1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Anonymous classes were not destroyed properly when they went
7 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480 (Goro Fuji).
10 - get_method, has_method, and add_method no longer use get_method_map.
11 Methods are more lazily instantiated to improve performance pretty
12 significantly (Goro Fuji)
15 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we have are
16 perfectly fine. This reduces the numbr of string evals (Goro Fuji)
20 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
21 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
22 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
23 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
24 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
27 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
28 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
30 * Class::MOP::Instance
31 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
32 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
34 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
36 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
38 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
41 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
43 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
44 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
47 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
48 changed back in 0.82_01)
49 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
50 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
53 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
54 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
56 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
58 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
59 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
60 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
63 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
64 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
68 * Class::MOP::Attribute
69 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
71 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
72 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
73 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
76 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
79 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
80 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
81 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
82 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
83 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
86 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
89 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
91 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
95 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
96 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
97 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
98 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
102 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
105 * Class::MOP::Package
106 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
109 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
112 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
114 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
117 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
118 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
119 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
120 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
123 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
124 was removed in 0.82_01.
126 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
127 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
128 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
129 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
130 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
131 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
132 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
133 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
134 for the Moose compatibility handling code
135 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
137 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
139 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
140 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
142 * Class::MOP::Immutable
143 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
144 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
145 provides its own constructor (doy)
147 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
150 * Class::MOP::Instance
151 * Class::MOP::Attribute
152 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
153 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
154 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
155 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
158 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
159 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
161 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
163 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
164 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
166 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
167 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
168 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
169 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
170 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
173 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
174 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
175 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
176 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
177 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
178 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
179 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
181 - Class::MOP::Instance
182 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
186 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
187 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
188 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
190 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
191 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
192 when an object is constructed)
193 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
195 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
196 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
197 when an object is constructed)
198 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
199 - attributes => _attributes
200 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
202 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
204 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
205 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
206 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
209 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
210 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
211 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
214 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
215 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
216 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
217 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
221 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
222 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
223 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
224 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
225 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
226 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
228 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
229 * No changes from 0.78_02.
231 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
233 * Class::MOP::Immutable
234 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
235 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
236 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
237 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
241 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
242 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
245 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
246 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
247 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
249 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
251 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
252 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
255 * Class::MOP::Instance
256 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
257 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
258 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
259 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
261 * Class::MOP::Attribute
262 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
263 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
264 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
266 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
267 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
268 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
272 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
273 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
274 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
275 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
277 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
278 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
279 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
280 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
281 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
282 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
283 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
284 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
285 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
288 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
289 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
292 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
294 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
295 * No changes from 0.77_01
297 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
299 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
300 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
301 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
302 against the pure Perl version of this code.
304 * Class::MOP::Instance
305 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
306 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
309 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
311 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
315 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
316 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
320 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
321 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
323 * Class::MOP::Package
324 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
325 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
328 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
332 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
333 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
334 near future release. You've been warned.
336 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
337 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
338 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
339 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
341 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
342 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
345 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
346 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
349 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
352 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
353 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
355 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
357 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
358 sharing an immutable transformer object
359 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
360 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
362 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
364 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
365 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
366 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
367 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
369 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
370 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
372 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
374 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
375 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
377 * t/082_get_code_info.t
378 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
379 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
380 succeed in that case.
382 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
383 * Class::MOP::Package
384 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
387 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
388 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
390 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
391 * Class::MOP::Immutable
392 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
393 the constructor was inlined.
394 * Class::MOP::Package
395 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
396 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
397 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
399 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
400 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
402 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
404 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
405 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
406 * Class::MOP::Immutable
407 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
408 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
409 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
412 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
413 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
414 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
415 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
416 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
417 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
418 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
419 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
420 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
421 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
423 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
426 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
427 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
430 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
432 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
433 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
435 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
437 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
438 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
439 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
442 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
443 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
444 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
447 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
449 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
450 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
452 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
453 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
454 times in an eval. (t0m)
456 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
458 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
459 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
460 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
461 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
462 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
463 - added test for this
465 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
466 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
467 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
470 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
471 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
475 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
476 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
477 aliased methods and "real" methods.
