1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
6 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
10 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
11 * Class::MOP::Attribute
12 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
13 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
14 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
15 attributes. (nothingmuch)
17 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
19 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
20 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
21 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
22 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
23 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
25 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
26 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
27 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
30 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
31 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
33 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
34 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
35 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
37 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
39 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
42 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
45 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
46 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
47 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
50 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
51 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
56 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
59 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
60 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
62 * Class::MOP::Attribute
64 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
68 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
69 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
70 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
74 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
75 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
76 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
77 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
78 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
82 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
83 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
87 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
88 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
89 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
93 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
94 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
97 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
98 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
99 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
103 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
104 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
105 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
106 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
107 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
110 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
111 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
113 * Class::MOP::Instance
114 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
115 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
117 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
119 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
121 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
124 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
126 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
127 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
130 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
131 changed back in 0.82_01)
132 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
133 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
136 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
137 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
139 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
141 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
142 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
143 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
146 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
147 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
150 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
151 * Class::MOP::Attribute
152 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
154 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
155 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
156 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
159 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
162 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
163 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
164 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
165 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
166 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
169 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
172 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
174 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
178 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
179 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
180 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
181 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
185 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
188 * Class::MOP::Package
189 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
192 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
195 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
197 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
200 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
201 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
202 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
203 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
206 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
207 was removed in 0.82_01.
209 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
210 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
211 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
212 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
213 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
214 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
215 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
216 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
217 for the Moose compatibility handling code
218 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
220 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
222 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
223 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
225 * Class::MOP::Immutable
226 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
227 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
228 provides its own constructor (doy)
230 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
233 * Class::MOP::Instance
234 * Class::MOP::Attribute
235 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
236 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
237 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
238 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
241 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
242 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
244 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
246 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
247 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
249 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
250 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
251 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
252 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
253 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
256 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
257 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
258 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
259 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
260 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
261 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
262 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
264 - Class::MOP::Instance
265 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
269 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
270 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
271 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
273 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
274 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
275 when an object is constructed)
276 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
278 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
279 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
280 when an object is constructed)
281 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
282 - attributes => _attributes
283 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
285 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
287 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
288 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
289 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
292 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
293 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
294 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
297 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
298 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
299 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
300 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
304 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
305 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
306 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
307 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
308 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
309 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
311 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
312 * No changes from 0.78_02.
314 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
316 * Class::MOP::Immutable
317 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
318 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
319 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
320 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
324 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
325 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
328 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
329 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
330 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
332 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
334 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
335 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
338 * Class::MOP::Instance
339 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
340 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
341 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
342 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
344 * Class::MOP::Attribute
345 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
346 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
347 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
349 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
350 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
351 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
355 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
356 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
357 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
358 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
360 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
361 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
362 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
363 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
364 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
365 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
366 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
367 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
368 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
371 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
372 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
375 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
377 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
378 * No changes from 0.77_01
380 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
382 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
383 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
384 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
385 against the pure Perl version of this code.
387 * Class::MOP::Instance
388 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
389 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
392 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
394 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
398 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
399 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
403 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
404 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
406 * Class::MOP::Package
407 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
408 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
411 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
415 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
416 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
417 near future release. You've been warned.
419 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
420 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
421 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
422 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
424 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
425 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
428 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
429 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
432 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
435 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
436 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
438 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
440 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
441 sharing an immutable transformer object
442 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
443 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
445 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
447 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
448 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
449 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
450 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
452 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
453 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
455 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
457 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
458 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
460 * t/082_get_code_info.t
461 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
462 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
463 succeed in that case.
465 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
466 * Class::MOP::Package
467 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
470 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
471 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
473 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
474 * Class::MOP::Immutable
475 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
476 the constructor was inlined.
477 * Class::MOP::Package
478 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
479 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
480 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
482 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
483 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
485 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
487 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
488 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
489 * Class::MOP::Immutable
490 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
491 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
492 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
495 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
496 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
497 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
498 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
499 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
500 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
501 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
502 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
503 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
504 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
506 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
509 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
510 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
513 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
515 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
516 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
518 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
520 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
521 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
522 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
525 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
526 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
527 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
530 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
532 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
533 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
535 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
536 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
537 times in an eval. (t0m)
539 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
541 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
542 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
543 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
544 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
545 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
546 - added test for this
548 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
549 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
550 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
553 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
554 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
558 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
559 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
560 aliased methods and "real" methods.
