1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
4 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
5 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
6 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
7 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
8 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
9 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
10 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
11 for the Moose compatibility handling code
12 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
14 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
16 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
17 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
19 * Class::MOP::Immutable
20 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
21 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
22 provides its own constructor (doy)
24 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
27 * Class::MOP::Instance
28 * Class::MOP::Attribute
29 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
30 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
31 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
32 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
35 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
36 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
38 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
40 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
41 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
43 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
44 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
45 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
46 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
47 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
50 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
51 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
52 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
53 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
54 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
55 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
56 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
58 - Class::MOP::Instance
59 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
63 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
64 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
65 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
67 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
68 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
69 when an object is constructed)
70 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
72 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
73 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
74 when an object is constructed)
75 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
76 - attributes => _attributes
77 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
79 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
81 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
82 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
83 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
86 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
87 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
88 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
91 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
92 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
93 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
94 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
98 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
99 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
100 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
101 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
102 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
103 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
105 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
106 * No changes from 0.78_02.
108 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
110 * Class::MOP::Immutable
111 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
112 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
113 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
114 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
118 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
119 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
122 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
123 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
124 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
126 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
128 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
129 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
132 * Class::MOP::Instance
133 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
134 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
135 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
136 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
138 * Class::MOP::Attribute
139 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
140 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
141 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
143 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
144 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
145 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
149 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
150 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
151 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
152 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
154 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
155 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
156 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
157 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
158 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
159 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
160 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
161 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
162 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
165 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
166 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
169 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
171 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
172 * No changes from 0.77_01
174 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
176 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
177 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
178 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
179 against the pure Perl version of this code.
181 * Class::MOP::Instance
182 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
183 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
186 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
188 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
192 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
193 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
197 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
198 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
200 * Class::MOP::Package
201 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
202 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
205 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
209 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
210 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
211 near future release. You've been warned.
213 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
214 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
215 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
216 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
218 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
219 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
222 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
223 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
226 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
229 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
230 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
232 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
234 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
235 sharing an immutable transformer object
236 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
237 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
239 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
241 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
242 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
243 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
244 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
246 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
247 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
249 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
251 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
252 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
254 * t/082_get_code_info.t
255 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
256 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
257 succeed in that case.
259 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
260 * Class::MOP::Package
261 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
264 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
265 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
267 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
268 * Class::MOP::Immutable
269 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
270 the constructor was inlined.
271 * Class::MOP::Package
272 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
273 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
274 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
276 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
277 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
279 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
281 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
282 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
283 * Class::MOP::Immutable
284 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
285 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
286 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
289 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
290 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
291 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
292 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
293 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
294 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
295 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
296 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
297 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
298 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
300 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
303 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
304 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
307 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
309 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
310 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
312 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
314 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
315 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
316 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
319 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
320 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
321 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
324 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
326 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
327 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
329 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
330 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
331 times in an eval. (t0m)
333 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
335 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
336 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
337 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
338 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
339 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
340 - added test for this
342 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
343 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
344 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
347 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
348 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
352 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
353 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
354 aliased methods and "real" methods.
356 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
357 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
358 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
359 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
362 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
363 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
366 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
367 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
368 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
369 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
370 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
371 for sad systems without a compiler.
374 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
375 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
378 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
379 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
380 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
382 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
384 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
385 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
386 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
387 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
389 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
390 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
391 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
392 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
394 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
396 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
397 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
400 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
401 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
402 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
404 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
406 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
408 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
409 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
410 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
412 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
413 * Class::MOP::Package
414 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
415 releases. (nothingmuch)
418 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
420 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
421 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
422 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
425 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
428 * Class::MOP::Instance
429 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
431 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
433 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
434 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
435 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
436 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
439 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
440 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
444 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
445 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
446 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
447 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
448 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
451 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
452 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
453 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
456 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
457 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
458 consistency (nothingmuch)
459 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
461 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
462 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
463 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
464 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
467 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
468 * Class::MOP::Immutable
469 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
471 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
473 * Class::MOP::Instance
474 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
475 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
477 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
479 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
480 the class is already loaded (sartak)
481 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
482 instead of just 1 (sartak)
485 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
487 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
488 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
489 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
491 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
492 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
493 recognizes it correct this time.
