1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Anonymous classes were not destroyed properly when they went
7 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480 (Goro Fuji).
12 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
13 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
14 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
15 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
16 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
19 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
20 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
22 * Class::MOP::Instance
23 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
24 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
26 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
28 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
30 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
33 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
35 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
36 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
39 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
40 changed back in 0.82_01)
41 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
42 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
45 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
46 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
48 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
50 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
51 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
52 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
55 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
56 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
60 * Class::MOP::Attribute
61 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
63 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
64 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
65 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
68 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
71 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
72 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
73 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
74 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
75 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
78 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
81 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
83 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
87 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
88 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
89 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
90 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
94 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
98 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
101 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
104 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
106 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
109 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
110 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
111 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
112 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
115 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
116 was removed in 0.82_01.
118 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
119 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
120 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
121 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
122 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
123 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
124 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
125 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
126 for the Moose compatibility handling code
127 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
129 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
131 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
132 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
134 * Class::MOP::Immutable
135 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
136 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
137 provides its own constructor (doy)
139 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
142 * Class::MOP::Instance
143 * Class::MOP::Attribute
144 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
145 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
146 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
147 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
150 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
151 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
153 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
155 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
156 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
158 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
159 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
160 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
161 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
162 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
165 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
166 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
167 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
168 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
169 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
170 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
171 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
173 - Class::MOP::Instance
174 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
178 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
179 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
180 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
182 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
183 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
184 when an object is constructed)
185 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
187 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
188 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
189 when an object is constructed)
190 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
191 - attributes => _attributes
192 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
194 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
196 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
197 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
198 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
201 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
202 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
203 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
206 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
207 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
208 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
209 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
213 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
214 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
215 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
216 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
217 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
218 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
220 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
221 * No changes from 0.78_02.
223 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
225 * Class::MOP::Immutable
226 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
227 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
228 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
229 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
233 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
234 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
237 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
238 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
239 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
241 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
243 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
244 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
247 * Class::MOP::Instance
248 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
249 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
250 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
251 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
253 * Class::MOP::Attribute
254 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
255 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
256 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
258 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
259 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
260 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
264 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
265 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
266 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
267 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
269 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
270 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
271 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
272 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
273 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
274 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
275 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
276 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
277 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
280 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
281 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
284 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
286 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
287 * No changes from 0.77_01
289 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
291 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
292 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
293 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
294 against the pure Perl version of this code.
296 * Class::MOP::Instance
297 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
298 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
301 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
303 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
307 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
308 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
312 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
313 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
315 * Class::MOP::Package
316 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
317 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
320 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
324 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
325 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
326 near future release. You've been warned.
328 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
329 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
330 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
331 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
333 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
334 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
337 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
338 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
341 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
344 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
345 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
347 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
349 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
350 sharing an immutable transformer object
351 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
352 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
354 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
356 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
357 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
358 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
359 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
361 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
362 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
364 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
366 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
367 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
369 * t/082_get_code_info.t
370 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
371 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
372 succeed in that case.
374 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
375 * Class::MOP::Package
376 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
379 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
380 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
382 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
383 * Class::MOP::Immutable
384 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
385 the constructor was inlined.
386 * Class::MOP::Package
387 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
388 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
389 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
391 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
392 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
394 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
396 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
397 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
398 * Class::MOP::Immutable
399 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
400 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
401 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
404 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
405 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
406 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
407 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
408 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
409 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
410 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
411 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
412 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
413 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
415 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
418 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
419 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
422 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
424 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
425 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
427 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
429 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
430 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
431 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
434 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
435 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
436 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
439 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
441 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
442 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
444 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
445 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
446 times in an eval. (t0m)
448 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
450 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
451 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
452 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
453 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
454 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
455 - added test for this
457 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
458 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
459 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
462 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
463 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
467 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
468 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
469 aliased methods and "real" methods.
471 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
472 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
473 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
474 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
477 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
478 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
481 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
482 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
483 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
484 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
485 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
486 for sad systems without a compiler.
