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
15 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
16 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
17 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
21 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
22 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
23 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
24 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
25 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
29 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
30 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
34 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
35 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
36 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
40 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
41 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
44 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
45 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
46 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
50 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
51 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
52 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
53 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
54 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
57 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
58 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
60 * Class::MOP::Instance
61 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
62 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
64 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
66 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
68 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
71 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
73 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
74 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
77 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
78 changed back in 0.82_01)
79 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
80 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
83 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
84 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
86 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
88 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
89 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
90 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
93 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
94 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
98 * Class::MOP::Attribute
99 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
101 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
102 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
103 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
106 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
109 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
110 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
111 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
112 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
113 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
116 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
119 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
121 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
125 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
126 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
127 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
128 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
132 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
135 * Class::MOP::Package
136 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
139 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
142 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
144 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
147 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
148 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
149 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
150 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
153 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
154 was removed in 0.82_01.
156 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
157 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
158 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
159 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
160 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
161 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
162 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
163 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
164 for the Moose compatibility handling code
165 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
167 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
169 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
170 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
172 * Class::MOP::Immutable
173 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
174 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
175 provides its own constructor (doy)
177 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
180 * Class::MOP::Instance
181 * Class::MOP::Attribute
182 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
183 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
184 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
185 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
188 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
189 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
191 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
193 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
194 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
196 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
197 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
198 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
199 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
200 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
203 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
204 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
205 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
206 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
207 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
208 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
209 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
211 - Class::MOP::Instance
212 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
216 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
217 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
218 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
220 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
221 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
222 when an object is constructed)
223 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
225 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
226 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
227 when an object is constructed)
228 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
229 - attributes => _attributes
230 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
232 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
234 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
235 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
236 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
239 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
240 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
241 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
244 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
245 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
246 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
247 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
251 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
252 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
253 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
254 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
255 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
256 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
258 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
259 * No changes from 0.78_02.
261 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
263 * Class::MOP::Immutable
264 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
265 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
266 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
267 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
271 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
272 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
275 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
276 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
277 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
279 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
281 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
282 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
285 * Class::MOP::Instance
286 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
287 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
288 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
289 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
291 * Class::MOP::Attribute
292 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
293 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
294 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
296 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
297 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
298 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
302 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
303 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
304 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
305 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
307 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
308 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
309 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
310 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
311 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
312 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
313 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
314 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
315 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
318 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
319 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
322 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
324 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
325 * No changes from 0.77_01
327 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
329 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
330 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
331 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
332 against the pure Perl version of this code.
334 * Class::MOP::Instance
335 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
336 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
339 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
341 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
345 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
346 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
350 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
351 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
353 * Class::MOP::Package
354 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
355 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
358 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
362 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
363 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
364 near future release. You've been warned.
366 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
367 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
368 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
369 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
371 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
372 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
375 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
376 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
379 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
382 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
383 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
385 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
387 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
388 sharing an immutable transformer object
389 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
390 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
392 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
394 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
395 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
396 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
397 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
399 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
400 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
402 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
404 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
405 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
407 * t/082_get_code_info.t
408 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
409 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
410 succeed in that case.
412 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
413 * Class::MOP::Package
414 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
417 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
418 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
420 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
421 * Class::MOP::Immutable
422 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
423 the constructor was inlined.
424 * Class::MOP::Package
425 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
426 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
427 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
429 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
430 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
432 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
434 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
435 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
436 * Class::MOP::Immutable
437 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
438 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
439 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
442 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
443 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
444 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
445 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
446 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
447 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
448 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
449 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
450 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
451 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
453 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
456 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
457 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
460 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
462 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
463 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
465 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
467 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
468 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
469 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
472 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
473 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
474 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
477 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
479 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
480 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
482 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
483 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
484 times in an eval. (t0m)
486 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
488 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
489 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
490 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
491 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
492 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
493 - added test for this
495 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
496 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
497 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
500 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
501 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
505 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
506 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
507 aliased methods and "real" methods.
509 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
510 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
511 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
512 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
515 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
516 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
519 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
520 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
521 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
522 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
523 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
524 for sad systems without a compiler.