479 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
480 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
481 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
482 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
485 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
486 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
489 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
490 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
491 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
492 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
493 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
494 for sad systems without a compiler.
497 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
498 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
501 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
502 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
503 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
505 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
507 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
508 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
509 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
510 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
512 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
513 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
514 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
515 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
517 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
519 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
520 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
523 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
524 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
525 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
527 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
529 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
531 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
532 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
533 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
535 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
536 * Class::MOP::Package
537 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
538 releases. (nothingmuch)
541 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
543 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
544 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
545 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
548 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
551 * Class::MOP::Instance
552 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
554 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
556 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
557 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
558 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
559 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
562 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
563 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
567 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
568 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
569 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
570 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
571 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
574 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
575 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
576 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
579 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
580 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
581 consistency (nothingmuch)
582 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
584 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
585 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
586 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
587 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
590 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
591 * Class::MOP::Immutable
592 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
594 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
596 * Class::MOP::Instance
597 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
598 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
600 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
602 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
603 the class is already loaded (sartak)
604 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
605 instead of just 1 (sartak)
608 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
610 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
611 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
612 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
614 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
615 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
616 recognizes it correct this time.
618 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
619 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
622 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
623 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
626 - now stores the instance of the instance
627 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
628 and deletes it when the cache is blown
629 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
630 the options used to make it immutable as well as
631 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
633 * Class::MOP::Package
634 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
635 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
636 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
640 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
642 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
643 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
645 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
646 names now throw a more direct error in
648 - tests for this and other aspects of
654 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
655 Class::MOP::Attribute
656 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
659 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
660 (late night release engineering)--
662 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
663 changes in this release
665 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
666 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
667 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
670 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
671 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
672 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
675 * Class::MOP::Package
676 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
678 - inlining a few calls to &name with
679 direct HASH access key access
680 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
681 a HASH of items based on a type filter
682 similar to list_all_package_symbols
683 - added tests for this
686 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
687 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
688 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
689 - added more descriptive error message to help
690 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
691 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
693 * Class::MOP::Immutable
694 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
696 - added tests for this
698 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
700 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
701 function from MRO::Compat
702 - All XS based functionality now has a
703 Pure Perl alternative
704 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
705 can now be used to force non-XS versions
708 * Class::MOP::Attribute
709 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
710 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
711 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
713 - added tests for this
715 * Class::MOP::Immutable
716 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
717 making the class immutable
720 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
721 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
722 allow for it to work.
723 - added tests for this
725 * Class::MOP::Attribute
727 Class::MOP::Immutable
728 - any time a method meta object is constructed
729 we make sure to pass the correct package and
730 method name information
733 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
734 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
735 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
736 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
737 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
738 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
739 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
740 throw an error if these are not supplied.
741 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
742 and now store the package_name and name attributes
745 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
746 Module::Install support has been removed
748 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
749 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
750 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
751 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
755 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
756 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
758 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
759 when it has no init_arg
760 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
761 to support c3 classes.
763 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
766 - making sure that load_class never gets
767 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
768 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
771 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
773 - improved error handling in ->create method
774 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
775 will be used to populate values
776 - added tests for this
779 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
780 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
786 Class::MOP::Attribute
787 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
788 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
790 * Class::MOP::Instance
791 Class::MOP::Immutable
792 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
795 - fixed the filename length on several
796 test files so we install on VMS better
798 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
799 should be catfile (RT #32385)
801 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
802 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
805 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
806 Class::MOP::Attribute
807 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
808 to indicate that no constructor args can
809 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
810 - added tests for this
811 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
814 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
815 feature instead of the silly hack from
816 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
818 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
820 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
823 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
824 - removed assumptions about the existence of
827 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
828 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
829 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
832 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
833 constant so that we can take advantage
834 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
837 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
838 optimize the &linearized_isa method
839 and avoid the hack/check for circular
840 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
841 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
842 - added tests for this
844 * Class::MOP::Immutable
845 - the immutable class now keeps track of
846 the transformer which immutablized it
848 * Class::MOP::Instance
849 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
850 - added tests for this
852 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
854 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
855 transformation arguments are saved
857 - added tests for this
859 * Class::MOP::Immutable
860 - fixed a bug (see above)
862 * Class::MOP::Attribute
865 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
866 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
867 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
870 - removed the dependency on B
871 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
872 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
873 the B fiddling we were doing with
874 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
875 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
876 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
877 be used to help manage method caching.
