1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
5 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
9 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
10 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
14 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
15 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
18 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
19 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
22 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
26 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
27 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
28 near future release. You've been warned.
30 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
31 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
32 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
33 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
35 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
36 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
39 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
40 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
43 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
46 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
47 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
49 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
51 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
52 sharing an immutable transformer object
53 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
54 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
56 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
58 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
59 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
60 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
61 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
63 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
64 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
66 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
68 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
69 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
71 * t/082_get_code_info.t
72 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
73 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
76 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
78 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
81 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
82 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
84 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
85 * Class::MOP::Immutable
86 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
87 the constructor was inlined.
89 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
90 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
91 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
93 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
94 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
96 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
98 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
99 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
100 * Class::MOP::Immutable
101 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
102 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
103 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
106 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
107 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
108 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
109 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
110 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
111 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
112 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
113 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
114 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
115 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
117 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
120 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
121 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
124 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
126 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
127 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
129 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
131 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
132 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
133 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
136 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
137 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
138 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
141 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
143 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
144 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
146 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
147 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
148 times in an eval. (t0m)
150 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
152 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
153 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
154 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
155 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
156 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
157 - added test for this
159 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
160 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
161 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
164 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
165 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
169 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
170 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
171 aliased methods and "real" methods.
173 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
174 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
175 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
176 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
179 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
180 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
183 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
184 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
185 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
186 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
187 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
188 for sad systems without a compiler.
191 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
192 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
195 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
196 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
197 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
199 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
201 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
202 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
203 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
204 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
206 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
207 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
208 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
209 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
211 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
213 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
214 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
217 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
218 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
219 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
221 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
223 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
225 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
226 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
227 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
229 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
230 * Class::MOP::Package
231 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
232 releases. (nothingmuch)
235 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
237 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
238 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
239 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
242 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
245 * Class::MOP::Instance
246 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
248 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
250 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
251 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
252 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
253 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
256 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
257 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
261 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
262 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
263 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
264 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
265 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
268 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
269 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
270 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
273 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
274 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
275 consistency (nothingmuch)
276 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
278 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
279 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
280 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
281 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
284 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
285 * Class::MOP::Immutable
286 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
288 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
290 * Class::MOP::Instance
291 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
292 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
294 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
296 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
297 the class is already loaded (sartak)
298 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
299 instead of just 1 (sartak)
302 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
304 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
305 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
306 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
308 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
309 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
310 recognizes it correct this time.
312 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
313 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
316 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
317 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
320 - now stores the instance of the instance
321 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
322 and deletes it when the cache is blown
323 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
324 the options used to make it immutable as well as
325 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
327 * Class::MOP::Package
328 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
329 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
330 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
334 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
336 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
337 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
339 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
340 names now throw a more direct error in
342 - tests for this and other aspects of
348 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
349 Class::MOP::Attribute
350 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
353 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
354 (late night release engineering)--
356 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
357 changes in this release
359 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
360 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
361 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
364 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
365 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
366 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
369 * Class::MOP::Package
370 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
372 - inlining a few calls to &name with
373 direct HASH access key access
374 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
375 a HASH of items based on a type filter
376 similar to list_all_package_symbols
377 - added tests for this
380 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
381 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
382 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
383 - added more descriptive error message to help
384 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
385 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
387 * Class::MOP::Immutable
388 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
390 - added tests for this
392 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
394 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
395 function from MRO::Compat
396 - All XS based functionality now has a
397 Pure Perl alternative
398 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
399 can now be used to force non-XS versions
402 * Class::MOP::Attribute
403 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
404 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
405 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
407 - added tests for this
409 * Class::MOP::Immutable
410 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
411 making the class immutable
414 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
415 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
416 allow for it to work.
417 - added tests for this
419 * Class::MOP::Attribute
421 Class::MOP::Immutable
422 - any time a method meta object is constructed
423 we make sure to pass the correct package and
424 method name information
427 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
428 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
429 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
430 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
431 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
432 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
433 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
434 throw an error if these are not supplied.
435 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
436 and now store the package_name and name attributes
439 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
440 Module::Install support has been removed
442 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
443 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
444 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
445 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
449 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
450 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
452 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
453 when it has no init_arg
454 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
455 to support c3 classes.
