1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
7 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name (perigrin)
9 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
12 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
14 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
17 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
18 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
19 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
20 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
23 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
24 was removed in 0.82_01.
26 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
27 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
28 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
29 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
30 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
31 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
32 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
33 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
34 for the Moose compatibility handling code
35 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
37 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
39 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
40 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
42 * Class::MOP::Immutable
43 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
44 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
45 provides its own constructor (doy)
47 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
50 * Class::MOP::Instance
51 * Class::MOP::Attribute
52 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
53 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
54 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
55 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
58 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
59 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
61 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
63 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
64 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
66 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
67 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
68 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
69 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
70 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
73 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
74 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
75 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
76 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
77 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
78 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
79 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
81 - Class::MOP::Instance
82 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
86 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
87 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
88 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
90 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
91 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
92 when an object is constructed)
93 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
95 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
96 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
97 when an object is constructed)
98 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
99 - attributes => _attributes
100 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
102 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
104 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
105 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
106 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
109 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
110 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
111 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
114 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
115 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
116 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
117 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
121 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
122 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
123 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
124 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
125 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
126 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
128 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
129 * No changes from 0.78_02.
131 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
133 * Class::MOP::Immutable
134 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
135 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
136 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
137 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
141 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
142 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
145 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
146 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
147 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
149 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
151 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
152 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
155 * Class::MOP::Instance
156 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
157 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
158 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
159 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
161 * Class::MOP::Attribute
162 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
163 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
164 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
166 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
167 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
168 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
172 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
173 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
174 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
175 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
177 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
178 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
179 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
180 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
181 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
182 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
183 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
184 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
185 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
188 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
189 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
192 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
194 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
195 * No changes from 0.77_01
197 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
199 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
200 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
201 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
202 against the pure Perl version of this code.
204 * Class::MOP::Instance
205 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
206 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
209 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
211 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
215 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
216 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
220 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
221 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
223 * Class::MOP::Package
224 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
225 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
228 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
232 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
233 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
234 near future release. You've been warned.
236 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
237 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
238 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
239 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
241 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
242 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
245 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
246 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
249 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
252 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
253 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
255 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
257 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
258 sharing an immutable transformer object
259 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
260 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
262 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
264 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
265 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
266 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
267 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
269 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
270 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
272 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
274 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
275 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
277 * t/082_get_code_info.t
278 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
279 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
280 succeed in that case.
282 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
283 * Class::MOP::Package
284 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
287 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
288 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
290 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
291 * Class::MOP::Immutable
292 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
293 the constructor was inlined.
294 * Class::MOP::Package
295 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
296 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
297 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
299 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
300 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
302 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
304 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
305 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
306 * Class::MOP::Immutable
307 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
308 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
309 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
312 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
313 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
314 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
315 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
316 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
317 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
318 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
319 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
320 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
321 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
323 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
326 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
327 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
330 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
332 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
333 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
335 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
337 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
338 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
339 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
342 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
343 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
344 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
347 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
349 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
350 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
352 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
353 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
354 times in an eval. (t0m)
356 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
358 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
359 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
360 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
361 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
362 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
363 - added test for this
365 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
366 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
367 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
370 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
371 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
375 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
376 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
377 aliased methods and "real" methods.
379 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
380 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
381 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
382 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
385 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
386 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
389 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
390 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
391 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
392 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
393 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
394 for sad systems without a compiler.
397 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
398 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
401 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
402 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
403 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
405 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
407 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
408 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
409 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
410 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
412 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
413 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
414 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
415 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
417 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
419 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
420 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
423 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
424 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
425 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
427 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
429 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
431 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
432 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
433 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
435 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
436 * Class::MOP::Package
437 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
438 releases. (nothingmuch)
441 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
443 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
444 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
445 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
448 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
451 * Class::MOP::Instance
452 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
454 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
456 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
457 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
458 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
459 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
462 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
463 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
467 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
468 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
469 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
470 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
471 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
474 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
475 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
476 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
479 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
480 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
481 consistency (nothingmuch)
482 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
484 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
485 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
486 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
487 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
490 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
491 * Class::MOP::Immutable
492 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
494 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
496 * Class::MOP::Instance
497 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
498 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
500 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
502 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
503 the class is already loaded (sartak)
504 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
505 instead of just 1 (sartak)
508 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
510 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
511 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
512 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
514 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
515 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
516 recognizes it correct this time.
