1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual
6 goal of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
7 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
10 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
11 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that
12 it accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
14 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
15 * No changes from 0.78_02.
17 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
19 * Class::MOP::Immutable
20 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
21 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
22 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
23 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
27 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
28 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
31 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
32 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
33 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
35 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
37 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
38 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
41 * Class::MOP::Instance
42 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
43 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
44 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
45 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
47 * Class::MOP::Attribute
48 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
49 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
50 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
52 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
53 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
54 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
58 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
59 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
60 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
61 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
63 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
64 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
65 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
66 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
67 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
68 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
69 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
70 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
71 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
74 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
75 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
78 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
80 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
81 * No changes from 0.77_01
83 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
85 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
86 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
87 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
88 against the pure Perl version of this code.
90 * Class::MOP::Instance
91 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
92 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
95 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
97 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
101 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
102 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
106 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
107 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
109 * Class::MOP::Package
110 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
111 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
114 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
118 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
119 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
120 near future release. You've been warned.
122 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
123 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
124 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
125 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
127 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
128 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
131 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
132 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
135 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
138 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
139 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
141 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
143 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
144 sharing an immutable transformer object
145 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
146 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
148 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
150 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
151 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
152 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
153 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
155 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
156 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
158 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
160 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
161 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
163 * t/082_get_code_info.t
164 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
165 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
166 succeed in that case.
168 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
169 * Class::MOP::Package
170 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
173 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
174 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
176 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
177 * Class::MOP::Immutable
178 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
179 the constructor was inlined.
180 * Class::MOP::Package
181 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
182 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
183 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
185 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
186 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
188 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
190 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
191 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
192 * Class::MOP::Immutable
193 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
194 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
195 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
198 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
199 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
200 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
201 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
202 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
203 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
204 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
205 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
206 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
207 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
209 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
212 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
213 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
216 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
218 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
219 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
221 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
223 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
224 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
225 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
228 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
229 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
230 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
233 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
235 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
236 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
238 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
239 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
240 times in an eval. (t0m)
242 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
244 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
245 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
246 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
247 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
248 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
249 - added test for this
251 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
252 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
253 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
256 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
257 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
261 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
262 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
263 aliased methods and "real" methods.
265 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
266 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
267 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
268 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
271 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
272 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
275 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
276 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
277 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
278 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
279 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
280 for sad systems without a compiler.
283 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
284 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
287 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
288 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
289 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
291 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
293 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
294 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
295 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
296 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
298 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
299 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
300 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
301 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
303 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
305 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
306 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
309 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
310 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
311 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
313 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
315 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
317 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
318 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
319 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
321 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
322 * Class::MOP::Package
323 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
324 releases. (nothingmuch)
327 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
329 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
330 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
331 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
334 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
337 * Class::MOP::Instance
338 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
340 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
342 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
343 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
344 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
345 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
348 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
349 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
353 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
354 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
355 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
356 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
357 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
360 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
361 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
362 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
365 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
366 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
367 consistency (nothingmuch)
368 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
370 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
371 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
372 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
373 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
376 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
377 * Class::MOP::Immutable
378 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
380 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
382 * Class::MOP::Instance
383 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
384 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
386 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
388 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
389 the class is already loaded (sartak)
390 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
391 instead of just 1 (sartak)
394 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
396 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
397 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
398 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
400 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
401 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
402 recognizes it correct this time.
404 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
405 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
408 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
409 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
412 - now stores the instance of the instance
413 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
414 and deletes it when the cache is blown
415 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
416 the options used to make it immutable as well as
417 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
419 * Class::MOP::Package
420 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
421 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
422 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
426 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
428 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
429 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
431 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
432 names now throw a more direct error in
434 - tests for this and other aspects of
440 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
441 Class::MOP::Attribute
442 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
445 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
446 (late night release engineering)--
448 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
449 changes in this release
451 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
452 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
453 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
456 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
457 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
458 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
461 * Class::MOP::Package
462 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
464 - inlining a few calls to &name with
465 direct HASH access key access
466 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
467 a HASH of items based on a type filter
468 similar to list_all_package_symbols
469 - added tests for this
472 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
473 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
474 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
475 - added more descriptive error message to help
476 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
477 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
479 * Class::MOP::Immutable
480 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
482 - added tests for this
484 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
486 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
487 function from MRO::Compat
488 - All XS based functionality now has a
489 Pure Perl alternative
490 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
491 can now be used to force non-XS versions
494 * Class::MOP::Attribute
495 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
496 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
497 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
499 - added tests for this
501 * Class::MOP::Immutable
502 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
503 making the class immutable
506 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
507 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
508 allow for it to work.
509 - added tests for this
511 * Class::MOP::Attribute
513 Class::MOP::Immutable
514 - any time a method meta object is constructed
515 we make sure to pass the correct package and
516 method name information
519 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
520 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
521 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
522 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
523 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
524 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
525 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
526 throw an error if these are not supplied.
