1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl api.
6 * Class::MOP::Attribute
7 - Allow default values to be objects with overloaded codification.
9 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
10 * t/082_get_code_info.t
11 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not munger
12 anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests succeed
15 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
17 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
20 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
21 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
23 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
24 * Class::MOP::Immutable
25 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
26 the constructor was inlined.
28 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
29 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
30 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
32 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
33 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
35 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
37 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
38 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
39 * Class::MOP::Immutable
40 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
41 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
42 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
45 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
46 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
47 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
49 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
50 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
51 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
52 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
53 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
54 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
56 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
59 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
60 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
63 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
65 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
66 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
68 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
70 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
71 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
72 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
75 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
76 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
77 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
80 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
82 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
83 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
85 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
86 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
87 times in an eval. (t0m)
89 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
91 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
92 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
93 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
94 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
95 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
98 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
99 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
100 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
103 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
104 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
108 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
109 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
110 aliased methods and "real" methods.
112 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
113 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
114 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
115 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
118 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
119 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
122 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
123 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
124 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
125 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
126 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
127 for sad systems without a compiler.
130 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
131 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
134 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
135 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
136 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
138 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
140 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
141 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
142 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
143 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
145 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
146 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
147 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
148 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
150 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
152 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
153 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
156 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
157 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
158 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
160 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
162 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
164 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
165 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
166 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
168 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
169 * Class::MOP::Package
170 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
171 releases. (nothingmuch)
174 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
176 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
177 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
178 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
181 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
184 * Class::MOP::Instance
185 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
187 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
189 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
190 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
191 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
192 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
195 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
196 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
200 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
201 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
202 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
203 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
204 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
207 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
208 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
209 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
212 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
213 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
214 consistency (nothingmuch)
215 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
217 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
218 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
219 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
220 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
223 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
224 * Class::MOP::Immutable
225 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
227 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
229 * Class::MOP::Instance
230 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
231 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
233 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
235 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
236 the class is already loaded (sartak)
237 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
238 instead of just 1 (sartak)
241 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
243 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
244 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
245 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
247 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
248 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
249 recognizes it correct this time.
251 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
252 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
255 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
256 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
259 - now stores the instance of the instance
260 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
261 and deletes it when the cache is blown
262 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
263 the options used to make it immutable as well as
264 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
266 * Class::MOP::Package
267 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
268 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
269 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
273 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
275 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
276 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
278 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
279 names now throw a more direct error in
281 - tests for this and other aspects of
287 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
288 Class::MOP::Attribute
289 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
292 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
293 (late night release engineering)--
295 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
296 changes in this release
298 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
299 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
300 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
303 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
304 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
305 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
308 * Class::MOP::Package
309 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
311 - inlining a few calls to &name with
312 direct HASH access key access
313 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
314 a HASH of items based on a type filter
315 similar to list_all_package_symbols
316 - added tests for this
319 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
320 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
321 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
322 - added more descriptive error message to help
323 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
324 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
326 * Class::MOP::Immutable
327 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
329 - added tests for this
331 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
333 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
334 function from MRO::Compat
335 - All XS based functionality now has a
336 Pure Perl alternative
337 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
338 can now be used to force non-XS versions
341 * Class::MOP::Attribute
342 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
343 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
344 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
346 - added tests for this
348 * Class::MOP::Immutable
349 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
350 making the class immutable
353 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
354 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
355 allow for it to work.
356 - added tests for this
358 * Class::MOP::Attribute
360 Class::MOP::Immutable
361 - any time a method meta object is constructed
362 we make sure to pass the correct package and
363 method name information
366 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
367 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
368 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
369 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
370 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
371 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
372 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
373 throw an error if these are not supplied.
374 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
375 and now store the package_name and name attributes
378 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
379 Module::Install support has been removed
381 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
382 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
383 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
384 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
388 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
389 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
391 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
392 when it has no init_arg
393 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
394 to support c3 classes.
396 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
399 - making sure that load_class never gets
400 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
401 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
404 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
406 - improved error handling in ->create method
407 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
408 will be used to populate values
409 - added tests for this
412 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
413 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
419 Class::MOP::Attribute
420 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
421 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
423 * Class::MOP::Instance
424 Class::MOP::Immutable
425 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
428 - fixed the filename length on several
429 test files so we install on VMS better
431 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
432 should be catfile (RT #32385)
434 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
435 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
438 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
439 Class::MOP::Attribute
440 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
441 to indicate that no constructor args can
442 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
443 - added tests for this
444 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
447 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
448 feature instead of the silly hack from
449 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
451 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
453 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
456 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
457 - removed assumptions about the existence of
460 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
461 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
462 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
465 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
466 constant so that we can take advantage
467 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
470 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
471 optimize the &linearized_isa method
472 and avoid the hack/check for circular
473 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
474 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
475 - added tests for this
477 * Class::MOP::Immutable
478 - the immutable class now keeps track of
479 the transformer which immutablized it
481 * Class::MOP::Instance
482 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
483 - added tests for this
485 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
487 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
488 transformation arguments are saved
490 - added tests for this
492 * Class::MOP::Immutable
493 - fixed a bug (see above)
495 * Class::MOP::Attribute
498 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
499 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
500 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
503 - removed the dependency on B
504 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
505 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
506 the B fiddling we were doing with
507 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
508 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
509 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
510 be used to help manage method caching.
