1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. It has always returned 1 so
6 it won't be missed. (Sartak)
9 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual
10 goal of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
11 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
14 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
15 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that
16 it accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
19 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first existing
20 class; instead, it loaded the first existing and compiling class. It
21 now throws an error if a class exists (in @INC) but fails to compile.
26 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
27 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due
28 to an oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and
29 MRO::Compat have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was
30 pointless. This insight simplified the subclasses method
31 by deleting the pure-perl fallback. (Sartak)
33 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
34 * No changes from 0.78_02.
36 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
38 * Class::MOP::Immutable
39 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
40 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
41 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
42 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
46 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
47 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
50 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
51 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
52 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
54 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
56 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
57 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
60 * Class::MOP::Instance
61 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
62 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
63 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
64 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
66 * Class::MOP::Attribute
67 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
68 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
69 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
71 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
72 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
73 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
77 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
78 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
79 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
80 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
82 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
83 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
84 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
85 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
86 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
87 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
88 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
89 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
90 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
93 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
94 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
97 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
99 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
100 * No changes from 0.77_01
102 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
104 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
105 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
106 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
107 against the pure Perl version of this code.
109 * Class::MOP::Instance
110 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
111 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
114 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
116 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
120 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
121 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
125 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
126 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
128 * Class::MOP::Package
129 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
130 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
133 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
137 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
138 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
139 near future release. You've been warned.
141 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
142 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
143 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
144 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
146 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
147 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
150 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
151 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
154 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
157 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
158 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
160 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
162 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
163 sharing an immutable transformer object
164 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
165 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
167 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
169 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
170 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
171 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
172 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
174 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
175 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
177 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
179 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
180 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
182 * t/082_get_code_info.t
183 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
184 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
185 succeed in that case.
187 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
188 * Class::MOP::Package
189 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
192 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
193 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
195 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
196 * Class::MOP::Immutable
197 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
198 the constructor was inlined.
199 * Class::MOP::Package
200 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
201 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
202 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
204 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
205 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
207 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
209 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
210 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
211 * Class::MOP::Immutable
212 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
213 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
214 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
217 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
218 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
219 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
220 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
221 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
222 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
223 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
224 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
225 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
226 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
228 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
231 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
232 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
235 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
237 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
238 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
240 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
242 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
243 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
244 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
247 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
248 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
249 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
252 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
254 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
255 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
257 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
258 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
259 times in an eval. (t0m)
261 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
263 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
264 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
265 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
266 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
267 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
268 - added test for this
270 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
271 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
272 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
275 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
276 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
280 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
281 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
282 aliased methods and "real" methods.
284 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
285 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
286 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
287 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
290 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
291 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
294 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
295 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
296 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
297 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
298 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
299 for sad systems without a compiler.
302 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
303 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
306 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
307 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
308 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
310 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
312 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
313 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
314 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
315 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
317 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
318 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
319 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
320 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
322 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
324 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
325 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
328 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
329 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
330 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
332 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
334 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
336 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
337 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
338 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
340 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
341 * Class::MOP::Package
342 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
343 releases. (nothingmuch)
346 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
348 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
349 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
350 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
353 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
356 * Class::MOP::Instance
357 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
359 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
361 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
362 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
363 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
364 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
367 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
368 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
372 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
373 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
374 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
375 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
376 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
379 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
380 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
381 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
384 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
385 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
386 consistency (nothingmuch)
387 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
389 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
390 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
391 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
392 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
395 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
396 * Class::MOP::Immutable
397 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
399 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
401 * Class::MOP::Instance
402 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
403 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
405 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
407 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
408 the class is already loaded (sartak)
409 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
410 instead of just 1 (sartak)
413 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
415 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
416 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
417 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
419 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
420 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
421 recognizes it correct this time.
423 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
424 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
427 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
428 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
431 - now stores the instance of the instance
432 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
433 and deletes it when the cache is blown
434 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
435 the options used to make it immutable as well as
436 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
438 * Class::MOP::Package
439 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
440 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
441 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
445 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
447 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
448 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
450 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
451 names now throw a more direct error in
453 - tests for this and other aspects of
459 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
460 Class::MOP::Attribute
461 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
464 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
465 (late night release engineering)--
467 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
468 changes in this release
470 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
471 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
472 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
475 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
476 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
477 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
480 * Class::MOP::Package
481 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
483 - inlining a few calls to &name with
484 direct HASH access key access
485 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
486 a HASH of items based on a type filter
487 similar to list_all_package_symbols
488 - added tests for this
491 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
492 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
493 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
494 - added more descriptive error message to help
495 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
496 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
498 * Class::MOP::Immutable
499 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
501 - added tests for this
503 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
505 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
506 function from MRO::Compat
507 - All XS based functionality now has a
508 Pure Perl alternative
509 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
510 can now be used to force non-XS versions
513 * Class::MOP::Attribute
514 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
515 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
516 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
518 - added tests for this
520 * Class::MOP::Immutable
521 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
522 making the class immutable
525 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
526 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
527 allow for it to work.
