1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
6 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
7 * Class::MOP::Immutable
8 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
11 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
14 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
15 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
18 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
20 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
21 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
23 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
25 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
26 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
27 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
30 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
31 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
32 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
35 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
37 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
38 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
40 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
41 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
42 times in an eval. (t0m)
44 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
46 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
47 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
48 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
49 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
50 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
53 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
54 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
55 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
58 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
59 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
63 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
64 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
65 aliased methods and "real" methods.
67 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
68 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
69 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
70 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
73 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
74 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
77 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
78 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
79 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
80 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
81 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
82 for sad systems without a compiler.
85 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
86 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
89 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
90 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
91 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
93 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
95 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
96 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
97 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
100 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
101 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
102 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
103 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
105 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
107 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
108 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
111 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
112 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
113 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
115 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
117 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
119 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
120 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
121 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
123 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
124 * Class::MOP::Package
125 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
126 releases. (nothingmuch)
129 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
131 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
132 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
133 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
136 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
139 * Class::MOP::Instance
140 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
142 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
144 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
145 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
146 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
147 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
150 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
151 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
155 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
156 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
157 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
158 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
159 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
162 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
163 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
164 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
167 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
168 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
169 consistency (nothingmuch)
170 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
172 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
173 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
174 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
175 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
178 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
179 * Class::MOP::Immutable
180 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
182 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
184 * Class::MOP::Instance
185 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
186 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
188 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
190 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
191 the class is already loaded (sartak)
192 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
193 instead of just 1 (sartak)
196 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
198 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
199 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
200 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
202 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
203 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
204 recognizes it correct this time.
206 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
207 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
210 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
211 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
214 - now stores the instance of the instance
215 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
216 and deletes it when the cache is blown
217 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
218 the options used to make it immutable as well as
219 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
221 * Class::MOP::Package
222 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
223 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
224 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
228 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
230 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
231 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
233 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
234 names now throw a more direct error in
236 - tests for this and other aspects of
242 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
243 Class::MOP::Attribute
244 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
247 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
248 (late night release engineering)--
250 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
251 changes in this release
253 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
254 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
255 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
258 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
259 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
260 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
263 * Class::MOP::Package
264 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
266 - inlining a few calls to &name with
267 direct HASH access key access
268 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
269 a HASH of items based on a type filter
270 similar to list_all_package_symbols
271 - added tests for this
274 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
275 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
276 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
277 - added more descriptive error message to help
278 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
279 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
281 * Class::MOP::Immutable
282 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
284 - added tests for this
286 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
288 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
289 function from MRO::Compat
290 - All XS based functionality now has a
291 Pure Perl alternative
292 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
293 can now be used to force non-XS versions
296 * Class::MOP::Attribute
297 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
298 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
299 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
301 - added tests for this
303 * Class::MOP::Immutable
304 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
305 making the class immutable
308 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
309 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
310 allow for it to work.
311 - added tests for this
313 * Class::MOP::Attribute
315 Class::MOP::Immutable
316 - any time a method meta object is constructed
317 we make sure to pass the correct package and
318 method name information
321 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
322 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
323 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
324 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
325 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
326 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
327 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
328 throw an error if these are not supplied.
329 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
330 and now store the package_name and name attributes
333 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
334 Module::Install support has been removed
336 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
337 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
338 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
339 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
343 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
344 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
346 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
347 when it has no init_arg
348 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
349 to support c3 classes.
351 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
354 - making sure that load_class never gets
355 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
356 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
359 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
361 - improved error handling in ->create method
362 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
363 will be used to populate values
364 - added tests for this
367 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
368 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
374 Class::MOP::Attribute
375 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
376 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
378 * Class::MOP::Instance
379 Class::MOP::Immutable
380 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
383 - fixed the filename length on several
384 test files so we install on VMS better
386 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
387 should be catfile (RT #32385)
389 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
390 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
393 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
394 Class::MOP::Attribute
395 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
396 to indicate that no constructor args can
397 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
398 - added tests for this
399 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
402 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
403 feature instead of the silly hack from
404 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
406 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
408 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
411 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
412 - removed assumptions about the existence of
415 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
416 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
417 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
420 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
421 constant so that we can take advantage
422 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
425 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
426 optimize the &linearized_isa method
427 and avoid the hack/check for circular
428 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
429 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
430 - added tests for this
432 * Class::MOP::Immutable
433 - the immutable class now keeps track of
434 the transformer which immutablized it
436 * Class::MOP::Instance
437 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
438 - added tests for this
440 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
442 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
443 transformation arguments are saved
445 - added tests for this
447 * Class::MOP::Immutable
448 - fixed a bug (see above)
450 * Class::MOP::Attribute
453 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
454 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
455 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
458 - removed the dependency on B
459 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
460 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
461 the B fiddling we were doing with
462 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
463 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
464 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
465 be used to help manage method caching.
