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
314 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
315 names now throw a more direct error in
317 - tests for this and other aspects of
323 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
324 Class::MOP::Attribute
325 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
328 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
329 (late night release engineering)--
331 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
332 changes in this release
334 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
335 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
336 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
339 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
340 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
341 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
344 * Class::MOP::Package
345 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
347 - inlining a few calls to &name with
348 direct HASH access key access
349 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
350 a HASH of items based on a type filter
351 similar to list_all_package_symbols
352 - added tests for this
355 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
356 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
357 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
358 - added more descriptive error message to help
359 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
360 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
362 * Class::MOP::Immutable
363 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
365 - added tests for this
367 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
369 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
370 function from MRO::Compat
371 - All XS based functionality now has a
372 Pure Perl alternative
373 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
374 can now be used to force non-XS versions
377 * Class::MOP::Attribute
378 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
379 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
380 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
382 - added tests for this
384 * Class::MOP::Immutable
385 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
386 making the class immutable
389 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
390 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
391 allow for it to work.
392 - added tests for this
394 * Class::MOP::Attribute
396 Class::MOP::Immutable
397 - any time a method meta object is constructed
398 we make sure to pass the correct package and
399 method name information
402 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
403 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
404 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
405 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
406 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
407 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
408 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
409 throw an error if these are not supplied.
410 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
411 and now store the package_name and name attributes
414 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
415 Module::Install support has been removed
417 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
418 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
419 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
420 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
424 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
425 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
427 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
428 when it has no init_arg
429 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
430 to support c3 classes.
432 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
435 - making sure that load_class never gets
436 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
437 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
440 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
442 - improved error handling in ->create method
443 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
444 will be used to populate values
445 - added tests for this
448 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
449 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
455 Class::MOP::Attribute
456 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
457 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
459 * Class::MOP::Instance
460 Class::MOP::Immutable
461 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
464 - fixed the filename length on several
465 test files so we install on VMS better
467 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
468 should be catfile (RT #32385)
470 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
471 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
474 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
475 Class::MOP::Attribute
476 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
477 to indicate that no constructor args can
478 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
479 - added tests for this
480 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
483 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
484 feature instead of the silly hack from
485 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
487 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
489 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
492 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
493 - removed assumptions about the existence of
496 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
497 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
498 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
501 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
502 constant so that we can take advantage
503 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
506 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
507 optimize the &linearized_isa method
508 and avoid the hack/check for circular
509 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
510 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
511 - added tests for this
513 * Class::MOP::Immutable
514 - the immutable class now keeps track of
515 the transformer which immutablized it
517 * Class::MOP::Instance
518 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
519 - added tests for this
521 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
523 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
524 transformation arguments are saved
526 - added tests for this
528 * Class::MOP::Immutable
529 - fixed a bug (see above)
531 * Class::MOP::Attribute
534 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
535 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
536 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
539 - removed the dependency on B
540 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
541 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
542 the B fiddling we were doing with
543 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
544 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
545 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
546 be used to help manage method caching.
549 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
550 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
551 even more accurate caching information.
552 blblack++ for that stuff :)
555 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
556 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
557 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
558 track of when we need to re-fetch the
560 - Several small improvements to take advantage
561 of the new method map caching features
563 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
564 * Class::MOP::Attribute
565 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
566 HASH ref case, which makes the
567 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
568 - added more tests for this
570 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
571 * Class::MOP::Attribute
572 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
573 - added more tests for this
575 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
577 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
578 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
579 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
581 * Class::MOP::Attribute
582 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
583 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
584 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
586 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
587 * Class::MOP::Attribute
588 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
590 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
591 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
593 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
595 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
598 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
599 construct_class_instance (groditi)
600 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
601 call through (groditi)
603 * Class::MOP::Attribute
604 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
605 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
606 it is defined (groditi)
608 * Class::MOP::Instance
609 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
610 it is defined (groditi)
612 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
613 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
614 - removed the relevant attributes
616 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
617 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
618 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
619 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
621 - added tests for this
622 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
623 non-inlined constructors.
624 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
626 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
627 - added this class as an abstract base for the
628 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
629 - added tests for this
632 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
633 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
636 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
638 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
639 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
641 * Class::MOP::Package
642 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
645 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
647 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
649 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
650 it manually now so that people can use this
651 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
653 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
655 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
656 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
657 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
660 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
661 * Class::MOP::Immutable
662 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
663 - removed unused variable
664 - added create_immutable_transformer
665 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
666 - tests for this (groditi)
669 - Immutability can now be undone,
670 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
671 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
672 for details see comments next to make_immutable
673 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
674 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
675 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
676 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
677 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
678 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
680 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
681 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
683 * Class::MOP::Package
684 - we now deal with stub methods properly
685 - added tests for this
686 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
688 * Class::MOP::Attribute
689 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
690 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
692 - added tests and POD for this
695 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
696 handles undef values correctly.
697 - added tests for this
698 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
699 will not get reaped when instances still
700 exist which need to reference them. This is
701 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
702 obscure enough feature that there are not too
703 many work arounds out in the wild.
704 - added tests for this by groditi
705 - updated docs to explain this
708 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
709 - added tests for this behavior
711 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
712 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
715 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
716 - added tests and docs for these
718 * Class::MOP::Attribute
719 - default now checks the instance with defined to
720 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
724 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
730 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
731 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
732 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
733 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
736 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
738 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
739 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
740 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
743 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
744 immutable transformation instead of
745 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
747 + Class::MOP::Immutable
748 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
749 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
750 be coming eventually.