527 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
528 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
531 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
532 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
533 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
535 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
537 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
538 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
539 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
540 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
542 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
543 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
544 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
545 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
547 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
549 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
550 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
553 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
554 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
555 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
557 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
559 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
561 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
562 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
563 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
565 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
566 * Class::MOP::Package
567 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
568 releases. (nothingmuch)
571 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
573 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
574 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
575 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
578 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
581 * Class::MOP::Instance
582 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
584 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
586 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
587 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
588 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
589 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
592 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
593 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
597 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
598 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
599 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
600 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
601 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
604 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
605 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
606 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
609 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
610 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
611 consistency (nothingmuch)
612 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
614 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
615 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
616 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
617 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
620 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
621 * Class::MOP::Immutable
622 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
624 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
626 * Class::MOP::Instance
627 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
628 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
630 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
632 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
633 the class is already loaded (sartak)
634 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
635 instead of just 1 (sartak)
638 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
640 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
641 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
642 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
644 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
645 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
646 recognizes it correct this time.
648 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
649 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
652 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
653 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
656 - now stores the instance of the instance
657 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
658 and deletes it when the cache is blown
659 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
660 the options used to make it immutable as well as
661 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
663 * Class::MOP::Package
664 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
665 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
666 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
670 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
672 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
673 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
675 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
676 names now throw a more direct error in
678 - tests for this and other aspects of
684 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
685 Class::MOP::Attribute
686 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
689 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
690 (late night release engineering)--
692 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
693 changes in this release
695 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
696 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
697 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
700 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
701 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
702 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
705 * Class::MOP::Package
706 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
708 - inlining a few calls to &name with
709 direct HASH access key access
710 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
711 a HASH of items based on a type filter
712 similar to list_all_package_symbols
713 - added tests for this
716 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
717 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
718 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
719 - added more descriptive error message to help
720 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
721 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
723 * Class::MOP::Immutable
724 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
726 - added tests for this
728 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
730 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
731 function from MRO::Compat
732 - All XS based functionality now has a
733 Pure Perl alternative
734 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
735 can now be used to force non-XS versions
738 * Class::MOP::Attribute
739 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
740 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
741 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
743 - added tests for this
745 * Class::MOP::Immutable
746 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
747 making the class immutable
750 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
751 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
752 allow for it to work.
753 - added tests for this
755 * Class::MOP::Attribute
757 Class::MOP::Immutable
758 - any time a method meta object is constructed
759 we make sure to pass the correct package and
760 method name information
763 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
764 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
765 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
766 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
767 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
768 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
769 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
770 throw an error if these are not supplied.
771 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
772 and now store the package_name and name attributes
775 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
776 Module::Install support has been removed
778 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
779 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
780 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
781 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
785 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
786 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
788 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
789 when it has no init_arg
790 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
791 to support c3 classes.
793 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
796 - making sure that load_class never gets
797 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
798 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
801 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
803 - improved error handling in ->create method
804 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
805 will be used to populate values
806 - added tests for this
809 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
810 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
816 Class::MOP::Attribute
817 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
818 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
820 * Class::MOP::Instance
821 Class::MOP::Immutable
822 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
825 - fixed the filename length on several
826 test files so we install on VMS better
828 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
829 should be catfile (RT #32385)
831 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
832 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
835 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
836 Class::MOP::Attribute
837 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
838 to indicate that no constructor args can
839 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
840 - added tests for this
841 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
844 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
845 feature instead of the silly hack from
846 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
848 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
850 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
853 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
854 - removed assumptions about the existence of
857 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
858 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
859 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
862 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
863 constant so that we can take advantage
864 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
867 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
868 optimize the &linearized_isa method
869 and avoid the hack/check for circular
870 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
871 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
872 - added tests for this
874 * Class::MOP::Immutable
875 - the immutable class now keeps track of
876 the transformer which immutablized it
878 * Class::MOP::Instance
879 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
880 - added tests for this
882 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
884 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
885 transformation arguments are saved
887 - added tests for this
889 * Class::MOP::Immutable
890 - fixed a bug (see above)
892 * Class::MOP::Attribute
895 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
896 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
897 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
900 - removed the dependency on B
901 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
902 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
903 the B fiddling we were doing with
904 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
905 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
906 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
907 be used to help manage method caching.
