1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
8 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
9 * Class::MOP::Immutable
10 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
11 the constructor was inlined.
13 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
14 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
15 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
17 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
18 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
20 - Indicate that package_name and name are required (Stefan O'Rear)
22 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
24 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
25 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
26 * Class::MOP::Immutable
27 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
28 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
29 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
32 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
33 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
34 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
36 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
37 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
38 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
39 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
40 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
41 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
43 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
46 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
47 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
50 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
52 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
53 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
55 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
57 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
58 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
59 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
62 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
63 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
64 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
67 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
69 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
70 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
72 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
73 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
74 times in an eval. (t0m)
76 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
78 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
79 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
80 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
81 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
82 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
85 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
86 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
87 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
90 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
91 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
95 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
96 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
97 aliased methods and "real" methods.
99 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
100 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
101 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
102 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
105 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
106 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
109 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
110 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
111 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
112 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
113 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
114 for sad systems without a compiler.
117 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
118 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
121 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
122 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
123 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
125 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
127 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
128 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
129 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
130 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
132 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
133 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
134 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
135 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
137 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
139 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
140 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
143 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
144 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
145 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
147 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
149 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
151 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
152 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
153 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
155 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
156 * Class::MOP::Package
157 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
158 releases. (nothingmuch)
161 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
163 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
164 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
165 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
168 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
171 * Class::MOP::Instance
172 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
174 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
176 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
177 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
178 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
179 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
182 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
183 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
187 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
188 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
189 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
190 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
191 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
194 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
195 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
196 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
199 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
200 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
201 consistency (nothingmuch)
202 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
204 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
205 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
206 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
207 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
210 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
211 * Class::MOP::Immutable
212 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
214 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
216 * Class::MOP::Instance
217 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
218 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
220 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
222 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
223 the class is already loaded (sartak)
224 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
225 instead of just 1 (sartak)
228 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
230 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
231 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
232 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
234 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
235 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
236 recognizes it correct this time.
238 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
239 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
242 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
243 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
246 - now stores the instance of the instance
247 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
248 and deletes it when the cache is blown
249 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
250 the options used to make it immutable as well as
251 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
253 * Class::MOP::Package
254 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
255 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
256 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
260 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
262 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
263 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
265 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
266 names now throw a more direct error in
268 - tests for this and other aspects of
274 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
275 Class::MOP::Attribute
276 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
279 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
280 (late night release engineering)--
282 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
283 changes in this release
285 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
286 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
287 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
290 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
291 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
292 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
295 * Class::MOP::Package
296 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
298 - inlining a few calls to &name with
299 direct HASH access key access
300 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
301 a HASH of items based on a type filter
302 similar to list_all_package_symbols
303 - added tests for this
306 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
307 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
308 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
309 - added more descriptive error message to help
310 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
311 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
313 * Class::MOP::Immutable
314 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
316 - added tests for this
318 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
320 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
321 function from MRO::Compat
322 - All XS based functionality now has a
323 Pure Perl alternative
324 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
325 can now be used to force non-XS versions
328 * Class::MOP::Attribute
329 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
330 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
331 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
333 - added tests for this
335 * Class::MOP::Immutable
336 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
337 making the class immutable
340 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
341 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
342 allow for it to work.
343 - added tests for this
345 * Class::MOP::Attribute
347 Class::MOP::Immutable
348 - any time a method meta object is constructed
349 we make sure to pass the correct package and
350 method name information
353 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
354 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
355 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
356 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
357 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
358 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
359 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
360 throw an error if these are not supplied.
361 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
362 and now store the package_name and name attributes
365 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
366 Module::Install support has been removed
368 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
369 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
370 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
371 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
375 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
376 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
378 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
379 when it has no init_arg
380 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
381 to support c3 classes.
383 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
386 - making sure that load_class never gets
387 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
388 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
391 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
393 - improved error handling in ->create method
394 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
395 will be used to populate values
396 - added tests for this
399 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
400 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
406 Class::MOP::Attribute
407 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
408 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
410 * Class::MOP::Instance
411 Class::MOP::Immutable
412 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
415 - fixed the filename length on several
416 test files so we install on VMS better
418 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
419 should be catfile (RT #32385)
421 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
422 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
425 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
426 Class::MOP::Attribute
427 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
428 to indicate that no constructor args can
429 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
430 - added tests for this
431 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
434 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
435 feature instead of the silly hack from
436 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
438 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
440 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
443 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
444 - removed assumptions about the existence of
447 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
448 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
449 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
452 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
453 constant so that we can take advantage
454 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
457 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
458 optimize the &linearized_isa method
459 and avoid the hack/check for circular
460 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
461 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
462 - added tests for this
464 * Class::MOP::Immutable
465 - the immutable class now keeps track of
466 the transformer which immutablized it
468 * Class::MOP::Instance
469 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
470 - added tests for this
472 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
474 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
475 transformation arguments are saved
477 - added tests for this
479 * Class::MOP::Immutable
480 - fixed a bug (see above)
482 * Class::MOP::Attribute
485 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
486 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
487 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
490 - removed the dependency on B
491 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
492 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
493 the B fiddling we were doing with
494 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
495 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
496 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
497 be used to help manage method caching.