518 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
519 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
522 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
523 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
526 - now stores the instance of the instance
527 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
528 and deletes it when the cache is blown
529 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
530 the options used to make it immutable as well as
531 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
533 * Class::MOP::Package
534 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
535 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
536 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
540 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
542 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
543 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
545 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
546 names now throw a more direct error in
548 - tests for this and other aspects of
554 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
555 Class::MOP::Attribute
556 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
559 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
560 (late night release engineering)--
562 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
563 changes in this release
565 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
566 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
567 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
570 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
571 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
572 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
575 * Class::MOP::Package
576 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
578 - inlining a few calls to &name with
579 direct HASH access key access
580 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
581 a HASH of items based on a type filter
582 similar to list_all_package_symbols
583 - added tests for this
586 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
587 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
588 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
589 - added more descriptive error message to help
590 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
591 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
593 * Class::MOP::Immutable
594 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
596 - added tests for this
598 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
600 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
601 function from MRO::Compat
602 - All XS based functionality now has a
603 Pure Perl alternative
604 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
605 can now be used to force non-XS versions
608 * Class::MOP::Attribute
609 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
610 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
611 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
613 - added tests for this
615 * Class::MOP::Immutable
616 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
617 making the class immutable
620 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
621 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
622 allow for it to work.
623 - added tests for this
625 * Class::MOP::Attribute
627 Class::MOP::Immutable
628 - any time a method meta object is constructed
629 we make sure to pass the correct package and
630 method name information
633 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
634 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
635 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
636 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
637 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
638 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
639 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
640 throw an error if these are not supplied.
641 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
642 and now store the package_name and name attributes
645 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
646 Module::Install support has been removed
648 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
649 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
650 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
651 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
655 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
656 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
658 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
659 when it has no init_arg
660 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
661 to support c3 classes.
663 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
666 - making sure that load_class never gets
667 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
668 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
671 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
673 - improved error handling in ->create method
674 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
675 will be used to populate values
676 - added tests for this
679 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
680 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
686 Class::MOP::Attribute
687 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
688 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
690 * Class::MOP::Instance
691 Class::MOP::Immutable
692 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
695 - fixed the filename length on several
696 test files so we install on VMS better
698 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
699 should be catfile (RT #32385)
701 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
702 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
705 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
706 Class::MOP::Attribute
707 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
708 to indicate that no constructor args can
709 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
710 - added tests for this
711 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
714 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
715 feature instead of the silly hack from
716 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
718 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
720 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
723 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
724 - removed assumptions about the existence of
727 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
728 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
729 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
732 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
733 constant so that we can take advantage
734 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
737 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
738 optimize the &linearized_isa method
739 and avoid the hack/check for circular
740 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
741 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
742 - added tests for this
744 * Class::MOP::Immutable
745 - the immutable class now keeps track of
746 the transformer which immutablized it
748 * Class::MOP::Instance
749 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
750 - added tests for this
752 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
754 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
755 transformation arguments are saved
757 - added tests for this
759 * Class::MOP::Immutable
760 - fixed a bug (see above)
762 * Class::MOP::Attribute
765 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
766 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
767 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
770 - removed the dependency on B
771 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
772 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
773 the B fiddling we were doing with
774 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
775 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
776 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
777 be used to help manage method caching.
780 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
781 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
782 even more accurate caching information.