495 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
496 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
499 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
500 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
503 - now stores the instance of the instance
504 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
505 and deletes it when the cache is blown
506 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
507 the options used to make it immutable as well as
508 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
510 * Class::MOP::Package
511 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
512 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
513 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
517 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
519 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
520 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
522 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
523 names now throw a more direct error in
525 - tests for this and other aspects of
531 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
532 Class::MOP::Attribute
533 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
536 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
537 (late night release engineering)--
539 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
540 changes in this release
542 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
543 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
544 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
547 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
548 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
549 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
552 * Class::MOP::Package
553 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
555 - inlining a few calls to &name with
556 direct HASH access key access
557 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
558 a HASH of items based on a type filter
559 similar to list_all_package_symbols
560 - added tests for this
563 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
564 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
565 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
566 - added more descriptive error message to help
567 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
568 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
570 * Class::MOP::Immutable
571 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
573 - added tests for this
575 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
577 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
578 function from MRO::Compat
579 - All XS based functionality now has a
580 Pure Perl alternative
581 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
582 can now be used to force non-XS versions
585 * Class::MOP::Attribute
586 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
587 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
588 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
590 - added tests for this
592 * Class::MOP::Immutable
593 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
594 making the class immutable
597 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
598 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
599 allow for it to work.
600 - added tests for this
602 * Class::MOP::Attribute
604 Class::MOP::Immutable
605 - any time a method meta object is constructed
606 we make sure to pass the correct package and
607 method name information
610 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
611 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
612 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
613 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
614 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
615 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
616 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
617 throw an error if these are not supplied.
618 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
619 and now store the package_name and name attributes
622 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
623 Module::Install support has been removed
625 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
626 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
627 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
628 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
632 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
633 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
635 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
636 when it has no init_arg
637 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
638 to support c3 classes.
640 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
643 - making sure that load_class never gets
644 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
645 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
648 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
650 - improved error handling in ->create method
651 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
652 will be used to populate values
653 - added tests for this
656 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
657 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
663 Class::MOP::Attribute
664 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
665 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
667 * Class::MOP::Instance
668 Class::MOP::Immutable
669 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
672 - fixed the filename length on several
673 test files so we install on VMS better
675 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
676 should be catfile (RT #32385)
678 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
679 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
682 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
683 Class::MOP::Attribute
684 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
685 to indicate that no constructor args can
686 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
687 - added tests for this
688 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
691 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
692 feature instead of the silly hack from
693 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
695 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
697 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
700 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
701 - removed assumptions about the existence of
704 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
705 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
706 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
709 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
710 constant so that we can take advantage
711 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
714 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
715 optimize the &linearized_isa method
716 and avoid the hack/check for circular
717 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
718 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
719 - added tests for this
721 * Class::MOP::Immutable
722 - the immutable class now keeps track of
723 the transformer which immutablized it
725 * Class::MOP::Instance
726 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
727 - added tests for this
729 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
731 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
732 transformation arguments are saved
734 - added tests for this
736 * Class::MOP::Immutable
737 - fixed a bug (see above)
739 * Class::MOP::Attribute
742 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
743 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
744 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
747 - removed the dependency on B
748 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
749 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
750 the B fiddling we were doing with
751 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
752 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
753 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
754 be used to help manage method caching.
757 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
758 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
759 even more accurate caching information.
