1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 * Class::MOP::Attribute
4 - Allow default values to be objects with overloaded codification
6 - Test the above (Rhesa Rozendaal).
7 * t/082_get_code_info.t
8 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not munger
9 anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests succeed
12 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
14 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
17 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
18 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
20 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
21 * Class::MOP::Immutable
22 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
23 the constructor was inlined.
25 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
26 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
27 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
29 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
30 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
32 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
34 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
35 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
36 * Class::MOP::Immutable
37 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
38 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
39 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
42 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
43 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
44 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
46 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
47 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
48 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
49 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
50 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
51 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
53 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
56 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
57 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
60 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
62 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
63 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
65 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
67 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
68 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
69 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
72 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
73 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
74 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
77 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
79 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
80 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
82 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
83 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
84 times in an eval. (t0m)
86 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
88 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
89 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
90 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
91 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
92 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
95 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
96 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
97 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
100 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
101 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
105 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
106 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
107 aliased methods and "real" methods.
109 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
110 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
111 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
112 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
115 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
116 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
119 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
120 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
121 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
122 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
123 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
124 for sad systems without a compiler.
127 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
128 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
131 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
132 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
133 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
135 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
137 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
138 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
139 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
140 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
142 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
143 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
144 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
145 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
147 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
149 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
150 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
153 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
154 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
155 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
157 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
159 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
161 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
162 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
163 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
165 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
166 * Class::MOP::Package
167 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
168 releases. (nothingmuch)
171 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
173 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
174 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
175 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
178 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
181 * Class::MOP::Instance
182 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
184 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
186 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
187 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
188 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
189 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
192 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
193 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
197 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
198 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
199 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
200 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
201 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
204 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
205 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
206 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
209 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
210 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
211 consistency (nothingmuch)
212 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
214 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
215 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
216 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
217 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
220 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
221 * Class::MOP::Immutable
222 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
224 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
226 * Class::MOP::Instance
227 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
228 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
230 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
232 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
233 the class is already loaded (sartak)
234 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
235 instead of just 1 (sartak)
238 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
240 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
241 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
242 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
244 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
245 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
246 recognizes it correct this time.
248 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
249 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
252 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
253 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
256 - now stores the instance of the instance
257 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
258 and deletes it when the cache is blown
259 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
260 the options used to make it immutable as well as
261 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
263 * Class::MOP::Package
264 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
265 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
266 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
270 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
272 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
273 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
275 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
276 names now throw a more direct error in
278 - tests for this and other aspects of
284 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
285 Class::MOP::Attribute
286 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
289 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
290 (late night release engineering)--
292 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
293 changes in this release
295 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
296 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
297 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
300 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
301 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
302 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
305 * Class::MOP::Package
306 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
308 - inlining a few calls to &name with
309 direct HASH access key access
310 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
311 a HASH of items based on a type filter
312 similar to list_all_package_symbols
313 - added tests for this
316 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
317 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
318 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
319 - added more descriptive error message to help
320 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
321 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
323 * Class::MOP::Immutable
324 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
326 - added tests for this
328 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
330 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
331 function from MRO::Compat
332 - All XS based functionality now has a
333 Pure Perl alternative
334 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
335 can now be used to force non-XS versions
338 * Class::MOP::Attribute
339 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
340 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
341 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
343 - added tests for this
345 * Class::MOP::Immutable
346 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
347 making the class immutable
350 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
351 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
352 allow for it to work.
353 - added tests for this
355 * Class::MOP::Attribute
357 Class::MOP::Immutable
358 - any time a method meta object is constructed
359 we make sure to pass the correct package and
360 method name information
363 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
364 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
365 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
366 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
367 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
368 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
369 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
370 throw an error if these are not supplied.
371 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
372 and now store the package_name and name attributes
375 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
376 Module::Install support has been removed
378 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
379 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
380 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
381 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
385 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
386 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
388 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
389 when it has no init_arg
390 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
391 to support c3 classes.
