1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
5 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
6 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
7 * Class::MOP::Immutable
8 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
9 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
10 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
13 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
14 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
15 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
17 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
18 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
19 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
20 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
21 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
22 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
24 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
27 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
28 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
31 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
33 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
34 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
36 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
38 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
39 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
40 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
43 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
44 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
45 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
48 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
50 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
51 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
53 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
54 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
55 times in an eval. (t0m)
57 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
59 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
60 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
61 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
62 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
63 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
66 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
67 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
68 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
71 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
72 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
76 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
77 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
78 aliased methods and "real" methods.
80 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
81 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
82 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
83 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
86 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
87 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
90 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
91 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
92 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
93 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
94 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
95 for sad systems without a compiler.
98 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
99 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
102 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
103 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
104 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
106 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
108 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
109 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
110 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
111 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
113 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
114 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
115 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
116 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
118 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
120 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
121 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
124 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
125 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
126 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
128 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
130 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
132 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
133 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
134 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
136 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
137 * Class::MOP::Package
138 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
139 releases. (nothingmuch)
142 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
144 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
145 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
146 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
149 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
152 * Class::MOP::Instance
153 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
155 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
157 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
158 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
159 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
160 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
163 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
164 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
168 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
169 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
170 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
171 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
172 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
175 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
176 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
177 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
180 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
181 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
182 consistency (nothingmuch)
183 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
185 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
186 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
187 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
188 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
191 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
192 * Class::MOP::Immutable
193 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
195 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
197 * Class::MOP::Instance
198 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
199 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
201 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
203 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
204 the class is already loaded (sartak)
205 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
206 instead of just 1 (sartak)
209 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
211 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
212 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
213 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
215 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
216 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
217 recognizes it correct this time.
219 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
220 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
223 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
224 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
227 - now stores the instance of the instance
228 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
229 and deletes it when the cache is blown
230 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
231 the options used to make it immutable as well as
232 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
234 * Class::MOP::Package
235 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
236 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
237 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
241 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
243 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
244 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
246 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
247 names now throw a more direct error in
249 - tests for this and other aspects of
255 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
256 Class::MOP::Attribute
257 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
260 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
261 (late night release engineering)--
263 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
264 changes in this release
266 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
267 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
268 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
271 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
272 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
273 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
276 * Class::MOP::Package
277 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
279 - inlining a few calls to &name with
280 direct HASH access key access
281 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
282 a HASH of items based on a type filter
283 similar to list_all_package_symbols
284 - added tests for this
287 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
288 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
289 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
290 - added more descriptive error message to help
291 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
292 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
294 * Class::MOP::Immutable
295 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
297 - added tests for this
299 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
301 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
302 function from MRO::Compat
303 - All XS based functionality now has a
304 Pure Perl alternative
305 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
306 can now be used to force non-XS versions
309 * Class::MOP::Attribute
310 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
311 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
312 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
314 - added tests for this
316 * Class::MOP::Immutable
317 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
318 making the class immutable
321 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
322 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
323 allow for it to work.
324 - added tests for this
326 * Class::MOP::Attribute
328 Class::MOP::Immutable
329 - any time a method meta object is constructed
330 we make sure to pass the correct package and
331 method name information
334 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
335 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
336 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
337 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
338 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
339 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
340 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
341 throw an error if these are not supplied.
342 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
343 and now store the package_name and name attributes
346 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
347 Module::Install support has been removed
349 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
350 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
351 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
352 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
356 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
357 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
359 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
360 when it has no init_arg
361 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
362 to support c3 classes.
364 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
367 - making sure that load_class never gets
368 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
369 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
372 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
374 - improved error handling in ->create method
375 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
376 will be used to populate values
377 - added tests for this
380 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
381 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
387 Class::MOP::Attribute
388 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
389 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
391 * Class::MOP::Instance
392 Class::MOP::Immutable
393 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
396 - fixed the filename length on several
397 test files so we install on VMS better
399 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
400 should be catfile (RT #32385)
402 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
403 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
406 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
407 Class::MOP::Attribute
408 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
409 to indicate that no constructor args can
410 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
411 - added tests for this
412 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
415 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
416 feature instead of the silly hack from
417 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
419 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
421 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
424 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
425 - removed assumptions about the existence of
428 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
429 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
430 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
433 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
434 constant so that we can take advantage
435 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
438 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
439 optimize the &linearized_isa method
440 and avoid the hack/check for circular
441 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
442 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
443 - added tests for this
445 * Class::MOP::Immutable
446 - the immutable class now keeps track of
447 the transformer which immutablized it
449 * Class::MOP::Instance
450 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
451 - added tests for this
453 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
455 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
456 transformation arguments are saved
458 - added tests for this
460 * Class::MOP::Immutable
461 - fixed a bug (see above)
463 * Class::MOP::Attribute
466 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
467 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
468 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
471 - removed the dependency on B
472 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
473 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
474 the B fiddling we were doing with
475 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
476 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
477 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
478 be used to help manage method caching.