562 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
563 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
564 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
565 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
568 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
569 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
572 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
573 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
574 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
575 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
576 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
577 for sad systems without a compiler.
580 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
581 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
584 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
585 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
586 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
588 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
590 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
591 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
592 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
593 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
595 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
596 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
597 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
598 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
600 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
602 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
603 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
606 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
607 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
608 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
610 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
612 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
614 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
615 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
616 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
618 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
619 * Class::MOP::Package
620 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
621 releases. (nothingmuch)
624 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
626 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
627 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
628 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
631 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
634 * Class::MOP::Instance
635 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
637 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
639 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
640 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
641 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
642 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
645 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
646 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
650 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
651 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
652 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
653 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
654 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
657 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
658 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
659 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
662 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
663 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
664 consistency (nothingmuch)
665 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
667 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
668 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
669 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
670 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
673 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
674 * Class::MOP::Immutable
675 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
677 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
679 * Class::MOP::Instance
680 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
681 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
683 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
685 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
686 the class is already loaded (sartak)
687 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
688 instead of just 1 (sartak)
691 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
693 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
694 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
695 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
697 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
698 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
699 recognizes it correct this time.
701 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
702 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
705 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
706 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
709 - now stores the instance of the instance
710 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
711 and deletes it when the cache is blown
712 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
713 the options used to make it immutable as well as
714 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
716 * Class::MOP::Package
717 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
718 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
719 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
723 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
725 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
726 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
728 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
729 names now throw a more direct error in
731 - tests for this and other aspects of
737 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
738 Class::MOP::Attribute
739 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
742 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
743 (late night release engineering)--
745 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
746 changes in this release
748 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
749 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
750 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
753 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
754 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
755 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
758 * Class::MOP::Package
759 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
761 - inlining a few calls to &name with
762 direct HASH access key access
763 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
764 a HASH of items based on a type filter
765 similar to list_all_package_symbols
766 - added tests for this
769 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
770 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
771 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
772 - added more descriptive error message to help
773 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
774 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
776 * Class::MOP::Immutable
777 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
779 - added tests for this
781 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
783 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
784 function from MRO::Compat
785 - All XS based functionality now has a
786 Pure Perl alternative
787 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
788 can now be used to force non-XS versions
791 * Class::MOP::Attribute
792 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
793 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
794 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
796 - added tests for this
798 * Class::MOP::Immutable
799 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
800 making the class immutable
803 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
804 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
805 allow for it to work.
806 - added tests for this
808 * Class::MOP::Attribute
810 Class::MOP::Immutable
811 - any time a method meta object is constructed
812 we make sure to pass the correct package and
813 method name information
816 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
817 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
818 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
819 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
820 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
821 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
822 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
823 throw an error if these are not supplied.
824 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
825 and now store the package_name and name attributes
828 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
829 Module::Install support has been removed
831 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
832 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
833 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
834 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
838 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
839 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
841 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
842 when it has no init_arg
843 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
844 to support c3 classes.
846 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
849 - making sure that load_class never gets
850 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
851 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
854 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
856 - improved error handling in ->create method
857 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
858 will be used to populate values
859 - added tests for this
862 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
863 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
869 Class::MOP::Attribute
870 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
871 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
873 * Class::MOP::Instance
874 Class::MOP::Immutable
875 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
878 - fixed the filename length on several
879 test files so we install on VMS better
881 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
882 should be catfile (RT #32385)
884 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
885 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
888 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
889 Class::MOP::Attribute
890 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
891 to indicate that no constructor args can
892 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
893 - added tests for this
894 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
897 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
898 feature instead of the silly hack from
899 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
901 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
903 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
906 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
907 - removed assumptions about the existence of
910 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
911 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
912 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
915 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
916 constant so that we can take advantage
917 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
920 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
921 optimize the &linearized_isa method
922 and avoid the hack/check for circular
923 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
924 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
925 - added tests for this
927 * Class::MOP::Immutable
928 - the immutable class now keeps track of
929 the transformer which immutablized it
931 * Class::MOP::Instance
932 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
933 - added tests for this
935 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
937 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
938 transformation arguments are saved
940 - added tests for this
942 * Class::MOP::Immutable
943 - fixed a bug (see above)
945 * Class::MOP::Attribute
948 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
949 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
950 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
953 - removed the dependency on B
954 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
955 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
956 the B fiddling we were doing with
957 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
958 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
959 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
960 be used to help manage method caching.