783 blblack++ for that stuff :)
786 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
787 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
788 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
789 track of when we need to re-fetch the
791 - Several small improvements to take advantage
792 of the new method map caching features
794 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
795 * Class::MOP::Attribute
796 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
797 HASH ref case, which makes the
798 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
799 - added more tests for this
801 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
802 * Class::MOP::Attribute
803 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
804 - added more tests for this
806 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
808 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
809 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
810 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
812 * Class::MOP::Attribute
813 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
814 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
815 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
817 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
818 * Class::MOP::Attribute
819 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
821 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
822 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
824 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
826 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
829 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
830 construct_class_instance (groditi)
831 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
832 call through (groditi)
834 * Class::MOP::Attribute
835 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
836 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
837 it is defined (groditi)
839 * Class::MOP::Instance
840 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
841 it is defined (groditi)
843 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
844 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
845 - removed the relevant attributes
847 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
848 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
849 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
850 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
852 - added tests for this
853 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
854 non-inlined constructors.
855 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
857 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
858 - added this class as an abstract base for the
859 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
860 - added tests for this
863 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
864 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
867 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
869 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
870 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
872 * Class::MOP::Package
873 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
876 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
878 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
880 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
881 it manually now so that people can use this
882 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
884 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
886 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
887 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
888 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
891 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
892 * Class::MOP::Immutable
893 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
894 - removed unused variable
895 - added create_immutable_transformer
896 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
897 - tests for this (groditi)
900 - Immutability can now be undone,
901 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
902 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
903 for details see comments next to make_immutable
904 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
905 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
906 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
907 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
908 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
909 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
911 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
912 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
914 * Class::MOP::Package
915 - we now deal with stub methods properly
916 - added tests for this
917 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
919 * Class::MOP::Attribute
920 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
921 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
923 - added tests and POD for this
926 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
927 handles undef values correctly.
928 - added tests for this
929 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
930 will not get reaped when instances still
931 exist which need to reference them. This is
932 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
933 obscure enough feature that there are not too
934 many work arounds out in the wild.
935 - added tests for this by groditi
936 - updated docs to explain this
939 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
940 - added tests for this behavior
942 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
943 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
946 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
947 - added tests and docs for these
949 * Class::MOP::Attribute
950 - default now checks the instance with defined to
951 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
955 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
961 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
962 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
963 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
964 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
967 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
969 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
970 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
971 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
974 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
975 immutable transformation instead of
976 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
978 + Class::MOP::Immutable
979 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
980 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
981 be coming eventually.
984 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
986 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
987 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
991 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
994 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
996 - constructor generation is now handled by
997 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
999 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1000 - created this to handle constructor generation
1001 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1003 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1005 - attributes now delegate to the
1006 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1009 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1010 - all accessor generation functions from
1011 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1013 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1015 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1016 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1017 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1021 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1022 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1023 they are aliased from the originals
1024 - fixed tests to reflect
1025 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1027 - adjusted tests for this
1028 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1031 * Class::MOP::Method
1033 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1034 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1035 - adjusted tests to compensate
1036 - adjusted docs for this
1039 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1040 encapsulate most of the work into the
1041 &get_method_map method
1042 - made several adjustments for the change
1043 in Class::MOP::Method
1044 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1045 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1046 old one before installing the new one
1047 - added tests for this
1048 - adjusted docs for this
1050 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1051 - added caching of &get_method_map
1052 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1053 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1055 * Class::MOP::Package
1056 - added filtering capabilities to
1057 &list_all_package_symbols
1059 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1061 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1062 the $:version and such just actually goes
1063 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1064 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1066 - The &create method now requires that all
1067 but the package name now is passed in as
1068 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1069 - updated docs and tests for this
1071 * Class::MOP::Object
1072 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1076 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1077 which do not store things in the instance
1078 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1081 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1083 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1085 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1086 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1089 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1090 - fixed all tests for this
1092 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1093 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1094 are no longer allowed for defaults
1095 - added tests for this
1097 * Class::MOP::Package
1098 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1099 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1100 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1102 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1104 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1105 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1106 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1107 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1109 * Class::MOP::Package
1110 - refactored entire class, this is now
1111 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1112 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1113 - added many tests for this
1114 - this class is now a subclass of
1116 - added some tests to reflect this
1119 - refactored all symbol table access to
1120 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1122 * Class::MOP::Module
1123 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1124 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1125 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1126 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1127 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1128 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1129 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1130 - added tests for this
1132 * Class::MOP::Instance
1133 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1135 - added tests for this
1137 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1138 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1139 slots from an instance
1140 - added tests for this
1142 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1145 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1146 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1148 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1149 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1150 the value of the attribute for a particular
1153 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1154 ---------------------------------------
1155 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1156 to introduce the immutable features which
1157 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1158 This support should still be considered
1159 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1160 ---------------------------------------
1162 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1164 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1165 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1166 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1169 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1170 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1171 ::Package and now inherited
1172 - added tests for this
1174 * Class::MOP::Instance
1175 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1176 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1177 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1178 instance creation (of course)
1181 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1182 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1183 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1184 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1185 table manipulation methods.