910 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
911 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
912 even more accurate caching information.
913 blblack++ for that stuff :)
916 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
917 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
918 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
919 track of when we need to re-fetch the
921 - Several small improvements to take advantage
922 of the new method map caching features
924 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
925 * Class::MOP::Attribute
926 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
927 HASH ref case, which makes the
928 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
929 - added more tests for this
931 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
932 * Class::MOP::Attribute
933 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
934 - added more tests for this
936 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
938 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
939 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
940 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
942 * Class::MOP::Attribute
943 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
944 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
945 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
947 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
948 * Class::MOP::Attribute
949 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
951 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
952 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
954 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
956 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
959 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
960 construct_class_instance (groditi)
961 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
962 call through (groditi)
964 * Class::MOP::Attribute
965 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
966 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
967 it is defined (groditi)
969 * Class::MOP::Instance
970 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
971 it is defined (groditi)
973 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
974 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
975 - removed the relevant attributes
977 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
978 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
979 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
980 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
982 - added tests for this
983 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
984 non-inlined constructors.
985 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
987 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
988 - added this class as an abstract base for the
989 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
990 - added tests for this
993 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
994 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
997 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
999 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1000 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1002 * Class::MOP::Package
1003 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1006 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1008 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1010 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1011 it manually now so that people can use this
1012 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1014 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1016 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1017 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1018 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1021 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1022 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1023 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1024 - removed unused variable
1025 - added create_immutable_transformer
1026 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1027 - tests for this (groditi)
1030 - Immutability can now be undone,
1031 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1032 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1033 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1034 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1035 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1036 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1037 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1038 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1039 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1041 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1042 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1044 * Class::MOP::Package
1045 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1046 - added tests for this
1047 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1049 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1050 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1051 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1053 - added tests and POD for this
1056 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1057 handles undef values correctly.
1058 - added tests for this
1059 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1060 will not get reaped when instances still
1061 exist which need to reference them. This is
1062 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1063 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1064 many work arounds out in the wild.
1065 - added tests for this by groditi
1066 - updated docs to explain this
1069 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1070 - added tests for this behavior
1072 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1073 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1076 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1077 - added tests and docs for these
1079 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1080 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1081 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1085 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1090 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1091 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1092 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1093 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1094 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1097 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1099 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1100 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1101 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1104 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1105 immutable transformation instead of
1106 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1108 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1109 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1110 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1111 be coming eventually.
1114 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1116 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1117 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1121 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1124 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1126 - constructor generation is now handled by
1127 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1129 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1130 - created this to handle constructor generation
1131 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1133 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1135 - attributes now delegate to the
1136 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1139 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1140 - all accessor generation functions from
1141 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1143 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1145 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1146 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1147 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1151 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1152 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1153 they are aliased from the originals
1154 - fixed tests to reflect
1155 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1157 - adjusted tests for this
1158 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1161 * Class::MOP::Method
1163 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1164 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1165 - adjusted tests to compensate
1166 - adjusted docs for this
1169 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1170 encapsulate most of the work into the
1171 &get_method_map method
1172 - made several adjustments for the change
1173 in Class::MOP::Method
1174 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1175 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1176 old one before installing the new one
1177 - added tests for this
1178 - adjusted docs for this
1180 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1181 - added caching of &get_method_map
1182 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1183 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1185 * Class::MOP::Package
1186 - added filtering capabilities to
1187 &list_all_package_symbols
1189 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1191 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1192 the $:version and such just actually goes
1193 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1194 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1196 - The &create method now requires that all
1197 but the package name now is passed in as
1198 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1199 - updated docs and tests for this
1201 * Class::MOP::Object
1202 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1206 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1207 which do not store things in the instance
1208 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1211 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1213 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1215 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1216 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1219 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1220 - fixed all tests for this
1222 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1223 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1224 are no longer allowed for defaults
1225 - added tests for this
1227 * Class::MOP::Package
1228 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1229 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1230 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1232 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1234 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1235 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1236 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1237 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1239 * Class::MOP::Package
1240 - refactored entire class, this is now
1241 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1242 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1243 - added many tests for this
1244 - this class is now a subclass of
1246 - added some tests to reflect this
1249 - refactored all symbol table access to
1250 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1252 * Class::MOP::Module
1253 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1254 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1255 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1256 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1257 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1258 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1259 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1260 - added tests for this
1262 * Class::MOP::Instance
1263 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1265 - added tests for this
1267 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1268 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1269 slots from an instance
1270 - added tests for this
1272 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1275 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1276 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1278 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1279 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1280 the value of the attribute for a particular
1283 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1284 ---------------------------------------
1285 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1286 to introduce the immutable features which
1287 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1288 This support should still be considered
1289 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1290 ---------------------------------------
1292 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1294 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1295 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1296 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1299 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1300 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1301 ::Package and now inherited
1302 - added tests for this
1304 * Class::MOP::Instance
1305 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1306 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1307 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1308 instance creation (of course)
1311 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1312 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1313 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1314 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1315 table manipulation methods.
