1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
6 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
9 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
10 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
11 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
13 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
15 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
16 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
17 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
20 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
22 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
23 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
25 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
27 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
28 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
32 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
33 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
35 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
37 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
39 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
40 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
41 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
43 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
45 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
46 releases. (nothingmuch)
49 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
51 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
52 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
53 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
56 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
59 * Class::MOP::Instance
60 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
62 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
64 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
65 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
66 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
67 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
70 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
71 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
75 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
76 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
77 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
78 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
79 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
82 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
83 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
84 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
87 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
88 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
89 consistency (nothingmuch)
90 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
92 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
93 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
94 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
95 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
98 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
99 * Class::MOP::Immutable
100 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
102 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
104 * Class::MOP::Instance
105 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
106 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
108 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
110 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
111 the class is already loaded (sartak)
112 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
113 instead of just 1 (sartak)
116 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
118 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
119 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
120 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
122 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
123 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
124 recognizes it correct this time.
126 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
127 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
130 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
131 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
134 - now stores the instance of the instance
135 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
136 and deletes it when the cache is blown
137 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
138 the options used to make it immutable as well as
139 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
141 * Class::MOP::Package
142 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
143 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
144 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
148 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
150 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
151 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
153 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
154 names now throw a more direct error in
156 - tests for this and other aspects of
162 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
163 Class::MOP::Attribute
164 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
167 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
168 (late night release engineering)--
170 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
171 changes in this release
173 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
174 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
175 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
178 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
179 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
180 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
183 * Class::MOP::Package
184 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
186 - inlining a few calls to &name with
187 direct HASH access key access
188 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
189 a HASH of items based on a type filter
190 similar to list_all_package_symbols
191 - added tests for this
194 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
195 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
196 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
197 - added more descriptive error message to help
198 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
199 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
201 * Class::MOP::Immutable
202 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
204 - added tests for this
206 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
208 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
209 function from MRO::Compat
210 - All XS based functionality now has a
211 Pure Perl alternative
212 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
213 can now be used to force non-XS versions
216 * Class::MOP::Attribute
217 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
218 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
219 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
221 - added tests for this
223 * Class::MOP::Immutable
224 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
225 making the class immutable
228 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
229 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
230 allow for it to work.
231 - added tests for this
233 * Class::MOP::Attribute
235 Class::MOP::Immutable
236 - any time a method meta object is constructed
237 we make sure to pass the correct package and
238 method name information
241 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
242 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
243 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
244 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
245 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
246 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
247 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
248 throw an error if these are not supplied.
249 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
250 and now store the package_name and name attributes
253 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
254 Module::Install support has been removed
256 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
257 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
258 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
259 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
263 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
264 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
266 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
267 when it has no init_arg
268 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
269 to support c3 classes.
271 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
274 - making sure that load_class never gets
275 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
276 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
279 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
281 - improved error handling in ->create method
282 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
283 will be used to populate values
284 - added tests for this
287 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
288 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
294 Class::MOP::Attribute
295 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
296 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
298 * Class::MOP::Instance
299 Class::MOP::Immutable
300 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
303 - fixed the filename length on several
304 test files so we install on VMS better
306 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
307 should be catfile (RT #32385)
309 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
310 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
313 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
314 Class::MOP::Attribute
315 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
316 to indicate that no constructor args can
317 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
318 - added tests for this
319 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
322 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
323 feature instead of the silly hack from
324 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
326 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
328 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
331 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
332 - removed assumptions about the existence of
335 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
336 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
337 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
340 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
341 constant so that we can take advantage
342 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
345 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
346 optimize the &linearized_isa method
347 and avoid the hack/check for circular
348 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
349 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
350 - added tests for this
352 * Class::MOP::Immutable
353 - the immutable class now keeps track of
354 the transformer which immutablized it
356 * Class::MOP::Instance
357 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
358 - added tests for this
360 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
362 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
363 transformation arguments are saved
365 - added tests for this
367 * Class::MOP::Immutable
368 - fixed a bug (see above)
370 * Class::MOP::Attribute
373 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
374 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
375 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
378 - removed the dependency on B
379 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
380 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
381 the B fiddling we were doing with
382 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
383 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
384 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
385 be used to help manage method caching.
388 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
389 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
390 even more accurate caching information.