513 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
514 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
515 even more accurate caching information.
516 blblack++ for that stuff :)
519 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
520 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
521 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
522 track of when we need to re-fetch the
524 - Several small improvements to take advantage
525 of the new method map caching features
527 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
528 * Class::MOP::Attribute
529 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
530 HASH ref case, which makes the
531 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
532 - added more tests for this
534 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
535 * Class::MOP::Attribute
536 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
537 - added more tests for this
539 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
541 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
542 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
543 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
545 * Class::MOP::Attribute
546 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
547 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
548 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
550 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
551 * Class::MOP::Attribute
552 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
554 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
555 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
557 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
559 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
562 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
563 construct_class_instance (groditi)
564 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
565 call through (groditi)
567 * Class::MOP::Attribute
568 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
569 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
570 it is defined (groditi)
572 * Class::MOP::Instance
573 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
574 it is defined (groditi)
576 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
577 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
578 - removed the relevant attributes
580 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
581 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
582 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
583 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
585 - added tests for this
586 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
587 non-inlined constructors.
588 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
590 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
591 - added this class as an abstract base for the
592 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
593 - added tests for this
596 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
597 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
600 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
602 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
603 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
605 * Class::MOP::Package
606 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
609 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
611 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
613 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
614 it manually now so that people can use this
615 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
617 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
619 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
620 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
621 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
624 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
625 * Class::MOP::Immutable
626 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
627 - removed unused variable
628 - added create_immutable_transformer
629 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
630 - tests for this (groditi)
633 - Immutability can now be undone,
634 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
635 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
636 for details see comments next to make_immutable
637 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
638 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
639 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
640 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
641 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
642 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
644 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
645 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
647 * Class::MOP::Package
648 - we now deal with stub methods properly
649 - added tests for this
650 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
652 * Class::MOP::Attribute
653 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
654 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
656 - added tests and POD for this
659 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
660 handles undef values correctly.
661 - added tests for this
662 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
663 will not get reaped when instances still
664 exist which need to reference them. This is
665 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
666 obscure enough feature that there are not too
667 many work arounds out in the wild.
668 - added tests for this by groditi
669 - updated docs to explain this
672 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
673 - added tests for this behavior
675 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
676 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
679 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
680 - added tests and docs for these
682 * Class::MOP::Attribute
683 - default now checks the instance with defined to
684 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
688 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
694 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
695 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
696 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
697 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
700 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
702 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
703 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
704 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
707 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
708 immutable transformation instead of
709 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
711 + Class::MOP::Immutable
712 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
713 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
714 be coming eventually.
717 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
719 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
720 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
724 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
727 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
729 - constructor generation is now handled by
730 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
732 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
733 - created this to handle constructor generation
734 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
736 * Class::MOP::Attribute
738 - attributes now delegate to the
739 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
742 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
743 - all accessor generation functions from
744 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
746 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
748 * scripts/class_browser.pl
749 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
750 on this to come. Comments and patches are
754 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
755 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
756 they are aliased from the originals
757 - fixed tests to reflect
758 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
760 - adjusted tests for this
761 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
766 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
767 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
768 - adjusted tests to compensate
769 - adjusted docs for this
772 - changed how methods are dealt with to
773 encapsulate most of the work into the
774 &get_method_map method
775 - made several adjustments for the change
776 in Class::MOP::Method
777 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
778 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
779 old one before installing the new one
780 - added tests for this
781 - adjusted docs for this
783 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
784 - added caching of &get_method_map
785 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
786 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
788 * Class::MOP::Package
789 - added filtering capabilities to
790 &list_all_package_symbols
792 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
794 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
795 the $:version and such just actually goes
796 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
797 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
799 - The &create method now requires that all
800 but the package name now is passed in as
801 named parameters. See docs for more info.
