1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
5 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
6 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
8 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
11 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name (perigrin)
13 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
16 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
18 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
21 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
22 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
23 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
24 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
27 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
28 was removed in 0.82_01.
30 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
31 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
32 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
33 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
34 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
35 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
36 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
37 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
38 for the Moose compatibility handling code
39 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
41 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
43 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
44 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
46 * Class::MOP::Immutable
47 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
48 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
49 provides its own constructor (doy)
51 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
54 * Class::MOP::Instance
55 * Class::MOP::Attribute
56 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
57 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
58 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
59 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
62 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
63 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
65 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
67 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
68 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
70 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
71 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
72 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
73 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
74 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
77 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
78 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
79 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
80 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
81 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
82 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
83 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
85 - Class::MOP::Instance
86 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
90 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
91 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
92 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
94 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
95 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
96 when an object is constructed)
97 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
99 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
100 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
101 when an object is constructed)
102 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
103 - attributes => _attributes
104 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
106 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
108 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
109 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
110 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
113 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
114 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
115 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
118 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
119 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
120 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
121 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
125 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
126 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
127 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
128 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
129 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
130 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
132 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
133 * No changes from 0.78_02.
135 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
137 * Class::MOP::Immutable
138 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
139 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
140 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
141 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
145 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
146 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
149 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
150 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
151 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
153 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
155 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
156 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
159 * Class::MOP::Instance
160 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
161 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
162 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
163 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
165 * Class::MOP::Attribute
166 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
167 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
168 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
170 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
171 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
172 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
176 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
177 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
178 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
179 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
181 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
182 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
183 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
184 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
185 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
186 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
187 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
188 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
189 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
192 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
193 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
196 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
198 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
199 * No changes from 0.77_01
201 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
203 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
204 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
205 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
206 against the pure Perl version of this code.
208 * Class::MOP::Instance
209 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
210 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
213 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
215 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
219 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
220 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
224 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
225 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
227 * Class::MOP::Package
228 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
229 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
232 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
236 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
237 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
238 near future release. You've been warned.
240 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
241 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
242 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
243 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
245 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
246 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
249 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
250 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
253 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
256 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
257 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
259 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
261 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
262 sharing an immutable transformer object
263 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
264 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
266 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
268 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
269 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
270 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
271 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
273 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
274 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
276 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
278 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
279 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
281 * t/082_get_code_info.t
282 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
283 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
284 succeed in that case.
286 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
287 * Class::MOP::Package
288 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
291 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
292 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
294 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
295 * Class::MOP::Immutable
296 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
297 the constructor was inlined.
298 * Class::MOP::Package
299 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
300 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
301 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
303 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
304 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
306 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
308 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
309 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
310 * Class::MOP::Immutable
311 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
312 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
313 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
316 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
317 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
318 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
319 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
320 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
321 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
322 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
323 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
324 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
325 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
327 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
330 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
331 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
334 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
336 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
337 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
339 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
341 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
342 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
343 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
346 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
347 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
348 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
351 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
353 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
354 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
356 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
357 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
358 times in an eval. (t0m)
360 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
362 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
363 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
364 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
365 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
366 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
367 - added test for this
369 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
370 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
371 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
374 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
375 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
379 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
380 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
381 aliased methods and "real" methods.
383 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
384 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
385 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
386 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
389 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
390 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
393 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
394 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
395 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
396 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
397 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
398 for sad systems without a compiler.
401 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
402 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
405 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
406 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
407 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
409 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
411 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
412 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
413 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
414 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
416 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
417 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
418 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
419 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
421 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
423 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
424 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
427 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
428 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
429 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
431 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
433 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
435 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
436 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
437 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
439 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
440 * Class::MOP::Package
441 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
442 releases. (nothingmuch)
445 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
447 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
448 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
449 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
452 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
455 * Class::MOP::Instance
456 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
458 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
460 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
461 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
462 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
463 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
466 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
467 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
471 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
472 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
473 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
474 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
475 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
478 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
479 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
480 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
483 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
484 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
485 consistency (nothingmuch)
486 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
488 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
489 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
490 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
491 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
494 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
495 * Class::MOP::Immutable
496 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
498 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
500 * Class::MOP::Instance
501 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
502 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
504 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
506 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
507 the class is already loaded (sartak)
508 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
509 instead of just 1 (sartak)
512 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
514 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
515 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
516 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
518 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
519 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
520 recognizes it correct this time.
