1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
8 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
9 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
10 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
11 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
15 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
19 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
22 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
24 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
27 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
28 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
29 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
30 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
33 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
34 was removed in 0.82_01.
36 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
37 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
38 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
39 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
40 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
41 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
42 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
43 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
44 for the Moose compatibility handling code
45 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
47 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
49 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
50 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
52 * Class::MOP::Immutable
53 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
54 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
55 provides its own constructor (doy)
57 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
60 * Class::MOP::Instance
61 * Class::MOP::Attribute
62 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
63 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
64 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
65 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
68 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
69 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
71 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
73 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
74 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
76 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
77 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
78 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
79 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
80 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
83 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
84 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
85 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
86 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
87 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
88 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
89 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
91 - Class::MOP::Instance
92 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
96 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
97 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
98 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
100 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
101 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
102 when an object is constructed)
103 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
105 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
106 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
107 when an object is constructed)
108 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
109 - attributes => _attributes
110 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
112 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
114 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
115 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
116 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
119 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
120 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
121 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
124 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
125 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
126 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
127 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
131 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
132 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
133 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
134 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
135 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
136 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
138 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
139 * No changes from 0.78_02.
141 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
143 * Class::MOP::Immutable
144 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
145 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
146 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
147 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
151 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
152 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
155 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
156 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
157 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
159 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
161 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
162 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
165 * Class::MOP::Instance
166 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
167 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
168 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
169 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
171 * Class::MOP::Attribute
172 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
173 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
174 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
176 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
177 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
178 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
182 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
183 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
184 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
185 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
187 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
188 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
189 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
190 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
191 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
192 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
193 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
194 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
195 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
198 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
199 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
202 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
204 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
205 * No changes from 0.77_01
207 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
209 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
210 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
211 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
212 against the pure Perl version of this code.
214 * Class::MOP::Instance
215 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
216 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
219 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
221 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
225 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
226 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
230 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
231 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
233 * Class::MOP::Package
234 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
235 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
238 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
242 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
243 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
244 near future release. You've been warned.
246 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
247 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
248 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
249 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
251 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
252 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
255 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
256 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
259 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
262 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
263 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
265 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
267 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
268 sharing an immutable transformer object
269 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
270 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
272 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
274 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
275 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
276 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
277 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
279 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
280 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
282 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
284 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
285 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
287 * t/082_get_code_info.t
288 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
289 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
290 succeed in that case.
292 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
293 * Class::MOP::Package
294 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
297 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
298 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
300 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
301 * Class::MOP::Immutable
302 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
303 the constructor was inlined.
304 * Class::MOP::Package
305 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
306 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
307 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
309 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
310 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
312 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
314 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
315 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
316 * Class::MOP::Immutable
317 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
318 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
319 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
322 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
323 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
324 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
325 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
326 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
327 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
328 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
329 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
330 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
331 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
333 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
336 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
337 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
340 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
342 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
343 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
345 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
347 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
348 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
349 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
352 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
353 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
354 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
357 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
359 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
360 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
362 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
363 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
364 times in an eval. (t0m)
366 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
368 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
369 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
370 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
371 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
372 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
373 - added test for this
375 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
376 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
377 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
380 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
381 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
385 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
386 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
387 aliased methods and "real" methods.
389 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
390 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
391 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
392 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
395 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
396 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
399 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
400 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
401 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
402 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
403 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
404 for sad systems without a compiler.
407 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
408 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
411 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
412 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
413 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
415 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
417 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
418 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
419 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
420 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
422 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
423 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
424 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
425 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
427 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
429 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
430 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
433 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
434 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
435 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
437 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
439 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
441 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
442 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
443 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
445 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
446 * Class::MOP::Package
447 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
448 releases. (nothingmuch)
451 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
453 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
454 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
455 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
458 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
461 * Class::MOP::Instance
462 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
464 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
466 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
467 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
468 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
469 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
472 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
473 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
477 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
478 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
479 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
480 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
481 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
484 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
485 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
486 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
489 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
490 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
491 consistency (nothingmuch)
492 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
494 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
495 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
496 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
497 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
500 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
501 * Class::MOP::Immutable
502 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
504 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
506 * Class::MOP::Instance
507 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
508 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
510 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
512 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
513 the class is already loaded (sartak)
514 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
515 instead of just 1 (sartak)
518 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
520 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
521 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
522 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
524 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
525 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
526 recognizes it correct this time.
