1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into
10 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method
11 object as the first argument, rather than just a
14 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
15 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
16 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
20 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
21 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
22 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
23 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
24 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
28 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
29 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
33 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
34 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
35 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
39 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
40 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
43 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
44 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
45 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
49 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
50 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
51 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
52 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
53 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
56 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
57 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
59 * Class::MOP::Instance
60 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
61 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
63 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
65 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
67 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
70 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
72 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
73 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
76 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
77 changed back in 0.82_01)
78 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
79 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
82 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
83 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
85 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
87 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
88 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
89 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
92 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
93 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
97 * Class::MOP::Attribute
98 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
100 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
101 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
102 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
105 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
108 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
109 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
110 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
111 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
112 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
115 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
118 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
120 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
124 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
125 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
126 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
127 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
131 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
134 * Class::MOP::Package
135 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
138 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
141 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
143 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
146 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
147 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
148 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
149 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
152 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
153 was removed in 0.82_01.
155 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
156 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
157 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
158 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
159 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
160 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
161 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
162 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
163 for the Moose compatibility handling code
164 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
166 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
168 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
169 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
171 * Class::MOP::Immutable
172 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
173 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
174 provides its own constructor (doy)
176 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
179 * Class::MOP::Instance
180 * Class::MOP::Attribute
181 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
182 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
183 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
184 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
187 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
188 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
190 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
192 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
193 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
195 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
196 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
197 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
198 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
199 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
202 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
203 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
204 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
205 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
206 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
207 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
208 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
210 - Class::MOP::Instance
211 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
215 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
216 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
217 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
219 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
220 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
221 when an object is constructed)
222 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
224 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
225 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
226 when an object is constructed)
227 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
228 - attributes => _attributes
229 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
231 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
233 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
234 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
235 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
238 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
239 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
240 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
243 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
244 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
245 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
246 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
250 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
251 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
252 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
253 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
254 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
255 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
257 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
258 * No changes from 0.78_02.
260 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
262 * Class::MOP::Immutable
263 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
264 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
265 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
266 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
270 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
271 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
274 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
275 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
276 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
278 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
280 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
281 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
284 * Class::MOP::Instance
285 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
286 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
287 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
288 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
290 * Class::MOP::Attribute
291 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
292 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
293 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
295 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
296 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
297 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
301 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
302 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
303 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
304 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
306 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
307 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
308 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
309 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
310 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
311 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
312 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
313 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
314 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
317 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
318 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
321 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
323 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
324 * No changes from 0.77_01
326 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
328 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
329 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
330 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
331 against the pure Perl version of this code.
333 * Class::MOP::Instance
334 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
335 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
338 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
340 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
344 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
345 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
349 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
350 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
352 * Class::MOP::Package
353 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
354 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
357 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
361 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
362 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
363 near future release. You've been warned.
365 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
366 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
367 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
368 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
370 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
371 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
374 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
375 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
378 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
381 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
382 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
384 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
386 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
387 sharing an immutable transformer object
388 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
389 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
391 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
393 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
394 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
395 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
396 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
398 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
399 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
401 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
403 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
404 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
406 * t/082_get_code_info.t
407 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
408 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
409 succeed in that case.
411 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
412 * Class::MOP::Package
413 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
416 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
417 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
419 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
420 * Class::MOP::Immutable
421 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
422 the constructor was inlined.
423 * Class::MOP::Package
424 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
425 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
426 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
428 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
429 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
431 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
433 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
434 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
435 * Class::MOP::Immutable
436 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
437 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
438 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
441 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
442 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
443 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
444 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
445 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
446 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
447 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
448 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
449 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
450 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
452 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
455 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
456 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
459 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
461 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
462 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
464 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
466 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
467 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
468 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
471 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
472 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
473 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
476 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
478 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
479 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
481 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
482 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
483 times in an eval. (t0m)
485 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
487 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
488 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
489 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
490 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
491 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
492 - added test for this
494 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
495 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
496 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
499 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
500 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
504 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
505 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
506 aliased methods and "real" methods.
508 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
509 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
510 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
511 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
514 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
515 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
518 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
519 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
520 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
521 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
522 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
523 for sad systems without a compiler.