802 - updated docs and tests for this
805 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
809 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
810 which do not store things in the instance
811 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
814 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
816 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
818 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
819 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
822 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
823 - fixed all tests for this
825 * Class::MOP::Attribute
826 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
827 are no longer allowed for defaults
828 - added tests for this
830 * Class::MOP::Package
831 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
832 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
833 always reloaded from the symbol table.
835 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
837 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
838 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
839 metamodel is more complete (and closer
840 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
842 * Class::MOP::Package
843 - refactored entire class, this is now
844 the primary gateway between the metaclass
845 and the Perl 5 symbol table
846 - added many tests for this
847 - this class is now a subclass of
849 - added some tests to reflect this
852 - refactored all symbol table access to
853 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
856 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
857 so that Module has a version as an attribute
858 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
859 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
860 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
861 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
862 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
863 - added tests for this
865 * Class::MOP::Instance
866 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
868 - added tests for this
870 * Class::MOP::Attribute
871 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
872 slots from an instance
873 - added tests for this
875 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
878 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
879 anywhere within the class hierarchy
881 * Class::MOP::Attribute
882 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
883 the value of the attribute for a particular
886 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
887 ---------------------------------------
888 This is the first version of Class::MOP
889 to introduce the immutable features which
890 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
891 This support should still be considered
892 experimental, but moving towards stability.
893 ---------------------------------------
895 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
897 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
898 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
899 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
902 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
903 - several methods moved to ::Module and
904 ::Package and now inherited
905 - added tests for this
907 * Class::MOP::Instance
908 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
909 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
910 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
911 instance creation (of course)
914 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
915 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
916 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
917 because they are now more general purpose symbol
918 table manipulation methods.
920 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
921 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
923 - small change in &create so that it behaves
924 properly when inherited
925 - small fix to &clone_instance
927 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
928 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
929 - This release works in combination with
930 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
931 because it introduces a new instance
932 sub-protocol and has not yet been
936 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
937 - added tests for this
938 - improved method modifier wrapping
940 * Class::MOP::Instance
941 - added new instance protocol
942 - added tests for this
943 - changed all relevant modules and examples
945 - Class::MOP::Attribute
949 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
950 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
952 - updated tests for this
955 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
956 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
958 - added tests for this
959 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
960 new instance protocol
961 - added more tests for this
963 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
965 - added find_attribute_by_name method
966 - added tests and docs for this
967 - some small optimizations
969 * Class::MOP::Attribute
970 - some small optimizations
972 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
974 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
975 - added tests for this
976 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
977 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
978 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
979 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
980 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
981 delegates appropriately
983 * Class::MOP::Attribute
984 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
985 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
986 called initialize_instance_slot
989 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
990 initialize_instance_slot method
992 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
994 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
995 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
997 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
999 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1000 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1002 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1003 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1004 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1006 - added tests for this
1007 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1009 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1011 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1012 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1013 - added test case for this
1015 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1017 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1018 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1019 available in DESTORY calls
1021 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1022 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1023 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1025 * Class::MOP::Method
1026 - added &package_name, &name and
1027 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1028 which were formerly private subs in
1031 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1032 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1033 before, after and around modifiers
1034 - added tests and docs for this feature
1037 - improved &get_package_symbol
1038 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1039 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1041 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1042 - &add_before_method_modifier
1043 - &add_after_method_modifier
1044 - &add_around_method_modifier
1045 - added tests and docs for these
1046 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1047 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1049 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1050 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1054 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1055 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1056 the test skip if it is not installed
1058 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1060 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1063 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1064 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1065 - added docs and tests
1067 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1068 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1069 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1070 be considered "ready to use".
1072 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1073 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1074 - test coverage is now at 99%
1077 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1078 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1079 metaclass pragma instead.
1082 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1083 error/edge-case tests
1085 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1086 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1087 error/edge-case tests
1090 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1092 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1094 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1095 metaclass a little more straightforward
1098 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1099 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1100 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1101 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1105 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1106 is now more useful for subclasses
1107 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1108 hash of attribute meta objects
1109 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1110 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1111 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1112 attribute meta-object itself
1113 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1114 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1115 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1116 - added docs & tests for this
1117 - added Clone as a dependency
1118 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1119 return blessed new or cloned instances
1120 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1121 - added docs & tests for this
1122 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1123 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1124 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1125 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1126 - added tests and docs for this
1129 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1131 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1133 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1135 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1136 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1137 attributes/methods respectively
1140 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1143 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1144 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1145 - added new example:
1148 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1150 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1152 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1153 - improved error messages
1156 - added new examples:
1157 - AttributesWithHistory
1158 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1160 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1161 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1163 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1164 - refactored method generation code
1165 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1168 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1169 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1170 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1171 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1172 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1174 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1175 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1176 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1178 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006