1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
10 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
11 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
13 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
14 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous version,
15 not properly using lexicals in the for loops. (stevan)
18 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
19 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
20 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
21 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
22 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
26 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
27 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
31 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
32 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
33 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
37 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
38 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
41 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
42 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
43 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
47 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
48 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
49 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
50 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
51 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
54 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
55 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
57 * Class::MOP::Instance
58 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
59 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
61 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
63 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
65 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
68 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
70 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
71 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
74 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
75 changed back in 0.82_01)
76 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
77 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
80 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
81 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
83 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
85 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
86 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
87 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
90 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
91 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
95 * Class::MOP::Attribute
96 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
98 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
99 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
100 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
103 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
106 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
107 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
108 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
109 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
110 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
113 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
116 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
118 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
122 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
123 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
124 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
125 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
129 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
132 * Class::MOP::Package
133 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
136 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
139 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
141 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
144 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
145 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
146 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
147 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
150 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
151 was removed in 0.82_01.
153 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
154 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
155 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
156 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
157 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
158 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
159 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
160 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
161 for the Moose compatibility handling code
162 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
164 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
166 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
167 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
169 * Class::MOP::Immutable
170 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
171 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
172 provides its own constructor (doy)
174 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
177 * Class::MOP::Instance
178 * Class::MOP::Attribute
179 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
180 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
181 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
182 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
185 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
186 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
188 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
190 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
191 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
193 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
194 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
195 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
196 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
197 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
200 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
201 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
202 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
203 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
204 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
205 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
206 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
208 - Class::MOP::Instance
209 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
213 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
214 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
215 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
217 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
218 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
219 when an object is constructed)
220 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
222 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
223 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
224 when an object is constructed)
225 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
226 - attributes => _attributes
227 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
229 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
231 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
232 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
233 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
236 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
237 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
238 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
241 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
242 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
243 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
244 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
248 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
249 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
250 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
251 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
252 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
253 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
255 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
256 * No changes from 0.78_02.
258 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
260 * Class::MOP::Immutable
261 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
262 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
263 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
264 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
268 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
269 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
272 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
273 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
274 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
276 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
278 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
279 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
282 * Class::MOP::Instance
283 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
284 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
285 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
286 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
288 * Class::MOP::Attribute
289 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
290 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
291 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
293 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
294 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
295 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
299 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
300 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
301 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
302 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
304 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
305 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
306 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
307 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
308 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
309 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
310 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
311 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
312 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
315 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
316 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
319 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
321 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
322 * No changes from 0.77_01
324 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
326 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
327 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
328 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
329 against the pure Perl version of this code.
331 * Class::MOP::Instance
332 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
333 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
336 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
338 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
342 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
343 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
347 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
348 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
350 * Class::MOP::Package
351 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
352 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
355 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
359 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
360 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
361 near future release. You've been warned.
363 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
364 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
365 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
366 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
368 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
369 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
372 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
373 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
376 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
379 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
380 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
382 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
384 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
385 sharing an immutable transformer object
386 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
387 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
389 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
391 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
392 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
393 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
394 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
396 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
397 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
399 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
401 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
402 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
404 * t/082_get_code_info.t
405 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
406 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
407 succeed in that case.
409 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
410 * Class::MOP::Package
411 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
414 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
415 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
417 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
418 * Class::MOP::Immutable
419 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
420 the constructor was inlined.
421 * Class::MOP::Package
422 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
423 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
424 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
426 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
427 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
429 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
431 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
432 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
433 * Class::MOP::Immutable
434 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
435 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
436 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
439 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
440 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
441 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
442 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
443 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
444 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
445 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
446 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
447 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
448 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
450 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
453 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
454 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
457 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
459 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
460 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
462 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
464 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
465 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
466 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
469 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
470 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
471 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
474 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
476 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
477 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
479 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
480 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
481 times in an eval. (t0m)
483 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
485 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
486 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
487 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
488 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
489 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
490 - added test for this
492 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
493 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
494 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
497 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
498 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
502 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
503 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
504 aliased methods and "real" methods.
