1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
5 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
6 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
7 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
9 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
10 sides of the primary method. (Dave Rolsky)
12 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
14 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
15 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
17 * t/082_get_code_info.t
18 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
19 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
22 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
24 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
27 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
28 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
30 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
31 * Class::MOP::Immutable
32 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
33 the constructor was inlined.
35 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
36 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
37 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
39 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
40 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
42 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
44 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
45 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
46 * Class::MOP::Immutable
47 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
48 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
49 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
52 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
53 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
54 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
56 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
57 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
58 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
59 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
60 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
61 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
63 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
66 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
67 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
70 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
72 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
73 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
75 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
77 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
78 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
79 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
82 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
83 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
84 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
87 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
89 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
90 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
92 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
93 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
94 times in an eval. (t0m)
96 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
98 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
99 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
100 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
101 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
102 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
103 - added test for this
105 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
106 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
107 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
110 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
111 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
115 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
116 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
117 aliased methods and "real" methods.
119 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
120 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
121 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
122 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
125 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
126 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
129 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
130 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
131 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
132 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
133 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
134 for sad systems without a compiler.
137 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
138 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
141 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
142 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
143 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
145 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
147 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
148 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
149 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
150 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
152 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
153 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
154 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
155 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
157 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
159 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
160 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
163 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
164 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
165 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
167 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
169 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
171 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
172 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
173 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
175 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
176 * Class::MOP::Package
177 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
178 releases. (nothingmuch)
181 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
183 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
184 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
185 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
188 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
191 * Class::MOP::Instance
192 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
194 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
196 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
197 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
198 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
199 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
202 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
203 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
207 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
208 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
209 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
210 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
211 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
214 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
215 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
216 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
219 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
220 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
221 consistency (nothingmuch)
222 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
224 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
225 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
226 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
227 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
230 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
231 * Class::MOP::Immutable
232 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
234 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
236 * Class::MOP::Instance
237 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
238 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
240 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
242 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
243 the class is already loaded (sartak)
244 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
245 instead of just 1 (sartak)
248 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
250 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
251 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
252 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
254 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
255 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
256 recognizes it correct this time.
258 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
259 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
262 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
263 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
266 - now stores the instance of the instance
267 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
268 and deletes it when the cache is blown
269 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
270 the options used to make it immutable as well as
271 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
273 * Class::MOP::Package
274 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
275 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
276 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
280 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
282 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
283 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
285 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
286 names now throw a more direct error in
288 - tests for this and other aspects of
294 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
295 Class::MOP::Attribute
296 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
299 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
300 (late night release engineering)--
302 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
303 changes in this release
305 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
306 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
307 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
310 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
311 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
312 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
315 * Class::MOP::Package
316 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
318 - inlining a few calls to &name with
319 direct HASH access key access
320 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
321 a HASH of items based on a type filter
322 similar to list_all_package_symbols
323 - added tests for this
326 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
327 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
328 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
329 - added more descriptive error message to help
330 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
331 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
333 * Class::MOP::Immutable
334 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
336 - added tests for this
338 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
340 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
341 function from MRO::Compat
342 - All XS based functionality now has a
343 Pure Perl alternative
344 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
345 can now be used to force non-XS versions
348 * Class::MOP::Attribute
349 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
350 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
351 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
353 - added tests for this
355 * Class::MOP::Immutable
356 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
357 making the class immutable
360 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
361 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
362 allow for it to work.
363 - added tests for this
365 * Class::MOP::Attribute
367 Class::MOP::Immutable
368 - any time a method meta object is constructed
369 we make sure to pass the correct package and
370 method name information
373 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
374 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
375 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
376 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
377 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
378 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
379 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
380 throw an error if these are not supplied.
381 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
382 and now store the package_name and name attributes
385 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
386 Module::Install support has been removed
388 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
389 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
390 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
391 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
395 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
396 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
398 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
399 when it has no init_arg
400 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
401 to support c3 classes.
