1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
5 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
7 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
9 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
10 sharing an immutable transformer object
11 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
12 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
14 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
16 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
17 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
18 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
19 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
21 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
22 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
24 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
26 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
27 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
29 * t/082_get_code_info.t
30 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
31 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
34 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
36 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
39 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
40 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
42 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
43 * Class::MOP::Immutable
44 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
45 the constructor was inlined.
47 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
48 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
49 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
51 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
52 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
54 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
56 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
57 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
58 * Class::MOP::Immutable
59 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
60 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
61 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
64 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
65 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
66 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
68 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
69 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
70 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
71 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
72 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
73 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
75 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
78 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
79 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
82 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
84 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
85 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
87 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
89 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
90 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
91 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
94 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
95 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
96 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
99 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
101 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
102 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
104 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
105 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
106 times in an eval. (t0m)
108 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
110 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
111 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
112 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
113 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
114 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
115 - added test for this
117 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
118 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
119 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
122 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
123 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
127 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
128 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
129 aliased methods and "real" methods.
131 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
132 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
133 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
134 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
137 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
138 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
141 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
142 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
143 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
144 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
145 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
146 for sad systems without a compiler.
149 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
150 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
153 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
154 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
155 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
157 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
159 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
160 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
161 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
162 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
164 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
165 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
166 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
167 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
169 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
171 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
172 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
175 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
176 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
177 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
179 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
181 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
183 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
184 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
185 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
187 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
188 * Class::MOP::Package
189 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
190 releases. (nothingmuch)
193 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
195 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
196 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
197 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
200 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
203 * Class::MOP::Instance
204 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
206 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
208 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
209 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
210 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
211 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
214 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
215 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
219 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
220 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
221 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
222 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
223 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
226 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
227 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
228 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
231 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
232 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
233 consistency (nothingmuch)
234 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
236 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
237 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
238 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
239 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
242 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
243 * Class::MOP::Immutable
244 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
246 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
248 * Class::MOP::Instance
249 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
250 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
252 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
254 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
255 the class is already loaded (sartak)
256 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
257 instead of just 1 (sartak)
260 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
262 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
263 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
264 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
266 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
267 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
268 recognizes it correct this time.
270 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
271 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
274 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
275 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
278 - now stores the instance of the instance
279 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
280 and deletes it when the cache is blown
281 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
282 the options used to make it immutable as well as
283 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
285 * Class::MOP::Package
286 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
287 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
288 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
292 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
294 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
295 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
297 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
298 names now throw a more direct error in
300 - tests for this and other aspects of
306 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
307 Class::MOP::Attribute
308 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
311 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
312 (late night release engineering)--
314 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
315 changes in this release
317 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
318 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
319 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
322 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
323 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
324 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
327 * Class::MOP::Package
328 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
330 - inlining a few calls to &name with
331 direct HASH access key access
332 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
333 a HASH of items based on a type filter
334 similar to list_all_package_symbols
335 - added tests for this
338 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
339 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
340 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
341 - added more descriptive error message to help
342 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
343 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
345 * Class::MOP::Immutable
346 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
348 - added tests for this
350 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
352 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
353 function from MRO::Compat
354 - All XS based functionality now has a
355 Pure Perl alternative
356 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
357 can now be used to force non-XS versions
360 * Class::MOP::Attribute
361 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
362 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
363 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
365 - added tests for this
367 * Class::MOP::Immutable
368 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
369 making the class immutable
372 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
373 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
374 allow for it to work.
375 - added tests for this
377 * Class::MOP::Attribute
379 Class::MOP::Immutable
380 - any time a method meta object is constructed
381 we make sure to pass the correct package and
382 method name information
385 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
386 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
387 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
388 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
389 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
390 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
391 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
392 throw an error if these are not supplied.
393 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
394 and now store the package_name and name attributes
397 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
398 Module::Install support has been removed
400 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
401 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
402 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
403 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
407 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
408 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
410 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
411 when it has no init_arg
412 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
413 to support c3 classes.