528 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
529 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
532 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
533 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
536 - now stores the instance of the instance
537 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
538 and deletes it when the cache is blown
539 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
540 the options used to make it immutable as well as
541 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
543 * Class::MOP::Package
544 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
545 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
546 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
550 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
552 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
553 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
555 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
556 names now throw a more direct error in
558 - tests for this and other aspects of
564 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
565 Class::MOP::Attribute
566 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
569 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
570 (late night release engineering)--
572 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
573 changes in this release
575 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
576 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
577 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
580 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
581 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
582 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
585 * Class::MOP::Package
586 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
588 - inlining a few calls to &name with
589 direct HASH access key access
590 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
591 a HASH of items based on a type filter
592 similar to list_all_package_symbols
593 - added tests for this
596 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
597 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
598 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
599 - added more descriptive error message to help
600 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
601 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
603 * Class::MOP::Immutable
604 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
606 - added tests for this
608 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
610 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
611 function from MRO::Compat
612 - All XS based functionality now has a
613 Pure Perl alternative
614 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
615 can now be used to force non-XS versions
618 * Class::MOP::Attribute
619 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
620 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
621 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
623 - added tests for this
625 * Class::MOP::Immutable
626 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
627 making the class immutable
630 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
631 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
632 allow for it to work.
633 - added tests for this
635 * Class::MOP::Attribute
637 Class::MOP::Immutable
638 - any time a method meta object is constructed
639 we make sure to pass the correct package and
640 method name information
643 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
644 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
645 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
646 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
647 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
648 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
649 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
650 throw an error if these are not supplied.
651 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
652 and now store the package_name and name attributes
655 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
656 Module::Install support has been removed
658 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
659 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
660 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
661 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
665 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
666 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
668 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
669 when it has no init_arg
670 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
671 to support c3 classes.
673 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
676 - making sure that load_class never gets
677 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
678 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
681 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
683 - improved error handling in ->create method
684 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
685 will be used to populate values
686 - added tests for this
689 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
690 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
696 Class::MOP::Attribute
697 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
698 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
700 * Class::MOP::Instance
701 Class::MOP::Immutable
702 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
705 - fixed the filename length on several
706 test files so we install on VMS better
708 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
709 should be catfile (RT #32385)
711 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
712 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
715 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
716 Class::MOP::Attribute
717 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
718 to indicate that no constructor args can
719 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
720 - added tests for this
721 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
724 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
725 feature instead of the silly hack from
726 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
728 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
730 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
733 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
734 - removed assumptions about the existence of
737 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
738 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
739 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
742 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
743 constant so that we can take advantage
744 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
747 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
748 optimize the &linearized_isa method
749 and avoid the hack/check for circular
750 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
751 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
752 - added tests for this
754 * Class::MOP::Immutable
755 - the immutable class now keeps track of
756 the transformer which immutablized it
758 * Class::MOP::Instance
759 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
760 - added tests for this
762 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
764 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
765 transformation arguments are saved
767 - added tests for this
769 * Class::MOP::Immutable
770 - fixed a bug (see above)
772 * Class::MOP::Attribute
775 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
776 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
777 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
780 - removed the dependency on B
781 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
782 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
783 the B fiddling we were doing with
784 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
785 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
786 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
787 be used to help manage method caching.
790 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
791 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
792 even more accurate caching information.