457 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
460 - making sure that load_class never gets
461 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
462 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
465 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
467 - improved error handling in ->create method
468 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
469 will be used to populate values
470 - added tests for this
473 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
474 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
480 Class::MOP::Attribute
481 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
482 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
484 * Class::MOP::Instance
485 Class::MOP::Immutable
486 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
489 - fixed the filename length on several
490 test files so we install on VMS better
492 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
493 should be catfile (RT #32385)
495 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
496 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
499 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
500 Class::MOP::Attribute
501 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
502 to indicate that no constructor args can
503 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
504 - added tests for this
505 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
508 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
509 feature instead of the silly hack from
510 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
512 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
514 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
517 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
518 - removed assumptions about the existence of
521 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
522 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
523 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
526 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
527 constant so that we can take advantage
528 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
531 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
532 optimize the &linearized_isa method
533 and avoid the hack/check for circular
534 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
535 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
536 - added tests for this
538 * Class::MOP::Immutable
539 - the immutable class now keeps track of
540 the transformer which immutablized it
542 * Class::MOP::Instance
543 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
544 - added tests for this
546 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
548 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
549 transformation arguments are saved
551 - added tests for this
553 * Class::MOP::Immutable
554 - fixed a bug (see above)
556 * Class::MOP::Attribute
559 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
560 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
561 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
564 - removed the dependency on B
565 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
566 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
567 the B fiddling we were doing with
568 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
569 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
570 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
571 be used to help manage method caching.
574 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
575 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
576 even more accurate caching information.
577 blblack++ for that stuff :)
580 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
581 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
582 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
583 track of when we need to re-fetch the
585 - Several small improvements to take advantage
586 of the new method map caching features
588 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
589 * Class::MOP::Attribute
590 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
591 HASH ref case, which makes the
592 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
593 - added more tests for this
595 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
596 * Class::MOP::Attribute
597 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
598 - added more tests for this
600 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
602 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
603 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
604 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
606 * Class::MOP::Attribute
607 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
608 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
609 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
611 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
612 * Class::MOP::Attribute
613 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
615 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
616 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
618 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
620 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
623 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
624 construct_class_instance (groditi)
625 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
626 call through (groditi)
628 * Class::MOP::Attribute
629 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
630 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
631 it is defined (groditi)
633 * Class::MOP::Instance
634 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
635 it is defined (groditi)
637 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
638 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
639 - removed the relevant attributes
641 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
642 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
643 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
644 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
646 - added tests for this
647 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
648 non-inlined constructors.
649 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
651 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
652 - added this class as an abstract base for the
653 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
654 - added tests for this
657 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
658 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
661 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
663 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
664 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
666 * Class::MOP::Package
667 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
670 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
672 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
674 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
675 it manually now so that people can use this
676 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
678 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
680 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
681 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
682 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
685 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
686 * Class::MOP::Immutable
687 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
688 - removed unused variable
689 - added create_immutable_transformer
690 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
691 - tests for this (groditi)
694 - Immutability can now be undone,
695 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
696 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
697 for details see comments next to make_immutable
698 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
699 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
700 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
701 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
702 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
703 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
705 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
706 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
708 * Class::MOP::Package
709 - we now deal with stub methods properly
710 - added tests for this
711 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
713 * Class::MOP::Attribute
714 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
715 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
717 - added tests and POD for this
720 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
721 handles undef values correctly.
722 - added tests for this
723 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
724 will not get reaped when instances still
725 exist which need to reference them. This is
726 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
727 obscure enough feature that there are not too
728 many work arounds out in the wild.
729 - added tests for this by groditi
730 - updated docs to explain this
733 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
734 - added tests for this behavior
736 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
737 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
740 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
741 - added tests and docs for these
743 * Class::MOP::Attribute
744 - default now checks the instance with defined to
745 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
749 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
755 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
756 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
757 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
758 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
761 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
763 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
764 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
765 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
768 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
769 immutable transformation instead of
770 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
772 + Class::MOP::Immutable
773 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
774 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
775 be coming eventually.
778 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
780 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
781 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
785 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
788 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
790 - constructor generation is now handled by
791 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
793 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
794 - created this to handle constructor generation
795 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
797 * Class::MOP::Attribute
799 - attributes now delegate to the
800 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
803 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
804 - all accessor generation functions from
805 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
807 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
809 * scripts/class_browser.pl
810 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
811 on this to come. Comments and patches are
815 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
816 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
817 they are aliased from the originals
818 - fixed tests to reflect
819 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
821 - adjusted tests for this
822 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
827 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
828 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
829 - adjusted tests to compensate
830 - adjusted docs for this
833 - changed how methods are dealt with to
834 encapsulate most of the work into the
835 &get_method_map method
836 - made several adjustments for the change
837 in Class::MOP::Method
838 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
839 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
840 old one before installing the new one
841 - added tests for this
842 - adjusted docs for this
844 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
845 - added caching of &get_method_map
846 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
847 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
849 * Class::MOP::Package
850 - added filtering capabilities to
851 &list_all_package_symbols
853 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
855 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
856 the $:version and such just actually goes
857 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
858 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
860 - The &create method now requires that all
861 but the package name now is passed in as
862 named parameters. See docs for more info.
