1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
6 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
7 * Class::MOP::Immutable
8 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
9 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
10 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
13 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
14 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
15 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
18 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
21 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
22 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
25 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
27 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
28 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
30 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
32 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
33 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
34 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
37 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
38 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
39 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
42 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
44 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
45 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
47 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
48 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
49 times in an eval. (t0m)
51 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
53 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
54 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
55 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
56 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
57 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
60 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
61 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
62 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
65 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
66 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
70 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
71 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
72 aliased methods and "real" methods.
74 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
75 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
76 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
77 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
80 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
81 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
84 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
85 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
86 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
87 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
88 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
89 for sad systems without a compiler.
92 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
93 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
96 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
97 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
98 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
100 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
102 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
103 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
104 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
105 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
107 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
108 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
109 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
110 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
112 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
114 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
115 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
118 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
119 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
120 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
122 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
124 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
126 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
127 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
128 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
130 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
131 * Class::MOP::Package
132 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
133 releases. (nothingmuch)
136 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
138 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
139 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
140 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
143 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
146 * Class::MOP::Instance
147 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
149 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
151 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
152 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
153 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
154 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
157 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
158 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
162 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
163 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
164 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
165 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
166 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
169 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
170 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
171 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
174 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
175 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
176 consistency (nothingmuch)
177 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
179 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
180 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
181 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
182 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
185 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
186 * Class::MOP::Immutable
187 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
189 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
191 * Class::MOP::Instance
192 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
193 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
195 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
197 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
198 the class is already loaded (sartak)
199 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
200 instead of just 1 (sartak)
203 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
205 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
206 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
207 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
209 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
210 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
211 recognizes it correct this time.
213 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
214 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
217 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
218 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
221 - now stores the instance of the instance
222 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
223 and deletes it when the cache is blown
224 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
225 the options used to make it immutable as well as
226 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
228 * Class::MOP::Package
229 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
230 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
231 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
235 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
237 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
238 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
240 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
241 names now throw a more direct error in
243 - tests for this and other aspects of
249 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
250 Class::MOP::Attribute
251 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
254 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
255 (late night release engineering)--
257 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
258 changes in this release
260 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
261 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
262 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
265 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
266 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
267 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
270 * Class::MOP::Package
271 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
273 - inlining a few calls to &name with
274 direct HASH access key access
275 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
276 a HASH of items based on a type filter
277 similar to list_all_package_symbols
278 - added tests for this
281 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
282 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
283 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
284 - added more descriptive error message to help
285 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
286 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
288 * Class::MOP::Immutable
289 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
291 - added tests for this
293 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
295 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
296 function from MRO::Compat
297 - All XS based functionality now has a
298 Pure Perl alternative
299 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
300 can now be used to force non-XS versions
303 * Class::MOP::Attribute
304 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
305 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
306 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
308 - added tests for this
310 * Class::MOP::Immutable
311 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
312 making the class immutable
315 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
316 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
317 allow for it to work.
318 - added tests for this
320 * Class::MOP::Attribute
322 Class::MOP::Immutable
323 - any time a method meta object is constructed
324 we make sure to pass the correct package and
325 method name information
328 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
329 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
330 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
331 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
332 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
333 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
334 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
335 throw an error if these are not supplied.
336 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
337 and now store the package_name and name attributes
340 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
341 Module::Install support has been removed
343 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
344 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
345 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
346 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
350 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
351 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
353 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
354 when it has no init_arg
355 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
356 to support c3 classes.
358 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
361 - making sure that load_class never gets
362 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
363 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
366 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
368 - improved error handling in ->create method
369 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
370 will be used to populate values
371 - added tests for this
374 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
375 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
381 Class::MOP::Attribute
382 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
383 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
385 * Class::MOP::Instance
386 Class::MOP::Immutable
387 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
390 - fixed the filename length on several
391 test files so we install on VMS better
393 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
394 should be catfile (RT #32385)
396 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
397 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
400 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
401 Class::MOP::Attribute
402 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
403 to indicate that no constructor args can
404 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
405 - added tests for this
406 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
409 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
410 feature instead of the silly hack from
411 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
413 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
415 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
418 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
419 - removed assumptions about the existence of
422 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
423 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
424 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
427 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
428 constant so that we can take advantage
429 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
432 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
433 optimize the &linearized_isa method
434 and avoid the hack/check for circular
435 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
436 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
437 - added tests for this
439 * Class::MOP::Immutable
440 - the immutable class now keeps track of
441 the transformer which immutablized it
443 * Class::MOP::Instance
444 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
445 - added tests for this
447 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
449 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
450 transformation arguments are saved
452 - added tests for this
454 * Class::MOP::Immutable
455 - fixed a bug (see above)
457 * Class::MOP::Attribute
460 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
461 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
462 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
465 - removed the dependency on B
466 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
467 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
468 the B fiddling we were doing with
469 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
470 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
471 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
472 be used to help manage method caching.