506 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
507 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
508 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
509 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
512 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
513 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
516 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
517 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
518 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
519 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
520 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
521 for sad systems without a compiler.
524 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
525 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
528 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
529 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
530 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
532 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
534 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
535 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
536 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
537 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
539 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
540 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
541 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
542 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
544 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
546 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
547 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
550 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
551 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
552 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
554 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
556 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
558 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
559 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
560 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
562 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
563 * Class::MOP::Package
564 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
565 releases. (nothingmuch)
568 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
570 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
571 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
572 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
575 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
578 * Class::MOP::Instance
579 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
581 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
583 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
584 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
585 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
586 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
589 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
590 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
594 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
595 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
596 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
597 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
598 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
601 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
602 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
603 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
606 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
607 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
608 consistency (nothingmuch)
609 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
611 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
612 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
613 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
614 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
617 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
618 * Class::MOP::Immutable
619 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
621 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
623 * Class::MOP::Instance
624 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
625 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
627 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
629 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
630 the class is already loaded (sartak)
631 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
632 instead of just 1 (sartak)
635 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
637 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
638 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
639 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
641 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
642 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
643 recognizes it correct this time.
645 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
646 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
649 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
650 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
653 - now stores the instance of the instance
654 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
655 and deletes it when the cache is blown
656 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
657 the options used to make it immutable as well as
658 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
660 * Class::MOP::Package
661 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
662 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
663 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
667 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
669 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
670 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
672 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
673 names now throw a more direct error in
675 - tests for this and other aspects of
681 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
682 Class::MOP::Attribute
683 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
686 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
687 (late night release engineering)--
689 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
690 changes in this release
692 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
693 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
694 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
697 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
698 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
699 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
702 * Class::MOP::Package
703 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
705 - inlining a few calls to &name with
706 direct HASH access key access
707 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
708 a HASH of items based on a type filter
709 similar to list_all_package_symbols
710 - added tests for this
713 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
714 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
715 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
716 - added more descriptive error message to help
717 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
718 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
720 * Class::MOP::Immutable
721 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
723 - added tests for this
725 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
727 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
728 function from MRO::Compat
729 - All XS based functionality now has a
730 Pure Perl alternative
731 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
732 can now be used to force non-XS versions
735 * Class::MOP::Attribute
736 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
737 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
738 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
740 - added tests for this
742 * Class::MOP::Immutable
743 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
744 making the class immutable
747 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
748 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
749 allow for it to work.
750 - added tests for this
752 * Class::MOP::Attribute
754 Class::MOP::Immutable
755 - any time a method meta object is constructed
756 we make sure to pass the correct package and
757 method name information
760 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
761 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
762 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
763 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
764 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
765 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
766 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
767 throw an error if these are not supplied.
768 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
769 and now store the package_name and name attributes
772 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
773 Module::Install support has been removed
775 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
776 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
777 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
778 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
782 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
783 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
785 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
786 when it has no init_arg
787 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
788 to support c3 classes.
790 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
793 - making sure that load_class never gets
794 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
795 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
798 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
800 - improved error handling in ->create method
801 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
802 will be used to populate values
803 - added tests for this
806 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
807 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
813 Class::MOP::Attribute
814 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
815 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
817 * Class::MOP::Instance
818 Class::MOP::Immutable
819 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
822 - fixed the filename length on several
823 test files so we install on VMS better
825 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
826 should be catfile (RT #32385)
828 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
829 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
832 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
833 Class::MOP::Attribute
834 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
835 to indicate that no constructor args can
836 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
837 - added tests for this
838 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
841 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
842 feature instead of the silly hack from
843 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
845 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
847 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
850 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
851 - removed assumptions about the existence of
854 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
855 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
856 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
859 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
860 constant so that we can take advantage
861 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
864 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
865 optimize the &linearized_isa method
866 and avoid the hack/check for circular
867 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
868 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
869 - added tests for this
871 * Class::MOP::Immutable
872 - the immutable class now keeps track of
873 the transformer which immutablized it
875 * Class::MOP::Instance
876 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
877 - added tests for this
879 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
881 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
882 transformation arguments are saved
884 - added tests for this
886 * Class::MOP::Immutable
887 - fixed a bug (see above)
889 * Class::MOP::Attribute
892 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
893 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
894 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
897 - removed the dependency on B
898 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
899 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
900 the B fiddling we were doing with
901 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
902 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
903 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
904 be used to help manage method caching.
