1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
6 changed back in 0.82_01)
7 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
8 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
11 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
12 constructor/destructor inlining warnings.
14 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
16 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
17 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
18 the original version of the subroutine
21 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
22 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison)
25 * Class::MOP::Attribute
26 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
28 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
29 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
30 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
33 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
36 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
37 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
38 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
39 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
40 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
43 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
46 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
48 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
52 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
53 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
54 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
55 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
59 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
63 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
66 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
68 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
71 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
72 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
73 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
74 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
77 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
78 was removed in 0.82_01.
80 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
81 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
82 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
83 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
84 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
85 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
86 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
87 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
88 for the Moose compatibility handling code
89 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
91 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
93 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
94 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
96 * Class::MOP::Immutable
97 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
98 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
99 provides its own constructor (doy)
101 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
104 * Class::MOP::Instance
105 * Class::MOP::Attribute
106 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
107 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
108 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
109 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
112 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
113 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
115 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
117 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
118 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
120 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
121 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
122 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
123 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
124 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
127 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
128 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
129 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
130 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
131 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
132 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
133 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
135 - Class::MOP::Instance
136 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
140 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
141 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
142 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
144 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
145 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
146 when an object is constructed)
147 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
149 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
150 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
151 when an object is constructed)
152 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
153 - attributes => _attributes
154 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
156 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
158 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
159 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
160 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
163 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
164 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
165 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
168 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
169 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
170 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
171 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
175 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
176 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
177 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
178 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
179 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
180 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
182 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
183 * No changes from 0.78_02.
185 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
187 * Class::MOP::Immutable
188 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
189 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
190 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
191 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
195 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
196 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
199 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
200 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
201 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
203 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
205 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
206 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
209 * Class::MOP::Instance
210 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
211 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
212 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
213 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
215 * Class::MOP::Attribute
216 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
217 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
218 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
220 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
221 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
222 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
226 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
227 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
228 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
229 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
231 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
232 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
233 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
234 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
235 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
236 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
237 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
238 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
239 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
242 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
243 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
246 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
248 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
249 * No changes from 0.77_01
251 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
253 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
254 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
255 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
256 against the pure Perl version of this code.
258 * Class::MOP::Instance
259 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
260 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
263 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
265 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
269 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
270 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
274 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
275 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
277 * Class::MOP::Package
278 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
279 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
282 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
286 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
287 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
288 near future release. You've been warned.
290 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
291 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
292 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
293 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
295 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
296 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
299 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
300 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
303 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
306 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
307 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
309 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
311 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
312 sharing an immutable transformer object
313 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
314 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
316 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
318 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
319 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
320 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
321 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
323 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
324 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
326 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
328 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
329 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
331 * t/082_get_code_info.t
332 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
333 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
334 succeed in that case.
336 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
337 * Class::MOP::Package
338 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
341 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
342 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
344 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
345 * Class::MOP::Immutable
346 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
347 the constructor was inlined.
348 * Class::MOP::Package
349 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
350 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
351 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
353 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
354 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
356 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
358 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
359 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
360 * Class::MOP::Immutable
361 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
362 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
363 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
366 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
367 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
368 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
369 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
370 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
371 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
372 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
373 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
374 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
375 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
377 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
380 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
381 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
384 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
386 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
387 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
389 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
391 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
392 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
393 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
396 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
397 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
398 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
401 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
403 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
404 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
406 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
407 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
408 times in an eval. (t0m)
410 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
412 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
413 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
414 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
415 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
416 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
417 - added test for this
419 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
420 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
421 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
424 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
425 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
429 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
430 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
431 aliased methods and "real" methods.
433 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
434 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
435 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
436 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
439 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
440 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
443 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
444 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
445 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
446 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
447 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
448 for sad systems without a compiler.