963 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
964 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
965 even more accurate caching information.
966 blblack++ for that stuff :)
969 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
970 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
971 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
972 track of when we need to re-fetch the
974 - Several small improvements to take advantage
975 of the new method map caching features
977 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
978 * Class::MOP::Attribute
979 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
980 HASH ref case, which makes the
981 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
982 - added more tests for this
984 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
985 * Class::MOP::Attribute
986 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
987 - added more tests for this
989 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
991 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
992 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
993 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
995 * Class::MOP::Attribute
996 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
997 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
998 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1000 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1001 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1002 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1004 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1005 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1007 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1009 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1012 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1013 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1014 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1015 call through (groditi)
1017 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1018 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1019 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1020 it is defined (groditi)
1022 * Class::MOP::Instance
1023 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1024 it is defined (groditi)
1026 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1027 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1028 - removed the relevant attributes
1030 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1031 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1032 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1033 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1035 - added tests for this
1036 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1037 non-inlined constructors.
1038 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1040 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1041 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1042 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1043 - added tests for this
1046 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1047 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1050 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1052 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1053 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1055 * Class::MOP::Package
1056 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1059 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1061 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1063 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1064 it manually now so that people can use this
1065 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1067 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1069 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1070 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1071 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1074 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1075 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1076 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1077 - removed unused variable
1078 - added create_immutable_transformer
1079 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1080 - tests for this (groditi)
1083 - Immutability can now be undone,
1084 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1085 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1086 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1087 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1088 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1089 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1090 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1091 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1092 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1094 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1095 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1097 * Class::MOP::Package
1098 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1099 - added tests for this
1100 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1102 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1103 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1104 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1106 - added tests and POD for this
1109 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1110 handles undef values correctly.
1111 - added tests for this
1112 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1113 will not get reaped when instances still
1114 exist which need to reference them. This is
1115 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1116 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1117 many work arounds out in the wild.
1118 - added tests for this by groditi
1119 - updated docs to explain this
1122 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1123 - added tests for this behavior
1125 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1126 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1129 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1130 - added tests and docs for these
1132 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1133 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1134 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1138 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1143 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1144 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1145 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1146 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1147 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1150 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1152 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1153 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1154 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1157 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1158 immutable transformation instead of
1159 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1161 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1162 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1163 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1164 be coming eventually.
1167 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1169 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1170 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1174 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1177 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1179 - constructor generation is now handled by
1180 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1182 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1183 - created this to handle constructor generation
1184 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1186 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1188 - attributes now delegate to the
1189 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1192 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1193 - all accessor generation functions from
1194 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1196 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1198 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1199 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1200 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1204 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1205 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1206 they are aliased from the originals
1207 - fixed tests to reflect
1208 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1210 - adjusted tests for this
1211 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1214 * Class::MOP::Method
1216 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1217 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1218 - adjusted tests to compensate
1219 - adjusted docs for this
1222 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1223 encapsulate most of the work into the
1224 &get_method_map method
1225 - made several adjustments for the change
1226 in Class::MOP::Method
1227 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1228 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1229 old one before installing the new one
1230 - added tests for this
1231 - adjusted docs for this
1233 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1234 - added caching of &get_method_map
1235 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1236 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1238 * Class::MOP::Package
1239 - added filtering capabilities to
1240 &list_all_package_symbols
1242 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1244 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1245 the $:version and such just actually goes
1246 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1247 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1249 - The &create method now requires that all
1250 but the package name now is passed in as
1251 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1252 - updated docs and tests for this
1254 * Class::MOP::Object
1255 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1259 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1260 which do not store things in the instance
1261 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1264 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1266 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1268 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1269 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1272 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1273 - fixed all tests for this
1275 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1276 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1277 are no longer allowed for defaults
1278 - added tests for this
1280 * Class::MOP::Package
1281 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1282 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1283 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1285 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1287 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1288 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1289 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1290 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1292 * Class::MOP::Package
1293 - refactored entire class, this is now
1294 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1295 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1296 - added many tests for this
1297 - this class is now a subclass of
1299 - added some tests to reflect this
1302 - refactored all symbol table access to
1303 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1305 * Class::MOP::Module
1306 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1307 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1308 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1309 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1310 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1311 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1312 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1313 - added tests for this
1315 * Class::MOP::Instance
1316 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1318 - added tests for this
1320 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1321 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1322 slots from an instance
1323 - added tests for this
1325 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1328 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1329 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1331 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1332 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1333 the value of the attribute for a particular
1336 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1337 ---------------------------------------
1338 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1339 to introduce the immutable features which
1340 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1341 This support should still be considered
1342 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1343 ---------------------------------------
1345 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1347 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1348 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1349 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1352 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1353 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1354 ::Package and now inherited
1355 - added tests for this
1357 * Class::MOP::Instance
1358 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1359 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1360 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1361 instance creation (of course)
1364 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1365 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1366 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1367 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1368 table manipulation methods.