793 blblack++ for that stuff :)
796 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
797 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
798 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
799 track of when we need to re-fetch the
801 - Several small improvements to take advantage
802 of the new method map caching features
804 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
805 * Class::MOP::Attribute
806 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
807 HASH ref case, which makes the
808 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
809 - added more tests for this
811 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
812 * Class::MOP::Attribute
813 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
814 - added more tests for this
816 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
818 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
819 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
820 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
822 * Class::MOP::Attribute
823 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
824 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
825 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
827 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
828 * Class::MOP::Attribute
829 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
831 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
832 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
834 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
836 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
839 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
840 construct_class_instance (groditi)
841 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
842 call through (groditi)
844 * Class::MOP::Attribute
845 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
846 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
847 it is defined (groditi)
849 * Class::MOP::Instance
850 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
851 it is defined (groditi)
853 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
854 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
855 - removed the relevant attributes
857 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
858 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
859 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
860 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
862 - added tests for this
863 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
864 non-inlined constructors.
865 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
867 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
868 - added this class as an abstract base for the
869 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
870 - added tests for this
873 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
874 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
877 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
879 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
880 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
882 * Class::MOP::Package
883 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
886 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
888 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
890 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
891 it manually now so that people can use this
892 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
894 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
896 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
897 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
898 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
901 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
902 * Class::MOP::Immutable
903 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
904 - removed unused variable
905 - added create_immutable_transformer
906 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
907 - tests for this (groditi)
910 - Immutability can now be undone,
911 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
912 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
913 for details see comments next to make_immutable
914 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
915 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
916 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
917 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
918 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
919 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
921 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
922 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
924 * Class::MOP::Package
925 - we now deal with stub methods properly
926 - added tests for this
927 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
929 * Class::MOP::Attribute
930 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
931 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
933 - added tests and POD for this
936 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
937 handles undef values correctly.
938 - added tests for this
939 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
940 will not get reaped when instances still
941 exist which need to reference them. This is
942 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
943 obscure enough feature that there are not too
944 many work arounds out in the wild.
945 - added tests for this by groditi
946 - updated docs to explain this
949 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
950 - added tests for this behavior
952 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
953 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
956 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
957 - added tests and docs for these
959 * Class::MOP::Attribute
960 - default now checks the instance with defined to
961 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
965 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
971 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
972 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
973 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
974 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
977 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
979 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
980 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
981 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
984 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
985 immutable transformation instead of
986 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
988 + Class::MOP::Immutable
989 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
990 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
991 be coming eventually.
994 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
996 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
997 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1001 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1004 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1006 - constructor generation is now handled by
1007 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1009 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1010 - created this to handle constructor generation
1011 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1013 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1015 - attributes now delegate to the
1016 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1019 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1020 - all accessor generation functions from
1021 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1023 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1025 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1026 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1027 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1031 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1032 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1033 they are aliased from the originals
1034 - fixed tests to reflect
1035 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1037 - adjusted tests for this
1038 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1041 * Class::MOP::Method
1043 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1044 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1045 - adjusted tests to compensate
1046 - adjusted docs for this
1049 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1050 encapsulate most of the work into the
1051 &get_method_map method
1052 - made several adjustments for the change
1053 in Class::MOP::Method
1054 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1055 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1056 old one before installing the new one
1057 - added tests for this
1058 - adjusted docs for this
1060 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1061 - added caching of &get_method_map
1062 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1063 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1065 * Class::MOP::Package
1066 - added filtering capabilities to
1067 &list_all_package_symbols
1069 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1071 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1072 the $:version and such just actually goes
1073 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1074 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1076 - The &create method now requires that all
1077 but the package name now is passed in as
1078 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1079 - updated docs and tests for this
1081 * Class::MOP::Object
1082 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1086 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1087 which do not store things in the instance
1088 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1091 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1093 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1095 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1096 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1099 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1100 - fixed all tests for this
1102 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1103 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1104 are no longer allowed for defaults
1105 - added tests for this
1107 * Class::MOP::Package
1108 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1109 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1110 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1112 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1114 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1115 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1116 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1117 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1119 * Class::MOP::Package
1120 - refactored entire class, this is now
1121 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1122 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1123 - added many tests for this
1124 - this class is now a subclass of
1126 - added some tests to reflect this
1129 - refactored all symbol table access to
1130 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1132 * Class::MOP::Module
1133 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1134 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1135 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1136 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1137 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1138 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1139 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1140 - added tests for this
1142 * Class::MOP::Instance
1143 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1145 - added tests for this
1147 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1148 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1149 slots from an instance
1150 - added tests for this
1152 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1155 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1156 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1158 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1159 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1160 the value of the attribute for a particular
1163 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1164 ---------------------------------------
1165 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1166 to introduce the immutable features which
1167 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1168 This support should still be considered
1169 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1170 ---------------------------------------
1172 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1174 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1175 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1176 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1179 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1180 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1181 ::Package and now inherited
1182 - added tests for this
1184 * Class::MOP::Instance
1185 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1186 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1187 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1188 instance creation (of course)
1191 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1192 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1193 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1194 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1195 table manipulation methods.