526 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
527 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
530 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
531 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
532 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
534 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
536 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
537 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
538 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
539 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
541 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
542 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
543 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
544 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
546 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
548 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
549 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
552 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
553 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
554 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
556 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
558 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
560 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
561 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
562 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
564 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
565 * Class::MOP::Package
566 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
567 releases. (nothingmuch)
570 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
572 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
573 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
574 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
577 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
580 * Class::MOP::Instance
581 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
583 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
585 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
586 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
587 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
588 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
591 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
592 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
596 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
597 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
598 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
599 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
600 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
603 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
604 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
605 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
608 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
609 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
610 consistency (nothingmuch)
611 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
613 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
614 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
615 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
616 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
619 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
620 * Class::MOP::Immutable
621 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
623 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
625 * Class::MOP::Instance
626 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
627 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
629 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
631 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
632 the class is already loaded (sartak)
633 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
634 instead of just 1 (sartak)
637 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
639 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
640 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
641 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
643 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
644 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
645 recognizes it correct this time.
647 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
648 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
651 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
652 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
655 - now stores the instance of the instance
656 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
657 and deletes it when the cache is blown
658 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
659 the options used to make it immutable as well as
660 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
662 * Class::MOP::Package
663 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
664 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
665 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
669 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
671 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
672 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
674 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
675 names now throw a more direct error in
677 - tests for this and other aspects of
683 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
684 Class::MOP::Attribute
685 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
688 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
689 (late night release engineering)--
691 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
692 changes in this release
694 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
695 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
696 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
699 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
700 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
701 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
704 * Class::MOP::Package
705 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
707 - inlining a few calls to &name with
708 direct HASH access key access
709 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
710 a HASH of items based on a type filter
711 similar to list_all_package_symbols
712 - added tests for this
715 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
716 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
717 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
718 - added more descriptive error message to help
719 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
720 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
722 * Class::MOP::Immutable
723 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
725 - added tests for this
727 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
729 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
730 function from MRO::Compat
731 - All XS based functionality now has a
732 Pure Perl alternative
733 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
734 can now be used to force non-XS versions
737 * Class::MOP::Attribute
738 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
739 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
740 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
742 - added tests for this
744 * Class::MOP::Immutable
745 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
746 making the class immutable
749 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
750 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
751 allow for it to work.
752 - added tests for this
754 * Class::MOP::Attribute
756 Class::MOP::Immutable
757 - any time a method meta object is constructed
758 we make sure to pass the correct package and
759 method name information
762 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
763 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
764 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
765 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
766 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
767 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
768 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
769 throw an error if these are not supplied.
770 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
771 and now store the package_name and name attributes
774 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
775 Module::Install support has been removed
777 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
778 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
779 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
780 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
784 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
785 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
787 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
788 when it has no init_arg
789 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
790 to support c3 classes.
792 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
795 - making sure that load_class never gets
796 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
797 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
800 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
802 - improved error handling in ->create method
803 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
804 will be used to populate values
805 - added tests for this
808 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
809 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
815 Class::MOP::Attribute
816 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
817 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
819 * Class::MOP::Instance
820 Class::MOP::Immutable
821 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
824 - fixed the filename length on several
825 test files so we install on VMS better
827 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
828 should be catfile (RT #32385)
830 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
831 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
834 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
835 Class::MOP::Attribute
836 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
837 to indicate that no constructor args can
838 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
839 - added tests for this
840 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
843 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
844 feature instead of the silly hack from
845 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
847 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
849 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
852 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
853 - removed assumptions about the existence of
856 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
857 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
858 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
861 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
862 constant so that we can take advantage
863 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
866 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
867 optimize the &linearized_isa method
868 and avoid the hack/check for circular
869 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
870 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
871 - added tests for this
873 * Class::MOP::Immutable
874 - the immutable class now keeps track of
875 the transformer which immutablized it
877 * Class::MOP::Instance
878 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
879 - added tests for this
881 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
883 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
884 transformation arguments are saved
886 - added tests for this
888 * Class::MOP::Immutable
889 - fixed a bug (see above)
891 * Class::MOP::Attribute
894 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
895 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
896 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
899 - removed the dependency on B
900 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
901 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
902 the B fiddling we were doing with
903 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
904 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
905 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
906 be used to help manage method caching.