391 blblack++ for that stuff :)
394 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
395 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
396 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
397 track of when we need to re-fetch the
399 - Several small improvements to take advantage
400 of the new method map caching features
402 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
403 * Class::MOP::Attribute
404 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
405 HASH ref case, which makes the
406 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
407 - added more tests for this
409 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
410 * Class::MOP::Attribute
411 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
412 - added more tests for this
414 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
416 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
417 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
418 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
420 * Class::MOP::Attribute
421 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
422 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
423 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
425 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
426 * Class::MOP::Attribute
427 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
429 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
430 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
432 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
434 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
437 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
438 construct_class_instance (groditi)
439 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
440 call through (groditi)
442 * Class::MOP::Attribute
443 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
444 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
445 it is defined (groditi)
447 * Class::MOP::Instance
448 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
449 it is defined (groditi)
451 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
452 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
453 - removed the relevant attributes
455 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
456 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
457 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
458 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
460 - added tests for this
461 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
462 non-inlined constructors.
463 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
465 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
466 - added this class as an abstract base for the
467 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
468 - added tests for this
471 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
472 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
475 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
477 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
478 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
480 * Class::MOP::Package
481 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
484 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
486 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
488 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
489 it manually now so that people can use this
490 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
492 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
494 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
495 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
496 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
499 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
500 * Class::MOP::Immutable
501 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
502 - removed unused variable
503 - added create_immutable_transformer
504 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
505 - tests for this (groditi)
508 - Immutability can now be undone,
509 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
510 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
511 for details see comments next to make_immutable
512 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
513 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
514 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
515 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
516 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
517 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
519 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
520 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
522 * Class::MOP::Package
523 - we now deal with stub methods properly
524 - added tests for this
525 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
527 * Class::MOP::Attribute
528 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
529 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
531 - added tests and POD for this
534 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
535 handles undef values correctly.
536 - added tests for this
537 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
538 will not get reaped when instances still
539 exist which need to reference them. This is
540 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
541 obscure enough feature that there are not too
542 many work arounds out in the wild.
543 - added tests for this by groditi
544 - updated docs to explain this
547 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
548 - added tests for this behavior
550 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
551 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
554 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
555 - added tests and docs for these
557 * Class::MOP::Attribute
558 - default now checks the instance with defined to
559 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
563 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
569 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
570 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
571 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
572 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
575 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
577 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
578 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
579 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
582 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
583 immutable transformation instead of
584 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
586 + Class::MOP::Immutable
587 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
588 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
589 be coming eventually.
592 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
594 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
595 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
599 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
602 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
604 - constructor generation is now handled by
605 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
607 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
608 - created this to handle constructor generation
609 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
611 * Class::MOP::Attribute
613 - attributes now delegate to the
614 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
617 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
618 - all accessor generation functions from
619 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
621 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
623 * scripts/class_browser.pl
624 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
625 on this to come. Comments and patches are
629 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
630 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
631 they are aliased from the originals
632 - fixed tests to reflect
633 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
635 - adjusted tests for this
636 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
641 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
642 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
643 - adjusted tests to compensate
644 - adjusted docs for this
647 - changed how methods are dealt with to
648 encapsulate most of the work into the
649 &get_method_map method
650 - made several adjustments for the change
651 in Class::MOP::Method
652 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
653 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
654 old one before installing the new one
655 - added tests for this
656 - adjusted docs for this
658 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
659 - added caching of &get_method_map
660 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
661 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
663 * Class::MOP::Package
664 - added filtering capabilities to
665 &list_all_package_symbols
667 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
669 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
670 the $:version and such just actually goes
671 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
672 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
674 - The &create method now requires that all
675 but the package name now is passed in as
676 named parameters. See docs for more info.
677 - updated docs and tests for this
680 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
684 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
685 which do not store things in the instance
686 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
689 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
691 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
693 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
694 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
697 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
698 - fixed all tests for this
700 * Class::MOP::Attribute
701 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
702 are no longer allowed for defaults
703 - added tests for this
705 * Class::MOP::Package
706 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
707 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
708 always reloaded from the symbol table.