1187 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1188 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1190 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1191 properly when inherited
1192 - small fix to &clone_instance
1194 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1195 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1196 - This release works in combination with
1197 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1198 because it introduces a new instance
1199 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1203 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1204 - added tests for this
1205 - improved method modifier wrapping
1207 * Class::MOP::Instance
1208 - added new instance protocol
1209 - added tests for this
1210 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1212 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1216 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1217 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1219 - updated tests for this
1222 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1223 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1225 - added tests for this
1226 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1227 new instance protocol
1228 - added more tests for this
1230 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1232 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1233 - added tests and docs for this
1234 - some small optimizations
1236 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1237 - some small optimizations
1239 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1241 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1242 - added tests for this
1243 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1244 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1245 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1246 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1247 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1248 delegates appropriately
1250 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1251 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1252 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1253 called initialize_instance_slot
1256 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1257 initialize_instance_slot method
1259 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1261 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1262 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1264 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1266 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1267 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1269 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1270 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1271 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1273 - added tests for this
1274 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1276 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1278 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1279 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1280 - added test case for this
1282 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1284 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1285 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1286 available in DESTORY calls
1288 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1289 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1290 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1292 * Class::MOP::Method
1293 - added &package_name, &name and
1294 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1295 which were formerly private subs in
1298 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1299 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1300 before, after and around modifiers
1301 - added tests and docs for this feature
1304 - improved &get_package_symbol
1305 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1306 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1308 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1309 - &add_before_method_modifier
1310 - &add_after_method_modifier
1311 - &add_around_method_modifier
1312 - added tests and docs for these
1313 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1314 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1316 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1317 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1321 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1322 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1323 the test skip if it is not installed
1325 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1327 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1330 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1331 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1332 - added docs and tests
1334 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1335 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1336 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1337 be considered "ready to use".
1339 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1340 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1341 - test coverage is now at 99%
1344 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1345 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1346 metaclass pragma instead.
1349 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1350 error/edge-case tests
1352 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1353 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1354 error/edge-case tests
1357 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1359 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1361 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1362 metaclass a little more straightforward
1365 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1366 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1367 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1368 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1372 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1373 is now more useful for subclasses
1374 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1375 hash of attribute meta objects
1376 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1377 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1378 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1379 attribute meta-object itself
1380 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1381 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1382 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1383 - added docs & tests for this
1384 - added Clone as a dependency
1385 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1386 return blessed new or cloned instances
1387 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1388 - added docs & tests for this
1389 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1390 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1391 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1392 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1393 - added tests and docs for this
1396 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1398 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1400 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1402 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1403 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1404 attributes/methods respectively
1407 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1410 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1411 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1412 - added new example:
1415 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1417 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1419 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1420 - improved error messages
1423 - added new examples:
1424 - AttributesWithHistory
1425 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1427 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1428 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1430 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1431 - refactored method generation code
1432 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1435 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1436 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1437 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1438 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1439 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1441 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1442 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1443 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1445 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006