403 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
406 - making sure that load_class never gets
407 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
408 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
411 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
413 - improved error handling in ->create method
414 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
415 will be used to populate values
416 - added tests for this
419 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
420 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
426 Class::MOP::Attribute
427 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
428 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
430 * Class::MOP::Instance
431 Class::MOP::Immutable
432 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
435 - fixed the filename length on several
436 test files so we install on VMS better
438 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
439 should be catfile (RT #32385)
441 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
442 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
445 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
446 Class::MOP::Attribute
447 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
448 to indicate that no constructor args can
449 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
450 - added tests for this
451 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
454 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
455 feature instead of the silly hack from
456 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
458 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
460 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
463 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
464 - removed assumptions about the existence of
467 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
468 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
469 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
472 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
473 constant so that we can take advantage
474 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
477 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
478 optimize the &linearized_isa method
479 and avoid the hack/check for circular
480 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
481 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
482 - added tests for this
484 * Class::MOP::Immutable
485 - the immutable class now keeps track of
486 the transformer which immutablized it
488 * Class::MOP::Instance
489 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
490 - added tests for this
492 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
494 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
495 transformation arguments are saved
497 - added tests for this
499 * Class::MOP::Immutable
500 - fixed a bug (see above)
502 * Class::MOP::Attribute
505 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
506 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
507 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
510 - removed the dependency on B
511 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
512 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
513 the B fiddling we were doing with
514 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
515 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
516 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
517 be used to help manage method caching.
520 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
521 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
522 even more accurate caching information.
523 blblack++ for that stuff :)
526 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
527 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
528 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
529 track of when we need to re-fetch the
531 - Several small improvements to take advantage
532 of the new method map caching features
534 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
535 * Class::MOP::Attribute
536 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
537 HASH ref case, which makes the
538 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
539 - added more tests for this
541 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
542 * Class::MOP::Attribute
543 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
544 - added more tests for this
546 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
548 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
549 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
550 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
552 * Class::MOP::Attribute
553 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
554 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
555 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
557 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
558 * Class::MOP::Attribute
559 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
561 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
562 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
564 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
566 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
569 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
570 construct_class_instance (groditi)
571 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
572 call through (groditi)
574 * Class::MOP::Attribute
575 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
576 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
577 it is defined (groditi)
579 * Class::MOP::Instance
580 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
581 it is defined (groditi)
583 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
584 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
585 - removed the relevant attributes
587 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
588 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
589 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
590 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
592 - added tests for this
593 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
594 non-inlined constructors.
595 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
597 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
598 - added this class as an abstract base for the
599 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
600 - added tests for this
603 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
604 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
607 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
609 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
610 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
612 * Class::MOP::Package
613 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
616 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
618 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
620 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
621 it manually now so that people can use this
622 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
624 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
626 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
627 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
628 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
631 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
632 * Class::MOP::Immutable
633 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
634 - removed unused variable
635 - added create_immutable_transformer
636 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
637 - tests for this (groditi)
640 - Immutability can now be undone,
641 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
642 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
643 for details see comments next to make_immutable
644 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
645 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
646 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
647 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
648 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
649 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
651 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
652 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
654 * Class::MOP::Package
655 - we now deal with stub methods properly
656 - added tests for this
657 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
659 * Class::MOP::Attribute
660 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
661 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
663 - added tests and POD for this
666 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
667 handles undef values correctly.
668 - added tests for this
669 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
670 will not get reaped when instances still
671 exist which need to reference them. This is
672 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
673 obscure enough feature that there are not too
674 many work arounds out in the wild.
675 - added tests for this by groditi
676 - updated docs to explain this
679 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
680 - added tests for this behavior
682 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
683 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
686 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
687 - added tests and docs for these
689 * Class::MOP::Attribute
690 - default now checks the instance with defined to
691 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
695 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
701 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
702 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
703 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
704 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
707 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
709 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
710 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
711 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
714 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
715 immutable transformation instead of
716 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
718 + Class::MOP::Immutable
719 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
720 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
721 be coming eventually.
724 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
726 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
727 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
731 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
734 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
736 - constructor generation is now handled by
737 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
739 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
740 - created this to handle constructor generation
741 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
743 * Class::MOP::Attribute
745 - attributes now delegate to the
746 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
749 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
750 - all accessor generation functions from
751 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
753 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
755 * scripts/class_browser.pl
756 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
757 on this to come. Comments and patches are
761 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
762 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
763 they are aliased from the originals
764 - fixed tests to reflect
765 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
767 - adjusted tests for this
768 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
773 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
774 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
775 - adjusted tests to compensate
776 - adjusted docs for this
779 - changed how methods are dealt with to
780 encapsulate most of the work into the
781 &get_method_map method
782 - made several adjustments for the change
783 in Class::MOP::Method
784 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
785 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
786 old one before installing the new one
787 - added tests for this
788 - adjusted docs for this
790 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
791 - added caching of &get_method_map
792 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
793 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
795 * Class::MOP::Package
796 - added filtering capabilities to
797 &list_all_package_symbols
799 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
801 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
802 the $:version and such just actually goes
803 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
804 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
806 - The &create method now requires that all
807 but the package name now is passed in as
808 named parameters. See docs for more info.