481 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
482 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
483 even more accurate caching information.
484 blblack++ for that stuff :)
487 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
488 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
489 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
490 track of when we need to re-fetch the
492 - Several small improvements to take advantage
493 of the new method map caching features
495 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
496 * Class::MOP::Attribute
497 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
498 HASH ref case, which makes the
499 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
500 - added more tests for this
502 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
503 * Class::MOP::Attribute
504 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
505 - added more tests for this
507 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
509 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
510 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
511 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
513 * Class::MOP::Attribute
514 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
515 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
516 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
518 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
519 * Class::MOP::Attribute
520 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
522 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
523 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
525 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
527 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
530 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
531 construct_class_instance (groditi)
532 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
533 call through (groditi)
535 * Class::MOP::Attribute
536 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
537 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
538 it is defined (groditi)
540 * Class::MOP::Instance
541 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
542 it is defined (groditi)
544 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
545 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
546 - removed the relevant attributes
548 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
549 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
550 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
551 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
553 - added tests for this
554 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
555 non-inlined constructors.
556 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
558 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
559 - added this class as an abstract base for the
560 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
561 - added tests for this
564 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
565 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
568 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
570 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
571 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
573 * Class::MOP::Package
574 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
577 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
579 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
581 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
582 it manually now so that people can use this
583 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
585 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
587 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
588 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
589 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
592 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
593 * Class::MOP::Immutable
594 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
595 - removed unused variable
596 - added create_immutable_transformer
597 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
598 - tests for this (groditi)
601 - Immutability can now be undone,
602 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
603 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
604 for details see comments next to make_immutable
605 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
606 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
607 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
608 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
609 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
610 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
612 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
613 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
615 * Class::MOP::Package
616 - we now deal with stub methods properly
617 - added tests for this
618 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
620 * Class::MOP::Attribute
621 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
622 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
624 - added tests and POD for this
627 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
628 handles undef values correctly.
629 - added tests for this
630 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
631 will not get reaped when instances still
632 exist which need to reference them. This is
633 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
634 obscure enough feature that there are not too
635 many work arounds out in the wild.
636 - added tests for this by groditi
637 - updated docs to explain this
640 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
641 - added tests for this behavior
643 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
644 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
647 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
648 - added tests and docs for these
650 * Class::MOP::Attribute
651 - default now checks the instance with defined to
652 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
656 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
662 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
663 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
664 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
665 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
668 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
670 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
671 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
672 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
675 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
676 immutable transformation instead of
677 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
679 + Class::MOP::Immutable
680 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
681 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
682 be coming eventually.
685 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
687 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
688 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
692 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
695 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
697 - constructor generation is now handled by
698 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
700 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
701 - created this to handle constructor generation
702 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
704 * Class::MOP::Attribute
706 - attributes now delegate to the
707 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
710 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
711 - all accessor generation functions from
712 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
714 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
716 * scripts/class_browser.pl
717 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
718 on this to come. Comments and patches are
722 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
723 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
724 they are aliased from the originals
725 - fixed tests to reflect
726 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
728 - adjusted tests for this
729 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
734 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
735 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
736 - adjusted tests to compensate
737 - adjusted docs for this
740 - changed how methods are dealt with to
741 encapsulate most of the work into the
742 &get_method_map method
743 - made several adjustments for the change
744 in Class::MOP::Method
745 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
746 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
747 old one before installing the new one
748 - added tests for this
749 - adjusted docs for this
751 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
752 - added caching of &get_method_map
753 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
754 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
756 * Class::MOP::Package
757 - added filtering capabilities to
758 &list_all_package_symbols
760 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
762 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
763 the $:version and such just actually goes
764 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
765 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
767 - The &create method now requires that all
768 but the package name now is passed in as
769 named parameters. See docs for more info.
770 - updated docs and tests for this
773 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
777 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
778 which do not store things in the instance
779 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
782 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
784 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
786 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
787 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
790 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
791 - fixed all tests for this
793 * Class::MOP::Attribute
794 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
795 are no longer allowed for defaults
796 - added tests for this
798 * Class::MOP::Package
799 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
800 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
801 always reloaded from the symbol table.
