1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
6 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
8 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
10 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
11 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
12 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
15 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
16 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
17 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
20 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
21 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
22 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
23 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
27 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
28 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
29 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
30 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
31 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
32 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
34 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
35 * No changes from 0.78_02.
37 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
39 * Class::MOP::Immutable
40 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
41 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
42 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
43 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
47 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
48 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
51 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
52 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
53 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
55 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
57 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
58 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
61 * Class::MOP::Instance
62 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
63 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
64 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
65 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
67 * Class::MOP::Attribute
68 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
69 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
70 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
72 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
73 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
74 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
78 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
79 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
80 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
81 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
83 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
84 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
85 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
86 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
87 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
88 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
89 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
90 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
91 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
94 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
95 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
98 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
100 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
101 * No changes from 0.77_01
103 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
105 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
106 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
107 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
108 against the pure Perl version of this code.
110 * Class::MOP::Instance
111 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
112 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
115 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
117 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
121 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
122 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
126 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
127 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
129 * Class::MOP::Package
130 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
131 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
134 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
138 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
139 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
140 near future release. You've been warned.
142 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
143 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
144 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
145 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
147 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
148 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
151 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
152 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
155 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
158 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
159 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
161 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
163 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
164 sharing an immutable transformer object
165 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
166 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
168 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
170 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
171 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
172 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
173 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
175 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
176 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
178 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
180 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
181 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
183 * t/082_get_code_info.t
184 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
185 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
186 succeed in that case.
188 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
189 * Class::MOP::Package
190 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
193 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
194 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
196 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
197 * Class::MOP::Immutable
198 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
199 the constructor was inlined.
200 * Class::MOP::Package
201 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
202 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
203 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
205 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
206 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
208 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
210 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
211 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
212 * Class::MOP::Immutable
213 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
214 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
215 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
218 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
219 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
220 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
221 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
222 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
223 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
224 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
225 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
226 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
227 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
229 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
232 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
233 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
236 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
238 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
239 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
241 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
243 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
244 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
245 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
248 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
249 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
250 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
253 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
255 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
256 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
258 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
259 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
260 times in an eval. (t0m)
262 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
264 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
265 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
266 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
267 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
268 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
269 - added test for this
271 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
272 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
273 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
276 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
277 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
281 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
282 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
283 aliased methods and "real" methods.
285 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
286 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
287 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
288 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
291 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
292 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
295 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
296 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
297 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
298 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
299 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
300 for sad systems without a compiler.
303 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
304 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
307 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
308 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
309 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
311 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
313 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
314 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
315 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
316 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
318 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
319 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
320 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
321 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
323 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
325 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
326 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
329 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
330 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
331 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
333 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
335 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
337 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
338 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
339 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
341 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
342 * Class::MOP::Package
343 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
344 releases. (nothingmuch)
347 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
349 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
350 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
351 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
354 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
357 * Class::MOP::Instance
358 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
360 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
362 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
363 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
364 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
365 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
368 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
369 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
373 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
374 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
375 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
376 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
377 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
380 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
381 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
382 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
385 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
386 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
387 consistency (nothingmuch)
388 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
390 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
391 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
392 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
393 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
396 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
397 * Class::MOP::Immutable
398 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
400 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
402 * Class::MOP::Instance
403 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
404 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
406 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
408 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
409 the class is already loaded (sartak)
410 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
411 instead of just 1 (sartak)
414 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
416 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
417 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
418 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
420 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
421 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
422 recognizes it correct this time.
424 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
425 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
428 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
429 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
432 - now stores the instance of the instance
433 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
434 and deletes it when the cache is blown
435 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
436 the options used to make it immutable as well as
437 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
439 * Class::MOP::Package
440 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
441 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
442 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
446 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
448 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
449 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
451 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
452 names now throw a more direct error in
454 - tests for this and other aspects of
460 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
461 Class::MOP::Attribute
462 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
465 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
466 (late night release engineering)--
468 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
469 changes in this release
471 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
472 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
473 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
476 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
477 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
478 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
481 * Class::MOP::Package
482 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
484 - inlining a few calls to &name with
485 direct HASH access key access
486 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
487 a HASH of items based on a type filter
488 similar to list_all_package_symbols
489 - added tests for this
492 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
493 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
494 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
495 - added more descriptive error message to help
496 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
497 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
499 * Class::MOP::Immutable
500 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
502 - added tests for this
504 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
506 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
507 function from MRO::Compat
508 - All XS based functionality now has a
509 Pure Perl alternative
510 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
511 can now be used to force non-XS versions
514 * Class::MOP::Attribute
515 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
516 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
517 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
519 - added tests for this
521 * Class::MOP::Immutable
522 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
523 making the class immutable
526 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
527 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
528 allow for it to work.
529 - added tests for this
531 * Class::MOP::Attribute
533 Class::MOP::Immutable
534 - any time a method meta object is constructed
535 we make sure to pass the correct package and
536 method name information
539 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
540 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
541 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
542 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
543 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
544 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
545 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
546 throw an error if these are not supplied.