527 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
528 and now store the package_name and name attributes
531 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
532 Module::Install support has been removed
534 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
535 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
536 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
537 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
541 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
542 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
544 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
545 when it has no init_arg
546 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
547 to support c3 classes.
549 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
552 - making sure that load_class never gets
553 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
554 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
557 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
559 - improved error handling in ->create method
560 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
561 will be used to populate values
562 - added tests for this
565 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
566 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
572 Class::MOP::Attribute
573 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
574 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
576 * Class::MOP::Instance
577 Class::MOP::Immutable
578 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
581 - fixed the filename length on several
582 test files so we install on VMS better
584 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
585 should be catfile (RT #32385)
587 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
588 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
591 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
592 Class::MOP::Attribute
593 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
594 to indicate that no constructor args can
595 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
596 - added tests for this
597 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
600 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
601 feature instead of the silly hack from
602 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
604 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
606 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
609 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
610 - removed assumptions about the existence of
613 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
614 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
615 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
618 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
619 constant so that we can take advantage
620 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
623 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
624 optimize the &linearized_isa method
625 and avoid the hack/check for circular
626 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
627 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
628 - added tests for this
630 * Class::MOP::Immutable
631 - the immutable class now keeps track of
632 the transformer which immutablized it
634 * Class::MOP::Instance
635 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
636 - added tests for this
638 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
640 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
641 transformation arguments are saved
643 - added tests for this
645 * Class::MOP::Immutable
646 - fixed a bug (see above)
648 * Class::MOP::Attribute
651 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
652 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
653 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
656 - removed the dependency on B
657 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
658 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
659 the B fiddling we were doing with
660 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
661 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
662 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
663 be used to help manage method caching.
666 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
667 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
668 even more accurate caching information.
669 blblack++ for that stuff :)
672 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
673 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
674 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
675 track of when we need to re-fetch the
677 - Several small improvements to take advantage
678 of the new method map caching features
680 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
681 * Class::MOP::Attribute
682 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
683 HASH ref case, which makes the
684 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
685 - added more tests for this
687 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
688 * Class::MOP::Attribute
689 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
690 - added more tests for this
692 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
694 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
695 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
696 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
698 * Class::MOP::Attribute
699 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
700 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
701 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
703 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
704 * Class::MOP::Attribute
705 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
707 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
708 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
710 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
712 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
715 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
716 construct_class_instance (groditi)
717 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
718 call through (groditi)
720 * Class::MOP::Attribute
721 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
722 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
723 it is defined (groditi)
725 * Class::MOP::Instance
726 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
727 it is defined (groditi)
729 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
730 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
731 - removed the relevant attributes
733 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
734 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
735 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
736 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
738 - added tests for this
739 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
740 non-inlined constructors.
741 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
743 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
744 - added this class as an abstract base for the
745 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
746 - added tests for this
749 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
750 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
753 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
755 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
756 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
758 * Class::MOP::Package
759 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
762 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
764 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
766 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
767 it manually now so that people can use this
768 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
770 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
772 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
773 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
774 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
777 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
778 * Class::MOP::Immutable
779 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
780 - removed unused variable
781 - added create_immutable_transformer
782 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
783 - tests for this (groditi)
786 - Immutability can now be undone,
787 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
788 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
789 for details see comments next to make_immutable
790 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
791 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
792 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
793 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
794 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
795 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
797 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
798 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
800 * Class::MOP::Package
801 - we now deal with stub methods properly
802 - added tests for this
803 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
805 * Class::MOP::Attribute
806 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
807 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
809 - added tests and POD for this
812 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
813 handles undef values correctly.
814 - added tests for this
815 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
816 will not get reaped when instances still
817 exist which need to reference them. This is
818 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
819 obscure enough feature that there are not too
820 many work arounds out in the wild.
821 - added tests for this by groditi
822 - updated docs to explain this
825 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
826 - added tests for this behavior
828 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
829 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
832 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
833 - added tests and docs for these
835 * Class::MOP::Attribute
836 - default now checks the instance with defined to
837 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
841 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
847 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
848 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
849 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
850 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
853 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
855 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
856 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
857 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
860 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
861 immutable transformation instead of
862 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
864 + Class::MOP::Immutable
865 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
866 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
867 be coming eventually.
870 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
872 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
873 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
877 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
880 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
882 - constructor generation is now handled by
883 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
885 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
886 - created this to handle constructor generation
887 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
889 * Class::MOP::Attribute
891 - attributes now delegate to the
892 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
895 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
896 - all accessor generation functions from
897 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
899 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
901 * scripts/class_browser.pl
902 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
903 on this to come. Comments and patches are
907 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
908 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
909 they are aliased from the originals
910 - fixed tests to reflect
911 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
913 - adjusted tests for this
914 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
919 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
920 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
921 - adjusted tests to compensate
922 - adjusted docs for this
925 - changed how methods are dealt with to
926 encapsulate most of the work into the
927 &get_method_map method
928 - made several adjustments for the change
929 in Class::MOP::Method
930 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
931 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
932 old one before installing the new one
933 - added tests for this
934 - adjusted docs for this
936 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
937 - added caching of &get_method_map
938 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
939 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
941 * Class::MOP::Package
942 - added filtering capabilities to
943 &list_all_package_symbols
945 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
947 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
948 the $:version and such just actually goes
949 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
950 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
952 - The &create method now requires that all
953 but the package name now is passed in as
954 named parameters. See docs for more info.