863 - updated docs and tests for this
866 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
870 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
871 which do not store things in the instance
872 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
875 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
877 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
879 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
880 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
883 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
884 - fixed all tests for this
886 * Class::MOP::Attribute
887 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
888 are no longer allowed for defaults
889 - added tests for this
891 * Class::MOP::Package
892 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
893 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
894 always reloaded from the symbol table.
896 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
898 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
899 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
900 metamodel is more complete (and closer
901 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
903 * Class::MOP::Package
904 - refactored entire class, this is now
905 the primary gateway between the metaclass
906 and the Perl 5 symbol table
907 - added many tests for this
908 - this class is now a subclass of
910 - added some tests to reflect this
913 - refactored all symbol table access to
914 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
917 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
918 so that Module has a version as an attribute
919 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
920 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
921 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
922 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
923 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
924 - added tests for this
926 * Class::MOP::Instance
927 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
929 - added tests for this
931 * Class::MOP::Attribute
932 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
933 slots from an instance
934 - added tests for this
936 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
939 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
940 anywhere within the class hierarchy
942 * Class::MOP::Attribute
943 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
944 the value of the attribute for a particular
947 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
948 ---------------------------------------
949 This is the first version of Class::MOP
950 to introduce the immutable features which
951 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
952 This support should still be considered
953 experimental, but moving towards stability.
954 ---------------------------------------
956 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
958 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
959 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
960 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
963 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
964 - several methods moved to ::Module and
965 ::Package and now inherited
966 - added tests for this
968 * Class::MOP::Instance
969 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
970 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
971 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
972 instance creation (of course)
975 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
976 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
977 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
978 because they are now more general purpose symbol
979 table manipulation methods.
981 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
982 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
984 - small change in &create so that it behaves
985 properly when inherited
986 - small fix to &clone_instance
988 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
989 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
990 - This release works in combination with
991 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
992 because it introduces a new instance
993 sub-protocol and has not yet been
997 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
998 - added tests for this
999 - improved method modifier wrapping
1001 * Class::MOP::Instance
1002 - added new instance protocol
1003 - added tests for this
1004 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1006 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1010 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1011 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1013 - updated tests for this
1016 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1017 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1019 - added tests for this
1020 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1021 new instance protocol
1022 - added more tests for this
1024 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1026 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1027 - added tests and docs for this
1028 - some small optimizations
1030 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1031 - some small optimizations
1033 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1035 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1036 - added tests for this
1037 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1038 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1039 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1040 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1041 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1042 delegates appropriately
1044 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1045 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1046 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1047 called initialize_instance_slot
1050 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1051 initialize_instance_slot method
1053 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1055 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1056 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1058 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1060 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1061 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1063 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1064 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1065 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1067 - added tests for this
1068 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1070 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1072 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1073 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1074 - added test case for this
1076 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1078 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1079 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1080 available in DESTORY calls
1082 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1083 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1084 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1086 * Class::MOP::Method
1087 - added &package_name, &name and
1088 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1089 which were formerly private subs in
1092 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1093 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1094 before, after and around modifiers
1095 - added tests and docs for this feature
1098 - improved &get_package_symbol
1099 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1100 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1102 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1103 - &add_before_method_modifier
1104 - &add_after_method_modifier
1105 - &add_around_method_modifier
1106 - added tests and docs for these
1107 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1108 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1110 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1111 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1115 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1116 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1117 the test skip if it is not installed
1119 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1121 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1124 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1125 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1126 - added docs and tests
1128 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1129 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1130 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1131 be considered "ready to use".
1133 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1134 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1135 - test coverage is now at 99%
1138 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1139 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1140 metaclass pragma instead.
1143 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1144 error/edge-case tests
1146 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1147 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1148 error/edge-case tests
1151 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1153 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1155 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1156 metaclass a little more straightforward
1159 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1160 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1161 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1162 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1166 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1167 is now more useful for subclasses
1168 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1169 hash of attribute meta objects
1170 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1171 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1172 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1173 attribute meta-object itself
1174 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1175 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1176 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1177 - added docs & tests for this
1178 - added Clone as a dependency
1179 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1180 return blessed new or cloned instances
1181 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1182 - added docs & tests for this
1183 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1184 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1185 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1186 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1187 - added tests and docs for this
1190 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1192 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1194 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1196 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1197 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1198 attributes/methods respectively
1201 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1204 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1205 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1206 - added new example:
1209 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1211 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1213 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1214 - improved error messages
1217 - added new examples:
1218 - AttributesWithHistory
1219 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1221 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1222 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1224 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1225 - refactored method generation code
1226 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1229 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1230 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1231 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1232 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1233 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1235 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1236 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1237 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1239 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006