489 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
490 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
493 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
494 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
495 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
497 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
499 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
500 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
501 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
502 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
504 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
505 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
506 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
507 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
509 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
511 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
512 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
515 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
516 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
517 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
519 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
521 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
523 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
524 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
525 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
527 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
528 * Class::MOP::Package
529 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
530 releases. (nothingmuch)
533 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
535 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
536 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
537 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
540 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
543 * Class::MOP::Instance
544 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
546 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
548 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
549 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
550 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
551 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
554 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
555 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
559 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
560 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
561 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
562 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
563 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
566 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
567 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
568 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
571 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
572 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
573 consistency (nothingmuch)
574 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
576 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
577 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
578 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
579 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
582 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
583 * Class::MOP::Immutable
584 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
586 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
588 * Class::MOP::Instance
589 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
590 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
592 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
594 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
595 the class is already loaded (sartak)
596 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
597 instead of just 1 (sartak)
600 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
602 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
603 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
604 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
606 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
607 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
608 recognizes it correct this time.
610 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
611 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
614 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
615 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
618 - now stores the instance of the instance
619 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
620 and deletes it when the cache is blown
621 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
622 the options used to make it immutable as well as
623 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
625 * Class::MOP::Package
626 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
627 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
628 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
632 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
634 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
635 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
637 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
638 names now throw a more direct error in
640 - tests for this and other aspects of
646 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
647 Class::MOP::Attribute
648 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
651 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
652 (late night release engineering)--
654 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
655 changes in this release
657 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
658 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
659 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
662 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
663 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
664 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
667 * Class::MOP::Package
668 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
670 - inlining a few calls to &name with
671 direct HASH access key access
672 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
673 a HASH of items based on a type filter
674 similar to list_all_package_symbols
675 - added tests for this
678 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
679 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
680 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
681 - added more descriptive error message to help
682 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
683 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
685 * Class::MOP::Immutable
686 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
688 - added tests for this
690 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
692 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
693 function from MRO::Compat
694 - All XS based functionality now has a
695 Pure Perl alternative
696 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
697 can now be used to force non-XS versions
700 * Class::MOP::Attribute
701 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
702 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
703 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
705 - added tests for this
707 * Class::MOP::Immutable
708 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
709 making the class immutable
712 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
713 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
714 allow for it to work.
715 - added tests for this
717 * Class::MOP::Attribute
719 Class::MOP::Immutable
720 - any time a method meta object is constructed
721 we make sure to pass the correct package and
722 method name information
725 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
726 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
727 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
728 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
729 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
730 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
731 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
732 throw an error if these are not supplied.
733 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
734 and now store the package_name and name attributes
737 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
738 Module::Install support has been removed
740 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
741 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
742 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
743 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
747 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
748 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
750 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
751 when it has no init_arg
752 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
753 to support c3 classes.
755 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
758 - making sure that load_class never gets
759 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
760 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
763 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
765 - improved error handling in ->create method
766 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
767 will be used to populate values
768 - added tests for this
771 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
772 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
778 Class::MOP::Attribute
779 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
780 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
782 * Class::MOP::Instance
783 Class::MOP::Immutable
784 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
787 - fixed the filename length on several
788 test files so we install on VMS better
790 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
791 should be catfile (RT #32385)
793 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
794 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
797 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
798 Class::MOP::Attribute
799 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
800 to indicate that no constructor args can
801 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
802 - added tests for this
803 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
806 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
807 feature instead of the silly hack from
808 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
810 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
812 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
815 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
816 - removed assumptions about the existence of
819 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
820 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
821 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
824 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
825 constant so that we can take advantage
826 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
829 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
830 optimize the &linearized_isa method
831 and avoid the hack/check for circular
832 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
833 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
834 - added tests for this
836 * Class::MOP::Immutable
837 - the immutable class now keeps track of
838 the transformer which immutablized it
840 * Class::MOP::Instance
841 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
842 - added tests for this
844 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
846 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
847 transformation arguments are saved
849 - added tests for this
851 * Class::MOP::Immutable
852 - fixed a bug (see above)
854 * Class::MOP::Attribute
857 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
858 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
859 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
862 - removed the dependency on B
863 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
864 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
865 the B fiddling we were doing with
866 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
867 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
868 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
869 be used to help manage method caching.
