1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.69_01 Mon, November 18, 2008
5 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
6 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
7 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
9 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
10 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
12 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
13 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
14 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
17 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
19 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
20 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
22 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
23 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
24 times in an eval. (t0m)
26 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
28 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
29 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
30 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
31 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
32 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
35 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
36 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
37 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
40 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
41 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
45 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
46 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
47 aliased methods and "real" methods.
49 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
50 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
51 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
52 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
55 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
56 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
59 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
60 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
61 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
62 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
63 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
64 for sad systems without a compiler.
67 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
68 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
71 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
72 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
73 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
75 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
77 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
78 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
79 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
82 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
84 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
85 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
87 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
89 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
90 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
94 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
95 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
97 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
99 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
101 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
102 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
103 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
105 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
106 * Class::MOP::Package
107 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
108 releases. (nothingmuch)
111 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
113 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
114 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
115 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
118 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
121 * Class::MOP::Instance
122 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
124 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
126 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
127 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
128 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
129 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
132 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
133 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
137 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
138 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
139 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
140 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
141 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
144 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
145 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
146 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
149 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
150 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
151 consistency (nothingmuch)
152 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
154 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
155 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
156 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
157 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
160 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
161 * Class::MOP::Immutable
162 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
164 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
166 * Class::MOP::Instance
167 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
168 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
170 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
172 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
173 the class is already loaded (sartak)
174 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
175 instead of just 1 (sartak)
178 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
180 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
181 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
182 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
184 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
185 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
186 recognizes it correct this time.
188 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
189 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
192 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
193 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
196 - now stores the instance of the instance
197 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
198 and deletes it when the cache is blown
199 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
200 the options used to make it immutable as well as
201 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
203 * Class::MOP::Package
204 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
205 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
206 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
210 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
212 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
213 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
215 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
216 names now throw a more direct error in
218 - tests for this and other aspects of
224 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
225 Class::MOP::Attribute
226 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
229 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
230 (late night release engineering)--
232 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
233 changes in this release
235 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
236 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
237 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
240 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
241 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
242 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
245 * Class::MOP::Package
246 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
248 - inlining a few calls to &name with
249 direct HASH access key access
250 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
251 a HASH of items based on a type filter
252 similar to list_all_package_symbols
253 - added tests for this
256 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
257 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
258 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
259 - added more descriptive error message to help
260 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
261 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
263 * Class::MOP::Immutable
264 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
266 - added tests for this
268 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
270 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
271 function from MRO::Compat
272 - All XS based functionality now has a
273 Pure Perl alternative
274 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
275 can now be used to force non-XS versions
278 * Class::MOP::Attribute
279 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
280 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
281 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
283 - added tests for this
285 * Class::MOP::Immutable
286 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
287 making the class immutable
290 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
291 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
292 allow for it to work.
293 - added tests for this
295 * Class::MOP::Attribute
297 Class::MOP::Immutable
298 - any time a method meta object is constructed
299 we make sure to pass the correct package and
300 method name information
303 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
304 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
305 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
306 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
307 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
308 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
309 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
310 throw an error if these are not supplied.
311 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
312 and now store the package_name and name attributes
315 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
316 Module::Install support has been removed
318 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
319 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
320 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
321 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
325 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
326 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
328 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
329 when it has no init_arg
330 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
331 to support c3 classes.
333 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
336 - making sure that load_class never gets
337 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
338 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
341 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
343 - improved error handling in ->create method
344 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
345 will be used to populate values
346 - added tests for this
349 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
350 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
356 Class::MOP::Attribute
357 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
358 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
360 * Class::MOP::Instance
361 Class::MOP::Immutable
362 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
365 - fixed the filename length on several
366 test files so we install on VMS better
368 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
369 should be catfile (RT #32385)
371 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
372 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
375 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
376 Class::MOP::Attribute
377 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
378 to indicate that no constructor args can
379 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
380 - added tests for this
381 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
384 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
385 feature instead of the silly hack from
386 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
388 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
390 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
393 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
394 - removed assumptions about the existence of
397 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
398 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
399 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
402 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
403 constant so that we can take advantage
404 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
407 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
408 optimize the &linearized_isa method
409 and avoid the hack/check for circular
410 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
411 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
412 - added tests for this
414 * Class::MOP::Immutable
415 - the immutable class now keeps track of
416 the transformer which immutablized it
418 * Class::MOP::Instance
419 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
420 - added tests for this
422 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
424 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
425 transformation arguments are saved
427 - added tests for this
429 * Class::MOP::Immutable
430 - fixed a bug (see above)
432 * Class::MOP::Attribute
435 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
436 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
437 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
440 - removed the dependency on B
441 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
442 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
443 the B fiddling we were doing with
444 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
445 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
446 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
447 be used to help manage method caching.
