1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
6 was removed in 0.82_01.
8 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
9 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
10 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
11 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
12 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
13 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
14 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
15 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
16 for the Moose compatibility handling code
17 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
19 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
21 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
22 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
24 * Class::MOP::Immutable
25 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
26 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
27 provides its own constructor (doy)
29 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
32 * Class::MOP::Instance
33 * Class::MOP::Attribute
34 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
35 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
36 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
37 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
40 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
41 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
43 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
45 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
46 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
48 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
49 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
50 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
51 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
52 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
55 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
56 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
57 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
58 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
59 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
60 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
61 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
63 - Class::MOP::Instance
64 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
68 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
69 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
70 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
72 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
73 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
74 when an object is constructed)
75 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
77 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
78 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
79 when an object is constructed)
80 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
81 - attributes => _attributes
82 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
84 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
86 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
87 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
88 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
91 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
92 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
93 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
96 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
97 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
98 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
99 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
103 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
104 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
105 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
106 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
107 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
108 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
110 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
111 * No changes from 0.78_02.
113 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
115 * Class::MOP::Immutable
116 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
117 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
118 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
119 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
123 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
124 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
127 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
128 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
129 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
131 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
133 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
134 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
137 * Class::MOP::Instance
138 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
139 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
140 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
141 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
143 * Class::MOP::Attribute
144 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
145 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
146 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
148 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
149 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
150 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
154 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
155 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
156 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
157 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
159 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
160 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
161 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
162 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
163 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
164 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
165 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
166 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
167 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
170 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
171 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
174 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
176 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
177 * No changes from 0.77_01
179 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
181 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
182 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
183 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
184 against the pure Perl version of this code.
186 * Class::MOP::Instance
187 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
188 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
191 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
193 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
197 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
198 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
202 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
203 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
205 * Class::MOP::Package
206 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
207 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
210 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
214 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
215 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
216 near future release. You've been warned.
218 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
219 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
220 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
221 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
223 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
224 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
227 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
228 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
231 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
234 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
235 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
237 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
239 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
240 sharing an immutable transformer object
241 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
242 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
244 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
246 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
247 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
248 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
249 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
251 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
252 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
254 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
256 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
257 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
259 * t/082_get_code_info.t
260 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
261 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
262 succeed in that case.
264 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
265 * Class::MOP::Package
266 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
269 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
270 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
272 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
273 * Class::MOP::Immutable
274 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
275 the constructor was inlined.
276 * Class::MOP::Package
277 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
278 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
279 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
281 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
282 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
284 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
286 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
287 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
288 * Class::MOP::Immutable
289 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
290 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
291 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
294 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
295 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
296 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
297 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
298 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
299 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
300 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
301 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
302 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
303 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
305 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
308 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
309 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
312 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
314 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
315 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
317 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
319 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
320 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
321 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
324 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
325 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
326 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
329 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
331 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
332 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
334 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
335 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
336 times in an eval. (t0m)
338 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
340 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
341 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
342 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
343 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
344 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
345 - added test for this
347 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
348 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
349 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
352 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
353 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
357 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
358 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
359 aliased methods and "real" methods.
361 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
362 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
363 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
364 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
367 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
368 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
371 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
372 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
373 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
374 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
375 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
376 for sad systems without a compiler.
379 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
380 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
383 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
384 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
385 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
387 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
389 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
390 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
391 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
392 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
394 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
395 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
396 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
397 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
399 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
401 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
402 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
405 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
406 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
407 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
409 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
411 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
413 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
414 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
415 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
417 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
418 * Class::MOP::Package
419 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
420 releases. (nothingmuch)
423 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
425 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
426 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
427 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
430 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
433 * Class::MOP::Instance
434 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
436 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
438 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
439 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
440 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
441 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
444 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
445 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
449 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
450 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
451 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
452 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
453 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
456 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
457 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
458 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
461 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
462 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
463 consistency (nothingmuch)
464 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
466 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
467 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
468 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
469 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
472 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
473 * Class::MOP::Immutable
474 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
476 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
478 * Class::MOP::Instance
479 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
480 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
482 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
484 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
485 the class is already loaded (sartak)
486 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
487 instead of just 1 (sartak)
490 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
492 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
493 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
494 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
496 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
497 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
498 recognizes it correct this time.
