1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
8 for inlined code. (doy)
10 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
14 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
15 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
16 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
17 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
18 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
25 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
27 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
31 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
32 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
36 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
38 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
39 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
40 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
46 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
47 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
51 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
52 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
53 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
55 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
57 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
59 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
61 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
65 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
67 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
71 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
72 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
74 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
78 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
79 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
81 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
82 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
84 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
86 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
87 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
88 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
90 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
92 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
94 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
95 modules (nothingmuch).
98 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
102 * Class::MOP::Package
103 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
104 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
105 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
108 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
109 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
112 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
113 * Class::MOP::Attribute
114 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
115 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
116 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
117 attributes. (nothingmuch)
119 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
121 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
122 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
123 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
124 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
125 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
127 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
128 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
129 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
131 * Class::MOP::Package
132 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
133 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
135 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
136 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
137 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
139 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
140 * Class::MOP::Package
141 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
144 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
147 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
148 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
149 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
152 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
153 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
155 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
157 * Class::MOP::Package
158 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
161 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
162 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
164 * Class::MOP::Attribute
166 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
169 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
170 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
171 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
172 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
175 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
176 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
177 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
178 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
179 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
180 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
184 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
185 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
189 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
190 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
191 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
195 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
196 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
199 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
200 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
201 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
205 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
206 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
207 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
208 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
209 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
212 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
213 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
215 * Class::MOP::Instance
216 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
217 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
219 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
221 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
223 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
226 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
228 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
229 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
232 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
233 changed back in 0.82_01)
234 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
235 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
238 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
239 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
241 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
243 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
244 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
245 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
248 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
249 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
252 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
253 * Class::MOP::Attribute
254 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
256 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
257 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
258 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
261 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
264 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
265 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
266 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
267 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
268 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
271 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
274 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
276 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
280 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
281 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
282 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
283 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
287 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
290 * Class::MOP::Package
291 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
294 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
297 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
299 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
302 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
303 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
304 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
305 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
308 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
309 was removed in 0.82_01.
311 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
312 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
313 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
314 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
315 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
316 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
317 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
318 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
319 for the Moose compatibility handling code
320 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
322 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
324 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
325 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
327 * Class::MOP::Immutable
328 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
329 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
330 provides its own constructor (doy)
332 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
335 * Class::MOP::Instance
336 * Class::MOP::Attribute
337 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
338 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
339 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
340 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
343 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
344 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
346 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
348 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
349 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
351 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
352 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
353 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
354 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
355 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
358 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
359 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
360 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
361 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
362 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
363 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
364 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
366 - Class::MOP::Instance
367 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
371 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
372 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
373 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
375 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
376 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
377 when an object is constructed)
378 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
380 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
381 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
382 when an object is constructed)
383 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
384 - attributes => _attributes
385 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
387 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
389 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
390 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
391 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
394 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
395 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
396 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
399 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
400 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
401 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
402 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
406 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
407 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
408 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
409 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
410 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
411 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
413 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
414 * No changes from 0.78_02.
416 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
418 * Class::MOP::Immutable
419 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
420 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
421 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
422 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
426 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
427 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
430 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
431 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
432 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
434 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
436 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
437 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
440 * Class::MOP::Instance
441 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
442 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
443 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
444 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
446 * Class::MOP::Attribute
447 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
448 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
449 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
451 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
452 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
453 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
457 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
458 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
459 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
460 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
462 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
463 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
464 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
465 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
466 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
467 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
468 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
469 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
470 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
473 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
474 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
477 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
479 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
480 * No changes from 0.77_01
482 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
484 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
485 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
486 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
487 against the pure Perl version of this code.
489 * Class::MOP::Instance
490 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
491 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
494 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
496 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
500 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
501 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
505 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
506 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
508 * Class::MOP::Package
509 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
510 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
513 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
517 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
518 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
519 near future release. You've been warned.
521 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
522 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
523 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
524 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
526 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
527 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
530 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
531 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
534 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
537 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
538 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
540 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
542 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
543 sharing an immutable transformer object
544 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
545 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
547 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
549 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
550 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
551 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
552 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
554 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
555 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
557 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
559 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
560 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
562 * t/082_get_code_info.t
563 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
564 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
565 succeed in that case.