415 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
418 - making sure that load_class never gets
419 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
420 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
423 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
425 - improved error handling in ->create method
426 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
427 will be used to populate values
428 - added tests for this
431 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
432 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
438 Class::MOP::Attribute
439 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
440 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
442 * Class::MOP::Instance
443 Class::MOP::Immutable
444 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
447 - fixed the filename length on several
448 test files so we install on VMS better
450 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
451 should be catfile (RT #32385)
453 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
454 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
457 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
458 Class::MOP::Attribute
459 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
460 to indicate that no constructor args can
461 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
462 - added tests for this
463 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
466 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
467 feature instead of the silly hack from
468 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
470 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
472 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
475 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
476 - removed assumptions about the existence of
479 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
480 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
481 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
484 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
485 constant so that we can take advantage
486 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
489 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
490 optimize the &linearized_isa method
491 and avoid the hack/check for circular
492 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
493 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
494 - added tests for this
496 * Class::MOP::Immutable
497 - the immutable class now keeps track of
498 the transformer which immutablized it
500 * Class::MOP::Instance
501 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
502 - added tests for this
504 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
506 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
507 transformation arguments are saved
509 - added tests for this
511 * Class::MOP::Immutable
512 - fixed a bug (see above)
514 * Class::MOP::Attribute
517 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
518 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
519 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
522 - removed the dependency on B
523 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
524 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
525 the B fiddling we were doing with
526 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
527 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
528 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
529 be used to help manage method caching.
532 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
533 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
534 even more accurate caching information.
535 blblack++ for that stuff :)
538 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
539 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
540 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
541 track of when we need to re-fetch the
543 - Several small improvements to take advantage
544 of the new method map caching features
546 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
547 * Class::MOP::Attribute
548 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
549 HASH ref case, which makes the
550 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
551 - added more tests for this
553 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
554 * Class::MOP::Attribute
555 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
556 - added more tests for this
558 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
560 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
561 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
562 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
564 * Class::MOP::Attribute
565 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
566 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
567 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
569 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
570 * Class::MOP::Attribute
571 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
573 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
574 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
576 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
578 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
581 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
582 construct_class_instance (groditi)
583 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
584 call through (groditi)
586 * Class::MOP::Attribute
587 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
588 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
589 it is defined (groditi)
591 * Class::MOP::Instance
592 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
593 it is defined (groditi)
595 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
596 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
597 - removed the relevant attributes
599 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
600 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
601 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
602 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
604 - added tests for this
605 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
606 non-inlined constructors.
607 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
609 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
610 - added this class as an abstract base for the
611 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
612 - added tests for this
615 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
616 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
619 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
621 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
622 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
624 * Class::MOP::Package
625 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
628 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
630 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
632 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
633 it manually now so that people can use this
634 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
636 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
638 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
639 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
640 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
643 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
644 * Class::MOP::Immutable
645 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
646 - removed unused variable
647 - added create_immutable_transformer
648 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
649 - tests for this (groditi)
652 - Immutability can now be undone,
653 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
654 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
655 for details see comments next to make_immutable
656 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
657 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
658 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
659 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
660 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
661 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
663 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
664 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
666 * Class::MOP::Package
667 - we now deal with stub methods properly
668 - added tests for this
669 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
671 * Class::MOP::Attribute
672 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
673 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
675 - added tests and POD for this
678 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
679 handles undef values correctly.
680 - added tests for this
681 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
682 will not get reaped when instances still
683 exist which need to reference them. This is
684 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
685 obscure enough feature that there are not too
686 many work arounds out in the wild.
687 - added tests for this by groditi
688 - updated docs to explain this
691 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
692 - added tests for this behavior
694 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
695 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
698 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
699 - added tests and docs for these
701 * Class::MOP::Attribute
702 - default now checks the instance with defined to
703 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
707 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
713 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
714 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
715 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
716 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
719 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
721 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
722 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
723 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
726 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
727 immutable transformation instead of
728 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
730 + Class::MOP::Immutable
731 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
732 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
733 be coming eventually.