500 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
501 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
504 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
505 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
508 - now stores the instance of the instance
509 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
510 and deletes it when the cache is blown
511 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
512 the options used to make it immutable as well as
513 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
515 * Class::MOP::Package
516 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
517 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
518 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
522 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
524 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
525 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
527 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
528 names now throw a more direct error in
530 - tests for this and other aspects of
536 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
537 Class::MOP::Attribute
538 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
541 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
542 (late night release engineering)--
544 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
545 changes in this release
547 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
548 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
549 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
552 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
553 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
554 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
557 * Class::MOP::Package
558 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
560 - inlining a few calls to &name with
561 direct HASH access key access
562 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
563 a HASH of items based on a type filter
564 similar to list_all_package_symbols
565 - added tests for this
568 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
569 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
570 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
571 - added more descriptive error message to help
572 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
573 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
575 * Class::MOP::Immutable
576 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
578 - added tests for this
580 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
582 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
583 function from MRO::Compat
584 - All XS based functionality now has a
585 Pure Perl alternative
586 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
587 can now be used to force non-XS versions
590 * Class::MOP::Attribute
591 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
592 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
593 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
595 - added tests for this
597 * Class::MOP::Immutable
598 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
599 making the class immutable
602 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
603 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
604 allow for it to work.
605 - added tests for this
607 * Class::MOP::Attribute
609 Class::MOP::Immutable
610 - any time a method meta object is constructed
611 we make sure to pass the correct package and
612 method name information
615 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
616 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
617 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
618 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
619 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
620 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
621 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
622 throw an error if these are not supplied.
623 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
624 and now store the package_name and name attributes
627 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
628 Module::Install support has been removed
630 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
631 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
632 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
633 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
637 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
638 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
640 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
641 when it has no init_arg
642 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
643 to support c3 classes.
645 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
648 - making sure that load_class never gets
649 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
650 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
653 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
655 - improved error handling in ->create method
656 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
657 will be used to populate values
658 - added tests for this
661 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
662 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
668 Class::MOP::Attribute
669 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
670 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
672 * Class::MOP::Instance
673 Class::MOP::Immutable
674 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
677 - fixed the filename length on several
678 test files so we install on VMS better
680 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
681 should be catfile (RT #32385)
683 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
684 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
687 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
688 Class::MOP::Attribute
689 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
690 to indicate that no constructor args can
691 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
692 - added tests for this
693 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
696 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
697 feature instead of the silly hack from
698 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
700 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
702 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
705 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
706 - removed assumptions about the existence of
709 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
710 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
711 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
714 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
715 constant so that we can take advantage
716 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
719 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
720 optimize the &linearized_isa method
721 and avoid the hack/check for circular
722 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
723 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
724 - added tests for this
726 * Class::MOP::Immutable
727 - the immutable class now keeps track of
728 the transformer which immutablized it
730 * Class::MOP::Instance
731 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
732 - added tests for this
734 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
736 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
737 transformation arguments are saved
739 - added tests for this
741 * Class::MOP::Immutable
742 - fixed a bug (see above)
744 * Class::MOP::Attribute
747 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
748 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
749 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
752 - removed the dependency on B
753 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
754 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
755 the B fiddling we were doing with
756 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
757 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
758 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
759 be used to help manage method caching.
762 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
763 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
764 even more accurate caching information.