567 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
568 * Class::MOP::Package
569 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
572 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
573 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
575 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
576 * Class::MOP::Immutable
577 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
578 the constructor was inlined.
579 * Class::MOP::Package
580 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
581 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
582 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
584 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
585 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
587 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
589 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
590 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
591 * Class::MOP::Immutable
592 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
593 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
594 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
597 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
598 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
599 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
600 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
601 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
602 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
603 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
604 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
605 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
606 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
608 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
611 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
612 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
615 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
617 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
618 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
620 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
622 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
623 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
624 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
627 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
628 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
629 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
632 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
634 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
635 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
637 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
638 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
639 times in an eval. (t0m)
641 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
643 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
644 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
645 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
646 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
647 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
648 - added test for this
650 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
651 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
652 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
655 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
656 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
660 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
661 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
662 aliased methods and "real" methods.
664 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
665 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
666 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
667 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
670 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
671 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
674 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
675 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
676 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
677 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
678 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
679 for sad systems without a compiler.
682 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
683 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
686 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
687 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
688 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
690 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
692 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
693 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
694 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
695 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
697 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
698 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
699 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
700 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
702 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
704 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
705 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
708 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
709 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
710 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
712 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
714 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
716 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
717 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
718 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
720 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
721 * Class::MOP::Package
722 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
723 releases. (nothingmuch)
726 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
728 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
729 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
730 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
733 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
736 * Class::MOP::Instance
737 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
739 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
741 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
742 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
743 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
744 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
747 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
748 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
752 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
753 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
754 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
755 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
756 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
759 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
760 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
761 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
764 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
765 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
766 consistency (nothingmuch)
767 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
769 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
770 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
771 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
772 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
775 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
776 * Class::MOP::Immutable
777 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
779 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
781 * Class::MOP::Instance
782 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
783 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
785 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
787 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
788 the class is already loaded (sartak)
789 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
790 instead of just 1 (sartak)
793 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
795 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
796 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
797 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
799 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
800 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
801 recognizes it correct this time.
803 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
804 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
807 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
808 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
811 - now stores the instance of the instance
812 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
813 and deletes it when the cache is blown
814 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
815 the options used to make it immutable as well as
816 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
818 * Class::MOP::Package
819 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
820 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
821 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
825 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
827 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
828 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
830 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
831 names now throw a more direct error in
833 - tests for this and other aspects of
839 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
840 Class::MOP::Attribute
841 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
844 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
845 (late night release engineering)--
847 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
848 changes in this release
850 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
851 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
852 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
855 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
856 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
857 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
860 * Class::MOP::Package
861 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
863 - inlining a few calls to &name with
864 direct HASH access key access
865 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
866 a HASH of items based on a type filter
867 similar to list_all_package_symbols
868 - added tests for this
871 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
872 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
873 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
874 - added more descriptive error message to help
875 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
876 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
878 * Class::MOP::Immutable
879 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
881 - added tests for this
883 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
885 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
886 function from MRO::Compat
887 - All XS based functionality now has a
888 Pure Perl alternative
889 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
890 can now be used to force non-XS versions
893 * Class::MOP::Attribute
894 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
895 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
896 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
898 - added tests for this
900 * Class::MOP::Immutable
901 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
902 making the class immutable
905 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
906 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
907 allow for it to work.
908 - added tests for this
910 * Class::MOP::Attribute
912 Class::MOP::Immutable
913 - any time a method meta object is constructed
914 we make sure to pass the correct package and
915 method name information
918 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
919 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
920 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
921 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
922 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
923 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
924 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
925 throw an error if these are not supplied.
926 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
927 and now store the package_name and name attributes
930 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
931 Module::Install support has been removed
933 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
934 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
935 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
936 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
940 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
941 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
943 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
944 when it has no init_arg
945 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
946 to support c3 classes.