909 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
910 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
911 even more accurate caching information.
912 blblack++ for that stuff :)
915 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
916 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
917 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
918 track of when we need to re-fetch the
920 - Several small improvements to take advantage
921 of the new method map caching features
923 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
924 * Class::MOP::Attribute
925 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
926 HASH ref case, which makes the
927 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
928 - added more tests for this
930 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
931 * Class::MOP::Attribute
932 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
933 - added more tests for this
935 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
937 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
938 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
939 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
941 * Class::MOP::Attribute
942 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
943 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
944 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
946 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
947 * Class::MOP::Attribute
948 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
950 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
951 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
953 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
955 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
958 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
959 construct_class_instance (groditi)
960 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
961 call through (groditi)
963 * Class::MOP::Attribute
964 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
965 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
966 it is defined (groditi)
968 * Class::MOP::Instance
969 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
970 it is defined (groditi)
972 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
973 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
974 - removed the relevant attributes
976 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
977 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
978 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
979 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
981 - added tests for this
982 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
983 non-inlined constructors.
984 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
986 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
987 - added this class as an abstract base for the
988 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
989 - added tests for this
992 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
993 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
996 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
998 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
999 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1001 * Class::MOP::Package
1002 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1005 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1007 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1009 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1010 it manually now so that people can use this
1011 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1013 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1015 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1016 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1017 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1020 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1021 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1022 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1023 - removed unused variable
1024 - added create_immutable_transformer
1025 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1026 - tests for this (groditi)
1029 - Immutability can now be undone,
1030 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1031 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1032 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1033 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1034 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1035 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1036 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1037 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1038 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1040 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1041 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1043 * Class::MOP::Package
1044 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1045 - added tests for this
1046 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1048 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1049 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1050 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1052 - added tests and POD for this
1055 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1056 handles undef values correctly.
1057 - added tests for this
1058 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1059 will not get reaped when instances still
1060 exist which need to reference them. This is
1061 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1062 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1063 many work arounds out in the wild.
1064 - added tests for this by groditi
1065 - updated docs to explain this
1068 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1069 - added tests for this behavior
1071 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1072 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1075 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1076 - added tests and docs for these
1078 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1079 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1080 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1084 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1089 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1090 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1091 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1092 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1093 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1096 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1098 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1099 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1100 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1103 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1104 immutable transformation instead of
1105 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1107 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1108 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1109 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1110 be coming eventually.
1113 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1115 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1116 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1120 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1123 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1125 - constructor generation is now handled by
1126 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1128 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1129 - created this to handle constructor generation
1130 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1132 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1134 - attributes now delegate to the
1135 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1138 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1139 - all accessor generation functions from
1140 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1142 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1144 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1145 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1146 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1150 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1151 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1152 they are aliased from the originals
1153 - fixed tests to reflect
1154 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1156 - adjusted tests for this
1157 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1160 * Class::MOP::Method
1162 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1163 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1164 - adjusted tests to compensate
1165 - adjusted docs for this
1168 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1169 encapsulate most of the work into the
1170 &get_method_map method
1171 - made several adjustments for the change
1172 in Class::MOP::Method
1173 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1174 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1175 old one before installing the new one
1176 - added tests for this
1177 - adjusted docs for this
1179 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1180 - added caching of &get_method_map
1181 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1182 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1184 * Class::MOP::Package
1185 - added filtering capabilities to
1186 &list_all_package_symbols
1188 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1190 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1191 the $:version and such just actually goes
1192 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1193 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1195 - The &create method now requires that all
1196 but the package name now is passed in as
1197 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1198 - updated docs and tests for this
1200 * Class::MOP::Object
1201 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1205 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1206 which do not store things in the instance
1207 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1210 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1212 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1214 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1215 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1218 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1219 - fixed all tests for this
1221 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1222 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1223 are no longer allowed for defaults
1224 - added tests for this
1226 * Class::MOP::Package
1227 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1228 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1229 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1231 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1233 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1234 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1235 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1236 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1238 * Class::MOP::Package
1239 - refactored entire class, this is now
1240 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1241 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1242 - added many tests for this
1243 - this class is now a subclass of
1245 - added some tests to reflect this
1248 - refactored all symbol table access to
1249 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1251 * Class::MOP::Module
1252 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1253 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1254 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1255 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1256 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1257 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1258 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1259 - added tests for this
1261 * Class::MOP::Instance
1262 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1264 - added tests for this
1266 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1267 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1268 slots from an instance
1269 - added tests for this
1271 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1274 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1275 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1277 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1278 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1279 the value of the attribute for a particular
1282 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1283 ---------------------------------------
1284 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1285 to introduce the immutable features which
1286 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1287 This support should still be considered
1288 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1289 ---------------------------------------
1291 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1293 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1294 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1295 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1298 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1299 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1300 ::Package and now inherited
1301 - added tests for this
1303 * Class::MOP::Instance
1304 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1305 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1306 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1307 instance creation (of course)
1310 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1311 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1312 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1313 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1314 table manipulation methods.