468 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
469 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
470 even more accurate caching information.
471 blblack++ for that stuff :)
474 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
475 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
476 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
477 track of when we need to re-fetch the
479 - Several small improvements to take advantage
480 of the new method map caching features
482 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
483 * Class::MOP::Attribute
484 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
485 HASH ref case, which makes the
486 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
487 - added more tests for this
489 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
490 * Class::MOP::Attribute
491 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
492 - added more tests for this
494 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
496 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
497 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
498 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
500 * Class::MOP::Attribute
501 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
502 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
503 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
505 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
506 * Class::MOP::Attribute
507 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
509 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
510 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
512 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
514 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
517 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
518 construct_class_instance (groditi)
519 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
520 call through (groditi)
522 * Class::MOP::Attribute
523 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
524 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
525 it is defined (groditi)
527 * Class::MOP::Instance
528 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
529 it is defined (groditi)
531 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
532 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
533 - removed the relevant attributes
535 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
536 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
537 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
538 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
540 - added tests for this
541 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
542 non-inlined constructors.
543 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
545 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
546 - added this class as an abstract base for the
547 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
548 - added tests for this
551 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
552 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
555 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
557 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
558 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
560 * Class::MOP::Package
561 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
564 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
566 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
568 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
569 it manually now so that people can use this
570 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
572 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
574 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
575 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
576 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
579 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
580 * Class::MOP::Immutable
581 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
582 - removed unused variable
583 - added create_immutable_transformer
584 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
585 - tests for this (groditi)
588 - Immutability can now be undone,
589 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
590 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
591 for details see comments next to make_immutable
592 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
593 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
594 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
595 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
596 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
597 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
599 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
600 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
602 * Class::MOP::Package
603 - we now deal with stub methods properly
604 - added tests for this
605 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
607 * Class::MOP::Attribute
608 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
609 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
611 - added tests and POD for this
614 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
615 handles undef values correctly.
616 - added tests for this
617 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
618 will not get reaped when instances still
619 exist which need to reference them. This is
620 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
621 obscure enough feature that there are not too
622 many work arounds out in the wild.
623 - added tests for this by groditi
624 - updated docs to explain this
627 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
628 - added tests for this behavior
630 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
631 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
634 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
635 - added tests and docs for these
637 * Class::MOP::Attribute
638 - default now checks the instance with defined to
639 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
643 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
649 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
650 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
651 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
652 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
655 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
657 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
658 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
659 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
662 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
663 immutable transformation instead of
664 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
666 + Class::MOP::Immutable
667 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
668 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
669 be coming eventually.
672 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
674 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
675 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
679 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
682 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
684 - constructor generation is now handled by
685 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
687 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
688 - created this to handle constructor generation
689 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
691 * Class::MOP::Attribute
693 - attributes now delegate to the
694 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
697 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
698 - all accessor generation functions from
699 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
701 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
703 * scripts/class_browser.pl
704 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
705 on this to come. Comments and patches are
709 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
710 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
711 they are aliased from the originals
712 - fixed tests to reflect
713 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
715 - adjusted tests for this
716 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
721 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
722 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
723 - adjusted tests to compensate
724 - adjusted docs for this
727 - changed how methods are dealt with to
728 encapsulate most of the work into the
729 &get_method_map method
730 - made several adjustments for the change
731 in Class::MOP::Method
732 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
733 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
734 old one before installing the new one
735 - added tests for this
736 - adjusted docs for this
738 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
739 - added caching of &get_method_map
740 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
741 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
743 * Class::MOP::Package
744 - added filtering capabilities to
745 &list_all_package_symbols
747 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
749 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
750 the $:version and such just actually goes
751 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
752 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
754 - The &create method now requires that all
755 but the package name now is passed in as
756 named parameters. See docs for more info.
757 - updated docs and tests for this
760 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
764 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
765 which do not store things in the instance
766 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
769 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
771 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
773 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
774 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
777 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
778 - fixed all tests for this
780 * Class::MOP::Attribute
781 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
782 are no longer allowed for defaults
783 - added tests for this
785 * Class::MOP::Package
786 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
787 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
788 always reloaded from the symbol table.