803 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
805 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
806 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
807 metamodel is more complete (and closer
808 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
810 * Class::MOP::Package
811 - refactored entire class, this is now
812 the primary gateway between the metaclass
813 and the Perl 5 symbol table
814 - added many tests for this
815 - this class is now a subclass of
817 - added some tests to reflect this
820 - refactored all symbol table access to
821 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
824 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
825 so that Module has a version as an attribute
826 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
827 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
828 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
829 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
830 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
831 - added tests for this
833 * Class::MOP::Instance
834 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
836 - added tests for this
838 * Class::MOP::Attribute
839 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
840 slots from an instance
841 - added tests for this
843 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
846 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
847 anywhere within the class hierarchy
849 * Class::MOP::Attribute
850 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
851 the value of the attribute for a particular
854 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
855 ---------------------------------------
856 This is the first version of Class::MOP
857 to introduce the immutable features which
858 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
859 This support should still be considered
860 experimental, but moving towards stability.
861 ---------------------------------------
863 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
865 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
866 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
867 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
870 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
871 - several methods moved to ::Module and
872 ::Package and now inherited
873 - added tests for this
875 * Class::MOP::Instance
876 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
877 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
878 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
879 instance creation (of course)
882 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
883 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
884 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
885 because they are now more general purpose symbol
886 table manipulation methods.
888 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
889 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
891 - small change in &create so that it behaves
892 properly when inherited
893 - small fix to &clone_instance
895 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
896 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
897 - This release works in combination with
898 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
899 because it introduces a new instance
900 sub-protocol and has not yet been
904 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
905 - added tests for this
906 - improved method modifier wrapping
908 * Class::MOP::Instance
909 - added new instance protocol
910 - added tests for this
911 - changed all relevant modules and examples
913 - Class::MOP::Attribute
917 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
918 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
920 - updated tests for this
923 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
924 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
926 - added tests for this
927 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
928 new instance protocol
929 - added more tests for this
931 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
933 - added find_attribute_by_name method
934 - added tests and docs for this
935 - some small optimizations
937 * Class::MOP::Attribute
938 - some small optimizations
940 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
942 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
943 - added tests for this
944 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
945 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
946 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
947 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
948 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
949 delegates appropriately
951 * Class::MOP::Attribute
952 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
953 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
954 called initialize_instance_slot
957 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
958 initialize_instance_slot method
960 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
962 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
963 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
965 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
967 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
968 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
970 * Class::MOP::Attribute
971 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
972 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
974 - added tests for this
975 - adjusted all /example files to comply
977 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
979 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
980 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
981 - added test case for this
983 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
985 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
986 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
987 available in DESTORY calls
989 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
990 - removed the dependency for Clone since
991 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
994 - added &package_name, &name and
995 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
996 which were formerly private subs in
999 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1000 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1001 before, after and around modifiers
1002 - added tests and docs for this feature
1005 - improved &get_package_symbol
1006 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1007 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1009 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1010 - &add_before_method_modifier
1011 - &add_after_method_modifier
1012 - &add_around_method_modifier
1013 - added tests and docs for these
1014 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1015 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1017 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1018 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1022 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1023 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1024 the test skip if it is not installed
1026 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1028 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1031 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1032 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1033 - added docs and tests
1035 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1036 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1037 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1038 be considered "ready to use".
1040 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1041 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1042 - test coverage is now at 99%
1045 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1046 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1047 metaclass pragma instead.
1050 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1051 error/edge-case tests
1053 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1054 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1055 error/edge-case tests
1058 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1060 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1062 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1063 metaclass a little more straightforward
1066 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1067 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1068 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1069 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1073 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1074 is now more useful for subclasses
1075 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1076 hash of attribute meta objects
1077 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1078 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1079 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1080 attribute meta-object itself
1081 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1082 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1083 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1084 - added docs & tests for this
1085 - added Clone as a dependency
1086 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1087 return blessed new or cloned instances
1088 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1089 - added docs & tests for this
1090 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1091 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1092 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1093 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1094 - added tests and docs for this
1097 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1099 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1101 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1103 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1104 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1105 attributes/methods respectively
1108 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1111 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1112 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1113 - added new example:
1116 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1118 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1120 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1121 - improved error messages
1124 - added new examples:
1125 - AttributesWithHistory
1126 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1128 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1129 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1131 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1132 - refactored method generation code
1133 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1136 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1137 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1138 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1139 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1140 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1142 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1143 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1144 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1146 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006