1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
8 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
9 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
13 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
14 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
17 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
18 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
21 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
24 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2008
25 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
26 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
27 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
29 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
30 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
33 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
34 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
37 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
40 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
41 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
43 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
45 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
46 sharing an immutable transformer object
47 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
48 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
50 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
52 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
53 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
54 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
55 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
57 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
58 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
60 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
62 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
63 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
65 * t/082_get_code_info.t
66 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
67 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
70 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
72 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
75 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
76 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
78 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
79 * Class::MOP::Immutable
80 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
81 the constructor was inlined.
83 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
84 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
85 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
87 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
88 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
90 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
92 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
93 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
94 * Class::MOP::Immutable
95 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
96 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
97 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
100 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
101 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
102 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
103 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
104 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
105 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
106 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
107 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
108 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
109 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
111 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
114 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
115 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
118 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
120 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
121 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
123 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
125 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
126 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
127 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
130 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
131 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
132 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
135 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
137 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
138 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
140 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
141 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
142 times in an eval. (t0m)
144 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
146 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
147 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
148 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
149 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
150 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
151 - added test for this
153 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
154 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
155 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
158 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
159 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
163 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
164 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
165 aliased methods and "real" methods.
167 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
168 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
169 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
170 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
173 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
174 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
177 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
178 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
179 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
180 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
181 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
182 for sad systems without a compiler.
185 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
186 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
189 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
190 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
191 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
193 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
195 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
196 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
197 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
198 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
200 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
201 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
202 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
203 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
205 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
207 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
208 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
211 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
212 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
213 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
215 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
217 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
219 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
220 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
221 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
223 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
224 * Class::MOP::Package
225 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
226 releases. (nothingmuch)
229 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
231 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
232 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
233 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
236 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
239 * Class::MOP::Instance
240 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
242 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
244 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
245 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
246 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
247 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
250 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
251 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
255 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
256 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
257 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
258 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
259 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
262 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
263 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
264 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
267 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
268 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
269 consistency (nothingmuch)
270 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
272 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
273 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
274 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
275 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
278 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
279 * Class::MOP::Immutable
280 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
282 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
284 * Class::MOP::Instance
285 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
286 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
288 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
290 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
291 the class is already loaded (sartak)
292 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
293 instead of just 1 (sartak)
296 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
298 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
299 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
300 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
302 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
303 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
304 recognizes it correct this time.
306 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
307 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
310 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
311 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
314 - now stores the instance of the instance
315 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
316 and deletes it when the cache is blown
317 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
318 the options used to make it immutable as well as
319 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
321 * Class::MOP::Package
322 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
323 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
324 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
328 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
330 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
331 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
333 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
334 names now throw a more direct error in
336 - tests for this and other aspects of
342 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
343 Class::MOP::Attribute
344 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
347 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
348 (late night release engineering)--
350 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
351 changes in this release
353 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
354 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
355 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
358 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
359 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
360 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
363 * Class::MOP::Package
364 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
366 - inlining a few calls to &name with
367 direct HASH access key access
368 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
369 a HASH of items based on a type filter
370 similar to list_all_package_symbols
371 - added tests for this
374 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
375 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
376 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
377 - added more descriptive error message to help
378 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
379 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
381 * Class::MOP::Immutable
382 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
384 - added tests for this
386 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
388 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
389 function from MRO::Compat
390 - All XS based functionality now has a
391 Pure Perl alternative
392 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
393 can now be used to force non-XS versions
396 * Class::MOP::Attribute
397 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
398 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
399 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
401 - added tests for this
403 * Class::MOP::Immutable
404 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
405 making the class immutable
408 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
409 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
410 allow for it to work.
411 - added tests for this
413 * Class::MOP::Attribute
415 Class::MOP::Immutable
416 - any time a method meta object is constructed
417 we make sure to pass the correct package and
418 method name information
421 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
422 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
423 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
424 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
425 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
426 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
427 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
428 throw an error if these are not supplied.
429 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
430 and now store the package_name and name attributes
433 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
434 Module::Install support has been removed
436 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
437 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
438 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
439 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
443 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
444 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
446 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
447 when it has no init_arg
448 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
449 to support c3 classes.