500 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
501 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
502 even more accurate caching information.
503 blblack++ for that stuff :)
506 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
507 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
508 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
509 track of when we need to re-fetch the
511 - Several small improvements to take advantage
512 of the new method map caching features
514 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
515 * Class::MOP::Attribute
516 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
517 HASH ref case, which makes the
518 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
519 - added more tests for this
521 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
522 * Class::MOP::Attribute
523 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
524 - added more tests for this
526 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
528 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
529 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
530 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
532 * Class::MOP::Attribute
533 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
534 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
535 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
537 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
538 * Class::MOP::Attribute
539 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
541 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
542 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
544 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
546 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
549 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
550 construct_class_instance (groditi)
551 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
552 call through (groditi)
554 * Class::MOP::Attribute
555 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
556 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
557 it is defined (groditi)
559 * Class::MOP::Instance
560 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
561 it is defined (groditi)
563 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
564 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
565 - removed the relevant attributes
567 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
568 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
569 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
570 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
572 - added tests for this
573 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
574 non-inlined constructors.
575 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
577 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
578 - added this class as an abstract base for the
579 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
580 - added tests for this
583 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
584 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
587 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
589 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
590 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
592 * Class::MOP::Package
593 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
596 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
598 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
600 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
601 it manually now so that people can use this
602 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
604 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
606 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
607 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
608 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
611 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
612 * Class::MOP::Immutable
613 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
614 - removed unused variable
615 - added create_immutable_transformer
616 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
617 - tests for this (groditi)
620 - Immutability can now be undone,
621 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
622 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
623 for details see comments next to make_immutable
624 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
625 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
626 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
627 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
628 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
629 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
631 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
632 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
634 * Class::MOP::Package
635 - we now deal with stub methods properly
636 - added tests for this
637 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
639 * Class::MOP::Attribute
640 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
641 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
643 - added tests and POD for this
646 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
647 handles undef values correctly.
648 - added tests for this
649 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
650 will not get reaped when instances still
651 exist which need to reference them. This is
652 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
653 obscure enough feature that there are not too
654 many work arounds out in the wild.
655 - added tests for this by groditi
656 - updated docs to explain this
659 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
660 - added tests for this behavior
662 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
663 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
666 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
667 - added tests and docs for these
669 * Class::MOP::Attribute
670 - default now checks the instance with defined to
671 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
675 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
681 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
682 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
683 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
684 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
687 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
689 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
690 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
691 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
694 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
695 immutable transformation instead of
696 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
698 + Class::MOP::Immutable
699 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
700 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
701 be coming eventually.
704 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
706 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
707 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
711 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
714 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
716 - constructor generation is now handled by
717 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
719 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
720 - created this to handle constructor generation
721 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
723 * Class::MOP::Attribute
725 - attributes now delegate to the
726 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
729 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
730 - all accessor generation functions from
731 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
733 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
735 * scripts/class_browser.pl
736 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
737 on this to come. Comments and patches are
741 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
742 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
743 they are aliased from the originals
744 - fixed tests to reflect
745 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
747 - adjusted tests for this
748 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
753 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
754 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
755 - adjusted tests to compensate
756 - adjusted docs for this
759 - changed how methods are dealt with to
760 encapsulate most of the work into the
761 &get_method_map method
762 - made several adjustments for the change
763 in Class::MOP::Method
764 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
765 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
766 old one before installing the new one
767 - added tests for this
768 - adjusted docs for this
770 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
771 - added caching of &get_method_map
772 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
773 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
775 * Class::MOP::Package
776 - added filtering capabilities to
777 &list_all_package_symbols
779 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
781 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
782 the $:version and such just actually goes
783 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
784 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
786 - The &create method now requires that all
787 but the package name now is passed in as
788 named parameters. See docs for more info.
789 - updated docs and tests for this
792 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
796 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
797 which do not store things in the instance
798 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
801 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
803 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
805 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
806 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
809 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
810 - fixed all tests for this
812 * Class::MOP::Attribute
813 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
814 are no longer allowed for defaults
815 - added tests for this
817 * Class::MOP::Package
818 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
819 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
820 always reloaded from the symbol table.