872 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
873 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
874 even more accurate caching information.
875 blblack++ for that stuff :)
878 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
879 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
880 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
881 track of when we need to re-fetch the
883 - Several small improvements to take advantage
884 of the new method map caching features
886 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
887 * Class::MOP::Attribute
888 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
889 HASH ref case, which makes the
890 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
891 - added more tests for this
893 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
894 * Class::MOP::Attribute
895 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
896 - added more tests for this
898 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
900 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
901 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
902 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
904 * Class::MOP::Attribute
905 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
906 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
907 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
909 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
910 * Class::MOP::Attribute
911 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
913 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
914 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
916 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
918 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
921 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
922 construct_class_instance (groditi)
923 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
924 call through (groditi)
926 * Class::MOP::Attribute
927 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
928 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
929 it is defined (groditi)
931 * Class::MOP::Instance
932 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
933 it is defined (groditi)
935 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
936 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
937 - removed the relevant attributes
939 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
940 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
941 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
942 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
944 - added tests for this
945 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
946 non-inlined constructors.
947 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
949 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
950 - added this class as an abstract base for the
951 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
952 - added tests for this
955 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
956 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
959 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
961 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
962 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
964 * Class::MOP::Package
965 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
968 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
970 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
972 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
973 it manually now so that people can use this
974 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
976 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
978 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
979 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
980 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
983 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
984 * Class::MOP::Immutable
985 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
986 - removed unused variable
987 - added create_immutable_transformer
988 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
989 - tests for this (groditi)
992 - Immutability can now be undone,
993 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
994 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
995 for details see comments next to make_immutable
996 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
997 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
998 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
999 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1000 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1001 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1003 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1004 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1006 * Class::MOP::Package
1007 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1008 - added tests for this
1009 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1011 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1012 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1013 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1015 - added tests and POD for this
1018 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1019 handles undef values correctly.
1020 - added tests for this
1021 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1022 will not get reaped when instances still
1023 exist which need to reference them. This is
1024 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1025 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1026 many work arounds out in the wild.
1027 - added tests for this by groditi
1028 - updated docs to explain this
1031 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1032 - added tests for this behavior
1034 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1035 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1038 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1039 - added tests and docs for these
1041 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1042 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1043 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1047 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1052 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1053 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1054 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1055 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1056 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1059 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1061 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1062 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1063 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1066 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1067 immutable transformation instead of
1068 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1070 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1071 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1072 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1073 be coming eventually.
1076 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1078 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1079 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1083 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1086 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1088 - constructor generation is now handled by
1089 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1091 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1092 - created this to handle constructor generation
1093 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1095 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1097 - attributes now delegate to the
1098 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1101 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1102 - all accessor generation functions from
1103 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1105 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1107 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1108 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1109 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1113 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1114 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1115 they are aliased from the originals
1116 - fixed tests to reflect
1117 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1119 - adjusted tests for this
1120 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1123 * Class::MOP::Method
1125 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1126 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1127 - adjusted tests to compensate
1128 - adjusted docs for this
1131 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1132 encapsulate most of the work into the
1133 &get_method_map method
1134 - made several adjustments for the change
1135 in Class::MOP::Method
1136 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1137 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1138 old one before installing the new one
1139 - added tests for this
1140 - adjusted docs for this
1142 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1143 - added caching of &get_method_map
1144 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1145 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1147 * Class::MOP::Package
1148 - added filtering capabilities to
1149 &list_all_package_symbols
1151 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1153 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1154 the $:version and such just actually goes
1155 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1156 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1158 - The &create method now requires that all
1159 but the package name now is passed in as
1160 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1161 - updated docs and tests for this
1163 * Class::MOP::Object
1164 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1168 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1169 which do not store things in the instance
1170 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1173 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1175 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1177 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1178 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1181 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1182 - fixed all tests for this
1184 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1185 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1186 are no longer allowed for defaults
1187 - added tests for this
1189 * Class::MOP::Package
1190 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1191 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1192 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1194 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1196 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1197 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1198 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1199 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1201 * Class::MOP::Package
1202 - refactored entire class, this is now
1203 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1204 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1205 - added many tests for this
1206 - this class is now a subclass of
1208 - added some tests to reflect this
1211 - refactored all symbol table access to
1212 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1214 * Class::MOP::Module
1215 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1216 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1217 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1218 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1219 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1220 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1221 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1222 - added tests for this
1224 * Class::MOP::Instance
1225 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1227 - added tests for this
1229 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1230 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1231 slots from an instance
1232 - added tests for this
1234 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1237 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1238 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1240 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1241 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1242 the value of the attribute for a particular
1245 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1246 ---------------------------------------
1247 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1248 to introduce the immutable features which
1249 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1250 This support should still be considered
1251 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1252 ---------------------------------------
1254 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1256 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1257 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1258 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1261 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1262 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1263 ::Package and now inherited
1264 - added tests for this
1266 * Class::MOP::Instance
1267 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1268 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1269 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1270 instance creation (of course)
1273 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1274 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1275 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1276 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1277 table manipulation methods.