451 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
454 - making sure that load_class never gets
455 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
456 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
459 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
461 - improved error handling in ->create method
462 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
463 will be used to populate values
464 - added tests for this
467 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
468 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
474 Class::MOP::Attribute
475 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
476 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
478 * Class::MOP::Instance
479 Class::MOP::Immutable
480 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
483 - fixed the filename length on several
484 test files so we install on VMS better
486 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
487 should be catfile (RT #32385)
489 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
490 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
493 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
494 Class::MOP::Attribute
495 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
496 to indicate that no constructor args can
497 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
498 - added tests for this
499 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
502 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
503 feature instead of the silly hack from
504 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
506 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
508 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
511 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
512 - removed assumptions about the existence of
515 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
516 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
517 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
520 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
521 constant so that we can take advantage
522 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
525 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
526 optimize the &linearized_isa method
527 and avoid the hack/check for circular
528 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
529 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
530 - added tests for this
532 * Class::MOP::Immutable
533 - the immutable class now keeps track of
534 the transformer which immutablized it
536 * Class::MOP::Instance
537 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
538 - added tests for this
540 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
542 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
543 transformation arguments are saved
545 - added tests for this
547 * Class::MOP::Immutable
548 - fixed a bug (see above)
550 * Class::MOP::Attribute
553 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
554 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
555 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
558 - removed the dependency on B
559 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
560 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
561 the B fiddling we were doing with
562 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
563 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
564 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
565 be used to help manage method caching.
568 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
569 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
570 even more accurate caching information.
571 blblack++ for that stuff :)
574 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
575 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
576 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
577 track of when we need to re-fetch the
579 - Several small improvements to take advantage
580 of the new method map caching features
582 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
583 * Class::MOP::Attribute
584 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
585 HASH ref case, which makes the
586 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
587 - added more tests for this
589 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
590 * Class::MOP::Attribute
591 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
592 - added more tests for this
594 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
596 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
597 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
598 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
600 * Class::MOP::Attribute
601 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
602 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
603 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
605 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
606 * Class::MOP::Attribute
607 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
609 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
610 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
612 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
614 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
617 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
618 construct_class_instance (groditi)
619 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
620 call through (groditi)
622 * Class::MOP::Attribute
623 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
624 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
625 it is defined (groditi)
627 * Class::MOP::Instance
628 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
629 it is defined (groditi)
631 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
632 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
633 - removed the relevant attributes
635 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
636 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
637 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
638 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
640 - added tests for this
641 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
642 non-inlined constructors.
643 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
645 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
646 - added this class as an abstract base for the
647 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
648 - added tests for this
651 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
652 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
655 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
657 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
658 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
660 * Class::MOP::Package
661 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
664 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
666 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
668 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
669 it manually now so that people can use this
670 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
672 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
674 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
675 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
676 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
679 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
680 * Class::MOP::Immutable
681 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
682 - removed unused variable
683 - added create_immutable_transformer
684 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
685 - tests for this (groditi)
688 - Immutability can now be undone,
689 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
690 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
691 for details see comments next to make_immutable
692 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
693 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
694 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
695 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
696 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
697 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
699 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
700 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
702 * Class::MOP::Package
703 - we now deal with stub methods properly
704 - added tests for this
705 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
707 * Class::MOP::Attribute
708 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
709 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
711 - added tests and POD for this
714 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
715 handles undef values correctly.
716 - added tests for this
717 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
718 will not get reaped when instances still
719 exist which need to reference them. This is
720 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
721 obscure enough feature that there are not too
722 many work arounds out in the wild.
723 - added tests for this by groditi
724 - updated docs to explain this
727 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
728 - added tests for this behavior
730 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
731 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
734 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
735 - added tests and docs for these
737 * Class::MOP::Attribute
738 - default now checks the instance with defined to
739 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
743 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
749 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
750 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
751 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
752 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
755 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
757 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
758 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
759 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
762 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
763 immutable transformation instead of
764 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
766 + Class::MOP::Immutable
767 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
768 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
769 be coming eventually.
772 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
774 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
775 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
779 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
782 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
784 - constructor generation is now handled by
785 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
787 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
788 - created this to handle constructor generation
789 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
791 * Class::MOP::Attribute
793 - attributes now delegate to the
794 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
797 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
798 - all accessor generation functions from
799 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
801 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
803 * scripts/class_browser.pl
804 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
805 on this to come. Comments and patches are
809 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
810 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
811 they are aliased from the originals
812 - fixed tests to reflect
813 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
815 - adjusted tests for this
816 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
821 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
822 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
823 - adjusted tests to compensate
824 - adjusted docs for this
827 - changed how methods are dealt with to
828 encapsulate most of the work into the
829 &get_method_map method
830 - made several adjustments for the change
831 in Class::MOP::Method
832 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
833 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
834 old one before installing the new one
835 - added tests for this
836 - adjusted docs for this
838 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
839 - added caching of &get_method_map
840 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
841 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
843 * Class::MOP::Package
844 - added filtering capabilities to
845 &list_all_package_symbols
847 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
849 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
850 the $:version and such just actually goes
851 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
852 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
854 - The &create method now requires that all
855 but the package name now is passed in as
856 named parameters. See docs for more info.