880 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
881 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
882 even more accurate caching information.
883 blblack++ for that stuff :)
886 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
887 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
888 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
889 track of when we need to re-fetch the
891 - Several small improvements to take advantage
892 of the new method map caching features
894 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
895 * Class::MOP::Attribute
896 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
897 HASH ref case, which makes the
898 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
899 - added more tests for this
901 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
902 * Class::MOP::Attribute
903 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
904 - added more tests for this
906 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
908 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
909 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
910 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
912 * Class::MOP::Attribute
913 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
914 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
915 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
917 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
918 * Class::MOP::Attribute
919 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
921 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
922 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
924 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
926 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
929 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
930 construct_class_instance (groditi)
931 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
932 call through (groditi)
934 * Class::MOP::Attribute
935 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
936 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
937 it is defined (groditi)
939 * Class::MOP::Instance
940 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
941 it is defined (groditi)
943 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
944 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
945 - removed the relevant attributes
947 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
948 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
949 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
950 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
952 - added tests for this
953 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
954 non-inlined constructors.
955 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
957 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
958 - added this class as an abstract base for the
959 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
960 - added tests for this
963 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
964 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
967 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
969 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
970 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
972 * Class::MOP::Package
973 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
976 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
978 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
980 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
981 it manually now so that people can use this
982 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
984 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
986 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
987 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
988 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
991 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
992 * Class::MOP::Immutable
993 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
994 - removed unused variable
995 - added create_immutable_transformer
996 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
997 - tests for this (groditi)
1000 - Immutability can now be undone,
1001 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1002 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1003 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1004 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1005 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1006 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1007 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1008 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1009 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1011 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1012 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1014 * Class::MOP::Package
1015 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1016 - added tests for this
1017 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1019 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1020 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1021 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1023 - added tests and POD for this
1026 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1027 handles undef values correctly.
1028 - added tests for this
1029 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1030 will not get reaped when instances still
1031 exist which need to reference them. This is
1032 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1033 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1034 many work arounds out in the wild.
1035 - added tests for this by groditi
1036 - updated docs to explain this
1039 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1040 - added tests for this behavior
1042 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1043 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1046 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1047 - added tests and docs for these
1049 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1050 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1051 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1055 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1060 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1061 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1062 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1063 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1064 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1067 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1069 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1070 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1071 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1074 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1075 immutable transformation instead of
1076 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1078 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1079 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1080 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1081 be coming eventually.
1084 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1086 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1087 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1091 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1094 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1096 - constructor generation is now handled by
1097 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1099 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1100 - created this to handle constructor generation
1101 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1105 - attributes now delegate to the
1106 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1109 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1110 - all accessor generation functions from
1111 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1113 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1115 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1116 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1117 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1121 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1122 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1123 they are aliased from the originals
1124 - fixed tests to reflect
1125 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1127 - adjusted tests for this
1128 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1131 * Class::MOP::Method
1133 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1134 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1135 - adjusted tests to compensate
1136 - adjusted docs for this
1139 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1140 encapsulate most of the work into the
1141 &get_method_map method
1142 - made several adjustments for the change
1143 in Class::MOP::Method
1144 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1145 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1146 old one before installing the new one
1147 - added tests for this
1148 - adjusted docs for this
1150 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1151 - added caching of &get_method_map
1152 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1153 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1155 * Class::MOP::Package
1156 - added filtering capabilities to
1157 &list_all_package_symbols
1159 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1161 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1162 the $:version and such just actually goes
1163 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1164 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1166 - The &create method now requires that all
1167 but the package name now is passed in as
1168 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1169 - updated docs and tests for this
1171 * Class::MOP::Object
1172 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1176 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1177 which do not store things in the instance
1178 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1181 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1183 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1185 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1186 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1189 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1190 - fixed all tests for this
1192 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1193 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1194 are no longer allowed for defaults
1195 - added tests for this
1197 * Class::MOP::Package
1198 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1199 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1200 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1202 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1204 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1205 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1206 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1207 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1209 * Class::MOP::Package
1210 - refactored entire class, this is now
1211 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1212 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1213 - added many tests for this
1214 - this class is now a subclass of
1216 - added some tests to reflect this
1219 - refactored all symbol table access to
1220 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1222 * Class::MOP::Module
1223 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1224 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1225 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1226 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1227 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1228 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1229 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1230 - added tests for this
1232 * Class::MOP::Instance
1233 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1235 - added tests for this
1237 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1238 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1239 slots from an instance
1240 - added tests for this
1242 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1245 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1246 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1248 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1249 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1250 the value of the attribute for a particular
1253 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1254 ---------------------------------------
1255 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1256 to introduce the immutable features which
1257 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1258 This support should still be considered
1259 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1260 ---------------------------------------
1262 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1264 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1265 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1266 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1269 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1270 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1271 ::Package and now inherited
1272 - added tests for this
1274 * Class::MOP::Instance
1275 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1276 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1277 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1278 instance creation (of course)
1281 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1282 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1283 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1284 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1285 table manipulation methods.