547 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
548 and now store the package_name and name attributes
551 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
552 Module::Install support has been removed
554 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
555 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
556 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
557 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
561 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
562 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
564 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
565 when it has no init_arg
566 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
567 to support c3 classes.
569 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
572 - making sure that load_class never gets
573 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
574 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
577 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
579 - improved error handling in ->create method
580 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
581 will be used to populate values
582 - added tests for this
585 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
586 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
592 Class::MOP::Attribute
593 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
594 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
596 * Class::MOP::Instance
597 Class::MOP::Immutable
598 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
601 - fixed the filename length on several
602 test files so we install on VMS better
604 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
605 should be catfile (RT #32385)
607 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
608 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
611 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
612 Class::MOP::Attribute
613 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
614 to indicate that no constructor args can
615 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
616 - added tests for this
617 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
620 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
621 feature instead of the silly hack from
622 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
624 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
626 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
629 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
630 - removed assumptions about the existence of
633 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
634 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
635 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
638 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
639 constant so that we can take advantage
640 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
643 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
644 optimize the &linearized_isa method
645 and avoid the hack/check for circular
646 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
647 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
648 - added tests for this
650 * Class::MOP::Immutable
651 - the immutable class now keeps track of
652 the transformer which immutablized it
654 * Class::MOP::Instance
655 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
656 - added tests for this
658 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
660 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
661 transformation arguments are saved
663 - added tests for this
665 * Class::MOP::Immutable
666 - fixed a bug (see above)
668 * Class::MOP::Attribute
671 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
672 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
673 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
676 - removed the dependency on B
677 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
678 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
679 the B fiddling we were doing with
680 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
681 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
682 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
683 be used to help manage method caching.
686 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
687 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
688 even more accurate caching information.
689 blblack++ for that stuff :)
692 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
693 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
694 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
695 track of when we need to re-fetch the
697 - Several small improvements to take advantage
698 of the new method map caching features
700 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
701 * Class::MOP::Attribute
702 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
703 HASH ref case, which makes the
704 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
705 - added more tests for this
707 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
708 * Class::MOP::Attribute
709 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
710 - added more tests for this
712 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
714 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
715 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
716 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
718 * Class::MOP::Attribute
719 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
720 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
721 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
723 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
724 * Class::MOP::Attribute
725 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
727 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
728 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
730 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
732 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
735 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
736 construct_class_instance (groditi)
737 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
738 call through (groditi)
740 * Class::MOP::Attribute
741 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
742 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
743 it is defined (groditi)
745 * Class::MOP::Instance
746 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
747 it is defined (groditi)
749 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
750 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
751 - removed the relevant attributes
753 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
754 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
755 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
756 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
758 - added tests for this
759 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
760 non-inlined constructors.
761 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
763 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
764 - added this class as an abstract base for the
765 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
766 - added tests for this
769 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
770 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
773 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
775 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
776 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
778 * Class::MOP::Package
779 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
782 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
784 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
786 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
787 it manually now so that people can use this
788 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
790 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
792 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
793 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
794 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
797 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
798 * Class::MOP::Immutable
799 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
800 - removed unused variable
801 - added create_immutable_transformer
802 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
803 - tests for this (groditi)
806 - Immutability can now be undone,
807 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
808 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
809 for details see comments next to make_immutable
810 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
811 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
812 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
813 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
814 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
815 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
817 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
818 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
820 * Class::MOP::Package
821 - we now deal with stub methods properly
822 - added tests for this
823 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
825 * Class::MOP::Attribute
826 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
827 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
829 - added tests and POD for this
832 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
833 handles undef values correctly.
834 - added tests for this
835 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
836 will not get reaped when instances still
837 exist which need to reference them. This is
838 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
839 obscure enough feature that there are not too
840 many work arounds out in the wild.
841 - added tests for this by groditi
842 - updated docs to explain this
845 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
846 - added tests for this behavior
848 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
849 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
852 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
853 - added tests and docs for these
855 * Class::MOP::Attribute
856 - default now checks the instance with defined to
857 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
861 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
867 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
868 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
869 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
870 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
873 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
875 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
876 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
877 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
880 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
881 immutable transformation instead of
882 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
884 + Class::MOP::Immutable
885 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
886 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
887 be coming eventually.
890 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
892 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
893 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
897 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
900 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
902 - constructor generation is now handled by
903 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
905 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
906 - created this to handle constructor generation
907 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
909 * Class::MOP::Attribute
911 - attributes now delegate to the
912 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
915 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
916 - all accessor generation functions from
917 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
919 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
921 * scripts/class_browser.pl
922 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
923 on this to come. Comments and patches are
927 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
928 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
929 they are aliased from the originals
930 - fixed tests to reflect
931 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
933 - adjusted tests for this
934 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
939 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
940 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
941 - adjusted tests to compensate
942 - adjusted docs for this
945 - changed how methods are dealt with to
946 encapsulate most of the work into the
947 &get_method_map method
948 - made several adjustments for the change
949 in Class::MOP::Method
950 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
951 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
952 old one before installing the new one
953 - added tests for this
954 - adjusted docs for this
956 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
957 - added caching of &get_method_map
958 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
959 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
961 * Class::MOP::Package
962 - added filtering capabilities to
963 &list_all_package_symbols
965 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
967 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
968 the $:version and such just actually goes
969 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
970 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
972 - The &create method now requires that all
973 but the package name now is passed in as
974 named parameters. See docs for more info.
