1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
8 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
9 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
13 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
14 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
17 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
18 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
21 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
25 - The mispelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
26 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
27 near future release. You've been warned.
29 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2008
30 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
31 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
32 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
34 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
35 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
38 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
39 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
42 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
45 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
46 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
48 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
50 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
51 sharing an immutable transformer object
52 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
53 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
55 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
57 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
58 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
59 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
60 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
62 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
63 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
65 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
67 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
68 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
70 * t/082_get_code_info.t
71 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
72 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
75 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
77 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
80 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
81 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
83 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
84 * Class::MOP::Immutable
85 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
86 the constructor was inlined.
88 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
89 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
90 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
92 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
93 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
95 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
97 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
98 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
99 * Class::MOP::Immutable
100 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
101 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
102 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
105 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
106 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
107 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
108 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
109 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
110 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
111 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
112 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
113 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
114 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
116 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
119 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
120 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
123 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
125 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
126 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
128 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
130 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
131 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
132 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
135 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
136 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
137 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
140 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
142 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
143 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
145 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
146 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
147 times in an eval. (t0m)
149 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
151 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
152 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
153 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
154 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
155 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
156 - added test for this
158 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
159 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
160 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
163 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
164 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
168 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
169 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
170 aliased methods and "real" methods.
172 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
173 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
174 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
175 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
178 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
179 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
182 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
183 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
184 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
185 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
186 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
187 for sad systems without a compiler.
190 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
191 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
194 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
195 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
196 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
198 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
200 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
201 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
202 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
203 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
205 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
206 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
207 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
208 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
210 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
212 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
213 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
216 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
217 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
218 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
220 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
222 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
224 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
225 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
226 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
228 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
229 * Class::MOP::Package
230 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
231 releases. (nothingmuch)
234 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
236 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
237 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
238 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
241 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
244 * Class::MOP::Instance
245 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
247 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
249 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
250 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
251 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
252 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
255 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
256 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
260 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
261 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
262 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
263 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
264 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
267 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
268 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
269 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
272 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
273 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
274 consistency (nothingmuch)
275 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
277 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
278 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
279 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
280 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
283 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
284 * Class::MOP::Immutable
285 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
287 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
289 * Class::MOP::Instance
290 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
291 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
293 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
295 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
296 the class is already loaded (sartak)
297 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
298 instead of just 1 (sartak)
301 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
303 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
304 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
305 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
307 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
308 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
309 recognizes it correct this time.
311 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
312 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
315 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
316 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
319 - now stores the instance of the instance
320 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
321 and deletes it when the cache is blown
322 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
323 the options used to make it immutable as well as
324 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
326 * Class::MOP::Package
327 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
328 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
329 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
333 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
335 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
336 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
338 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
339 names now throw a more direct error in
341 - tests for this and other aspects of
347 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
348 Class::MOP::Attribute
349 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
352 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
353 (late night release engineering)--
355 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
356 changes in this release
358 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
359 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
360 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
363 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
364 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
365 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
368 * Class::MOP::Package
369 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
371 - inlining a few calls to &name with
372 direct HASH access key access
373 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
374 a HASH of items based on a type filter
375 similar to list_all_package_symbols
376 - added tests for this
379 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
380 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
381 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
382 - added more descriptive error message to help
383 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
384 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
386 * Class::MOP::Immutable
387 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
389 - added tests for this
391 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
393 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
394 function from MRO::Compat
395 - All XS based functionality now has a
396 Pure Perl alternative
397 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
398 can now be used to force non-XS versions
401 * Class::MOP::Attribute
402 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
403 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
404 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
406 - added tests for this
408 * Class::MOP::Immutable
409 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
410 making the class immutable
413 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
414 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
415 allow for it to work.
416 - added tests for this
418 * Class::MOP::Attribute
420 Class::MOP::Immutable
421 - any time a method meta object is constructed
422 we make sure to pass the correct package and
423 method name information
426 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
427 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
428 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
429 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
430 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
431 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
432 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
433 throw an error if these are not supplied.
434 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
435 and now store the package_name and name attributes
438 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
439 Module::Install support has been removed
441 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
442 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
443 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
444 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
448 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
449 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
451 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
452 when it has no init_arg
453 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
454 to support c3 classes.