857 - updated docs and tests for this
860 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
864 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
865 which do not store things in the instance
866 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
869 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
871 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
873 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
874 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
877 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
878 - fixed all tests for this
880 * Class::MOP::Attribute
881 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
882 are no longer allowed for defaults
883 - added tests for this
885 * Class::MOP::Package
886 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
887 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
888 always reloaded from the symbol table.
890 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
892 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
893 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
894 metamodel is more complete (and closer
895 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
897 * Class::MOP::Package
898 - refactored entire class, this is now
899 the primary gateway between the metaclass
900 and the Perl 5 symbol table
901 - added many tests for this
902 - this class is now a subclass of
904 - added some tests to reflect this
907 - refactored all symbol table access to
908 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
911 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
912 so that Module has a version as an attribute
913 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
914 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
915 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
916 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
917 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
918 - added tests for this
920 * Class::MOP::Instance
921 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
923 - added tests for this
925 * Class::MOP::Attribute
926 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
927 slots from an instance
928 - added tests for this
930 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
933 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
934 anywhere within the class hierarchy
936 * Class::MOP::Attribute
937 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
938 the value of the attribute for a particular
941 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
942 ---------------------------------------
943 This is the first version of Class::MOP
944 to introduce the immutable features which
945 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
946 This support should still be considered
947 experimental, but moving towards stability.
948 ---------------------------------------
950 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
952 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
953 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
954 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
957 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
958 - several methods moved to ::Module and
959 ::Package and now inherited
960 - added tests for this
962 * Class::MOP::Instance
963 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
964 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
965 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
966 instance creation (of course)
969 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
970 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
971 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
972 because they are now more general purpose symbol
973 table manipulation methods.
975 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
976 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
978 - small change in &create so that it behaves
979 properly when inherited
980 - small fix to &clone_instance
982 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
983 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
984 - This release works in combination with
985 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
986 because it introduces a new instance
987 sub-protocol and has not yet been
991 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
992 - added tests for this
993 - improved method modifier wrapping
995 * Class::MOP::Instance
996 - added new instance protocol
997 - added tests for this
998 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1000 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1004 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1005 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1007 - updated tests for this
1010 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1011 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1013 - added tests for this
1014 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1015 new instance protocol
1016 - added more tests for this
1018 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1020 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1021 - added tests and docs for this
1022 - some small optimizations
1024 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1025 - some small optimizations
1027 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1029 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1030 - added tests for this
1031 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1032 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1033 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1034 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1035 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1036 delegates appropriately
1038 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1039 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1040 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1041 called initialize_instance_slot
1044 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1045 initialize_instance_slot method
1047 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1049 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1050 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1052 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1054 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1055 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1057 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1058 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1059 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1061 - added tests for this
1062 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1064 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1066 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1067 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1068 - added test case for this
1070 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1072 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1073 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1074 available in DESTORY calls
1076 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1077 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1078 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1080 * Class::MOP::Method
1081 - added &package_name, &name and
1082 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1083 which were formerly private subs in
1086 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1087 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1088 before, after and around modifiers
1089 - added tests and docs for this feature
1092 - improved &get_package_symbol
1093 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1094 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1096 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1097 - &add_before_method_modifier
1098 - &add_after_method_modifier
1099 - &add_around_method_modifier
1100 - added tests and docs for these
1101 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1102 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1104 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1105 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1109 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1110 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1111 the test skip if it is not installed
1113 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1115 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1118 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1119 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1120 - added docs and tests
1122 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1123 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1124 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1125 be considered "ready to use".
1127 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1128 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1129 - test coverage is now at 99%
1132 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1133 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1134 metaclass pragma instead.
1137 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1138 error/edge-case tests
1140 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1141 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1142 error/edge-case tests
1145 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1147 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1149 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1150 metaclass a little more straightforward
1153 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1154 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1155 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1156 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1160 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1161 is now more useful for subclasses
1162 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1163 hash of attribute meta objects
1164 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1165 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1166 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1167 attribute meta-object itself
1168 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1169 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1170 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1171 - added docs & tests for this
1172 - added Clone as a dependency
1173 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1174 return blessed new or cloned instances
1175 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1176 - added docs & tests for this
1177 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1178 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1179 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1180 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1181 - added tests and docs for this
1184 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1186 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1188 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1190 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1191 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1192 attributes/methods respectively
1195 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1198 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1199 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1200 - added new example:
1203 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1205 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1207 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1208 - improved error messages
1211 - added new examples:
1212 - AttributesWithHistory
1213 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1215 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1216 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1218 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1219 - refactored method generation code
1220 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1223 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1224 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1225 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1226 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1227 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1229 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1230 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1231 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1233 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006