1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
6 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
7 Perl version of the code.
9 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
11 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
15 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
16 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
20 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
21 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
24 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
25 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
28 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
32 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
33 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
34 near future release. You've been warned.
36 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
37 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
38 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
39 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
41 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
42 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
45 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
46 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
49 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
52 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
53 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
55 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
57 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
58 sharing an immutable transformer object
59 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
60 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
62 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
64 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
65 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
66 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
67 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
69 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
70 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
72 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
74 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
75 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
77 * t/082_get_code_info.t
78 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
79 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
82 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
84 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
87 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
88 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
90 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
91 * Class::MOP::Immutable
92 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
93 the constructor was inlined.
95 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
96 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
97 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
99 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
100 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
102 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
104 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
105 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
106 * Class::MOP::Immutable
107 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
108 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
109 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
112 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
113 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
114 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
115 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
116 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
117 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
118 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
119 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
120 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
121 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
123 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
126 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
127 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
130 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
132 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
133 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
135 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
137 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
138 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
139 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
142 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
143 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
144 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
147 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
149 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
150 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
152 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
153 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
154 times in an eval. (t0m)
156 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
158 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
159 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
160 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
161 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
162 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
163 - added test for this
165 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
166 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
167 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
170 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
171 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
175 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
176 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
177 aliased methods and "real" methods.
179 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
180 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
181 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
182 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
185 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
186 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
189 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
190 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
191 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
192 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
193 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
194 for sad systems without a compiler.
197 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
198 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
201 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
202 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
203 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
205 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
207 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
208 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
209 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
210 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
212 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
213 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
214 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
215 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
217 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
219 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
220 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
223 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
224 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
225 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
227 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
229 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
231 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
232 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
233 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
235 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
236 * Class::MOP::Package
237 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
238 releases. (nothingmuch)
241 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
243 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
244 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
245 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
248 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
251 * Class::MOP::Instance
252 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
254 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
256 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
257 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
258 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
259 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
262 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
263 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
267 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
268 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
269 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
270 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
271 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
274 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
275 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
276 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
279 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
280 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
281 consistency (nothingmuch)
282 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
284 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
285 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
286 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
287 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
290 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
291 * Class::MOP::Immutable
292 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
294 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
296 * Class::MOP::Instance
297 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
298 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
300 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
302 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
303 the class is already loaded (sartak)
304 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
305 instead of just 1 (sartak)
308 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
310 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
311 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
312 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
314 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
315 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
316 recognizes it correct this time.
318 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
319 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
322 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
323 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
326 - now stores the instance of the instance
327 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
328 and deletes it when the cache is blown
329 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
330 the options used to make it immutable as well as
331 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
333 * Class::MOP::Package
334 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
335 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
336 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
340 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
342 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
343 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
345 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
346 names now throw a more direct error in
348 - tests for this and other aspects of
354 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
355 Class::MOP::Attribute
356 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
359 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
360 (late night release engineering)--
362 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
363 changes in this release
365 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
366 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
367 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
370 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
371 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
372 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
375 * Class::MOP::Package
376 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
378 - inlining a few calls to &name with
379 direct HASH access key access
380 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
381 a HASH of items based on a type filter
382 similar to list_all_package_symbols
383 - added tests for this
386 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
387 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
388 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
389 - added more descriptive error message to help
390 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
391 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
393 * Class::MOP::Immutable
394 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
396 - added tests for this
398 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
400 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
401 function from MRO::Compat
402 - All XS based functionality now has a
403 Pure Perl alternative
404 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
405 can now be used to force non-XS versions
408 * Class::MOP::Attribute
409 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
410 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
411 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
413 - added tests for this
415 * Class::MOP::Immutable
416 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
417 making the class immutable
420 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
421 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
422 allow for it to work.
423 - added tests for this
425 * Class::MOP::Attribute
427 Class::MOP::Immutable
428 - any time a method meta object is constructed
429 we make sure to pass the correct package and
430 method name information
433 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
434 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
435 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
436 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
437 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
438 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
439 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
440 throw an error if these are not supplied.
441 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
442 and now store the package_name and name attributes
445 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
446 Module::Install support has been removed
448 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
449 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
450 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
451 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
455 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
456 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
458 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
459 when it has no init_arg
460 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
461 to support c3 classes.