450 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
451 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
452 even more accurate caching information.
453 blblack++ for that stuff :)
456 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
457 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
458 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
459 track of when we need to re-fetch the
461 - Several small improvements to take advantage
462 of the new method map caching features
464 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
465 * Class::MOP::Attribute
466 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
467 HASH ref case, which makes the
468 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
469 - added more tests for this
471 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
472 * Class::MOP::Attribute
473 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
474 - added more tests for this
476 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
478 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
479 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
480 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
482 * Class::MOP::Attribute
483 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
484 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
485 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
487 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
488 * Class::MOP::Attribute
489 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
491 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
492 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
494 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
496 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
499 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
500 construct_class_instance (groditi)
501 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
502 call through (groditi)
504 * Class::MOP::Attribute
505 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
506 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
507 it is defined (groditi)
509 * Class::MOP::Instance
510 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
511 it is defined (groditi)
513 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
514 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
515 - removed the relevant attributes
517 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
518 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
519 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
520 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
522 - added tests for this
523 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
524 non-inlined constructors.
525 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
527 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
528 - added this class as an abstract base for the
529 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
530 - added tests for this
533 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
534 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
537 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
539 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
540 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
542 * Class::MOP::Package
543 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
546 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
548 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
550 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
551 it manually now so that people can use this
552 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
554 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
556 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
557 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
558 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
561 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
562 * Class::MOP::Immutable
563 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
564 - removed unused variable
565 - added create_immutable_transformer
566 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
567 - tests for this (groditi)
570 - Immutability can now be undone,
571 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
572 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
573 for details see comments next to make_immutable
574 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
575 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
576 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
577 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
578 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
579 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
581 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
582 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
584 * Class::MOP::Package
585 - we now deal with stub methods properly
586 - added tests for this
587 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
589 * Class::MOP::Attribute
590 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
591 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
593 - added tests and POD for this
596 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
597 handles undef values correctly.
598 - added tests for this
599 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
600 will not get reaped when instances still
601 exist which need to reference them. This is
602 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
603 obscure enough feature that there are not too
604 many work arounds out in the wild.
605 - added tests for this by groditi
606 - updated docs to explain this
609 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
610 - added tests for this behavior
612 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
613 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
616 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
617 - added tests and docs for these
619 * Class::MOP::Attribute
620 - default now checks the instance with defined to
621 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
625 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
631 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
632 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
633 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
634 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
637 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
639 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
640 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
641 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
644 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
645 immutable transformation instead of
646 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
648 + Class::MOP::Immutable
649 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
650 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
651 be coming eventually.
654 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
656 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
657 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
661 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
664 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
666 - constructor generation is now handled by
667 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
669 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
670 - created this to handle constructor generation
671 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
673 * Class::MOP::Attribute
675 - attributes now delegate to the
676 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
679 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
680 - all accessor generation functions from
681 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
683 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
685 * scripts/class_browser.pl
686 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
687 on this to come. Comments and patches are
691 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
692 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
693 they are aliased from the originals
694 - fixed tests to reflect
695 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
697 - adjusted tests for this
698 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
703 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
704 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
705 - adjusted tests to compensate
706 - adjusted docs for this
709 - changed how methods are dealt with to
710 encapsulate most of the work into the
711 &get_method_map method
712 - made several adjustments for the change
713 in Class::MOP::Method
714 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
715 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
716 old one before installing the new one
717 - added tests for this
718 - adjusted docs for this
720 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
721 - added caching of &get_method_map
722 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
723 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
725 * Class::MOP::Package
726 - added filtering capabilities to
727 &list_all_package_symbols
729 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
731 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
732 the $:version and such just actually goes
733 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
734 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
736 - The &create method now requires that all
737 but the package name now is passed in as
738 named parameters. See docs for more info.
739 - updated docs and tests for this
742 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
746 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
747 which do not store things in the instance
748 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
751 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
753 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
755 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
756 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
759 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
760 - fixed all tests for this
762 * Class::MOP::Attribute
763 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
764 are no longer allowed for defaults
765 - added tests for this
767 * Class::MOP::Package
768 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
769 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
770 always reloaded from the symbol table.