451 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
452 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
455 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
456 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
457 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
459 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
461 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
462 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
463 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
464 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
466 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
467 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
468 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
469 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
471 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
473 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
474 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
477 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
478 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
479 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
481 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
483 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
485 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
486 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
487 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
489 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
490 * Class::MOP::Package
491 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
492 releases. (nothingmuch)
495 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
497 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
498 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
499 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
502 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
505 * Class::MOP::Instance
506 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
508 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
510 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
511 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
512 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
513 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
516 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
517 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
521 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
522 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
523 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
524 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
525 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
528 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
529 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
530 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
533 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
534 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
535 consistency (nothingmuch)
536 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
538 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
539 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
540 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
541 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
544 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
545 * Class::MOP::Immutable
546 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
548 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
550 * Class::MOP::Instance
551 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
552 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
554 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
556 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
557 the class is already loaded (sartak)
558 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
559 instead of just 1 (sartak)
562 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
564 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
565 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
566 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
568 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
569 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
570 recognizes it correct this time.
572 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
573 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
576 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
577 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
580 - now stores the instance of the instance
581 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
582 and deletes it when the cache is blown
583 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
584 the options used to make it immutable as well as
585 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
587 * Class::MOP::Package
588 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
589 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
590 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
594 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
596 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
597 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
599 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
600 names now throw a more direct error in
602 - tests for this and other aspects of
608 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
609 Class::MOP::Attribute
610 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
613 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
614 (late night release engineering)--
616 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
617 changes in this release
619 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
620 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
621 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
624 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
625 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
626 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
629 * Class::MOP::Package
630 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
632 - inlining a few calls to &name with
633 direct HASH access key access
634 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
635 a HASH of items based on a type filter
636 similar to list_all_package_symbols
637 - added tests for this
640 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
641 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
642 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
643 - added more descriptive error message to help
644 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
645 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
647 * Class::MOP::Immutable
648 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
650 - added tests for this
652 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
654 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
655 function from MRO::Compat
656 - All XS based functionality now has a
657 Pure Perl alternative
658 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
659 can now be used to force non-XS versions
662 * Class::MOP::Attribute
663 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
664 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
665 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
667 - added tests for this
669 * Class::MOP::Immutable
670 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
671 making the class immutable
674 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
675 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
676 allow for it to work.
677 - added tests for this
679 * Class::MOP::Attribute
681 Class::MOP::Immutable
682 - any time a method meta object is constructed
683 we make sure to pass the correct package and
684 method name information
687 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
688 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
689 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
690 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
691 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
692 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
693 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
694 throw an error if these are not supplied.
695 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
696 and now store the package_name and name attributes
699 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
700 Module::Install support has been removed
702 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
703 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
704 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
705 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
709 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
710 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
712 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
713 when it has no init_arg
714 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
715 to support c3 classes.
717 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
720 - making sure that load_class never gets
721 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
722 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
725 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
727 - improved error handling in ->create method
728 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
729 will be used to populate values
730 - added tests for this
733 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
734 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
740 Class::MOP::Attribute
741 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
742 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
744 * Class::MOP::Instance
745 Class::MOP::Immutable
746 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
749 - fixed the filename length on several
750 test files so we install on VMS better
752 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
753 should be catfile (RT #32385)
755 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
756 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
759 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
760 Class::MOP::Attribute
761 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
762 to indicate that no constructor args can
763 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
764 - added tests for this
765 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
768 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
769 feature instead of the silly hack from
770 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
772 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
774 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
777 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
778 - removed assumptions about the existence of
781 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
782 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
783 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
786 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
787 constant so that we can take advantage
788 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
791 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
792 optimize the &linearized_isa method
793 and avoid the hack/check for circular
794 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
795 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
796 - added tests for this
798 * Class::MOP::Immutable
799 - the immutable class now keeps track of
800 the transformer which immutablized it
802 * Class::MOP::Instance
803 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
804 - added tests for this
806 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
808 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
809 transformation arguments are saved
811 - added tests for this
813 * Class::MOP::Immutable
814 - fixed a bug (see above)
816 * Class::MOP::Attribute
819 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
820 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
821 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
824 - removed the dependency on B
825 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
826 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
827 the B fiddling we were doing with
828 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
829 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
830 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
831 be used to help manage method caching.