753 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
755 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
756 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
760 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
763 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
765 - constructor generation is now handled by
766 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
768 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
769 - created this to handle constructor generation
770 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
772 * Class::MOP::Attribute
774 - attributes now delegate to the
775 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
778 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
779 - all accessor generation functions from
780 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
782 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
784 * scripts/class_browser.pl
785 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
786 on this to come. Comments and patches are
790 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
791 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
792 they are aliased from the originals
793 - fixed tests to reflect
794 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
796 - adjusted tests for this
797 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
802 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
803 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
804 - adjusted tests to compensate
805 - adjusted docs for this
808 - changed how methods are dealt with to
809 encapsulate most of the work into the
810 &get_method_map method
811 - made several adjustments for the change
812 in Class::MOP::Method
813 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
814 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
815 old one before installing the new one
816 - added tests for this
817 - adjusted docs for this
819 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
820 - added caching of &get_method_map
821 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
822 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
824 * Class::MOP::Package
825 - added filtering capabilities to
826 &list_all_package_symbols
828 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
830 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
831 the $:version and such just actually goes
832 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
833 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
835 - The &create method now requires that all
836 but the package name now is passed in as
837 named parameters. See docs for more info.
838 - updated docs and tests for this
841 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
845 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
846 which do not store things in the instance
847 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
850 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
852 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
854 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
855 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
858 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
859 - fixed all tests for this
861 * Class::MOP::Attribute
862 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
863 are no longer allowed for defaults
864 - added tests for this
866 * Class::MOP::Package
867 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
868 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
869 always reloaded from the symbol table.
871 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
873 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
874 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
875 metamodel is more complete (and closer
876 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
878 * Class::MOP::Package
879 - refactored entire class, this is now
880 the primary gateway between the metaclass
881 and the Perl 5 symbol table
882 - added many tests for this
883 - this class is now a subclass of
885 - added some tests to reflect this
888 - refactored all symbol table access to
889 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
892 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
893 so that Module has a version as an attribute
894 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
895 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
896 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
897 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
898 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
899 - added tests for this
901 * Class::MOP::Instance
902 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
904 - added tests for this
906 * Class::MOP::Attribute
907 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
908 slots from an instance
909 - added tests for this
911 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
914 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
915 anywhere within the class hierarchy
917 * Class::MOP::Attribute
918 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
919 the value of the attribute for a particular
922 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
923 ---------------------------------------
924 This is the first version of Class::MOP
925 to introduce the immutable features which
926 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
927 This support should still be considered
928 experimental, but moving towards stability.
929 ---------------------------------------
931 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
933 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
934 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
935 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
938 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
939 - several methods moved to ::Module and
940 ::Package and now inherited
941 - added tests for this
943 * Class::MOP::Instance
944 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
945 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
946 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
947 instance creation (of course)
950 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
951 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
952 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
953 because they are now more general purpose symbol
954 table manipulation methods.
956 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
957 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
959 - small change in &create so that it behaves
960 properly when inherited
961 - small fix to &clone_instance
963 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
964 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
965 - This release works in combination with
966 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
967 because it introduces a new instance
968 sub-protocol and has not yet been
972 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
973 - added tests for this
974 - improved method modifier wrapping
976 * Class::MOP::Instance
977 - added new instance protocol
978 - added tests for this
979 - changed all relevant modules and examples
981 - Class::MOP::Attribute
985 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
986 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
988 - updated tests for this
991 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
992 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
994 - added tests for this
995 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
996 new instance protocol
997 - added more tests for this
999 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1001 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1002 - added tests and docs for this
1003 - some small optimizations
1005 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1006 - some small optimizations
1008 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1010 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1011 - added tests for this
1012 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1013 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1014 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1015 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1016 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1017 delegates appropriately
1019 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1020 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1021 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1022 called initialize_instance_slot
1025 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1026 initialize_instance_slot method
1028 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1030 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1031 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1033 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1035 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1036 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1038 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1039 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1040 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1042 - added tests for this
1043 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1045 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1047 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1048 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1049 - added test case for this
1051 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1053 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1054 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1055 available in DESTORY calls
1057 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1058 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1059 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1061 * Class::MOP::Method
1062 - added &package_name, &name and
1063 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1064 which were formerly private subs in
1067 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1068 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1069 before, after and around modifiers
1070 - added tests and docs for this feature
1073 - improved &get_package_symbol
1074 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1075 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1077 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1078 - &add_before_method_modifier
1079 - &add_after_method_modifier
1080 - &add_around_method_modifier
1081 - added tests and docs for these
1082 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1083 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1085 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1086 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1090 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1091 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1092 the test skip if it is not installed
1094 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1096 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1099 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1100 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1101 - added docs and tests
1103 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1104 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1105 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1106 be considered "ready to use".
1108 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1109 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1110 - test coverage is now at 99%
1113 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1114 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1115 metaclass pragma instead.
1118 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1119 error/edge-case tests
1121 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1122 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1123 error/edge-case tests
1126 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1128 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1130 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1131 metaclass a little more straightforward
1134 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1135 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1136 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1137 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1141 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1142 is now more useful for subclasses
1143 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1144 hash of attribute meta objects
1145 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1146 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1147 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1148 attribute meta-object itself
1149 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1150 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1151 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1152 - added docs & tests for this
1153 - added Clone as a dependency
1154 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1155 return blessed new or cloned instances
1156 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1157 - added docs & tests for this
1158 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1159 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1160 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1161 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1162 - added tests and docs for this
1165 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1167 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1169 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1171 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1172 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1173 attributes/methods respectively
1176 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1179 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1180 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1181 - added new example:
1184 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1186 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1188 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1189 - improved error messages
1192 - added new examples:
1193 - AttributesWithHistory
1194 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1196 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1197 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1199 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1200 - refactored method generation code
1201 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1204 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1205 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1206 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1207 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1208 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1210 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1211 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1212 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1214 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006