948 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
951 - making sure that load_class never gets
952 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
953 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
956 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
958 - improved error handling in ->create method
959 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
960 will be used to populate values
961 - added tests for this
964 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
965 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
971 Class::MOP::Attribute
972 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
973 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
975 * Class::MOP::Instance
976 Class::MOP::Immutable
977 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
980 - fixed the filename length on several
981 test files so we install on VMS better
983 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
984 should be catfile (RT #32385)
986 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
987 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
990 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
991 Class::MOP::Attribute
992 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
993 to indicate that no constructor args can
994 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
995 - added tests for this
996 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
999 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1000 feature instead of the silly hack from
1001 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1003 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1005 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1008 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1009 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1012 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1013 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1014 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1017 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1018 constant so that we can take advantage
1019 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1022 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1023 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1024 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1025 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1026 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1027 - added tests for this
1029 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1030 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1031 the transformer which immutablized it
1033 * Class::MOP::Instance
1034 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1035 - added tests for this
1037 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1039 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1040 transformation arguments are saved
1042 - added tests for this
1044 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1045 - fixed a bug (see above)
1047 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1050 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1051 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1052 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1055 - removed the dependency on B
1056 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1057 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1058 the B fiddling we were doing with
1059 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1060 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1061 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1062 be used to help manage method caching.
1065 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1066 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1067 even more accurate caching information.
1068 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1071 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1072 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1073 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1074 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1076 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1077 of the new method map caching features
1079 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1080 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1081 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1082 HASH ref case, which makes the
1083 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1084 - added more tests for this
1086 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1087 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1088 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1089 - added more tests for this
1091 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1093 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1094 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1095 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1097 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1098 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1099 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1100 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1102 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1104 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1106 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1107 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1109 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1111 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1114 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1115 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1116 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1117 call through (groditi)
1119 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1120 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1121 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1122 it is defined (groditi)
1124 * Class::MOP::Instance
1125 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1126 it is defined (groditi)
1128 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1129 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1130 - removed the relevant attributes
1132 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1133 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1134 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1135 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1137 - added tests for this
1138 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1139 non-inlined constructors.
1140 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1142 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1143 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1144 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1145 - added tests for this
1148 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1149 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1152 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1154 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1155 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1157 * Class::MOP::Package
1158 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1161 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1163 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1165 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1166 it manually now so that people can use this
1167 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1169 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1171 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1172 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1173 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1176 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1177 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1178 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1179 - removed unused variable
1180 - added create_immutable_transformer
1181 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1182 - tests for this (groditi)
1185 - Immutability can now be undone,
1186 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1187 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1188 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1189 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1190 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1191 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1192 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1193 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1194 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1196 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1197 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1199 * Class::MOP::Package
1200 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1201 - added tests for this
1202 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1204 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1205 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1206 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1208 - added tests and POD for this
1211 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1212 handles undef values correctly.
1213 - added tests for this
1214 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1215 will not get reaped when instances still
1216 exist which need to reference them. This is
1217 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1218 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1219 many work arounds out in the wild.
1220 - added tests for this by groditi
1221 - updated docs to explain this
1224 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1225 - added tests for this behavior
1227 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1228 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1231 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1232 - added tests and docs for these
1234 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1235 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1236 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1240 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1245 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1246 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1247 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1248 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1249 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1252 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1254 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1255 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1256 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1259 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1260 immutable transformation instead of
1261 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1263 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1264 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1265 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1266 be coming eventually.
1269 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1271 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1272 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1276 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1279 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1281 - constructor generation is now handled by
1282 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1284 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1285 - created this to handle constructor generation
1286 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1288 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1290 - attributes now delegate to the
1291 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1294 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1295 - all accessor generation functions from
1296 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1298 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1300 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1301 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1302 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1306 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1307 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1308 they are aliased from the originals
1309 - fixed tests to reflect
1310 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1312 - adjusted tests for this
1313 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1316 * Class::MOP::Method
1318 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1319 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1320 - adjusted tests to compensate
1321 - adjusted docs for this
1324 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1325 encapsulate most of the work into the
1326 &get_method_map method
1327 - made several adjustments for the change
1328 in Class::MOP::Method
1329 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1330 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1331 old one before installing the new one
1332 - added tests for this
1333 - adjusted docs for this
1335 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1336 - added caching of &get_method_map
1337 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1338 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1340 * Class::MOP::Package
1341 - added filtering capabilities to