710 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
712 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
713 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
714 metamodel is more complete (and closer
715 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
717 * Class::MOP::Package
718 - refactored entire class, this is now
719 the primary gateway between the metaclass
720 and the Perl 5 symbol table
721 - added many tests for this
722 - this class is now a subclass of
724 - added some tests to reflect this
727 - refactored all symbol table access to
728 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
731 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
732 so that Module has a version as an attribute
733 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
734 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
735 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
736 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
737 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
738 - added tests for this
740 * Class::MOP::Instance
741 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
743 - added tests for this
745 * Class::MOP::Attribute
746 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
747 slots from an instance
748 - added tests for this
750 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
753 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
754 anywhere within the class hierarchy
756 * Class::MOP::Attribute
757 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
758 the value of the attribute for a particular
761 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
762 ---------------------------------------
763 This is the first version of Class::MOP
764 to introduce the immutable features which
765 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
766 This support should still be considered
767 experimental, but moving towards stability.
768 ---------------------------------------
770 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
772 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
773 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
774 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
777 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
778 - several methods moved to ::Module and
779 ::Package and now inherited
780 - added tests for this
782 * Class::MOP::Instance
783 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
784 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
785 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
786 instance creation (of course)
789 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
790 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
791 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
792 because they are now more general purpose symbol
793 table manipulation methods.
795 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
796 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
798 - small change in &create so that it behaves
799 properly when inherited
800 - small fix to &clone_instance
802 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
803 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
804 - This release works in combination with
805 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
806 because it introduces a new instance
807 sub-protocol and has not yet been
811 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
812 - added tests for this
813 - improved method modifier wrapping
815 * Class::MOP::Instance
816 - added new instance protocol
817 - added tests for this
818 - changed all relevant modules and examples
820 - Class::MOP::Attribute
824 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
825 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
827 - updated tests for this
830 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
831 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
833 - added tests for this
834 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
835 new instance protocol
836 - added more tests for this
838 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
840 - added find_attribute_by_name method
841 - added tests and docs for this
842 - some small optimizations
844 * Class::MOP::Attribute
845 - some small optimizations
847 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
849 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
850 - added tests for this
851 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
852 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
853 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
854 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
855 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
856 delegates appropriately
858 * Class::MOP::Attribute
859 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
860 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
861 called initialize_instance_slot
864 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
865 initialize_instance_slot method
867 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
869 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
870 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
872 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
874 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
875 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
877 * Class::MOP::Attribute
878 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
879 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
881 - added tests for this
882 - adjusted all /example files to comply
884 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
886 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
887 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
888 - added test case for this
890 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
892 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
893 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
894 available in DESTORY calls
896 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
897 - removed the dependency for Clone since
898 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
901 - added &package_name, &name and
902 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
903 which were formerly private subs in
906 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
907 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
908 before, after and around modifiers
909 - added tests and docs for this feature
912 - improved &get_package_symbol
913 - &version and &superclasses now use it
914 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
916 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
917 - &add_before_method_modifier
918 - &add_after_method_modifier
919 - &add_around_method_modifier
920 - added tests and docs for these
921 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
922 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
924 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
925 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
929 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
930 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
931 the test skip if it is not installed
933 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
935 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
938 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
939 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
940 - added docs and tests
942 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
943 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
944 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
945 be considered "ready to use".
947 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
948 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
949 - test coverage is now at 99%
952 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
953 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
954 metaclass pragma instead.
957 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
958 error/edge-case tests
960 * Class::MOP::Attribute
961 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
962 error/edge-case tests
965 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
967 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
969 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
970 metaclass a little more straightforward
973 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
974 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
975 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
976 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
980 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
981 is now more useful for subclasses
982 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
983 hash of attribute meta objects
984 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
985 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
986 since all the same info can be gotten from the
987 attribute meta-object itself
988 - updated docs & tests to reflect
989 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
990 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
991 - added docs & tests for this
992 - added Clone as a dependency
993 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
994 return blessed new or cloned instances
995 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
996 - added docs & tests for this
997 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
998 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
999 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1000 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1001 - added tests and docs for this
1004 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1006 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1008 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1010 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1011 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1012 attributes/methods respectively
1015 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1018 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1019 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1020 - added new example:
1023 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1025 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1027 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1028 - improved error messages
1031 - added new examples:
1032 - AttributesWithHistory
1033 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1035 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1036 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1038 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1039 - refactored method generation code
1040 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1043 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1044 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1045 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1046 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1047 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1049 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1050 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1051 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1053 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006