907 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
908 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
909 even more accurate caching information.
910 blblack++ for that stuff :)
913 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
914 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
915 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
916 track of when we need to re-fetch the
918 - Several small improvements to take advantage
919 of the new method map caching features
921 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
922 * Class::MOP::Attribute
923 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
924 HASH ref case, which makes the
925 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
926 - added more tests for this
928 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
929 * Class::MOP::Attribute
930 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
931 - added more tests for this
933 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
935 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
936 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
937 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
939 * Class::MOP::Attribute
940 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
941 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
942 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
944 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
945 * Class::MOP::Attribute
946 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
948 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
949 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
951 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
953 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
956 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
957 construct_class_instance (groditi)
958 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
959 call through (groditi)
961 * Class::MOP::Attribute
962 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
963 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
964 it is defined (groditi)
966 * Class::MOP::Instance
967 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
968 it is defined (groditi)
970 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
971 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
972 - removed the relevant attributes
974 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
975 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
976 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
977 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
979 - added tests for this
980 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
981 non-inlined constructors.
982 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
984 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
985 - added this class as an abstract base for the
986 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
987 - added tests for this
990 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
991 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
994 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
996 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
997 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
999 * Class::MOP::Package
1000 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1003 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1005 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1007 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1008 it manually now so that people can use this
1009 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1011 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1013 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1014 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1015 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1018 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1019 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1020 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1021 - removed unused variable
1022 - added create_immutable_transformer
1023 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1024 - tests for this (groditi)
1027 - Immutability can now be undone,
1028 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1029 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1030 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1031 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1032 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1033 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1034 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1035 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1036 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1038 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1039 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1041 * Class::MOP::Package
1042 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1043 - added tests for this
1044 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1046 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1047 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1048 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1050 - added tests and POD for this
1053 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1054 handles undef values correctly.
1055 - added tests for this
1056 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1057 will not get reaped when instances still
1058 exist which need to reference them. This is
1059 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1060 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1061 many work arounds out in the wild.
1062 - added tests for this by groditi
1063 - updated docs to explain this
1066 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1067 - added tests for this behavior
1069 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1070 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1073 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1074 - added tests and docs for these
1076 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1077 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1078 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1082 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1087 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1088 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1089 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1090 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1091 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1094 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1096 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1097 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1098 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1101 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1102 immutable transformation instead of
1103 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1105 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1106 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1107 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1108 be coming eventually.
1111 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1113 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1114 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1118 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1121 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1123 - constructor generation is now handled by
1124 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1126 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1127 - created this to handle constructor generation
1128 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1130 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1132 - attributes now delegate to the
1133 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1136 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1137 - all accessor generation functions from
1138 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1140 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1142 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1143 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1144 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1148 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1149 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1150 they are aliased from the originals
1151 - fixed tests to reflect
1152 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1154 - adjusted tests for this
1155 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1158 * Class::MOP::Method
1160 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1161 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1162 - adjusted tests to compensate
1163 - adjusted docs for this
1166 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1167 encapsulate most of the work into the
1168 &get_method_map method
1169 - made several adjustments for the change
1170 in Class::MOP::Method
1171 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1172 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1173 old one before installing the new one
1174 - added tests for this
1175 - adjusted docs for this
1177 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1178 - added caching of &get_method_map
1179 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1180 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1182 * Class::MOP::Package
1183 - added filtering capabilities to
1184 &list_all_package_symbols
1186 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1188 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1189 the $:version and such just actually goes
1190 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1191 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1193 - The &create method now requires that all
1194 but the package name now is passed in as
1195 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1196 - updated docs and tests for this
1198 * Class::MOP::Object
1199 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1203 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1204 which do not store things in the instance
1205 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1208 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1210 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1212 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1213 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1216 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1217 - fixed all tests for this
1219 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1220 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1221 are no longer allowed for defaults
1222 - added tests for this
1224 * Class::MOP::Package
1225 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1226 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1227 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1229 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1231 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1232 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1233 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1234 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1236 * Class::MOP::Package
1237 - refactored entire class, this is now
1238 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1239 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1240 - added many tests for this
1241 - this class is now a subclass of
1243 - added some tests to reflect this
1246 - refactored all symbol table access to
1247 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1249 * Class::MOP::Module
1250 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1251 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1252 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1253 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1254 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1255 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1256 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1257 - added tests for this
1259 * Class::MOP::Instance
1260 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1262 - added tests for this
1264 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1265 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1266 slots from an instance
1267 - added tests for this
1269 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1272 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1273 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1275 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1276 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1277 the value of the attribute for a particular
1280 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1281 ---------------------------------------
1282 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1283 to introduce the immutable features which
1284 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1285 This support should still be considered
1286 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1287 ---------------------------------------
1289 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1291 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1292 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1293 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1296 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1297 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1298 ::Package and now inherited
1299 - added tests for this
1301 * Class::MOP::Instance
1302 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1303 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1304 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1305 instance creation (of course)
1308 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1309 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1310 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1311 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1312 table manipulation methods.