463 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
466 - making sure that load_class never gets
467 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
468 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
471 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
473 - improved error handling in ->create method
474 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
475 will be used to populate values
476 - added tests for this
479 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
480 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
486 Class::MOP::Attribute
487 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
488 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
490 * Class::MOP::Instance
491 Class::MOP::Immutable
492 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
495 - fixed the filename length on several
496 test files so we install on VMS better
498 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
499 should be catfile (RT #32385)
501 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
502 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
505 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
506 Class::MOP::Attribute
507 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
508 to indicate that no constructor args can
509 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
510 - added tests for this
511 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
514 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
515 feature instead of the silly hack from
516 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
518 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
520 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
523 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
524 - removed assumptions about the existence of
527 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
528 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
529 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
532 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
533 constant so that we can take advantage
534 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
537 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
538 optimize the &linearized_isa method
539 and avoid the hack/check for circular
540 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
541 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
542 - added tests for this
544 * Class::MOP::Immutable
545 - the immutable class now keeps track of
546 the transformer which immutablized it
548 * Class::MOP::Instance
549 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
550 - added tests for this
552 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
554 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
555 transformation arguments are saved
557 - added tests for this
559 * Class::MOP::Immutable
560 - fixed a bug (see above)
562 * Class::MOP::Attribute
565 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
566 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
567 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
570 - removed the dependency on B
571 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
572 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
573 the B fiddling we were doing with
574 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
575 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
576 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
577 be used to help manage method caching.
580 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
581 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
582 even more accurate caching information.
583 blblack++ for that stuff :)
586 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
587 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
588 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
589 track of when we need to re-fetch the
591 - Several small improvements to take advantage
592 of the new method map caching features
594 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
595 * Class::MOP::Attribute
596 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
597 HASH ref case, which makes the
598 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
599 - added more tests for this
601 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
602 * Class::MOP::Attribute
603 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
604 - added more tests for this
606 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
608 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
609 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
610 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
612 * Class::MOP::Attribute
613 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
614 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
615 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
617 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
618 * Class::MOP::Attribute
619 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
621 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
622 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
624 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
626 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
629 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
630 construct_class_instance (groditi)
631 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
632 call through (groditi)
634 * Class::MOP::Attribute
635 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
636 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
637 it is defined (groditi)
639 * Class::MOP::Instance
640 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
641 it is defined (groditi)
643 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
644 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
645 - removed the relevant attributes
647 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
648 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
649 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
650 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
652 - added tests for this
653 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
654 non-inlined constructors.
655 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
657 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
658 - added this class as an abstract base for the
659 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
660 - added tests for this
663 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
664 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
667 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
669 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
670 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
672 * Class::MOP::Package
673 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
676 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
678 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
680 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
681 it manually now so that people can use this
682 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
684 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
686 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
687 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
688 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
691 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
692 * Class::MOP::Immutable
693 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
694 - removed unused variable
695 - added create_immutable_transformer
696 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
697 - tests for this (groditi)
700 - Immutability can now be undone,
701 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
702 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
703 for details see comments next to make_immutable
704 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
705 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
706 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
707 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
708 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
709 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
711 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
712 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
714 * Class::MOP::Package
715 - we now deal with stub methods properly
716 - added tests for this
717 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
719 * Class::MOP::Attribute
720 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
721 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
723 - added tests and POD for this
726 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
727 handles undef values correctly.
728 - added tests for this
729 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
730 will not get reaped when instances still
731 exist which need to reference them. This is
732 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
733 obscure enough feature that there are not too
734 many work arounds out in the wild.
735 - added tests for this by groditi
736 - updated docs to explain this
739 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
740 - added tests for this behavior
742 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
743 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
746 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
747 - added tests and docs for these
749 * Class::MOP::Attribute
750 - default now checks the instance with defined to
751 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
755 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
761 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
762 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
763 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
764 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
767 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
769 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
770 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
771 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
774 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
775 immutable transformation instead of
776 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
778 + Class::MOP::Immutable
779 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
780 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
781 be coming eventually.
784 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
786 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
787 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
791 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
794 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
796 - constructor generation is now handled by
797 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
799 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
800 - created this to handle constructor generation
801 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
803 * Class::MOP::Attribute
805 - attributes now delegate to the
806 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
809 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
810 - all accessor generation functions from
811 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
813 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
815 * scripts/class_browser.pl
816 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
817 on this to come. Comments and patches are
821 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
822 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
823 they are aliased from the originals
824 - fixed tests to reflect
825 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
827 - adjusted tests for this
828 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
833 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
834 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
835 - adjusted tests to compensate
836 - adjusted docs for this
839 - changed how methods are dealt with to
840 encapsulate most of the work into the
841 &get_method_map method
842 - made several adjustments for the change
843 in Class::MOP::Method
844 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
845 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
846 old one before installing the new one
847 - added tests for this
848 - adjusted docs for this
850 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
851 - added caching of &get_method_map
852 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
853 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
855 * Class::MOP::Package
856 - added filtering capabilities to
857 &list_all_package_symbols
859 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
861 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
862 the $:version and such just actually goes
863 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
864 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
866 - The &create method now requires that all
867 but the package name now is passed in as
868 named parameters. See docs for more info.