822 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
824 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
825 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
826 metamodel is more complete (and closer
827 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
829 * Class::MOP::Package
830 - refactored entire class, this is now
831 the primary gateway between the metaclass
832 and the Perl 5 symbol table
833 - added many tests for this
834 - this class is now a subclass of
836 - added some tests to reflect this
839 - refactored all symbol table access to
840 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
843 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
844 so that Module has a version as an attribute
845 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
846 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
847 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
848 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
849 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
850 - added tests for this
852 * Class::MOP::Instance
853 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
855 - added tests for this
857 * Class::MOP::Attribute
858 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
859 slots from an instance
860 - added tests for this
862 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
865 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
866 anywhere within the class hierarchy
868 * Class::MOP::Attribute
869 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
870 the value of the attribute for a particular
873 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
874 ---------------------------------------
875 This is the first version of Class::MOP
876 to introduce the immutable features which
877 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
878 This support should still be considered
879 experimental, but moving towards stability.
880 ---------------------------------------
882 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
884 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
885 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
886 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
889 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
890 - several methods moved to ::Module and
891 ::Package and now inherited
892 - added tests for this
894 * Class::MOP::Instance
895 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
896 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
897 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
898 instance creation (of course)
901 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
902 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
903 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
904 because they are now more general purpose symbol
905 table manipulation methods.
907 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
908 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
910 - small change in &create so that it behaves
911 properly when inherited
912 - small fix to &clone_instance
914 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
915 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
916 - This release works in combination with
917 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
918 because it introduces a new instance
919 sub-protocol and has not yet been
923 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
924 - added tests for this
925 - improved method modifier wrapping
927 * Class::MOP::Instance
928 - added new instance protocol
929 - added tests for this
930 - changed all relevant modules and examples
932 - Class::MOP::Attribute
936 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
937 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
939 - updated tests for this
942 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
943 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
945 - added tests for this
946 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
947 new instance protocol
948 - added more tests for this
950 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
952 - added find_attribute_by_name method
953 - added tests and docs for this
954 - some small optimizations
956 * Class::MOP::Attribute
957 - some small optimizations
959 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
961 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
962 - added tests for this
963 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
964 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
965 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
966 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
967 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
968 delegates appropriately
970 * Class::MOP::Attribute
971 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
972 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
973 called initialize_instance_slot
976 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
977 initialize_instance_slot method
979 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
981 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
982 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
984 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
986 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
987 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
989 * Class::MOP::Attribute
990 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
991 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
993 - added tests for this
994 - adjusted all /example files to comply
996 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
998 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
999 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1000 - added test case for this
1002 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1004 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1005 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1006 available in DESTORY calls
1008 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1009 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1010 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1012 * Class::MOP::Method
1013 - added &package_name, &name and
1014 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1015 which were formerly private subs in
1018 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1019 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1020 before, after and around modifiers
1021 - added tests and docs for this feature
1024 - improved &get_package_symbol
1025 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1026 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1028 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1029 - &add_before_method_modifier
1030 - &add_after_method_modifier
1031 - &add_around_method_modifier
1032 - added tests and docs for these
1033 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1034 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1036 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1037 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1041 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1042 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1043 the test skip if it is not installed
1045 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1047 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1050 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1051 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1052 - added docs and tests
1054 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1055 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1056 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1057 be considered "ready to use".
1059 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1060 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1061 - test coverage is now at 99%
1064 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1065 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1066 metaclass pragma instead.
1069 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1070 error/edge-case tests
1072 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1073 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1074 error/edge-case tests
1077 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1079 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1081 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1082 metaclass a little more straightforward
1085 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1086 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1087 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1088 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1092 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1093 is now more useful for subclasses
1094 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1095 hash of attribute meta objects
1096 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1097 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1098 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1099 attribute meta-object itself
1100 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1101 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1102 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1103 - added docs & tests for this
1104 - added Clone as a dependency
1105 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1106 return blessed new or cloned instances
1107 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1108 - added docs & tests for this
1109 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1110 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1111 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1112 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1113 - added tests and docs for this
1116 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1118 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1120 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1122 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1123 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1124 attributes/methods respectively
1127 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1130 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1131 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1132 - added new example:
1135 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1137 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1139 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1140 - improved error messages
1143 - added new examples:
1144 - AttributesWithHistory
1145 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1147 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1148 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1150 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1151 - refactored method generation code
1152 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1155 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1156 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1157 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1158 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1159 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1161 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1162 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1163 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1165 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006