1316 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1317 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1319 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1320 properly when inherited
1321 - small fix to &clone_instance
1323 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1324 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1325 - This release works in combination with
1326 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1327 because it introduces a new instance
1328 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1332 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1333 - added tests for this
1334 - improved method modifier wrapping
1336 * Class::MOP::Instance
1337 - added new instance protocol
1338 - added tests for this
1339 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1341 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1345 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1346 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1348 - updated tests for this
1351 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1352 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1354 - added tests for this
1355 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1356 new instance protocol
1357 - added more tests for this
1359 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1361 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1362 - added tests and docs for this
1363 - some small optimizations
1365 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1366 - some small optimizations
1368 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1370 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1371 - added tests for this
1372 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1373 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1374 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1375 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1376 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1377 delegates appropriately
1379 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1380 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1381 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1382 called initialize_instance_slot
1385 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1386 initialize_instance_slot method
1388 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1390 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1391 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1393 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1395 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1396 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1398 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1399 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1400 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1402 - added tests for this
1403 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1405 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1407 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1408 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1409 - added test case for this
1411 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1413 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1414 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1415 available in DESTORY calls
1417 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1418 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1419 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1421 * Class::MOP::Method
1422 - added &package_name, &name and
1423 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1424 which were formerly private subs in
1427 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1428 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1429 before, after and around modifiers
1430 - added tests and docs for this feature
1433 - improved &get_package_symbol
1434 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1435 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1437 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1438 - &add_before_method_modifier
1439 - &add_after_method_modifier
1440 - &add_around_method_modifier
1441 - added tests and docs for these
1442 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1443 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1445 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1446 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1450 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1451 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1452 the test skip if it is not installed
1454 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1456 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1459 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1460 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1461 - added docs and tests
1463 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1464 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1465 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1466 be considered "ready to use".
1468 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1469 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1470 - test coverage is now at 99%
1473 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1474 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1475 metaclass pragma instead.
1478 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1479 error/edge-case tests
1481 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1482 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1483 error/edge-case tests
1486 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1488 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1490 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1491 metaclass a little more straightforward
1494 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1495 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1496 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1497 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1501 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1502 is now more useful for subclasses
1503 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1504 hash of attribute meta objects
1505 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1506 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1507 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1508 attribute meta-object itself
1509 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1510 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1511 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1512 - added docs & tests for this
1513 - added Clone as a dependency
1514 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1515 return blessed new or cloned instances
1516 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1517 - added docs & tests for this
1518 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1519 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1520 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1521 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1522 - added tests and docs for this
1525 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1527 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1529 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1531 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1532 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1533 attributes/methods respectively
1536 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1539 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1540 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1541 - added new example:
1544 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1546 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1548 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1549 - improved error messages
1552 - added new examples:
1553 - AttributesWithHistory
1554 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1556 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1557 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1559 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1560 - refactored method generation code
1561 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1564 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1565 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1566 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1567 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1568 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1570 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1571 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1572 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1574 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006