1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - added get_all_slot_values method (Sartak)
6 - added tests for this (Sartak)
9 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
11 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
12 to indicate that no constructor args can
13 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
14 - added tests for this
17 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
18 feature instead of the silly hack from
19 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
21 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
23 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
26 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
27 - removed assumptions about the existence of
30 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
31 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
32 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
35 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
36 constant so that we can take advantage
37 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
40 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
41 optimize the &linearized_isa method
42 and avoid the hack/check for circular
43 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
44 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
45 - added tests for this
47 * Class::MOP::Immutable
48 - the immutable class now keeps track of
49 the transformer which immutablized it
51 * Class::MOP::Instance
52 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
53 - added tests for this
55 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
57 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
58 transformation arguments are saved
60 - added tests for this
62 * Class::MOP::Immutable
63 - fixed a bug (see above)
65 * Class::MOP::Attribute
68 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
69 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
70 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
73 - removed the dependency on B
74 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
75 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
76 the B fiddling we were doing with
77 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
78 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
79 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
80 be used to help manage method caching.
83 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
84 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
85 even more accurate caching information.
86 blblack++ for that stuff :)
89 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
90 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
91 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
92 track of when we need to re-fetch the
94 - Several small improvements to take advantage
95 of the new method map caching features
97 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
98 * Class::MOP::Attribute
99 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
100 HASH ref case, which makes the
101 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
102 - added more tests for this
104 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
105 * Class::MOP::Attribute
106 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
107 - added more tests for this
109 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
111 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
112 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
113 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
115 * Class::MOP::Attribute
116 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
117 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
118 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
120 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
121 * Class::MOP::Attribute
122 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
124 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
125 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
127 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
129 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
132 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
133 construct_class_instance (groditi)
134 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
135 call through (groditi)
137 * Class::MOP::Attribute
138 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
139 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
140 it is defined (groditi)
142 * Class::MOP::Instance
143 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
144 it is defined (groditi)
146 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
147 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
148 - removed the relevant attributes
150 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
151 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
152 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
153 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
155 - added tests for this
156 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
157 non-inlined constructors.
158 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
160 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
161 - added this class as an abstract base for the
162 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
163 - added tests for this
166 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
167 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
170 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
172 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
173 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
175 * Class::MOP::Package
176 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
179 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
181 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
183 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
184 it manually now so that people can use this
185 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
187 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
189 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
190 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
191 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
194 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
195 * Class::MOP::Immutable
196 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
197 - removed unused variable
198 - added create_immutable_transformer
199 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
200 - tests for this (groditi)
203 - Immutability can now be undone,
204 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
205 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
206 for details see comments next to make_immutable
207 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
208 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
209 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
210 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
211 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
212 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
214 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
215 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
217 * Class::MOP::Package
218 - we now deal with stub methods properly
219 - added tests for this
220 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
222 * Class::MOP::Attribute
223 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
224 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
226 - added tests and POD for this
229 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
230 handles undef values correctly.
231 - added tests for this
232 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
233 will not get reaped when instances still
234 exist which need to reference them. This is
235 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
236 obscure enough feature that there are not too
237 many work arounds out in the wild.
238 - added tests for this by groditi
239 - updated docs to explain this
242 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
243 - added tests for this behavior
245 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
246 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
249 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
250 - added tests and docs for these
252 * Class::MOP::Attribute
253 - default now checks the instance with defined to
254 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
258 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
264 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
265 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
266 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
267 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
270 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
272 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
273 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
274 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
277 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
278 immutable transformation instead of
279 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
281 + Class::MOP::Immutable
282 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
283 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
284 be coming eventually.
287 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
289 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
290 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
294 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
297 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
299 - constructor generation is now handled by
300 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
302 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
303 - created this to handle constructor generation
304 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
306 * Class::MOP::Attribute
308 - attributes now delegate to the
309 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
312 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
313 - all accessor generation functions from
314 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
316 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
318 * scripts/class_browser.pl
319 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
320 on this to come. Comments and patches are
324 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
325 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
326 they are aliased from the originals
327 - fixed tests to reflect
328 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
330 - adjusted tests for this
331 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
336 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
337 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
338 - adjusted tests to compensate
339 - adjusted docs for this
342 - changed how methods are dealt with to
343 encapsulate most of the work into the
344 &get_method_map method
345 - made several adjustments for the change
346 in Class::MOP::Method
347 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
348 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
349 old one before installing the new one
350 - added tests for this
351 - adjusted docs for this
353 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
354 - added caching of &get_method_map
355 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
356 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
358 * Class::MOP::Package
359 - added filtering capabilities to
360 &list_all_package_symbols
362 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
364 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
365 the $:version and such just actually goes
366 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
367 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
369 - The &create method now requires that all
370 but the package name now is passed in as
371 named parameters. See docs for more info.