1197 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1198 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1200 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1201 properly when inherited
1202 - small fix to &clone_instance
1204 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1205 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1206 - This release works in combination with
1207 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1208 because it introduces a new instance
1209 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1213 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1214 - added tests for this
1215 - improved method modifier wrapping
1217 * Class::MOP::Instance
1218 - added new instance protocol
1219 - added tests for this
1220 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1222 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1226 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1227 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1229 - updated tests for this
1232 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1233 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1235 - added tests for this
1236 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1237 new instance protocol
1238 - added more tests for this
1240 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1242 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1243 - added tests and docs for this
1244 - some small optimizations
1246 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1247 - some small optimizations
1249 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1251 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1252 - added tests for this
1253 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1254 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1255 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1256 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1257 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1258 delegates appropriately
1260 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1261 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1262 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1263 called initialize_instance_slot
1266 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1267 initialize_instance_slot method
1269 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1271 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1272 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1274 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1276 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1277 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1279 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1280 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1281 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1283 - added tests for this
1284 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1286 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1288 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1289 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1290 - added test case for this
1292 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1294 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1295 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1296 available in DESTORY calls
1298 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1299 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1300 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1302 * Class::MOP::Method
1303 - added &package_name, &name and
1304 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1305 which were formerly private subs in
1308 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1309 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1310 before, after and around modifiers
1311 - added tests and docs for this feature
1314 - improved &get_package_symbol
1315 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1316 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1318 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1319 - &add_before_method_modifier
1320 - &add_after_method_modifier
1321 - &add_around_method_modifier
1322 - added tests and docs for these
1323 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1324 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1326 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1327 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1331 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1332 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1333 the test skip if it is not installed
1335 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1337 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1340 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1341 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1342 - added docs and tests
1344 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1345 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1346 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1347 be considered "ready to use".
1349 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1350 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1351 - test coverage is now at 99%
1354 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1355 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1356 metaclass pragma instead.
1359 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1360 error/edge-case tests
1362 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1363 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1364 error/edge-case tests
1367 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1369 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1371 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1372 metaclass a little more straightforward
1375 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1376 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1377 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1378 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1382 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1383 is now more useful for subclasses
1384 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1385 hash of attribute meta objects
1386 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1387 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1388 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1389 attribute meta-object itself
1390 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1391 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1392 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1393 - added docs & tests for this
1394 - added Clone as a dependency
1395 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1396 return blessed new or cloned instances
1397 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1398 - added docs & tests for this
1399 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1400 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1401 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1402 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1403 - added tests and docs for this
1406 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1408 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1410 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1412 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1413 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1414 attributes/methods respectively
1417 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1420 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1421 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1422 - added new example:
1425 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1427 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1429 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1430 - improved error messages
1433 - added new examples:
1434 - AttributesWithHistory
1435 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1437 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1438 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1440 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1441 - refactored method generation code
1442 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1445 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1446 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1447 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1448 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1449 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1451 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1452 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1453 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1455 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006