456 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
459 - making sure that load_class never gets
460 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
461 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
464 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
466 - improved error handling in ->create method
467 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
468 will be used to populate values
469 - added tests for this
472 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
473 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
479 Class::MOP::Attribute
480 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
481 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
483 * Class::MOP::Instance
484 Class::MOP::Immutable
485 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
488 - fixed the filename length on several
489 test files so we install on VMS better
491 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
492 should be catfile (RT #32385)
494 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
495 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
498 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
499 Class::MOP::Attribute
500 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
501 to indicate that no constructor args can
502 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
503 - added tests for this
504 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
507 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
508 feature instead of the silly hack from
509 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
511 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
513 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
516 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
517 - removed assumptions about the existence of
520 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
521 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
522 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
525 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
526 constant so that we can take advantage
527 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
530 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
531 optimize the &linearized_isa method
532 and avoid the hack/check for circular
533 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
534 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
535 - added tests for this
537 * Class::MOP::Immutable
538 - the immutable class now keeps track of
539 the transformer which immutablized it
541 * Class::MOP::Instance
542 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
543 - added tests for this
545 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
547 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
548 transformation arguments are saved
550 - added tests for this
552 * Class::MOP::Immutable
553 - fixed a bug (see above)
555 * Class::MOP::Attribute
558 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
559 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
560 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
563 - removed the dependency on B
564 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
565 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
566 the B fiddling we were doing with
567 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
568 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
569 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
570 be used to help manage method caching.
573 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
574 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
575 even more accurate caching information.
576 blblack++ for that stuff :)
579 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
580 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
581 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
582 track of when we need to re-fetch the
584 - Several small improvements to take advantage
585 of the new method map caching features
587 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
588 * Class::MOP::Attribute
589 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
590 HASH ref case, which makes the
591 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
592 - added more tests for this
594 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
595 * Class::MOP::Attribute
596 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
597 - added more tests for this
599 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
601 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
602 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
603 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
605 * Class::MOP::Attribute
606 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
607 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
608 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
610 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
611 * Class::MOP::Attribute
612 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
614 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
615 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
617 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
619 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
622 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
623 construct_class_instance (groditi)
624 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
625 call through (groditi)
627 * Class::MOP::Attribute
628 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
629 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
630 it is defined (groditi)
632 * Class::MOP::Instance
633 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
634 it is defined (groditi)
636 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
637 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
638 - removed the relevant attributes
640 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
641 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
642 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
643 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
645 - added tests for this
646 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
647 non-inlined constructors.
648 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
650 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
651 - added this class as an abstract base for the
652 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
653 - added tests for this
656 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
657 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
660 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
662 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
663 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
665 * Class::MOP::Package
666 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
669 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
671 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
673 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
674 it manually now so that people can use this
675 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
677 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
679 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
680 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
681 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
684 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
685 * Class::MOP::Immutable
686 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
687 - removed unused variable
688 - added create_immutable_transformer
689 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
690 - tests for this (groditi)
693 - Immutability can now be undone,
694 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
695 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
696 for details see comments next to make_immutable
697 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
698 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
699 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
700 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
701 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
702 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
704 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
705 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
707 * Class::MOP::Package
708 - we now deal with stub methods properly
709 - added tests for this
710 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
712 * Class::MOP::Attribute
713 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
714 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
716 - added tests and POD for this
719 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
720 handles undef values correctly.
721 - added tests for this
722 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
723 will not get reaped when instances still
724 exist which need to reference them. This is
725 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
726 obscure enough feature that there are not too
727 many work arounds out in the wild.
728 - added tests for this by groditi
729 - updated docs to explain this
732 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
733 - added tests for this behavior
735 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
736 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
739 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
740 - added tests and docs for these
742 * Class::MOP::Attribute
743 - default now checks the instance with defined to
744 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
748 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
754 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
755 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
756 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
757 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
760 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
762 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
763 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
764 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
767 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
768 immutable transformation instead of
769 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
771 + Class::MOP::Immutable
772 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
773 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
774 be coming eventually.
777 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
779 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
780 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
784 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
787 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
789 - constructor generation is now handled by
790 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
792 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
793 - created this to handle constructor generation
794 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
796 * Class::MOP::Attribute
798 - attributes now delegate to the
799 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
802 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
803 - all accessor generation functions from
804 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
806 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
808 * scripts/class_browser.pl
809 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
810 on this to come. Comments and patches are
814 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
815 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
816 they are aliased from the originals
817 - fixed tests to reflect
818 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
820 - adjusted tests for this
821 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
826 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
827 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
828 - adjusted tests to compensate
829 - adjusted docs for this
832 - changed how methods are dealt with to
833 encapsulate most of the work into the
834 &get_method_map method
835 - made several adjustments for the change
836 in Class::MOP::Method
837 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
838 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
839 old one before installing the new one
840 - added tests for this
841 - adjusted docs for this
843 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
844 - added caching of &get_method_map
845 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
846 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
848 * Class::MOP::Package
849 - added filtering capabilities to
850 &list_all_package_symbols
852 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
854 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
855 the $:version and such just actually goes
856 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
857 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
859 - The &create method now requires that all
860 but the package name now is passed in as
861 named parameters. See docs for more info.