372 - updated docs and tests for this
375 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
379 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
380 which do not store things in the instance
381 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
384 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
386 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
388 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
389 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
392 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
393 - fixed all tests for this
395 * Class::MOP::Attribute
396 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
397 are no longer allowed for defaults
398 - added tests for this
400 * Class::MOP::Package
401 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
402 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
403 always reloaded from the symbol table.
405 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
407 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
408 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
409 metamodel is more complete (and closer
410 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
412 * Class::MOP::Package
413 - refactored entire class, this is now
414 the primary gateway between the metaclass
415 and the Perl 5 symbol table
416 - added many tests for this
417 - this class is now a subclass of
419 - added some tests to reflect this
422 - refactored all symbol table access to
423 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
426 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
427 so that Module has a version as an attribute
428 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
429 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
430 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
431 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
432 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
433 - added tests for this
435 * Class::MOP::Instance
436 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
438 - added tests for this
440 * Class::MOP::Attribute
441 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
442 slots from an instance
443 - added tests for this
445 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
448 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
449 anywhere within the class hierarchy
451 * Class::MOP::Attribute
452 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
453 the value of the attribute for a particular
456 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
457 ---------------------------------------
458 This is the first version of Class::MOP
459 to introduce the immutable features which
460 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
461 This support should still be considered
462 experimental, but moving towards stability.
463 ---------------------------------------
465 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
467 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
468 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
469 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
472 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
473 - several methods moved to ::Module and
474 ::Package and now inherited
475 - added tests for this
477 * Class::MOP::Instance
478 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
479 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
480 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
481 instance creation (of course)
484 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
485 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
486 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
487 because they are now more general purpose symbol
488 table manipulation methods.
490 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
491 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
493 - small change in &create so that it behaves
494 properly when inherited
495 - small fix to &clone_instance
497 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
498 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
499 - This release works in combination with
500 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
501 because it introduces a new instance
502 sub-protocol and has not yet been
506 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
507 - added tests for this
508 - improved method modifier wrapping
510 * Class::MOP::Instance
511 - added new instance protocol
512 - added tests for this
513 - changed all relevant modules and examples
515 - Class::MOP::Attribute
519 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
520 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
522 - updated tests for this
525 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
526 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
528 - added tests for this
529 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
530 new instance protocol
531 - added more tests for this
533 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
535 - added find_attribute_by_name method
536 - added tests and docs for this
537 - some small optimizations
539 * Class::MOP::Attribute
540 - some small optimizations
542 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
544 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
545 - added tests for this
546 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
547 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
548 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
549 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
550 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
551 delegates appropriately
553 * Class::MOP::Attribute
554 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
555 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
556 called initialize_instance_slot
559 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
560 initialize_instance_slot method
562 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
564 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
565 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
567 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
569 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
570 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
572 * Class::MOP::Attribute
573 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
574 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
576 - added tests for this
577 - adjusted all /example files to comply
579 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
581 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
582 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
583 - added test case for this
585 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
587 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
588 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
589 available in DESTORY calls
591 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
592 - removed the dependency for Clone since
593 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
596 - added &package_name, &name and
597 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
598 which were formerly private subs in
601 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
602 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
603 before, after and around modifiers
604 - added tests and docs for this feature
607 - improved &get_package_symbol
608 - &version and &superclasses now use it
609 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
611 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
612 - &add_before_method_modifier
613 - &add_after_method_modifier
614 - &add_around_method_modifier
615 - added tests and docs for these
616 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
617 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
619 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
620 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
624 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
625 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
626 the test skip if it is not installed
628 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
630 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
633 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
634 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
635 - added docs and tests
637 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
638 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
639 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
640 be considered "ready to use".
642 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
643 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
644 - test coverage is now at 99%
647 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
648 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
649 metaclass pragma instead.
652 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
653 error/edge-case tests
655 * Class::MOP::Attribute
656 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
657 error/edge-case tests
660 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
662 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
664 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
665 metaclass a little more straightforward
668 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
669 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
670 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
671 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
675 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
676 is now more useful for subclasses
677 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
678 hash of attribute meta objects
679 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
680 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
681 since all the same info can be gotten from the
682 attribute meta-object itself
683 - updated docs & tests to reflect
684 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
685 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
686 - added docs & tests for this
687 - added Clone as a dependency
688 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
689 return blessed new or cloned instances
690 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
691 - added docs & tests for this
692 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
693 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
694 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
695 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
696 - added tests and docs for this
699 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
701 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
703 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
705 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
706 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
707 attributes/methods respectively
710 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
713 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
714 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
718 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
720 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
722 * Class::MOP::Attribute
723 - improved error messages
726 - added new examples:
727 - AttributesWithHistory
728 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
730 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
731 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
733 * Class::MOP::Attribute
734 - refactored method generation code
735 - attributes are now associated with class directly
738 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
739 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
740 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
741 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
742 namespaces really, they are just examples)
744 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
745 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
746 - adding POD documentation to the examples
748 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006