522 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
523 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
526 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
527 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
530 - now stores the instance of the instance
531 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
532 and deletes it when the cache is blown
533 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
534 the options used to make it immutable as well as
535 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
537 * Class::MOP::Package
538 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
539 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
540 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
544 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
546 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
547 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
549 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
550 names now throw a more direct error in
552 - tests for this and other aspects of
558 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
559 Class::MOP::Attribute
560 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
563 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
564 (late night release engineering)--
566 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
567 changes in this release
569 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
570 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
571 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
574 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
575 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
576 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
579 * Class::MOP::Package
580 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
582 - inlining a few calls to &name with
583 direct HASH access key access
584 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
585 a HASH of items based on a type filter
586 similar to list_all_package_symbols
587 - added tests for this
590 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
591 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
592 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
593 - added more descriptive error message to help
594 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
595 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
597 * Class::MOP::Immutable
598 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
600 - added tests for this
602 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
604 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
605 function from MRO::Compat
606 - All XS based functionality now has a
607 Pure Perl alternative
608 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
609 can now be used to force non-XS versions
612 * Class::MOP::Attribute
613 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
614 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
615 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
617 - added tests for this
619 * Class::MOP::Immutable
620 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
621 making the class immutable
624 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
625 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
626 allow for it to work.
627 - added tests for this
629 * Class::MOP::Attribute
631 Class::MOP::Immutable
632 - any time a method meta object is constructed
633 we make sure to pass the correct package and
634 method name information
637 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
638 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
639 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
640 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
641 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
642 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
643 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
644 throw an error if these are not supplied.
645 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
646 and now store the package_name and name attributes
649 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
650 Module::Install support has been removed
652 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
653 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
654 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
655 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
659 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
660 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
662 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
663 when it has no init_arg
664 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
665 to support c3 classes.
667 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
670 - making sure that load_class never gets
671 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
672 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
675 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
677 - improved error handling in ->create method
678 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
679 will be used to populate values
680 - added tests for this
683 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
684 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
690 Class::MOP::Attribute
691 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
692 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
694 * Class::MOP::Instance
695 Class::MOP::Immutable
696 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
699 - fixed the filename length on several
700 test files so we install on VMS better
702 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
703 should be catfile (RT #32385)
705 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
706 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
709 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
710 Class::MOP::Attribute
711 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
712 to indicate that no constructor args can
713 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
714 - added tests for this
715 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
718 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
719 feature instead of the silly hack from
720 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
722 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
724 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
727 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
728 - removed assumptions about the existence of
731 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
732 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
733 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
736 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
737 constant so that we can take advantage
738 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
741 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
742 optimize the &linearized_isa method
743 and avoid the hack/check for circular
744 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
745 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
746 - added tests for this
748 * Class::MOP::Immutable
749 - the immutable class now keeps track of
750 the transformer which immutablized it
752 * Class::MOP::Instance
753 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
754 - added tests for this
756 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
758 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
759 transformation arguments are saved
761 - added tests for this
763 * Class::MOP::Immutable
764 - fixed a bug (see above)
766 * Class::MOP::Attribute
769 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
770 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
771 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
774 - removed the dependency on B
775 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
776 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
777 the B fiddling we were doing with
778 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
779 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
780 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
781 be used to help manage method caching.
784 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
785 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
786 even more accurate caching information.