834 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
835 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
836 even more accurate caching information.
837 blblack++ for that stuff :)
840 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
841 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
842 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
843 track of when we need to re-fetch the
845 - Several small improvements to take advantage
846 of the new method map caching features
848 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
849 * Class::MOP::Attribute
850 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
851 HASH ref case, which makes the
852 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
853 - added more tests for this
855 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
856 * Class::MOP::Attribute
857 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
858 - added more tests for this
860 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
862 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
863 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
864 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
866 * Class::MOP::Attribute
867 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
868 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
869 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
871 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
872 * Class::MOP::Attribute
873 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
875 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
876 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
878 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
880 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
883 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
884 construct_class_instance (groditi)
885 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
886 call through (groditi)
888 * Class::MOP::Attribute
889 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
890 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
891 it is defined (groditi)
893 * Class::MOP::Instance
894 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
895 it is defined (groditi)
897 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
898 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
899 - removed the relevant attributes
901 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
902 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
903 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
904 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
906 - added tests for this
907 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
908 non-inlined constructors.
909 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
911 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
912 - added this class as an abstract base for the
913 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
914 - added tests for this
917 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
918 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
921 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
923 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
924 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
926 * Class::MOP::Package
927 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
930 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
932 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
934 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
935 it manually now so that people can use this
936 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
938 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
940 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
941 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
942 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
945 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
946 * Class::MOP::Immutable
947 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
948 - removed unused variable
949 - added create_immutable_transformer
950 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
951 - tests for this (groditi)
954 - Immutability can now be undone,
955 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
956 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
957 for details see comments next to make_immutable
958 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
959 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
960 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
961 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
962 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
963 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
965 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
966 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
968 * Class::MOP::Package
969 - we now deal with stub methods properly
970 - added tests for this
971 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
973 * Class::MOP::Attribute
974 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
975 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
977 - added tests and POD for this
980 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
981 handles undef values correctly.
982 - added tests for this
983 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
984 will not get reaped when instances still
985 exist which need to reference them. This is
986 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
987 obscure enough feature that there are not too
988 many work arounds out in the wild.
989 - added tests for this by groditi
990 - updated docs to explain this
993 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
994 - added tests for this behavior
996 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
997 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1000 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1001 - added tests and docs for these
1003 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1004 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1005 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1009 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1014 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1015 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1016 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1017 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1018 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1021 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1023 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1024 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1025 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1028 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1029 immutable transformation instead of
1030 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1032 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1033 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1034 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1035 be coming eventually.
1038 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1040 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1041 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1045 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1048 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1050 - constructor generation is now handled by
1051 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1053 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1054 - created this to handle constructor generation
1055 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1057 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1059 - attributes now delegate to the
1060 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1063 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1064 - all accessor generation functions from
1065 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1067 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1069 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1070 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1071 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1075 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1076 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1077 they are aliased from the originals
1078 - fixed tests to reflect
1079 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1081 - adjusted tests for this
1082 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1085 * Class::MOP::Method
1087 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1088 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1089 - adjusted tests to compensate
1090 - adjusted docs for this
1093 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1094 encapsulate most of the work into the
1095 &get_method_map method
1096 - made several adjustments for the change
1097 in Class::MOP::Method
1098 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1099 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1100 old one before installing the new one
1101 - added tests for this
1102 - adjusted docs for this
1104 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1105 - added caching of &get_method_map
1106 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1107 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1109 * Class::MOP::Package
1110 - added filtering capabilities to
1111 &list_all_package_symbols
1113 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1115 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1116 the $:version and such just actually goes
1117 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1118 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1120 - The &create method now requires that all
1121 but the package name now is passed in as
1122 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1123 - updated docs and tests for this
1125 * Class::MOP::Object
1126 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1130 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1131 which do not store things in the instance
1132 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1135 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1137 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1139 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1140 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1143 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1144 - fixed all tests for this
1146 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1147 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1148 are no longer allowed for defaults
1149 - added tests for this
1151 * Class::MOP::Package
1152 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1153 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1154 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1156 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1158 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1159 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1160 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1161 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1163 * Class::MOP::Package
1164 - refactored entire class, this is now
1165 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1166 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1167 - added many tests for this
1168 - this class is now a subclass of
1170 - added some tests to reflect this
1173 - refactored all symbol table access to
1174 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1176 * Class::MOP::Module
1177 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1178 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1179 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1180 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1181 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1182 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1183 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1184 - added tests for this
1186 * Class::MOP::Instance
1187 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1189 - added tests for this
1191 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1192 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1193 slots from an instance
1194 - added tests for this
1196 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1199 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1200 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1202 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1203 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1204 the value of the attribute for a particular
1207 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1208 ---------------------------------------
1209 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1210 to introduce the immutable features which
1211 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1212 This support should still be considered
1213 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1214 ---------------------------------------
1216 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1218 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1219 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1220 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1223 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1224 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1225 ::Package and now inherited
1226 - added tests for this
1228 * Class::MOP::Instance
1229 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1230 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1231 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1232 instance creation (of course)
1235 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1236 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1237 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1238 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1239 table manipulation methods.