393 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
396 - making sure that load_class never gets
397 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
398 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
401 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
403 - improved error handling in ->create method
404 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
405 will be used to populate values
406 - added tests for this
409 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
410 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
416 Class::MOP::Attribute
417 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
418 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
420 * Class::MOP::Instance
421 Class::MOP::Immutable
422 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
425 - fixed the filename length on several
426 test files so we install on VMS better
428 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
429 should be catfile (RT #32385)
431 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
432 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
435 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
436 Class::MOP::Attribute
437 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
438 to indicate that no constructor args can
439 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
440 - added tests for this
441 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
444 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
445 feature instead of the silly hack from
446 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
448 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
450 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
453 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
454 - removed assumptions about the existence of
457 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
458 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
459 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
462 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
463 constant so that we can take advantage
464 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
467 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
468 optimize the &linearized_isa method
469 and avoid the hack/check for circular
470 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
471 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
472 - added tests for this
474 * Class::MOP::Immutable
475 - the immutable class now keeps track of
476 the transformer which immutablized it
478 * Class::MOP::Instance
479 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
480 - added tests for this
482 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
484 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
485 transformation arguments are saved
487 - added tests for this
489 * Class::MOP::Immutable
490 - fixed a bug (see above)
492 * Class::MOP::Attribute
495 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
496 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
497 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
500 - removed the dependency on B
501 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
502 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
503 the B fiddling we were doing with
504 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
505 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
506 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
507 be used to help manage method caching.
510 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
511 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
512 even more accurate caching information.
513 blblack++ for that stuff :)
516 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
517 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
518 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
519 track of when we need to re-fetch the
521 - Several small improvements to take advantage
522 of the new method map caching features
524 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
525 * Class::MOP::Attribute
526 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
527 HASH ref case, which makes the
528 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
529 - added more tests for this
531 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
532 * Class::MOP::Attribute
533 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
534 - added more tests for this
536 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
538 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
539 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
540 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
542 * Class::MOP::Attribute
543 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
544 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
545 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
547 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
548 * Class::MOP::Attribute
549 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
551 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
552 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
554 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
556 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
559 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
560 construct_class_instance (groditi)
561 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
562 call through (groditi)
564 * Class::MOP::Attribute
565 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
566 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
567 it is defined (groditi)
569 * Class::MOP::Instance
570 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
571 it is defined (groditi)
573 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
574 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
575 - removed the relevant attributes
577 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
578 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
579 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
580 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
582 - added tests for this
583 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
584 non-inlined constructors.
585 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
587 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
588 - added this class as an abstract base for the
589 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
590 - added tests for this
593 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
594 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
597 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
599 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
600 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
602 * Class::MOP::Package
603 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
606 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
608 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
610 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
611 it manually now so that people can use this
612 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
614 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
616 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
617 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
618 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
621 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
622 * Class::MOP::Immutable
623 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
624 - removed unused variable
625 - added create_immutable_transformer
626 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
627 - tests for this (groditi)
630 - Immutability can now be undone,
631 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
632 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
633 for details see comments next to make_immutable
634 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
635 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
636 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
637 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
638 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
639 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
641 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
642 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
644 * Class::MOP::Package
645 - we now deal with stub methods properly
646 - added tests for this
647 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
649 * Class::MOP::Attribute
650 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
651 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
653 - added tests and POD for this
656 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
657 handles undef values correctly.
658 - added tests for this
659 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
660 will not get reaped when instances still
661 exist which need to reference them. This is
662 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
663 obscure enough feature that there are not too
664 many work arounds out in the wild.
665 - added tests for this by groditi
666 - updated docs to explain this
669 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
670 - added tests for this behavior
672 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
673 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
676 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
677 - added tests and docs for these
679 * Class::MOP::Attribute
680 - default now checks the instance with defined to
681 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
685 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
691 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
692 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
693 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
694 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
697 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
699 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
700 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
701 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
704 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
705 immutable transformation instead of
706 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
708 + Class::MOP::Immutable
709 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
710 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
711 be coming eventually.
714 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
716 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
717 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
721 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
724 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
726 - constructor generation is now handled by
727 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
729 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
730 - created this to handle constructor generation
731 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
733 * Class::MOP::Attribute
735 - attributes now delegate to the
736 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
739 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
740 - all accessor generation functions from
741 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
743 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
745 * scripts/class_browser.pl
746 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
747 on this to come. Comments and patches are
751 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
752 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
753 they are aliased from the originals
754 - fixed tests to reflect
755 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
757 - adjusted tests for this
758 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
763 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
764 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
765 - adjusted tests to compensate
766 - adjusted docs for this
769 - changed how methods are dealt with to
770 encapsulate most of the work into the
771 &get_method_map method
772 - made several adjustments for the change
773 in Class::MOP::Method
774 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
775 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
776 old one before installing the new one
777 - added tests for this
778 - adjusted docs for this
780 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
781 - added caching of &get_method_map
782 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
783 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
785 * Class::MOP::Package
786 - added filtering capabilities to
787 &list_all_package_symbols
789 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
791 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
792 the $:version and such just actually goes
793 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
794 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
796 - The &create method now requires that all
797 but the package name now is passed in as
798 named parameters. See docs for more info.