1287 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1288 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1290 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1291 properly when inherited
1292 - small fix to &clone_instance
1294 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1295 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1296 - This release works in combination with
1297 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1298 because it introduces a new instance
1299 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1303 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1304 - added tests for this
1305 - improved method modifier wrapping
1307 * Class::MOP::Instance
1308 - added new instance protocol
1309 - added tests for this
1310 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1312 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1316 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1317 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1319 - updated tests for this
1322 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1323 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1325 - added tests for this
1326 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1327 new instance protocol
1328 - added more tests for this
1330 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1332 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1333 - added tests and docs for this
1334 - some small optimizations
1336 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1337 - some small optimizations
1339 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1341 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1342 - added tests for this
1343 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1344 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1345 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1346 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1347 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1348 delegates appropriately
1350 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1351 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1352 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1353 called initialize_instance_slot
1356 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1357 initialize_instance_slot method
1359 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1361 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1362 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1364 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1366 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1367 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1369 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1370 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1371 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1373 - added tests for this
1374 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1376 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1378 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1379 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1380 - added test case for this
1382 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1384 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1385 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1386 available in DESTORY calls
1388 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1389 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1390 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1392 * Class::MOP::Method
1393 - added &package_name, &name and
1394 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1395 which were formerly private subs in
1398 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1399 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1400 before, after and around modifiers
1401 - added tests and docs for this feature
1404 - improved &get_package_symbol
1405 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1406 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1408 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1409 - &add_before_method_modifier
1410 - &add_after_method_modifier
1411 - &add_around_method_modifier
1412 - added tests and docs for these
1413 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1414 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1416 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1417 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1421 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1422 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1423 the test skip if it is not installed
1425 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1427 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1430 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1431 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1432 - added docs and tests
1434 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1435 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1436 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1437 be considered "ready to use".
1439 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1440 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1441 - test coverage is now at 99%
1444 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1445 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1446 metaclass pragma instead.
1449 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1450 error/edge-case tests
1452 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1453 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1454 error/edge-case tests
1457 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1459 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1461 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1462 metaclass a little more straightforward
1465 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1466 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1467 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1468 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1472 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1473 is now more useful for subclasses
1474 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1475 hash of attribute meta objects
1476 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1477 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1478 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1479 attribute meta-object itself
1480 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1481 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1482 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1483 - added docs & tests for this
1484 - added Clone as a dependency
1485 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1486 return blessed new or cloned instances
1487 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1488 - added docs & tests for this
1489 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1490 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1491 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1492 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1493 - added tests and docs for this
1496 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1498 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1500 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1502 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1503 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1504 attributes/methods respectively
1507 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1510 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1511 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1512 - added new example:
1515 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1517 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1519 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1520 - improved error messages
1523 - added new examples:
1524 - AttributesWithHistory
1525 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1527 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1528 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1530 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1531 - refactored method generation code
1532 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1535 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1536 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1537 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1538 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1539 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1541 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1542 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1543 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1545 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006