790 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
792 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
793 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
794 metamodel is more complete (and closer
795 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
797 * Class::MOP::Package
798 - refactored entire class, this is now
799 the primary gateway between the metaclass
800 and the Perl 5 symbol table
801 - added many tests for this
802 - this class is now a subclass of
804 - added some tests to reflect this
807 - refactored all symbol table access to
808 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
811 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
812 so that Module has a version as an attribute
813 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
814 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
815 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
816 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
817 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
818 - added tests for this
820 * Class::MOP::Instance
821 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
823 - added tests for this
825 * Class::MOP::Attribute
826 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
827 slots from an instance
828 - added tests for this
830 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
833 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
834 anywhere within the class hierarchy
836 * Class::MOP::Attribute
837 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
838 the value of the attribute for a particular
841 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
842 ---------------------------------------
843 This is the first version of Class::MOP
844 to introduce the immutable features which
845 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
846 This support should still be considered
847 experimental, but moving towards stability.
848 ---------------------------------------
850 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
852 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
853 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
854 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
857 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
858 - several methods moved to ::Module and
859 ::Package and now inherited
860 - added tests for this
862 * Class::MOP::Instance
863 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
864 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
865 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
866 instance creation (of course)
869 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
870 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
871 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
872 because they are now more general purpose symbol
873 table manipulation methods.
875 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
876 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
878 - small change in &create so that it behaves
879 properly when inherited
880 - small fix to &clone_instance
882 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
883 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
884 - This release works in combination with
885 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
886 because it introduces a new instance
887 sub-protocol and has not yet been
891 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
892 - added tests for this
893 - improved method modifier wrapping
895 * Class::MOP::Instance
896 - added new instance protocol
897 - added tests for this
898 - changed all relevant modules and examples
900 - Class::MOP::Attribute
904 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
905 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
907 - updated tests for this
910 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
911 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
913 - added tests for this
914 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
915 new instance protocol
916 - added more tests for this
918 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
920 - added find_attribute_by_name method
921 - added tests and docs for this
922 - some small optimizations
924 * Class::MOP::Attribute
925 - some small optimizations
927 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
929 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
930 - added tests for this
931 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
932 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
933 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
934 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
935 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
936 delegates appropriately
938 * Class::MOP::Attribute
939 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
940 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
941 called initialize_instance_slot
944 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
945 initialize_instance_slot method
947 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
949 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
950 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
952 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
954 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
955 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
957 * Class::MOP::Attribute
958 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
959 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
961 - added tests for this
962 - adjusted all /example files to comply
964 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
966 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
967 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
968 - added test case for this
970 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
972 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
973 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
974 available in DESTORY calls
976 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
977 - removed the dependency for Clone since
978 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
981 - added &package_name, &name and
982 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
983 which were formerly private subs in
986 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
987 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
988 before, after and around modifiers
989 - added tests and docs for this feature
992 - improved &get_package_symbol
993 - &version and &superclasses now use it
994 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
996 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
997 - &add_before_method_modifier
998 - &add_after_method_modifier
999 - &add_around_method_modifier
1000 - added tests and docs for these
1001 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1002 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1004 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1005 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1009 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1010 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1011 the test skip if it is not installed
1013 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1015 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1018 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1019 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1020 - added docs and tests
1022 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1023 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1024 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1025 be considered "ready to use".
1027 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1028 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1029 - test coverage is now at 99%
1032 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1033 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1034 metaclass pragma instead.
1037 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1038 error/edge-case tests
1040 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1041 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1042 error/edge-case tests
1045 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1047 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1049 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1050 metaclass a little more straightforward
1053 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1054 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1055 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1056 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1060 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1061 is now more useful for subclasses
1062 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1063 hash of attribute meta objects
1064 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1065 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1066 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1067 attribute meta-object itself
1068 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1069 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1070 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1071 - added docs & tests for this
1072 - added Clone as a dependency
1073 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1074 return blessed new or cloned instances
1075 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1076 - added docs & tests for this
1077 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1078 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1079 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1080 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1081 - added tests and docs for this
1084 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1086 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1088 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1090 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1091 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1092 attributes/methods respectively
1095 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1098 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1099 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1100 - added new example:
1103 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1105 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1107 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1108 - improved error messages
1111 - added new examples:
1112 - AttributesWithHistory
1113 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1115 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1116 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1118 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1119 - refactored method generation code
1120 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1123 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1124 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1125 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1126 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1127 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1129 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1130 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1131 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1133 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006