975 - updated docs and tests for this
978 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
982 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
983 which do not store things in the instance
984 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
987 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
989 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
991 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
992 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
995 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
996 - fixed all tests for this
998 * Class::MOP::Attribute
999 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1000 are no longer allowed for defaults
1001 - added tests for this
1003 * Class::MOP::Package
1004 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1005 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1006 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1008 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1010 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1011 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1012 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1013 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1015 * Class::MOP::Package
1016 - refactored entire class, this is now
1017 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1018 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1019 - added many tests for this
1020 - this class is now a subclass of
1022 - added some tests to reflect this
1025 - refactored all symbol table access to
1026 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1028 * Class::MOP::Module
1029 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1030 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1031 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1032 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1033 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1034 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1035 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1036 - added tests for this
1038 * Class::MOP::Instance
1039 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1041 - added tests for this
1043 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1044 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1045 slots from an instance
1046 - added tests for this
1048 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1051 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1052 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1054 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1055 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1056 the value of the attribute for a particular
1059 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1060 ---------------------------------------
1061 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1062 to introduce the immutable features which
1063 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1064 This support should still be considered
1065 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1066 ---------------------------------------
1068 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1070 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1071 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1072 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1075 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1076 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1077 ::Package and now inherited
1078 - added tests for this
1080 * Class::MOP::Instance
1081 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1082 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1083 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1084 instance creation (of course)
1087 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1088 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1089 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1090 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1091 table manipulation methods.
1093 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1094 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1096 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1097 properly when inherited
1098 - small fix to &clone_instance
1100 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1101 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1102 - This release works in combination with
1103 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1104 because it introduces a new instance
1105 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1109 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1110 - added tests for this
1111 - improved method modifier wrapping
1113 * Class::MOP::Instance
1114 - added new instance protocol
1115 - added tests for this
1116 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1118 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1122 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1123 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1125 - updated tests for this
1128 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1129 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1131 - added tests for this
1132 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1133 new instance protocol
1134 - added more tests for this
1136 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1138 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1139 - added tests and docs for this
1140 - some small optimizations
1142 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1143 - some small optimizations
1145 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1147 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1148 - added tests for this
1149 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1150 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1151 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1152 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1153 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1154 delegates appropriately
1156 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1157 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1158 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1159 called initialize_instance_slot
1162 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1163 initialize_instance_slot method
1165 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1167 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1168 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1170 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1172 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1173 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1175 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1176 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1177 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1179 - added tests for this
1180 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1182 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1184 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1185 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1186 - added test case for this
1188 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1190 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1191 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1192 available in DESTORY calls
1194 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1195 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1196 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1198 * Class::MOP::Method
1199 - added &package_name, &name and
1200 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1201 which were formerly private subs in
1204 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1205 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1206 before, after and around modifiers
1207 - added tests and docs for this feature
1210 - improved &get_package_symbol
1211 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1212 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1214 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1215 - &add_before_method_modifier
1216 - &add_after_method_modifier
1217 - &add_around_method_modifier
1218 - added tests and docs for these
1219 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1220 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1222 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1223 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1227 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1228 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1229 the test skip if it is not installed
1231 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1233 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1236 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1237 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1238 - added docs and tests
1240 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1241 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1242 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1243 be considered "ready to use".
1245 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1246 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1247 - test coverage is now at 99%
1250 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1251 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1252 metaclass pragma instead.
1255 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1256 error/edge-case tests
1258 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1259 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1260 error/edge-case tests
1263 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1265 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1267 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1268 metaclass a little more straightforward
1271 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1272 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1273 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1274 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1278 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1279 is now more useful for subclasses
1280 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1281 hash of attribute meta objects
1282 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1283 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1284 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1285 attribute meta-object itself
1286 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1287 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1288 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1289 - added docs & tests for this
1290 - added Clone as a dependency
1291 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1292 return blessed new or cloned instances
1293 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1294 - added docs & tests for this
1295 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1296 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1297 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1298 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1299 - added tests and docs for this
1302 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1304 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1306 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1308 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1309 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1310 attributes/methods respectively
1313 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1316 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1317 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1318 - added new example:
1321 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1323 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1325 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1326 - improved error messages
1329 - added new examples:
1330 - AttributesWithHistory
1331 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1333 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1334 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1336 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1337 - refactored method generation code
1338 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1341 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1342 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1343 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1344 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1345 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1347 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1348 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1349 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1351 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006