1241 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1242 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1244 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1245 properly when inherited
1246 - small fix to &clone_instance
1248 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1249 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1250 - This release works in combination with
1251 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1252 because it introduces a new instance
1253 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1257 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1258 - added tests for this
1259 - improved method modifier wrapping
1261 * Class::MOP::Instance
1262 - added new instance protocol
1263 - added tests for this
1264 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1266 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1270 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1271 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1273 - updated tests for this
1276 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1277 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1279 - added tests for this
1280 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1281 new instance protocol
1282 - added more tests for this
1284 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1286 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1287 - added tests and docs for this
1288 - some small optimizations
1290 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1291 - some small optimizations
1293 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1295 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1296 - added tests for this
1297 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1298 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1299 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1300 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1301 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1302 delegates appropriately
1304 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1305 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1306 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1307 called initialize_instance_slot
1310 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1311 initialize_instance_slot method
1313 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1315 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1316 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1318 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1320 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1321 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1323 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1324 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1325 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1327 - added tests for this
1328 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1330 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1332 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1333 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1334 - added test case for this
1336 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1338 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1339 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1340 available in DESTORY calls
1342 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1343 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1344 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1346 * Class::MOP::Method
1347 - added &package_name, &name and
1348 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1349 which were formerly private subs in
1352 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1353 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1354 before, after and around modifiers
1355 - added tests and docs for this feature
1358 - improved &get_package_symbol
1359 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1360 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1362 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1363 - &add_before_method_modifier
1364 - &add_after_method_modifier
1365 - &add_around_method_modifier
1366 - added tests and docs for these
1367 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1368 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1370 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1371 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1375 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1376 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1377 the test skip if it is not installed
1379 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1381 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1384 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1385 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1386 - added docs and tests
1388 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1389 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1390 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1391 be considered "ready to use".
1393 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1394 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1395 - test coverage is now at 99%
1398 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1399 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1400 metaclass pragma instead.
1403 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1404 error/edge-case tests
1406 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1407 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1408 error/edge-case tests
1411 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1413 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1415 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1416 metaclass a little more straightforward
1419 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1420 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1421 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1422 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1426 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1427 is now more useful for subclasses
1428 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1429 hash of attribute meta objects
1430 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1431 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1432 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1433 attribute meta-object itself
1434 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1435 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1436 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1437 - added docs & tests for this
1438 - added Clone as a dependency
1439 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1440 return blessed new or cloned instances
1441 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1442 - added docs & tests for this
1443 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1444 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1445 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1446 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1447 - added tests and docs for this
1450 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1452 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1454 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1456 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1457 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1458 attributes/methods respectively
1461 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1464 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1465 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1466 - added new example:
1469 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1471 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1473 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1474 - improved error messages
1477 - added new examples:
1478 - AttributesWithHistory
1479 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1481 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1482 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1484 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1485 - refactored method generation code
1486 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1489 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1490 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1491 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1492 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1493 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1495 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1496 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1497 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1499 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006