1317 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1318 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1320 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1321 properly when inherited
1322 - small fix to &clone_instance
1324 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1325 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1326 - This release works in combination with
1327 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1328 because it introduces a new instance
1329 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1333 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1334 - added tests for this
1335 - improved method modifier wrapping
1337 * Class::MOP::Instance
1338 - added new instance protocol
1339 - added tests for this
1340 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1342 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1346 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1347 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1349 - updated tests for this
1352 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1353 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1355 - added tests for this
1356 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1357 new instance protocol
1358 - added more tests for this
1360 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1362 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1363 - added tests and docs for this
1364 - some small optimizations
1366 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1367 - some small optimizations
1369 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1371 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1372 - added tests for this
1373 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1374 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1375 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1376 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1377 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1378 delegates appropriately
1380 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1381 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1382 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1383 called initialize_instance_slot
1386 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1387 initialize_instance_slot method
1389 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1391 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1392 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1394 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1396 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1397 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1399 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1400 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1401 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1403 - added tests for this
1404 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1406 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1408 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1409 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1410 - added test case for this
1412 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1414 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1415 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1416 available in DESTORY calls
1418 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1419 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1420 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1422 * Class::MOP::Method
1423 - added &package_name, &name and
1424 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1425 which were formerly private subs in
1428 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1429 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1430 before, after and around modifiers
1431 - added tests and docs for this feature
1434 - improved &get_package_symbol
1435 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1436 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1438 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1439 - &add_before_method_modifier
1440 - &add_after_method_modifier
1441 - &add_around_method_modifier
1442 - added tests and docs for these
1443 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1444 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1446 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1447 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1451 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1452 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1453 the test skip if it is not installed
1455 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1457 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1460 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1461 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1462 - added docs and tests
1464 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1465 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1466 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1467 be considered "ready to use".
1469 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1470 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1471 - test coverage is now at 99%
1474 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1475 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1476 metaclass pragma instead.
1479 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1480 error/edge-case tests
1482 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1483 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1484 error/edge-case tests
1487 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1489 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1491 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1492 metaclass a little more straightforward
1495 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1496 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1497 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1498 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1502 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1503 is now more useful for subclasses
1504 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1505 hash of attribute meta objects
1506 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1507 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1508 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1509 attribute meta-object itself
1510 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1511 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1512 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1513 - added docs & tests for this
1514 - added Clone as a dependency
1515 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1516 return blessed new or cloned instances
1517 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1518 - added docs & tests for this
1519 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1520 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1521 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1522 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1523 - added tests and docs for this
1526 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1528 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1530 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1532 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1533 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1534 attributes/methods respectively
1537 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1540 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1541 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1542 - added new example:
1545 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1547 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1549 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1550 - improved error messages
1553 - added new examples:
1554 - AttributesWithHistory
1555 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1557 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1558 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1560 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1561 - refactored method generation code
1562 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1565 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1566 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1567 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1568 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1569 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1571 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1572 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1573 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1575 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006