528 - added tests for this
530 * Class::MOP::Attribute
532 Class::MOP::Immutable
533 - any time a method meta object is constructed
534 we make sure to pass the correct package and
535 method name information
538 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
539 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
540 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
541 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
542 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
543 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
544 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
545 throw an error if these are not supplied.
546 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
547 and now store the package_name and name attributes
550 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
551 Module::Install support has been removed
553 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
554 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
555 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
556 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
560 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
561 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
563 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
564 when it has no init_arg
565 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
566 to support c3 classes.
568 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
571 - making sure that load_class never gets
572 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
573 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
576 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
578 - improved error handling in ->create method
579 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
580 will be used to populate values
581 - added tests for this
584 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
585 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
591 Class::MOP::Attribute
592 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
593 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
595 * Class::MOP::Instance
596 Class::MOP::Immutable
597 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
600 - fixed the filename length on several
601 test files so we install on VMS better
603 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
604 should be catfile (RT #32385)
606 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
607 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
610 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
611 Class::MOP::Attribute
612 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
613 to indicate that no constructor args can
614 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
615 - added tests for this
616 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
619 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
620 feature instead of the silly hack from
621 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
623 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
625 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
628 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
629 - removed assumptions about the existence of
632 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
633 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
634 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
637 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
638 constant so that we can take advantage
639 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
642 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
643 optimize the &linearized_isa method
644 and avoid the hack/check for circular
645 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
646 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
647 - added tests for this
649 * Class::MOP::Immutable
650 - the immutable class now keeps track of
651 the transformer which immutablized it
653 * Class::MOP::Instance
654 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
655 - added tests for this
657 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
659 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
660 transformation arguments are saved
662 - added tests for this
664 * Class::MOP::Immutable
665 - fixed a bug (see above)
667 * Class::MOP::Attribute
670 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
671 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
672 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
675 - removed the dependency on B
676 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
677 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
678 the B fiddling we were doing with
679 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
680 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
681 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
682 be used to help manage method caching.
685 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
686 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
687 even more accurate caching information.
688 blblack++ for that stuff :)
691 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
692 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
693 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
694 track of when we need to re-fetch the
696 - Several small improvements to take advantage
697 of the new method map caching features
699 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
700 * Class::MOP::Attribute
701 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
702 HASH ref case, which makes the
703 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
704 - added more tests for this
706 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
707 * Class::MOP::Attribute
708 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
709 - added more tests for this
711 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
713 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
714 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
715 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
717 * Class::MOP::Attribute
718 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
719 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
720 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
722 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
723 * Class::MOP::Attribute
724 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
726 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
727 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
729 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
731 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
734 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
735 construct_class_instance (groditi)
736 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
737 call through (groditi)
739 * Class::MOP::Attribute
740 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
741 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
742 it is defined (groditi)
744 * Class::MOP::Instance
745 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
746 it is defined (groditi)
748 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
749 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
750 - removed the relevant attributes
752 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
753 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
754 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
755 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
757 - added tests for this
758 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
759 non-inlined constructors.
760 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
762 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
763 - added this class as an abstract base for the
764 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
765 - added tests for this
768 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
769 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
772 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
774 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
775 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
777 * Class::MOP::Package
778 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
781 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
783 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
785 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
786 it manually now so that people can use this
787 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
789 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
791 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
792 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
793 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
796 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
797 * Class::MOP::Immutable
798 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
799 - removed unused variable
800 - added create_immutable_transformer
801 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
802 - tests for this (groditi)
805 - Immutability can now be undone,
806 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
807 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
808 for details see comments next to make_immutable
809 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
810 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
811 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
812 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
813 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
814 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
816 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
817 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
819 * Class::MOP::Package
820 - we now deal with stub methods properly
821 - added tests for this
822 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
824 * Class::MOP::Attribute
825 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
826 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
828 - added tests and POD for this
831 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
832 handles undef values correctly.
833 - added tests for this
834 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
835 will not get reaped when instances still
836 exist which need to reference them. This is
837 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
838 obscure enough feature that there are not too
839 many work arounds out in the wild.
840 - added tests for this by groditi
841 - updated docs to explain this
844 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
845 - added tests for this behavior
847 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
848 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
851 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
852 - added tests and docs for these
854 * Class::MOP::Attribute
855 - default now checks the instance with defined to
856 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
860 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
866 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
867 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
868 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
869 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
872 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
874 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
875 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
876 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
879 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
880 immutable transformation instead of
881 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
883 + Class::MOP::Immutable
884 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
885 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
886 be coming eventually.