1370 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1371 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1373 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1374 properly when inherited
1375 - small fix to &clone_instance
1377 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1378 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1379 - This release works in combination with
1380 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1381 because it introduces a new instance
1382 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1386 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1387 - added tests for this
1388 - improved method modifier wrapping
1390 * Class::MOP::Instance
1391 - added new instance protocol
1392 - added tests for this
1393 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1395 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1399 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1400 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1402 - updated tests for this
1405 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1406 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1408 - added tests for this
1409 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1410 new instance protocol
1411 - added more tests for this
1413 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1415 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1416 - added tests and docs for this
1417 - some small optimizations
1419 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1420 - some small optimizations
1422 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1424 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1425 - added tests for this
1426 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1427 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1428 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1429 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1430 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1431 delegates appropriately
1433 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1434 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1435 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1436 called initialize_instance_slot
1439 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1440 initialize_instance_slot method
1442 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1444 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1445 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1447 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1449 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1450 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1452 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1453 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1454 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1456 - added tests for this
1457 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1459 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1461 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1462 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1463 - added test case for this
1465 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1467 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1468 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1469 available in DESTORY calls
1471 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1472 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1473 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1475 * Class::MOP::Method
1476 - added &package_name, &name and
1477 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1478 which were formerly private subs in
1481 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1482 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1483 before, after and around modifiers
1484 - added tests and docs for this feature
1487 - improved &get_package_symbol
1488 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1489 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1491 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1492 - &add_before_method_modifier
1493 - &add_after_method_modifier
1494 - &add_around_method_modifier
1495 - added tests and docs for these
1496 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1497 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1499 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1500 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1504 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1505 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1506 the test skip if it is not installed
1508 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1510 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1513 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1514 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1515 - added docs and tests
1517 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1518 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1519 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1520 be considered "ready to use".
1522 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1523 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1524 - test coverage is now at 99%
1527 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1528 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1529 metaclass pragma instead.
1532 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1533 error/edge-case tests
1535 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1536 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1537 error/edge-case tests
1540 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1542 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1544 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1545 metaclass a little more straightforward
1548 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1549 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1550 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1551 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1555 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1556 is now more useful for subclasses
1557 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1558 hash of attribute meta objects
1559 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1560 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1561 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1562 attribute meta-object itself
1563 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1564 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1565 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1566 - added docs & tests for this
1567 - added Clone as a dependency
1568 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1569 return blessed new or cloned instances
1570 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1571 - added docs & tests for this
1572 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1573 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1574 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1575 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1576 - added tests and docs for this
1579 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1581 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1583 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1585 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1586 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1587 attributes/methods respectively
1590 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1593 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1594 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1595 - added new example:
1598 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1600 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1602 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1603 - improved error messages
1606 - added new examples:
1607 - AttributesWithHistory
1608 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1610 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1611 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1613 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1614 - refactored method generation code
1615 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1618 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1619 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1620 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1621 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1622 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1624 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1625 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1626 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1628 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006