787 blblack++ for that stuff :)
790 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
791 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
792 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
793 track of when we need to re-fetch the
795 - Several small improvements to take advantage
796 of the new method map caching features
798 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
799 * Class::MOP::Attribute
800 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
801 HASH ref case, which makes the
802 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
803 - added more tests for this
805 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
806 * Class::MOP::Attribute
807 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
808 - added more tests for this
810 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
812 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
813 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
814 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
816 * Class::MOP::Attribute
817 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
818 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
819 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
821 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
822 * Class::MOP::Attribute
823 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
825 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
826 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
828 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
830 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
833 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
834 construct_class_instance (groditi)
835 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
836 call through (groditi)
838 * Class::MOP::Attribute
839 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
840 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
841 it is defined (groditi)
843 * Class::MOP::Instance
844 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
845 it is defined (groditi)
847 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
848 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
849 - removed the relevant attributes
851 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
852 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
853 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
854 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
856 - added tests for this
857 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
858 non-inlined constructors.
859 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
861 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
862 - added this class as an abstract base for the
863 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
864 - added tests for this
867 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
868 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
871 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
873 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
874 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
876 * Class::MOP::Package
877 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
880 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
882 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
884 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
885 it manually now so that people can use this
886 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
888 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
890 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
891 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
892 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
895 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
896 * Class::MOP::Immutable
897 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
898 - removed unused variable
899 - added create_immutable_transformer
900 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
901 - tests for this (groditi)
904 - Immutability can now be undone,
905 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
906 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
907 for details see comments next to make_immutable
908 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
909 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
910 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
911 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
912 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
913 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
915 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
916 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
918 * Class::MOP::Package
919 - we now deal with stub methods properly
920 - added tests for this
921 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
923 * Class::MOP::Attribute
924 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
925 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
927 - added tests and POD for this
930 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
931 handles undef values correctly.
932 - added tests for this
933 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
934 will not get reaped when instances still
935 exist which need to reference them. This is
936 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
937 obscure enough feature that there are not too
938 many work arounds out in the wild.
939 - added tests for this by groditi
940 - updated docs to explain this
943 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
944 - added tests for this behavior
946 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
947 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
950 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
951 - added tests and docs for these
953 * Class::MOP::Attribute
954 - default now checks the instance with defined to
955 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
959 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
965 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
966 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
967 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
968 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
971 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
973 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
974 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
975 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
978 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
979 immutable transformation instead of
980 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
982 + Class::MOP::Immutable
983 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
984 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
985 be coming eventually.
988 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
990 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
991 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
995 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
998 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1000 - constructor generation is now handled by
1001 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1003 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1004 - created this to handle constructor generation
1005 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1007 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1009 - attributes now delegate to the
1010 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1013 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1014 - all accessor generation functions from
1015 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1017 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1019 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1020 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1021 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1025 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1026 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1027 they are aliased from the originals
1028 - fixed tests to reflect
1029 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1031 - adjusted tests for this
1032 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1035 * Class::MOP::Method
1037 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1038 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1039 - adjusted tests to compensate
1040 - adjusted docs for this
1043 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1044 encapsulate most of the work into the
1045 &get_method_map method
1046 - made several adjustments for the change
1047 in Class::MOP::Method
1048 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1049 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1050 old one before installing the new one
1051 - added tests for this
1052 - adjusted docs for this
1054 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1055 - added caching of &get_method_map
1056 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1057 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1059 * Class::MOP::Package
1060 - added filtering capabilities to
1061 &list_all_package_symbols
1063 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1065 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1066 the $:version and such just actually goes
1067 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1068 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1070 - The &create method now requires that all
1071 but the package name now is passed in as
1072 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1073 - updated docs and tests for this
1075 * Class::MOP::Object
1076 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1080 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1081 which do not store things in the instance
1082 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1085 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1087 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1089 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1090 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1093 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1094 - fixed all tests for this
1096 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1097 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1098 are no longer allowed for defaults
1099 - added tests for this
1101 * Class::MOP::Package
1102 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1103 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1104 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1106 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1108 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1109 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1110 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1111 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1113 * Class::MOP::Package
1114 - refactored entire class, this is now
1115 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1116 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1117 - added many tests for this
1118 - this class is now a subclass of
1120 - added some tests to reflect this
1123 - refactored all symbol table access to
1124 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1126 * Class::MOP::Module
1127 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1128 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1129 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1130 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1131 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1132 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1133 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1134 - added tests for this
1136 * Class::MOP::Instance
1137 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1139 - added tests for this
1141 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1142 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1143 slots from an instance
1144 - added tests for this
1146 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1149 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1150 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1152 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1153 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1154 the value of the attribute for a particular
1157 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1158 ---------------------------------------
1159 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1160 to introduce the immutable features which
1161 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1162 This support should still be considered
1163 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1164 ---------------------------------------
1166 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1168 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1169 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1170 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1173 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1174 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1175 ::Package and now inherited
1176 - added tests for this
1178 * Class::MOP::Instance
1179 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1180 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1181 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1182 instance creation (of course)
1185 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1186 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1187 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1188 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1189 table manipulation methods.