862 - updated docs and tests for this
865 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
869 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
870 which do not store things in the instance
871 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
874 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
876 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
878 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
879 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
882 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
883 - fixed all tests for this
885 * Class::MOP::Attribute
886 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
887 are no longer allowed for defaults
888 - added tests for this
890 * Class::MOP::Package
891 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
892 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
893 always reloaded from the symbol table.
895 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
897 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
898 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
899 metamodel is more complete (and closer
900 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
902 * Class::MOP::Package
903 - refactored entire class, this is now
904 the primary gateway between the metaclass
905 and the Perl 5 symbol table
906 - added many tests for this
907 - this class is now a subclass of
909 - added some tests to reflect this
912 - refactored all symbol table access to
913 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
916 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
917 so that Module has a version as an attribute
918 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
919 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
920 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
921 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
922 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
923 - added tests for this
925 * Class::MOP::Instance
926 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
928 - added tests for this
930 * Class::MOP::Attribute
931 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
932 slots from an instance
933 - added tests for this
935 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
938 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
939 anywhere within the class hierarchy
941 * Class::MOP::Attribute
942 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
943 the value of the attribute for a particular
946 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
947 ---------------------------------------
948 This is the first version of Class::MOP
949 to introduce the immutable features which
950 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
951 This support should still be considered
952 experimental, but moving towards stability.
953 ---------------------------------------
955 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
957 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
958 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
959 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
962 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
963 - several methods moved to ::Module and
964 ::Package and now inherited
965 - added tests for this
967 * Class::MOP::Instance
968 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
969 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
970 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
971 instance creation (of course)
974 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
975 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
976 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
977 because they are now more general purpose symbol
978 table manipulation methods.
980 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
981 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
983 - small change in &create so that it behaves
984 properly when inherited
985 - small fix to &clone_instance
987 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
988 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
989 - This release works in combination with
990 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
991 because it introduces a new instance
992 sub-protocol and has not yet been
996 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
997 - added tests for this
998 - improved method modifier wrapping
1000 * Class::MOP::Instance
1001 - added new instance protocol
1002 - added tests for this
1003 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1005 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1009 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1010 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1012 - updated tests for this
1015 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1016 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1018 - added tests for this
1019 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1020 new instance protocol
1021 - added more tests for this
1023 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1025 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1026 - added tests and docs for this
1027 - some small optimizations
1029 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1030 - some small optimizations
1032 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1034 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1035 - added tests for this
1036 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1037 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1038 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1039 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1040 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1041 delegates appropriately
1043 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1044 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1045 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1046 called initialize_instance_slot
1049 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1050 initialize_instance_slot method
1052 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1054 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1055 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1057 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1059 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1060 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1062 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1063 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1064 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1066 - added tests for this
1067 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1069 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1071 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1072 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1073 - added test case for this
1075 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1077 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1078 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1079 available in DESTORY calls
1081 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1082 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1083 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1085 * Class::MOP::Method
1086 - added &package_name, &name and
1087 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1088 which were formerly private subs in
1091 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1092 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1093 before, after and around modifiers
1094 - added tests and docs for this feature
1097 - improved &get_package_symbol
1098 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1099 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1101 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1102 - &add_before_method_modifier
1103 - &add_after_method_modifier
1104 - &add_around_method_modifier
1105 - added tests and docs for these
1106 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1107 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1109 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1110 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1114 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1115 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1116 the test skip if it is not installed
1118 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1120 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1123 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1124 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1125 - added docs and tests
1127 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1128 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1129 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1130 be considered "ready to use".
1132 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1133 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1134 - test coverage is now at 99%
1137 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1138 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1139 metaclass pragma instead.
1142 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1143 error/edge-case tests
1145 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1146 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1147 error/edge-case tests
1150 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1152 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1154 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1155 metaclass a little more straightforward
1158 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1159 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1160 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1161 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1165 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1166 is now more useful for subclasses
1167 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1168 hash of attribute meta objects
1169 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1170 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1171 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1172 attribute meta-object itself
1173 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1174 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1175 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1176 - added docs & tests for this
1177 - added Clone as a dependency
1178 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1179 return blessed new or cloned instances
1180 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1181 - added docs & tests for this
1182 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1183 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1184 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1185 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1186 - added tests and docs for this
1189 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1191 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1193 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1195 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1196 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1197 attributes/methods respectively
1200 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1203 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1204 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1205 - added new example:
1208 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1210 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1212 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1213 - improved error messages
1216 - added new examples:
1217 - AttributesWithHistory
1218 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1220 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1221 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1223 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1224 - refactored method generation code
1225 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1228 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1229 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1230 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1231 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1232 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1234 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1235 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1236 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1238 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006