809 - updated docs and tests for this
812 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
816 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
817 which do not store things in the instance
818 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
821 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
823 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
825 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
826 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
829 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
830 - fixed all tests for this
832 * Class::MOP::Attribute
833 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
834 are no longer allowed for defaults
835 - added tests for this
837 * Class::MOP::Package
838 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
839 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
840 always reloaded from the symbol table.
842 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
844 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
845 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
846 metamodel is more complete (and closer
847 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
849 * Class::MOP::Package
850 - refactored entire class, this is now
851 the primary gateway between the metaclass
852 and the Perl 5 symbol table
853 - added many tests for this
854 - this class is now a subclass of
856 - added some tests to reflect this
859 - refactored all symbol table access to
860 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
863 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
864 so that Module has a version as an attribute
865 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
866 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
867 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
868 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
869 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
870 - added tests for this
872 * Class::MOP::Instance
873 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
875 - added tests for this
877 * Class::MOP::Attribute
878 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
879 slots from an instance
880 - added tests for this
882 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
885 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
886 anywhere within the class hierarchy
888 * Class::MOP::Attribute
889 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
890 the value of the attribute for a particular
893 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
894 ---------------------------------------
895 This is the first version of Class::MOP
896 to introduce the immutable features which
897 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
898 This support should still be considered
899 experimental, but moving towards stability.
900 ---------------------------------------
902 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
904 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
905 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
906 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
909 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
910 - several methods moved to ::Module and
911 ::Package and now inherited
912 - added tests for this
914 * Class::MOP::Instance
915 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
916 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
917 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
918 instance creation (of course)
921 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
922 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
923 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
924 because they are now more general purpose symbol
925 table manipulation methods.
927 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
928 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
930 - small change in &create so that it behaves
931 properly when inherited
932 - small fix to &clone_instance
934 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
935 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
936 - This release works in combination with
937 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
938 because it introduces a new instance
939 sub-protocol and has not yet been
943 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
944 - added tests for this
945 - improved method modifier wrapping
947 * Class::MOP::Instance
948 - added new instance protocol
949 - added tests for this
950 - changed all relevant modules and examples
952 - Class::MOP::Attribute
956 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
957 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
959 - updated tests for this
962 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
963 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
965 - added tests for this
966 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
967 new instance protocol
968 - added more tests for this
970 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
972 - added find_attribute_by_name method
973 - added tests and docs for this
974 - some small optimizations
976 * Class::MOP::Attribute
977 - some small optimizations
979 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
981 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
982 - added tests for this
983 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
984 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
985 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
986 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
987 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
988 delegates appropriately
990 * Class::MOP::Attribute
991 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
992 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
993 called initialize_instance_slot
996 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
997 initialize_instance_slot method
999 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1001 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1002 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1004 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1006 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1007 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1009 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1010 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1011 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1013 - added tests for this
1014 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1016 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1018 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1019 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1020 - added test case for this
1022 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1024 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1025 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1026 available in DESTORY calls
1028 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1029 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1030 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1032 * Class::MOP::Method
1033 - added &package_name, &name and
1034 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1035 which were formerly private subs in
1038 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1039 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1040 before, after and around modifiers
1041 - added tests and docs for this feature
1044 - improved &get_package_symbol
1045 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1046 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1048 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1049 - &add_before_method_modifier
1050 - &add_after_method_modifier
1051 - &add_around_method_modifier
1052 - added tests and docs for these
1053 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1054 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1056 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1057 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1061 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1062 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1063 the test skip if it is not installed
1065 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1067 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1070 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1071 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1072 - added docs and tests
1074 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1075 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1076 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1077 be considered "ready to use".
1079 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1080 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1081 - test coverage is now at 99%
1084 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1085 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1086 metaclass pragma instead.
1089 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1090 error/edge-case tests
1092 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1093 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1094 error/edge-case tests
1097 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1099 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1101 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1102 metaclass a little more straightforward
1105 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1106 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1107 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1108 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1112 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1113 is now more useful for subclasses
1114 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1115 hash of attribute meta objects
1116 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1117 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1118 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1119 attribute meta-object itself
1120 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1121 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1122 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1123 - added docs & tests for this
1124 - added Clone as a dependency
1125 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1126 return blessed new or cloned instances
1127 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1128 - added docs & tests for this
1129 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1130 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1131 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1132 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1133 - added tests and docs for this
1136 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1138 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1140 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1142 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1143 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1144 attributes/methods respectively
1147 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1150 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1151 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1152 - added new example:
1155 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1157 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1159 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1160 - improved error messages
1163 - added new examples:
1164 - AttributesWithHistory
1165 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1167 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1168 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1170 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1171 - refactored method generation code
1172 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1175 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1176 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1177 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1178 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1179 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1181 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1182 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1183 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1185 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006