475 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
476 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
477 even more accurate caching information.
478 blblack++ for that stuff :)
481 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
482 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
483 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
484 track of when we need to re-fetch the
486 - Several small improvements to take advantage
487 of the new method map caching features
489 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
490 * Class::MOP::Attribute
491 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
492 HASH ref case, which makes the
493 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
494 - added more tests for this
496 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
497 * Class::MOP::Attribute
498 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
499 - added more tests for this
501 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
503 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
504 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
505 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
507 * Class::MOP::Attribute
508 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
509 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
510 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
512 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
513 * Class::MOP::Attribute
514 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
516 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
517 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
519 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
521 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
524 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
525 construct_class_instance (groditi)
526 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
527 call through (groditi)
529 * Class::MOP::Attribute
530 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
531 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
532 it is defined (groditi)
534 * Class::MOP::Instance
535 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
536 it is defined (groditi)
538 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
539 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
540 - removed the relevant attributes
542 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
543 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
544 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
545 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
547 - added tests for this
548 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
549 non-inlined constructors.
550 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
552 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
553 - added this class as an abstract base for the
554 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
555 - added tests for this
558 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
559 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
562 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
564 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
565 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
567 * Class::MOP::Package
568 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
571 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
573 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
575 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
576 it manually now so that people can use this
577 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
579 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
581 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
582 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
583 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
586 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
587 * Class::MOP::Immutable
588 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
589 - removed unused variable
590 - added create_immutable_transformer
591 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
592 - tests for this (groditi)
595 - Immutability can now be undone,
596 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
597 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
598 for details see comments next to make_immutable
599 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
600 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
601 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
602 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
603 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
604 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
606 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
607 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
609 * Class::MOP::Package
610 - we now deal with stub methods properly
611 - added tests for this
612 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
614 * Class::MOP::Attribute
615 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
616 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
618 - added tests and POD for this
621 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
622 handles undef values correctly.
623 - added tests for this
624 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
625 will not get reaped when instances still
626 exist which need to reference them. This is
627 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
628 obscure enough feature that there are not too
629 many work arounds out in the wild.
630 - added tests for this by groditi
631 - updated docs to explain this
634 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
635 - added tests for this behavior
637 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
638 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
641 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
642 - added tests and docs for these
644 * Class::MOP::Attribute
645 - default now checks the instance with defined to
646 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
650 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
656 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
657 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
658 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
659 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
662 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
664 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
665 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
666 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
669 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
670 immutable transformation instead of
671 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
673 + Class::MOP::Immutable
674 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
675 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
676 be coming eventually.
679 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
681 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
682 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
686 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
689 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
691 - constructor generation is now handled by
692 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
694 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
695 - created this to handle constructor generation
696 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
698 * Class::MOP::Attribute
700 - attributes now delegate to the
701 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
704 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
705 - all accessor generation functions from
706 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
708 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
710 * scripts/class_browser.pl
711 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
712 on this to come. Comments and patches are
716 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
717 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
718 they are aliased from the originals
719 - fixed tests to reflect
720 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
722 - adjusted tests for this
723 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
728 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
729 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
730 - adjusted tests to compensate
731 - adjusted docs for this
734 - changed how methods are dealt with to
735 encapsulate most of the work into the
736 &get_method_map method
737 - made several adjustments for the change
738 in Class::MOP::Method
739 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
740 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
741 old one before installing the new one
742 - added tests for this
743 - adjusted docs for this
745 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
746 - added caching of &get_method_map
747 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
748 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
750 * Class::MOP::Package
751 - added filtering capabilities to
752 &list_all_package_symbols
754 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
756 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
757 the $:version and such just actually goes
758 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
759 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
761 - The &create method now requires that all
762 but the package name now is passed in as
763 named parameters. See docs for more info.
764 - updated docs and tests for this
767 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
771 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
772 which do not store things in the instance
773 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
776 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
778 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
780 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
781 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
784 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
785 - fixed all tests for this
787 * Class::MOP::Attribute
788 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
789 are no longer allowed for defaults
790 - added tests for this
792 * Class::MOP::Package
793 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
794 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
795 always reloaded from the symbol table.