1342 &list_all_package_symbols
1344 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1346 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1347 the $:version and such just actually goes
1348 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1349 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1351 - The &create method now requires that all
1352 but the package name now is passed in as
1353 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1354 - updated docs and tests for this
1356 * Class::MOP::Object
1357 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1361 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1362 which do not store things in the instance
1363 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1366 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1368 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1370 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1371 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1374 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1375 - fixed all tests for this
1377 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1378 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1379 are no longer allowed for defaults
1380 - added tests for this
1382 * Class::MOP::Package
1383 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1384 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1385 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1387 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1389 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1390 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1391 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1392 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1394 * Class::MOP::Package
1395 - refactored entire class, this is now
1396 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1397 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1398 - added many tests for this
1399 - this class is now a subclass of
1401 - added some tests to reflect this
1404 - refactored all symbol table access to
1405 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1407 * Class::MOP::Module
1408 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1409 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1410 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1411 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1412 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1413 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1414 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1415 - added tests for this
1417 * Class::MOP::Instance
1418 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1420 - added tests for this
1422 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1423 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1424 slots from an instance
1425 - added tests for this
1427 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1430 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1431 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1433 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1434 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1435 the value of the attribute for a particular
1438 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1439 ---------------------------------------
1440 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1441 to introduce the immutable features which
1442 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1443 This support should still be considered
1444 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1445 ---------------------------------------
1447 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1449 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1450 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1451 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1454 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1455 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1456 ::Package and now inherited
1457 - added tests for this
1459 * Class::MOP::Instance
1460 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1461 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1462 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1463 instance creation (of course)
1466 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1467 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1468 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1469 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1470 table manipulation methods.
1472 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1473 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1475 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1476 properly when inherited
1477 - small fix to &clone_instance
1479 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1480 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1481 - This release works in combination with
1482 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1483 because it introduces a new instance
1484 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1488 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1489 - added tests for this
1490 - improved method modifier wrapping
1492 * Class::MOP::Instance
1493 - added new instance protocol
1494 - added tests for this
1495 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1497 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1501 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1502 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1504 - updated tests for this
1507 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1508 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1510 - added tests for this
1511 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1512 new instance protocol
1513 - added more tests for this
1515 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1517 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1518 - added tests and docs for this
1519 - some small optimizations
1521 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1522 - some small optimizations
1524 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1526 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1527 - added tests for this
1528 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1529 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1530 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1531 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1532 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1533 delegates appropriately
1535 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1536 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1537 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1538 called initialize_instance_slot
1541 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1542 initialize_instance_slot method
1544 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1546 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1547 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1549 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1551 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1552 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1554 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1555 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1556 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1558 - added tests for this
1559 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1561 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1563 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1564 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1565 - added test case for this
1567 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1569 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1570 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1571 available in DESTORY calls
1573 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1574 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1575 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1577 * Class::MOP::Method
1578 - added &package_name, &name and
1579 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1580 which were formerly private subs in
1583 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1584 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1585 before, after and around modifiers
1586 - added tests and docs for this feature
1589 - improved &get_package_symbol
1590 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1591 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1593 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1594 - &add_before_method_modifier
1595 - &add_after_method_modifier
1596 - &add_around_method_modifier
1597 - added tests and docs for these
1598 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1599 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1601 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1602 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1606 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1607 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1608 the test skip if it is not installed
1610 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1612 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1615 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1616 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1617 - added docs and tests
1619 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1620 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1621 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1622 be considered "ready to use".
1624 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1625 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1626 - test coverage is now at 99%
1629 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1630 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1631 metaclass pragma instead.
1634 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1635 error/edge-case tests
1637 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1638 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1639 error/edge-case tests
1642 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1644 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1646 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1647 metaclass a little more straightforward
1650 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1651 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1652 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1653 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1657 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1658 is now more useful for subclasses
1659 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1660 hash of attribute meta objects
1661 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1662 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1663 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1664 attribute meta-object itself
1665 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1666 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1667 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1668 - added docs & tests for this
1669 - added Clone as a dependency
1670 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1671 return blessed new or cloned instances
1672 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1673 - added docs & tests for this
1674 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1675 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1676 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1677 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1678 - added tests and docs for this
1681 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1683 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1685 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1687 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1688 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1689 attributes/methods respectively
1692 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1695 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1696 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1697 - added new example:
1700 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1702 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1704 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1705 - improved error messages
1708 - added new examples:
1709 - AttributesWithHistory
1710 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1712 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1713 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1715 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1716 - refactored method generation code
1717 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1720 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1721 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1722 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1723 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1724 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1726 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1727 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1728 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1730 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006