889 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
891 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
892 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
896 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
899 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
901 - constructor generation is now handled by
902 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
904 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
905 - created this to handle constructor generation
906 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
908 * Class::MOP::Attribute
910 - attributes now delegate to the
911 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
914 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
915 - all accessor generation functions from
916 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
918 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
920 * scripts/class_browser.pl
921 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
922 on this to come. Comments and patches are
926 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
927 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
928 they are aliased from the originals
929 - fixed tests to reflect
930 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
932 - adjusted tests for this
933 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
938 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
939 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
940 - adjusted tests to compensate
941 - adjusted docs for this
944 - changed how methods are dealt with to
945 encapsulate most of the work into the
946 &get_method_map method
947 - made several adjustments for the change
948 in Class::MOP::Method
949 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
950 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
951 old one before installing the new one
952 - added tests for this
953 - adjusted docs for this
955 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
956 - added caching of &get_method_map
957 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
958 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
960 * Class::MOP::Package
961 - added filtering capabilities to
962 &list_all_package_symbols
964 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
966 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
967 the $:version and such just actually goes
968 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
969 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
971 - The &create method now requires that all
972 but the package name now is passed in as
973 named parameters. See docs for more info.
974 - updated docs and tests for this
977 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
981 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
982 which do not store things in the instance
983 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
986 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
988 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
990 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
991 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
994 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
995 - fixed all tests for this
997 * Class::MOP::Attribute
998 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
999 are no longer allowed for defaults
1000 - added tests for this
1002 * Class::MOP::Package
1003 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1004 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1005 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1007 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1009 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1010 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1011 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1012 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1014 * Class::MOP::Package
1015 - refactored entire class, this is now
1016 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1017 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1018 - added many tests for this
1019 - this class is now a subclass of
1021 - added some tests to reflect this
1024 - refactored all symbol table access to
1025 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1027 * Class::MOP::Module
1028 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1029 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1030 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1031 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1032 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1033 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1034 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1035 - added tests for this
1037 * Class::MOP::Instance
1038 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1040 - added tests for this
1042 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1043 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1044 slots from an instance
1045 - added tests for this
1047 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1050 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1051 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1053 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1054 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1055 the value of the attribute for a particular
1058 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1059 ---------------------------------------
1060 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1061 to introduce the immutable features which
1062 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1063 This support should still be considered
1064 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1065 ---------------------------------------
1067 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1069 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1070 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1071 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1074 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1075 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1076 ::Package and now inherited
1077 - added tests for this
1079 * Class::MOP::Instance
1080 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1081 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1082 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1083 instance creation (of course)
1086 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1087 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1088 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1089 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1090 table manipulation methods.
1092 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1093 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1095 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1096 properly when inherited
1097 - small fix to &clone_instance
1099 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1100 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1101 - This release works in combination with
1102 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1103 because it introduces a new instance
1104 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1108 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1109 - added tests for this
1110 - improved method modifier wrapping
1112 * Class::MOP::Instance
1113 - added new instance protocol
1114 - added tests for this
1115 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1117 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1121 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1122 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1124 - updated tests for this
1127 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1128 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1130 - added tests for this
1131 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1132 new instance protocol
1133 - added more tests for this
1135 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1137 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1138 - added tests and docs for this
1139 - some small optimizations
1141 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1142 - some small optimizations
1144 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1146 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1147 - added tests for this
1148 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1149 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1150 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1151 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1152 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1153 delegates appropriately
1155 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1156 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1157 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1158 called initialize_instance_slot
1161 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1162 initialize_instance_slot method
1164 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1166 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1167 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1169 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1171 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1172 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1174 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1175 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1176 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1178 - added tests for this
1179 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1181 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1183 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1184 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1185 - added test case for this
1187 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1189 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1190 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1191 available in DESTORY calls
1193 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1194 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1195 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1197 * Class::MOP::Method
1198 - added &package_name, &name and
1199 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1200 which were formerly private subs in
1203 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1204 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1205 before, after and around modifiers
1206 - added tests and docs for this feature
1209 - improved &get_package_symbol
1210 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1211 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1213 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1214 - &add_before_method_modifier
1215 - &add_after_method_modifier
1216 - &add_around_method_modifier
1217 - added tests and docs for these
1218 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1219 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1221 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1222 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1226 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1227 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1228 the test skip if it is not installed
1230 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1232 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1235 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1236 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1237 - added docs and tests
1239 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1240 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1241 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1242 be considered "ready to use".
1244 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1245 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1246 - test coverage is now at 99%
1249 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1250 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1251 metaclass pragma instead.
1254 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1255 error/edge-case tests
1257 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1258 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1259 error/edge-case tests
1262 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1264 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1266 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1267 metaclass a little more straightforward
1270 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1271 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1272 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1273 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1277 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1278 is now more useful for subclasses
1279 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1280 hash of attribute meta objects
1281 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1282 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1283 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1284 attribute meta-object itself
1285 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1286 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1287 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1288 - added docs & tests for this
1289 - added Clone as a dependency
1290 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1291 return blessed new or cloned instances
1292 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1293 - added docs & tests for this
1294 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1295 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1296 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1297 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1298 - added tests and docs for this
1301 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1303 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1305 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1307 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1308 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1309 attributes/methods respectively
1312 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1315 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1316 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1317 - added new example:
1320 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1322 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1324 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1325 - improved error messages
1328 - added new examples:
1329 - AttributesWithHistory
1330 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1332 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1333 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1335 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1336 - refactored method generation code
1337 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1340 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1341 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1342 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1343 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1344 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1346 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1347 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1348 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1350 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006