955 - updated docs and tests for this
958 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
962 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
963 which do not store things in the instance
964 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
967 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
969 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
971 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
972 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
975 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
976 - fixed all tests for this
978 * Class::MOP::Attribute
979 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
980 are no longer allowed for defaults
981 - added tests for this
983 * Class::MOP::Package
984 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
985 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
986 always reloaded from the symbol table.
988 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
990 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
991 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
992 metamodel is more complete (and closer
993 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
995 * Class::MOP::Package
996 - refactored entire class, this is now
997 the primary gateway between the metaclass
998 and the Perl 5 symbol table
999 - added many tests for this
1000 - this class is now a subclass of
1002 - added some tests to reflect this
1005 - refactored all symbol table access to
1006 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1008 * Class::MOP::Module
1009 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1010 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1011 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1012 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1013 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1014 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1015 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1016 - added tests for this
1018 * Class::MOP::Instance
1019 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1021 - added tests for this
1023 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1024 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1025 slots from an instance
1026 - added tests for this
1028 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1031 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1032 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1034 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1035 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1036 the value of the attribute for a particular
1039 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1040 ---------------------------------------
1041 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1042 to introduce the immutable features which
1043 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1044 This support should still be considered
1045 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1046 ---------------------------------------
1048 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1050 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1051 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1052 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1055 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1056 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1057 ::Package and now inherited
1058 - added tests for this
1060 * Class::MOP::Instance
1061 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1062 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1063 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1064 instance creation (of course)
1067 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1068 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1069 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1070 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1071 table manipulation methods.
1073 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1074 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1076 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1077 properly when inherited
1078 - small fix to &clone_instance
1080 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1081 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1082 - This release works in combination with
1083 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1084 because it introduces a new instance
1085 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1089 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1090 - added tests for this
1091 - improved method modifier wrapping
1093 * Class::MOP::Instance
1094 - added new instance protocol
1095 - added tests for this
1096 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1098 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1102 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1103 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1105 - updated tests for this
1108 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1109 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1111 - added tests for this
1112 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1113 new instance protocol
1114 - added more tests for this
1116 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1118 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1119 - added tests and docs for this
1120 - some small optimizations
1122 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1123 - some small optimizations
1125 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1127 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1128 - added tests for this
1129 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1130 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1131 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1132 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1133 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1134 delegates appropriately
1136 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1137 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1138 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1139 called initialize_instance_slot
1142 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1143 initialize_instance_slot method
1145 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1147 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1148 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1150 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1152 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1153 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1155 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1156 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1157 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1159 - added tests for this
1160 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1162 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1164 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1165 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1166 - added test case for this
1168 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1170 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1171 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1172 available in DESTORY calls
1174 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1175 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1176 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1178 * Class::MOP::Method
1179 - added &package_name, &name and
1180 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1181 which were formerly private subs in
1184 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1185 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1186 before, after and around modifiers
1187 - added tests and docs for this feature
1190 - improved &get_package_symbol
1191 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1192 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1194 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1195 - &add_before_method_modifier
1196 - &add_after_method_modifier
1197 - &add_around_method_modifier
1198 - added tests and docs for these
1199 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1200 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1202 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1203 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1207 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1208 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1209 the test skip if it is not installed
1211 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1213 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1216 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1217 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1218 - added docs and tests
1220 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1221 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1222 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1223 be considered "ready to use".
1225 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1226 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1227 - test coverage is now at 99%
1230 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1231 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1232 metaclass pragma instead.
1235 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1236 error/edge-case tests
1238 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1239 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1240 error/edge-case tests
1243 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1245 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1247 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1248 metaclass a little more straightforward
1251 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1252 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1253 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1254 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1258 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1259 is now more useful for subclasses
1260 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1261 hash of attribute meta objects
1262 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1263 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1264 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1265 attribute meta-object itself
1266 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1267 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1268 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1269 - added docs & tests for this
1270 - added Clone as a dependency
1271 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1272 return blessed new or cloned instances
1273 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1274 - added docs & tests for this
1275 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1276 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1277 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1278 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1279 - added tests and docs for this
1282 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1284 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1286 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1288 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1289 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1290 attributes/methods respectively
1293 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1296 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1297 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1298 - added new example:
1301 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1303 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1305 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1306 - improved error messages
1309 - added new examples:
1310 - AttributesWithHistory
1311 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1313 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1314 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1316 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1317 - refactored method generation code
1318 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1321 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1322 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1323 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1324 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1325 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1327 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1328 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1329 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1331 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006