1279 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1280 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1282 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1283 properly when inherited
1284 - small fix to &clone_instance
1286 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1287 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1288 - This release works in combination with
1289 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1290 because it introduces a new instance
1291 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1295 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1296 - added tests for this
1297 - improved method modifier wrapping
1299 * Class::MOP::Instance
1300 - added new instance protocol
1301 - added tests for this
1302 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1304 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1308 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1309 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1311 - updated tests for this
1314 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1315 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1317 - added tests for this
1318 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1319 new instance protocol
1320 - added more tests for this
1322 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1324 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1325 - added tests and docs for this
1326 - some small optimizations
1328 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1329 - some small optimizations
1331 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1333 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1334 - added tests for this
1335 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1336 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1337 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1338 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1339 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1340 delegates appropriately
1342 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1343 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1344 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1345 called initialize_instance_slot
1348 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1349 initialize_instance_slot method
1351 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1353 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1354 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1356 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1358 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1359 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1361 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1362 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1363 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1365 - added tests for this
1366 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1368 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1370 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1371 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1372 - added test case for this
1374 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1376 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1377 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1378 available in DESTORY calls
1380 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1381 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1382 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1384 * Class::MOP::Method
1385 - added &package_name, &name and
1386 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1387 which were formerly private subs in
1390 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1391 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1392 before, after and around modifiers
1393 - added tests and docs for this feature
1396 - improved &get_package_symbol
1397 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1398 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1400 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1401 - &add_before_method_modifier
1402 - &add_after_method_modifier
1403 - &add_around_method_modifier
1404 - added tests and docs for these
1405 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1406 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1408 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1409 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1413 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1414 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1415 the test skip if it is not installed
1417 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1419 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1422 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1423 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1424 - added docs and tests
1426 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1427 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1428 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1429 be considered "ready to use".
1431 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1432 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1433 - test coverage is now at 99%
1436 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1437 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1438 metaclass pragma instead.
1441 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1442 error/edge-case tests
1444 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1445 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1446 error/edge-case tests
1449 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1451 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1453 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1454 metaclass a little more straightforward
1457 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1458 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1459 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1460 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1464 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1465 is now more useful for subclasses
1466 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1467 hash of attribute meta objects
1468 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1469 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1470 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1471 attribute meta-object itself
1472 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1473 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1474 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1475 - added docs & tests for this
1476 - added Clone as a dependency
1477 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1478 return blessed new or cloned instances
1479 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1480 - added docs & tests for this
1481 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1482 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1483 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1484 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1485 - added tests and docs for this
1488 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1490 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1492 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1494 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1495 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1496 attributes/methods respectively
1499 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1502 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1503 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1504 - added new example:
1507 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1509 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1511 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1512 - improved error messages
1515 - added new examples:
1516 - AttributesWithHistory
1517 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1519 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1520 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1522 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1523 - refactored method generation code
1524 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1527 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1528 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1529 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1530 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1531 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1533 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1534 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1535 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1537 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006