760 blblack++ for that stuff :)
763 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
764 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
765 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
766 track of when we need to re-fetch the
768 - Several small improvements to take advantage
769 of the new method map caching features
771 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
772 * Class::MOP::Attribute
773 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
774 HASH ref case, which makes the
775 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
776 - added more tests for this
778 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
779 * Class::MOP::Attribute
780 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
781 - added more tests for this
783 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
785 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
786 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
787 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
789 * Class::MOP::Attribute
790 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
791 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
792 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
794 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
795 * Class::MOP::Attribute
796 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
798 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
799 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
801 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
803 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
806 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
807 construct_class_instance (groditi)
808 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
809 call through (groditi)
811 * Class::MOP::Attribute
812 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
813 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
814 it is defined (groditi)
816 * Class::MOP::Instance
817 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
818 it is defined (groditi)
820 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
821 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
822 - removed the relevant attributes
824 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
825 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
826 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
827 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
829 - added tests for this
830 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
831 non-inlined constructors.
832 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
834 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
835 - added this class as an abstract base for the
836 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
837 - added tests for this
840 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
841 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
844 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
846 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
847 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
849 * Class::MOP::Package
850 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
853 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
855 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
857 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
858 it manually now so that people can use this
859 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
861 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
863 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
864 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
865 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
868 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
869 * Class::MOP::Immutable
870 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
871 - removed unused variable
872 - added create_immutable_transformer
873 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
874 - tests for this (groditi)
877 - Immutability can now be undone,
878 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
879 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
880 for details see comments next to make_immutable
881 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
882 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
883 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
884 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
885 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
886 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
888 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
889 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
891 * Class::MOP::Package
892 - we now deal with stub methods properly
893 - added tests for this
894 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
896 * Class::MOP::Attribute
897 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
898 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
900 - added tests and POD for this
903 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
904 handles undef values correctly.
905 - added tests for this
906 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
907 will not get reaped when instances still
908 exist which need to reference them. This is
909 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
910 obscure enough feature that there are not too
911 many work arounds out in the wild.
912 - added tests for this by groditi
913 - updated docs to explain this
916 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
917 - added tests for this behavior
919 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
920 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
923 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
924 - added tests and docs for these
926 * Class::MOP::Attribute
927 - default now checks the instance with defined to
928 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
932 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
938 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
939 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
940 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
941 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
944 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
946 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
947 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
948 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
951 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
952 immutable transformation instead of
953 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
955 + Class::MOP::Immutable
956 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
957 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
958 be coming eventually.
961 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
963 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
964 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
968 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
971 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
973 - constructor generation is now handled by
974 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
976 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
977 - created this to handle constructor generation
978 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
980 * Class::MOP::Attribute
982 - attributes now delegate to the
983 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
986 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
987 - all accessor generation functions from
988 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
990 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
992 * scripts/class_browser.pl
993 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
994 on this to come. Comments and patches are
998 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
999 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1000 they are aliased from the originals
1001 - fixed tests to reflect
1002 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1004 - adjusted tests for this
1005 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1008 * Class::MOP::Method
1010 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1011 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1012 - adjusted tests to compensate
1013 - adjusted docs for this
1016 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1017 encapsulate most of the work into the
1018 &get_method_map method
1019 - made several adjustments for the change
1020 in Class::MOP::Method
1021 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1022 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1023 old one before installing the new one
1024 - added tests for this
1025 - adjusted docs for this
1027 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1028 - added caching of &get_method_map
1029 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1030 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1032 * Class::MOP::Package
1033 - added filtering capabilities to
1034 &list_all_package_symbols
1036 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1038 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1039 the $:version and such just actually goes
1040 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1041 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1043 - The &create method now requires that all
1044 but the package name now is passed in as
1045 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1046 - updated docs and tests for this
1048 * Class::MOP::Object
1049 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1053 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1054 which do not store things in the instance
1055 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1058 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1060 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1062 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1063 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1066 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1067 - fixed all tests for this
1069 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1070 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1071 are no longer allowed for defaults
1072 - added tests for this
1074 * Class::MOP::Package
1075 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1076 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1077 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1079 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1081 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1082 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1083 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1084 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1086 * Class::MOP::Package
1087 - refactored entire class, this is now
1088 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1089 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1090 - added many tests for this
1091 - this class is now a subclass of
1093 - added some tests to reflect this
1096 - refactored all symbol table access to
1097 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1099 * Class::MOP::Module
1100 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1101 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1102 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1103 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1104 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1105 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1106 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1107 - added tests for this
1109 * Class::MOP::Instance
1110 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1112 - added tests for this
1114 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1115 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1116 slots from an instance
1117 - added tests for this
1119 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1122 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1123 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1125 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1126 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1127 the value of the attribute for a particular
1130 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1131 ---------------------------------------
1132 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1133 to introduce the immutable features which
1134 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1135 This support should still be considered
1136 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1137 ---------------------------------------
1139 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1141 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1142 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1143 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1146 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1147 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1148 ::Package and now inherited
1149 - added tests for this
1151 * Class::MOP::Instance
1152 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1153 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1154 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1155 instance creation (of course)
1158 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1159 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1160 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1161 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1162 table manipulation methods.