1314 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1315 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1317 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1318 properly when inherited
1319 - small fix to &clone_instance
1321 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1322 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1323 - This release works in combination with
1324 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1325 because it introduces a new instance
1326 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1330 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1331 - added tests for this
1332 - improved method modifier wrapping
1334 * Class::MOP::Instance
1335 - added new instance protocol
1336 - added tests for this
1337 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1339 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1343 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1344 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1346 - updated tests for this
1349 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1350 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1352 - added tests for this
1353 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1354 new instance protocol
1355 - added more tests for this
1357 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1359 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1360 - added tests and docs for this
1361 - some small optimizations
1363 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1364 - some small optimizations
1366 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1368 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1369 - added tests for this
1370 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1371 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1372 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1373 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1374 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1375 delegates appropriately
1377 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1378 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1379 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1380 called initialize_instance_slot
1383 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1384 initialize_instance_slot method
1386 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1388 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1389 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1391 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1393 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1394 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1396 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1397 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1398 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1400 - added tests for this
1401 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1403 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1405 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1406 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1407 - added test case for this
1409 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1411 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1412 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1413 available in DESTORY calls
1415 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1416 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1417 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1419 * Class::MOP::Method
1420 - added &package_name, &name and
1421 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1422 which were formerly private subs in
1425 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1426 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1427 before, after and around modifiers
1428 - added tests and docs for this feature
1431 - improved &get_package_symbol
1432 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1433 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1435 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1436 - &add_before_method_modifier
1437 - &add_after_method_modifier
1438 - &add_around_method_modifier
1439 - added tests and docs for these
1440 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1441 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1443 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1444 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1448 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1449 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1450 the test skip if it is not installed
1452 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1454 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1457 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1458 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1459 - added docs and tests
1461 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1462 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1463 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1464 be considered "ready to use".
1466 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1467 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1468 - test coverage is now at 99%
1471 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1472 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1473 metaclass pragma instead.
1476 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1477 error/edge-case tests
1479 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1480 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1481 error/edge-case tests
1484 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1486 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1488 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1489 metaclass a little more straightforward
1492 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1493 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1494 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1495 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1499 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1500 is now more useful for subclasses
1501 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1502 hash of attribute meta objects
1503 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1504 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1505 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1506 attribute meta-object itself
1507 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1508 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1509 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1510 - added docs & tests for this
1511 - added Clone as a dependency
1512 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1513 return blessed new or cloned instances
1514 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1515 - added docs & tests for this
1516 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1517 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1518 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1519 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1520 - added tests and docs for this
1523 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1525 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1527 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1529 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1530 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1531 attributes/methods respectively
1534 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1537 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1538 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1539 - added new example:
1542 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1544 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1546 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1547 - improved error messages
1550 - added new examples:
1551 - AttributesWithHistory
1552 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1554 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1555 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1557 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1558 - refactored method generation code
1559 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1562 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1563 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1564 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1565 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1566 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1568 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1569 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1570 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1572 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006