799 - updated docs and tests for this
802 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
806 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
807 which do not store things in the instance
808 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
811 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
813 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
815 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
816 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
819 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
820 - fixed all tests for this
822 * Class::MOP::Attribute
823 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
824 are no longer allowed for defaults
825 - added tests for this
827 * Class::MOP::Package
828 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
829 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
830 always reloaded from the symbol table.
832 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
834 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
835 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
836 metamodel is more complete (and closer
837 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
839 * Class::MOP::Package
840 - refactored entire class, this is now
841 the primary gateway between the metaclass
842 and the Perl 5 symbol table
843 - added many tests for this
844 - this class is now a subclass of
846 - added some tests to reflect this
849 - refactored all symbol table access to
850 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
853 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
854 so that Module has a version as an attribute
855 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
856 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
857 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
858 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
859 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
860 - added tests for this
862 * Class::MOP::Instance
863 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
865 - added tests for this
867 * Class::MOP::Attribute
868 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
869 slots from an instance
870 - added tests for this
872 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
875 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
876 anywhere within the class hierarchy
878 * Class::MOP::Attribute
879 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
880 the value of the attribute for a particular
883 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
884 ---------------------------------------
885 This is the first version of Class::MOP
886 to introduce the immutable features which
887 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
888 This support should still be considered
889 experimental, but moving towards stability.
890 ---------------------------------------
892 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
894 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
895 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
896 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
899 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
900 - several methods moved to ::Module and
901 ::Package and now inherited
902 - added tests for this
904 * Class::MOP::Instance
905 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
906 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
907 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
908 instance creation (of course)
911 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
912 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
913 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
914 because they are now more general purpose symbol
915 table manipulation methods.
917 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
918 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
920 - small change in &create so that it behaves
921 properly when inherited
922 - small fix to &clone_instance
924 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
925 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
926 - This release works in combination with
927 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
928 because it introduces a new instance
929 sub-protocol and has not yet been
933 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
934 - added tests for this
935 - improved method modifier wrapping
937 * Class::MOP::Instance
938 - added new instance protocol
939 - added tests for this
940 - changed all relevant modules and examples
942 - Class::MOP::Attribute
946 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
947 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
949 - updated tests for this
952 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
953 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
955 - added tests for this
956 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
957 new instance protocol
958 - added more tests for this
960 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
962 - added find_attribute_by_name method
963 - added tests and docs for this
964 - some small optimizations
966 * Class::MOP::Attribute
967 - some small optimizations
969 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
971 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
972 - added tests for this
973 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
974 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
975 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
976 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
977 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
978 delegates appropriately
980 * Class::MOP::Attribute
981 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
982 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
983 called initialize_instance_slot
986 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
987 initialize_instance_slot method
989 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
991 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
992 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
994 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
996 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
997 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
999 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1000 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1001 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1003 - added tests for this
1004 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1006 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1008 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1009 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1010 - added test case for this
1012 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1014 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1015 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1016 available in DESTORY calls
1018 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1019 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1020 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1022 * Class::MOP::Method
1023 - added &package_name, &name and
1024 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1025 which were formerly private subs in
1028 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1029 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1030 before, after and around modifiers
1031 - added tests and docs for this feature
1034 - improved &get_package_symbol
1035 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1036 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1038 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1039 - &add_before_method_modifier
1040 - &add_after_method_modifier
1041 - &add_around_method_modifier
1042 - added tests and docs for these
1043 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1044 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1046 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1047 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1051 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1052 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1053 the test skip if it is not installed
1055 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1057 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1060 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1061 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1062 - added docs and tests
1064 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1065 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1066 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1067 be considered "ready to use".
1069 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1070 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1071 - test coverage is now at 99%
1074 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1075 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1076 metaclass pragma instead.
1079 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1080 error/edge-case tests
1082 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1083 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1084 error/edge-case tests
1087 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1089 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1091 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1092 metaclass a little more straightforward
1095 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1096 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1097 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1098 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1102 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1103 is now more useful for subclasses
1104 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1105 hash of attribute meta objects
1106 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1107 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1108 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1109 attribute meta-object itself
1110 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1111 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1112 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1113 - added docs & tests for this
1114 - added Clone as a dependency
1115 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1116 return blessed new or cloned instances
1117 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1118 - added docs & tests for this
1119 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1120 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1121 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1122 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1123 - added tests and docs for this
1126 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1128 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1130 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1132 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1133 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1134 attributes/methods respectively
1137 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1140 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1141 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1142 - added new example:
1145 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1147 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1149 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1150 - improved error messages
1153 - added new examples:
1154 - AttributesWithHistory
1155 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1157 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1158 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1160 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1161 - refactored method generation code
1162 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1165 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1166 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1167 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1168 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1169 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1171 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1172 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1173 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1175 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006