797 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
799 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
800 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
801 metamodel is more complete (and closer
802 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
804 * Class::MOP::Package
805 - refactored entire class, this is now
806 the primary gateway between the metaclass
807 and the Perl 5 symbol table
808 - added many tests for this
809 - this class is now a subclass of
811 - added some tests to reflect this
814 - refactored all symbol table access to
815 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
818 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
819 so that Module has a version as an attribute
820 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
821 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
822 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
823 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
824 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
825 - added tests for this
827 * Class::MOP::Instance
828 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
830 - added tests for this
832 * Class::MOP::Attribute
833 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
834 slots from an instance
835 - added tests for this
837 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
840 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
841 anywhere within the class hierarchy
843 * Class::MOP::Attribute
844 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
845 the value of the attribute for a particular
848 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
849 ---------------------------------------
850 This is the first version of Class::MOP
851 to introduce the immutable features which
852 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
853 This support should still be considered
854 experimental, but moving towards stability.
855 ---------------------------------------
857 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
859 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
860 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
861 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
864 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
865 - several methods moved to ::Module and
866 ::Package and now inherited
867 - added tests for this
869 * Class::MOP::Instance
870 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
871 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
872 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
873 instance creation (of course)
876 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
877 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
878 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
879 because they are now more general purpose symbol
880 table manipulation methods.
882 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
883 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
885 - small change in &create so that it behaves
886 properly when inherited
887 - small fix to &clone_instance
889 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
890 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
891 - This release works in combination with
892 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
893 because it introduces a new instance
894 sub-protocol and has not yet been
898 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
899 - added tests for this
900 - improved method modifier wrapping
902 * Class::MOP::Instance
903 - added new instance protocol
904 - added tests for this
905 - changed all relevant modules and examples
907 - Class::MOP::Attribute
911 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
912 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
914 - updated tests for this
917 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
918 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
920 - added tests for this
921 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
922 new instance protocol
923 - added more tests for this
925 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
927 - added find_attribute_by_name method
928 - added tests and docs for this
929 - some small optimizations
931 * Class::MOP::Attribute
932 - some small optimizations
934 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
936 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
937 - added tests for this
938 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
939 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
940 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
941 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
942 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
943 delegates appropriately
945 * Class::MOP::Attribute
946 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
947 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
948 called initialize_instance_slot
951 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
952 initialize_instance_slot method
954 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
956 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
957 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
959 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
961 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
962 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
964 * Class::MOP::Attribute
965 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
966 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
968 - added tests for this
969 - adjusted all /example files to comply
971 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
973 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
974 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
975 - added test case for this
977 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
979 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
980 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
981 available in DESTORY calls
983 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
984 - removed the dependency for Clone since
985 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
988 - added &package_name, &name and
989 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
990 which were formerly private subs in
993 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
994 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
995 before, after and around modifiers
996 - added tests and docs for this feature
999 - improved &get_package_symbol
1000 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1001 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1003 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1004 - &add_before_method_modifier
1005 - &add_after_method_modifier
1006 - &add_around_method_modifier
1007 - added tests and docs for these
1008 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1009 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1011 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1012 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1016 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1017 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1018 the test skip if it is not installed
1020 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1022 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1025 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1026 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1027 - added docs and tests
1029 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1030 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1031 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1032 be considered "ready to use".
1034 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1035 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1036 - test coverage is now at 99%
1039 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1040 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1041 metaclass pragma instead.
1044 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1045 error/edge-case tests
1047 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1048 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1049 error/edge-case tests
1052 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1054 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1056 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1057 metaclass a little more straightforward
1060 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1061 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1062 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1063 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1067 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1068 is now more useful for subclasses
1069 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1070 hash of attribute meta objects
1071 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1072 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1073 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1074 attribute meta-object itself
1075 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1076 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1077 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1078 - added docs & tests for this
1079 - added Clone as a dependency
1080 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1081 return blessed new or cloned instances
1082 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1083 - added docs & tests for this
1084 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1085 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1086 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1087 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1088 - added tests and docs for this
1091 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1093 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1095 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1097 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1098 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1099 attributes/methods respectively
1102 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1105 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1106 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1107 - added new example:
1110 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1112 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1114 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1115 - improved error messages
1118 - added new examples:
1119 - AttributesWithHistory
1120 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1122 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1123 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1125 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1126 - refactored method generation code
1127 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1130 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1131 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1132 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1133 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1134 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1136 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1137 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1138 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1140 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006