1191 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1192 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1194 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1195 properly when inherited
1196 - small fix to &clone_instance
1198 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1199 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1200 - This release works in combination with
1201 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1202 because it introduces a new instance
1203 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1207 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1208 - added tests for this
1209 - improved method modifier wrapping
1211 * Class::MOP::Instance
1212 - added new instance protocol
1213 - added tests for this
1214 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1216 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1220 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1221 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1223 - updated tests for this
1226 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1227 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1229 - added tests for this
1230 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1231 new instance protocol
1232 - added more tests for this
1234 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1236 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1237 - added tests and docs for this
1238 - some small optimizations
1240 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1241 - some small optimizations
1243 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1245 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1246 - added tests for this
1247 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1248 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1249 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1250 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1251 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1252 delegates appropriately
1254 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1255 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1256 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1257 called initialize_instance_slot
1260 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1261 initialize_instance_slot method
1263 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1265 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1266 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1268 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1270 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1271 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1273 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1274 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1275 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1277 - added tests for this
1278 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1280 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1282 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1283 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1284 - added test case for this
1286 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1288 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1289 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1290 available in DESTORY calls
1292 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1293 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1294 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1296 * Class::MOP::Method
1297 - added &package_name, &name and
1298 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1299 which were formerly private subs in
1302 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1303 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1304 before, after and around modifiers
1305 - added tests and docs for this feature
1308 - improved &get_package_symbol
1309 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1310 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1312 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1313 - &add_before_method_modifier
1314 - &add_after_method_modifier
1315 - &add_around_method_modifier
1316 - added tests and docs for these
1317 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1318 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1320 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1321 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1325 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1326 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1327 the test skip if it is not installed
1329 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1331 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1334 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1335 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1336 - added docs and tests
1338 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1339 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1340 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1341 be considered "ready to use".
1343 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1344 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1345 - test coverage is now at 99%
1348 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1349 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1350 metaclass pragma instead.
1353 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1354 error/edge-case tests
1356 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1357 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1358 error/edge-case tests
1361 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1363 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1365 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1366 metaclass a little more straightforward
1369 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1370 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1371 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1372 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1376 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1377 is now more useful for subclasses
1378 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1379 hash of attribute meta objects
1380 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1381 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1382 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1383 attribute meta-object itself
1384 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1385 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1386 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1387 - added docs & tests for this
1388 - added Clone as a dependency
1389 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1390 return blessed new or cloned instances
1391 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1392 - added docs & tests for this
1393 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1394 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1395 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1396 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1397 - added tests and docs for this
1400 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1402 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1404 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1406 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1407 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1408 attributes/methods respectively
1411 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1414 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1415 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1416 - added new example:
1419 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1421 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1423 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1424 - improved error messages
1427 - added new examples:
1428 - AttributesWithHistory
1429 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1431 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1432 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1434 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1435 - refactored method generation code
1436 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1439 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1440 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1441 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1442 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1443 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1445 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1446 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1447 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1449 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006