1164 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1165 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1167 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1168 properly when inherited
1169 - small fix to &clone_instance
1171 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1172 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1173 - This release works in combination with
1174 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1175 because it introduces a new instance
1176 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1180 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1181 - added tests for this
1182 - improved method modifier wrapping
1184 * Class::MOP::Instance
1185 - added new instance protocol
1186 - added tests for this
1187 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1189 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1193 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1194 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1196 - updated tests for this
1199 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1200 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1202 - added tests for this
1203 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1204 new instance protocol
1205 - added more tests for this
1207 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1209 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1210 - added tests and docs for this
1211 - some small optimizations
1213 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1214 - some small optimizations
1216 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1218 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1219 - added tests for this
1220 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1221 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1222 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1223 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1224 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1225 delegates appropriately
1227 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1228 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1229 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1230 called initialize_instance_slot
1233 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1234 initialize_instance_slot method
1236 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1238 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1239 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1241 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1243 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1244 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1246 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1247 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1248 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1250 - added tests for this
1251 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1253 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1255 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1256 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1257 - added test case for this
1259 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1261 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1262 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1263 available in DESTORY calls
1265 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1266 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1267 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1269 * Class::MOP::Method
1270 - added &package_name, &name and
1271 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1272 which were formerly private subs in
1275 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1276 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1277 before, after and around modifiers
1278 - added tests and docs for this feature
1281 - improved &get_package_symbol
1282 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1283 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1285 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1286 - &add_before_method_modifier
1287 - &add_after_method_modifier
1288 - &add_around_method_modifier
1289 - added tests and docs for these
1290 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1291 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1293 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1294 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1298 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1299 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1300 the test skip if it is not installed
1302 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1304 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1307 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1308 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1309 - added docs and tests
1311 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1312 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1313 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1314 be considered "ready to use".
1316 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1317 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1318 - test coverage is now at 99%
1321 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1322 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1323 metaclass pragma instead.
1326 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1327 error/edge-case tests
1329 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1330 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1331 error/edge-case tests
1334 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1336 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1338 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1339 metaclass a little more straightforward
1342 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1343 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1344 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1345 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1349 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1350 is now more useful for subclasses
1351 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1352 hash of attribute meta objects
1353 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1354 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1355 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1356 attribute meta-object itself
1357 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1358 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1359 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1360 - added docs & tests for this
1361 - added Clone as a dependency
1362 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1363 return blessed new or cloned instances
1364 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1365 - added docs & tests for this
1366 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1367 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1368 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1369 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1370 - added tests and docs for this
1373 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1375 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1377 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1379 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1380 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1381 attributes/methods respectively
1384 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1387 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1388 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1389 - added new example:
1392 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1394 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1396 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1397 - improved error messages
1400 - added new examples:
1401 - AttributesWithHistory
1402 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1404 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1405 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1407 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1408 - refactored method generation code
1409 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1412 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1413 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1414 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1415 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1416 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1418 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1419 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1420 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1422 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006