772 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
774 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
775 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
776 metamodel is more complete (and closer
777 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
779 * Class::MOP::Package
780 - refactored entire class, this is now
781 the primary gateway between the metaclass
782 and the Perl 5 symbol table
783 - added many tests for this
784 - this class is now a subclass of
786 - added some tests to reflect this
789 - refactored all symbol table access to
790 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
793 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
794 so that Module has a version as an attribute
795 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
796 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
797 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
798 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
799 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
800 - added tests for this
802 * Class::MOP::Instance
803 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
805 - added tests for this
807 * Class::MOP::Attribute
808 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
809 slots from an instance
810 - added tests for this
812 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
815 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
816 anywhere within the class hierarchy
818 * Class::MOP::Attribute
819 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
820 the value of the attribute for a particular
823 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
824 ---------------------------------------
825 This is the first version of Class::MOP
826 to introduce the immutable features which
827 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
828 This support should still be considered
829 experimental, but moving towards stability.
830 ---------------------------------------
832 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
834 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
835 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
836 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
839 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
840 - several methods moved to ::Module and
841 ::Package and now inherited
842 - added tests for this
844 * Class::MOP::Instance
845 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
846 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
847 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
848 instance creation (of course)
851 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
852 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
853 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
854 because they are now more general purpose symbol
855 table manipulation methods.
857 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
858 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
860 - small change in &create so that it behaves
861 properly when inherited
862 - small fix to &clone_instance
864 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
865 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
866 - This release works in combination with
867 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
868 because it introduces a new instance
869 sub-protocol and has not yet been
873 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
874 - added tests for this
875 - improved method modifier wrapping
877 * Class::MOP::Instance
878 - added new instance protocol
879 - added tests for this
880 - changed all relevant modules and examples
882 - Class::MOP::Attribute
886 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
887 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
889 - updated tests for this
892 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
893 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
895 - added tests for this
896 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
897 new instance protocol
898 - added more tests for this
900 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
902 - added find_attribute_by_name method
903 - added tests and docs for this
904 - some small optimizations
906 * Class::MOP::Attribute
907 - some small optimizations
909 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
911 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
912 - added tests for this
913 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
914 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
915 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
916 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
917 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
918 delegates appropriately
920 * Class::MOP::Attribute
921 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
922 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
923 called initialize_instance_slot
926 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
927 initialize_instance_slot method
929 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
931 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
932 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
934 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
936 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
937 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
939 * Class::MOP::Attribute
940 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
941 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
943 - added tests for this
944 - adjusted all /example files to comply
946 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
948 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
949 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
950 - added test case for this
952 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
954 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
955 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
956 available in DESTORY calls
958 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
959 - removed the dependency for Clone since
960 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
963 - added &package_name, &name and
964 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
965 which were formerly private subs in
968 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
969 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
970 before, after and around modifiers
971 - added tests and docs for this feature
974 - improved &get_package_symbol
975 - &version and &superclasses now use it
976 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
978 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
979 - &add_before_method_modifier
980 - &add_after_method_modifier
981 - &add_around_method_modifier
982 - added tests and docs for these
983 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
984 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
986 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
987 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
991 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
992 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
993 the test skip if it is not installed
995 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
997 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1000 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1001 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1002 - added docs and tests
1004 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1005 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1006 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1007 be considered "ready to use".
1009 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1010 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1011 - test coverage is now at 99%
1014 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1015 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1016 metaclass pragma instead.
1019 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1020 error/edge-case tests
1022 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1023 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1024 error/edge-case tests
1027 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1029 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1031 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1032 metaclass a little more straightforward
1035 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1036 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1037 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1038 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1042 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1043 is now more useful for subclasses
1044 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1045 hash of attribute meta objects
1046 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1047 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1048 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1049 attribute meta-object itself
1050 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1051 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1052 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1053 - added docs & tests for this
1054 - added Clone as a dependency
1055 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1056 return blessed new or cloned instances
1057 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1058 - added docs & tests for this
1059 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1060 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1061 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1062 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1063 - added tests and docs for this
1066 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1068 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1070 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1072 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1073 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1074 attributes/methods respectively
1077 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1080 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1081 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1082 - added new example:
1085 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1087 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1089 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1090 - improved error messages
1093 - added new examples:
1094 - AttributesWithHistory
1095 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1097 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1098 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1100 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1101 - refactored method generation code
1102 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1105 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1106 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1107 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1108 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1109 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1111 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1112 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1113 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1115 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006