869 - updated docs and tests for this
872 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
876 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
877 which do not store things in the instance
878 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
881 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
883 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
885 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
886 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
889 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
890 - fixed all tests for this
892 * Class::MOP::Attribute
893 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
894 are no longer allowed for defaults
895 - added tests for this
897 * Class::MOP::Package
898 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
899 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
900 always reloaded from the symbol table.
902 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
904 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
905 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
906 metamodel is more complete (and closer
907 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
909 * Class::MOP::Package
910 - refactored entire class, this is now
911 the primary gateway between the metaclass
912 and the Perl 5 symbol table
913 - added many tests for this
914 - this class is now a subclass of
916 - added some tests to reflect this
919 - refactored all symbol table access to
920 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
923 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
924 so that Module has a version as an attribute
925 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
926 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
927 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
928 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
929 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
930 - added tests for this
932 * Class::MOP::Instance
933 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
935 - added tests for this
937 * Class::MOP::Attribute
938 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
939 slots from an instance
940 - added tests for this
942 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
945 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
946 anywhere within the class hierarchy
948 * Class::MOP::Attribute
949 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
950 the value of the attribute for a particular
953 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
954 ---------------------------------------
955 This is the first version of Class::MOP
956 to introduce the immutable features which
957 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
958 This support should still be considered
959 experimental, but moving towards stability.
960 ---------------------------------------
962 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
964 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
965 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
966 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
969 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
970 - several methods moved to ::Module and
971 ::Package and now inherited
972 - added tests for this
974 * Class::MOP::Instance
975 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
976 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
977 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
978 instance creation (of course)
981 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
982 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
983 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
984 because they are now more general purpose symbol
985 table manipulation methods.
987 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
988 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
990 - small change in &create so that it behaves
991 properly when inherited
992 - small fix to &clone_instance
994 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
995 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
996 - This release works in combination with
997 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
998 because it introduces a new instance
999 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1003 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1004 - added tests for this
1005 - improved method modifier wrapping
1007 * Class::MOP::Instance
1008 - added new instance protocol
1009 - added tests for this
1010 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1012 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1016 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1017 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1019 - updated tests for this
1022 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1023 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1025 - added tests for this
1026 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1027 new instance protocol
1028 - added more tests for this
1030 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1032 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1033 - added tests and docs for this
1034 - some small optimizations
1036 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1037 - some small optimizations
1039 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1041 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1042 - added tests for this
1043 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1044 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1045 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1046 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1047 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1048 delegates appropriately
1050 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1051 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1052 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1053 called initialize_instance_slot
1056 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1057 initialize_instance_slot method
1059 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1061 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1062 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1064 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1066 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1067 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1069 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1070 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1071 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1073 - added tests for this
1074 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1076 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1078 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1079 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1080 - added test case for this
1082 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1084 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1085 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1086 available in DESTORY calls
1088 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1089 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1090 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1092 * Class::MOP::Method
1093 - added &package_name, &name and
1094 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1095 which were formerly private subs in
1098 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1099 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1100 before, after and around modifiers
1101 - added tests and docs for this feature
1104 - improved &get_package_symbol
1105 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1106 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1108 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1109 - &add_before_method_modifier
1110 - &add_after_method_modifier
1111 - &add_around_method_modifier
1112 - added tests and docs for these
1113 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1114 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1116 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1117 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1121 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1122 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1123 the test skip if it is not installed
1125 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1127 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1130 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1131 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1132 - added docs and tests
1134 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1135 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1136 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1137 be considered "ready to use".
1139 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1140 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1141 - test coverage is now at 99%
1144 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1145 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1146 metaclass pragma instead.
1149 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1150 error/edge-case tests
1152 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1153 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1154 error/edge-case tests
1157 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1159 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1161 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1162 metaclass a little more straightforward
1165 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1166 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1167 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1168 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1172 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1173 is now more useful for subclasses
1174 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1175 hash of attribute meta objects
1176 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1177 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1178 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1179 attribute meta-object itself
1180 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1181 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1182 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1183 - added docs & tests for this
1184 - added Clone as a dependency
1185 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1186 return blessed new or cloned instances
1187 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1188 - added docs & tests for this
1189 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1190 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1191 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1192 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1193 - added tests and docs for this
1196 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1198 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1200 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1202 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1203 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1204 attributes/methods respectively
1207 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1210 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1211 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1212 - added new example:
1215 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1217 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1219 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1220 - improved error messages
1223 - added new examples:
1224 - AttributesWithHistory
1225 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1227 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1228 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1230 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1231 - refactored method generation code
1232 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1235 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1236 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1237 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1238 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1239 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1241 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1242 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1243 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1245 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006