765 blblack++ for that stuff :)
768 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
769 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
770 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
771 track of when we need to re-fetch the
773 - Several small improvements to take advantage
774 of the new method map caching features
776 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
777 * Class::MOP::Attribute
778 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
779 HASH ref case, which makes the
780 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
781 - added more tests for this
783 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
784 * Class::MOP::Attribute
785 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
786 - added more tests for this
788 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
790 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
791 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
792 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
794 * Class::MOP::Attribute
795 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
796 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
797 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
799 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
800 * Class::MOP::Attribute
801 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
803 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
804 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
806 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
808 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
811 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
812 construct_class_instance (groditi)
813 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
814 call through (groditi)
816 * Class::MOP::Attribute
817 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
818 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
819 it is defined (groditi)
821 * Class::MOP::Instance
822 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
823 it is defined (groditi)
825 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
826 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
827 - removed the relevant attributes
829 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
830 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
831 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
832 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
834 - added tests for this
835 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
836 non-inlined constructors.
837 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
839 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
840 - added this class as an abstract base for the
841 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
842 - added tests for this
845 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
846 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
849 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
851 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
852 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
854 * Class::MOP::Package
855 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
858 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
860 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
862 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
863 it manually now so that people can use this
864 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
866 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
868 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
869 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
870 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
873 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
874 * Class::MOP::Immutable
875 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
876 - removed unused variable
877 - added create_immutable_transformer
878 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
879 - tests for this (groditi)
882 - Immutability can now be undone,
883 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
884 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
885 for details see comments next to make_immutable
886 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
887 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
888 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
889 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
890 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
891 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
893 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
894 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
896 * Class::MOP::Package
897 - we now deal with stub methods properly
898 - added tests for this
899 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
901 * Class::MOP::Attribute
902 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
903 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
905 - added tests and POD for this
908 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
909 handles undef values correctly.
910 - added tests for this
911 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
912 will not get reaped when instances still
913 exist which need to reference them. This is
914 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
915 obscure enough feature that there are not too
916 many work arounds out in the wild.
917 - added tests for this by groditi
918 - updated docs to explain this
921 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
922 - added tests for this behavior
924 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
925 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
928 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
929 - added tests and docs for these
931 * Class::MOP::Attribute
932 - default now checks the instance with defined to
933 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
937 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
943 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
944 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
945 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
946 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
949 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
951 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
952 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
953 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
956 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
957 immutable transformation instead of
958 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
960 + Class::MOP::Immutable
961 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
962 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
963 be coming eventually.
966 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
968 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
969 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
973 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
976 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
978 - constructor generation is now handled by
979 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
981 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
982 - created this to handle constructor generation
983 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
985 * Class::MOP::Attribute
987 - attributes now delegate to the
988 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
991 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
992 - all accessor generation functions from
993 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
995 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
997 * scripts/class_browser.pl
998 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
999 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1003 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1004 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1005 they are aliased from the originals
1006 - fixed tests to reflect
1007 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1009 - adjusted tests for this
1010 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1013 * Class::MOP::Method
1015 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1016 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1017 - adjusted tests to compensate
1018 - adjusted docs for this
1021 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1022 encapsulate most of the work into the
1023 &get_method_map method
1024 - made several adjustments for the change
1025 in Class::MOP::Method
1026 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1027 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1028 old one before installing the new one
1029 - added tests for this
1030 - adjusted docs for this
1032 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1033 - added caching of &get_method_map
1034 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1035 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1037 * Class::MOP::Package
1038 - added filtering capabilities to
1039 &list_all_package_symbols
1041 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1043 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1044 the $:version and such just actually goes
1045 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1046 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1048 - The &create method now requires that all
1049 but the package name now is passed in as
1050 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1051 - updated docs and tests for this
1053 * Class::MOP::Object
1054 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1058 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1059 which do not store things in the instance
1060 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1063 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1065 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1067 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1068 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1071 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1072 - fixed all tests for this
1074 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1075 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1076 are no longer allowed for defaults
1077 - added tests for this
1079 * Class::MOP::Package
1080 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1081 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1082 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1084 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1086 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1087 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1088 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1089 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1091 * Class::MOP::Package
1092 - refactored entire class, this is now
1093 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1094 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1095 - added many tests for this
1096 - this class is now a subclass of
1098 - added some tests to reflect this
1101 - refactored all symbol table access to
1102 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1104 * Class::MOP::Module
1105 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1106 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1107 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1108 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1109 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1110 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1111 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1112 - added tests for this
1114 * Class::MOP::Instance
1115 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1117 - added tests for this
1119 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1120 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1121 slots from an instance
1122 - added tests for this
1124 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1127 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1128 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1130 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1131 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1132 the value of the attribute for a particular
1135 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1136 ---------------------------------------
1137 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1138 to introduce the immutable features which
1139 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1140 This support should still be considered
1141 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1142 ---------------------------------------
1144 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1146 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1147 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1148 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1151 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1152 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1153 ::Package and now inherited
1154 - added tests for this
1156 * Class::MOP::Instance
1157 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1158 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1159 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1160 instance creation (of course)
1163 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1164 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1165 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1166 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1167 table manipulation methods.
1169 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1170 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1172 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1173 properly when inherited
1174 - small fix to &clone_instance
1176 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1177 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1178 - This release works in combination with
1179 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1180 because it introduces a new instance
1181 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1185 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1186 - added tests for this
1187 - improved method modifier wrapping
1189 * Class::MOP::Instance
1190 - added new instance protocol
1191 - added tests for this
1192 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1194 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1198 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1199 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1201 - updated tests for this
1204 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1205 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1207 - added tests for this
1208 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1209 new instance protocol
1210 - added more tests for this
1212 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1214 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1215 - added tests and docs for this
1216 - some small optimizations
1218 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1219 - some small optimizations
1221 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1223 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1224 - added tests for this
1225 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1226 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1227 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1228 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1229 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1230 delegates appropriately
1232 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1233 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1234 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1235 called initialize_instance_slot
1238 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1239 initialize_instance_slot method
1241 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1243 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1244 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1246 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1248 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1249 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1251 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1252 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1253 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1255 - added tests for this
1256 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1258 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1260 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1261 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1262 - added test case for this
1264 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1266 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1267 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1268 available in DESTORY calls
1270 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1271 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1272 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1274 * Class::MOP::Method
1275 - added &package_name, &name and
1276 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1277 which were formerly private subs in
1280 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1281 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1282 before, after and around modifiers
1283 - added tests and docs for this feature
1286 - improved &get_package_symbol
1287 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1288 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1290 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1291 - &add_before_method_modifier
1292 - &add_after_method_modifier
1293 - &add_around_method_modifier
1294 - added tests and docs for these
1295 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1296 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1298 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1299 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1303 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1304 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1305 the test skip if it is not installed
1307 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1309 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1312 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1313 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1314 - added docs and tests
1316 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1317 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1318 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1319 be considered "ready to use".
1321 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1322 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1323 - test coverage is now at 99%
1326 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1327 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1328 metaclass pragma instead.
1331 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1332 error/edge-case tests
1334 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1335 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1336 error/edge-case tests
1339 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1341 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1343 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1344 metaclass a little more straightforward
1347 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1348 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1349 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1350 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1354 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1355 is now more useful for subclasses
1356 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1357 hash of attribute meta objects
1358 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1359 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1360 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1361 attribute meta-object itself
1362 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1363 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1364 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1365 - added docs & tests for this
1366 - added Clone as a dependency
1367 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1368 return blessed new or cloned instances
1369 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1370 - added docs & tests for this
1371 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1372 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1373 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1374 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1375 - added tests and docs for this
1378 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1380 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1382 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1384 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1385 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1386 attributes/methods respectively
1389 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1392 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1393 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1394 - added new example:
1397 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1399 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1401 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1402 - improved error messages
1405 - added new examples:
1406 - AttributesWithHistory
1407 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1409 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1410 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1412 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1413 - refactored method generation code
1414 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1417 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1418 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1419 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1420 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1421 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1423 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1424 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1425 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1427 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006