736 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
738 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
739 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
743 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
746 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
748 - constructor generation is now handled by
749 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
751 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
752 - created this to handle constructor generation
753 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
755 * Class::MOP::Attribute
757 - attributes now delegate to the
758 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
761 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
762 - all accessor generation functions from
763 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
765 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
767 * scripts/class_browser.pl
768 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
769 on this to come. Comments and patches are
773 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
774 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
775 they are aliased from the originals
776 - fixed tests to reflect
777 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
779 - adjusted tests for this
780 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
785 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
786 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
787 - adjusted tests to compensate
788 - adjusted docs for this
791 - changed how methods are dealt with to
792 encapsulate most of the work into the
793 &get_method_map method
794 - made several adjustments for the change
795 in Class::MOP::Method
796 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
797 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
798 old one before installing the new one
799 - added tests for this
800 - adjusted docs for this
802 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
803 - added caching of &get_method_map
804 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
805 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
807 * Class::MOP::Package
808 - added filtering capabilities to
809 &list_all_package_symbols
811 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
813 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
814 the $:version and such just actually goes
815 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
816 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
818 - The &create method now requires that all
819 but the package name now is passed in as
820 named parameters. See docs for more info.
821 - updated docs and tests for this
824 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
828 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
829 which do not store things in the instance
830 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
833 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
835 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
837 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
838 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
841 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
842 - fixed all tests for this
844 * Class::MOP::Attribute
845 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
846 are no longer allowed for defaults
847 - added tests for this
849 * Class::MOP::Package
850 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
851 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
852 always reloaded from the symbol table.
854 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
856 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
857 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
858 metamodel is more complete (and closer
859 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
861 * Class::MOP::Package
862 - refactored entire class, this is now
863 the primary gateway between the metaclass
864 and the Perl 5 symbol table
865 - added many tests for this
866 - this class is now a subclass of
868 - added some tests to reflect this
871 - refactored all symbol table access to
872 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
875 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
876 so that Module has a version as an attribute
877 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
878 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
879 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
880 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
881 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
882 - added tests for this
884 * Class::MOP::Instance
885 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
887 - added tests for this
889 * Class::MOP::Attribute
890 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
891 slots from an instance
892 - added tests for this
894 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
897 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
898 anywhere within the class hierarchy
900 * Class::MOP::Attribute
901 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
902 the value of the attribute for a particular
905 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
906 ---------------------------------------
907 This is the first version of Class::MOP
908 to introduce the immutable features which
909 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
910 This support should still be considered
911 experimental, but moving towards stability.
912 ---------------------------------------
914 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
916 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
917 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
918 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
921 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
922 - several methods moved to ::Module and
923 ::Package and now inherited
924 - added tests for this
926 * Class::MOP::Instance
927 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
928 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
929 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
930 instance creation (of course)
933 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
934 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
935 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
936 because they are now more general purpose symbol
937 table manipulation methods.
939 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
940 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
942 - small change in &create so that it behaves
943 properly when inherited
944 - small fix to &clone_instance
946 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
947 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
948 - This release works in combination with
949 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
950 because it introduces a new instance
951 sub-protocol and has not yet been
955 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
956 - added tests for this
957 - improved method modifier wrapping
959 * Class::MOP::Instance
960 - added new instance protocol
961 - added tests for this
962 - changed all relevant modules and examples
964 - Class::MOP::Attribute
968 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
969 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
971 - updated tests for this
974 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
975 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
977 - added tests for this
978 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
979 new instance protocol
980 - added more tests for this
982 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
984 - added find_attribute_by_name method
985 - added tests and docs for this
986 - some small optimizations
988 * Class::MOP::Attribute
989 - some small optimizations
991 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
993 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
994 - added tests for this
995 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
996 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
997 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
998 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
999 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1000 delegates appropriately
1002 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1003 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1004 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1005 called initialize_instance_slot
1008 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1009 initialize_instance_slot method
1011 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1013 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1014 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1016 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1018 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1019 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1021 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1022 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1023 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1025 - added tests for this
1026 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1028 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1030 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1031 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1032 - added test case for this
1034 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1036 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1037 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1038 available in DESTORY calls
1040 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1041 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1042 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1044 * Class::MOP::Method
1045 - added &package_name, &name and
1046 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1047 which were formerly private subs in
1050 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1051 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1052 before, after and around modifiers
1053 - added tests and docs for this feature
1056 - improved &get_package_symbol
1057 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1058 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1060 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1061 - &add_before_method_modifier
1062 - &add_after_method_modifier
1063 - &add_around_method_modifier
1064 - added tests and docs for these
1065 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1066 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1068 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1069 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1073 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1074 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1075 the test skip if it is not installed
1077 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1079 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1082 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1083 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1084 - added docs and tests
1086 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1087 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1088 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1089 be considered "ready to use".
1091 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1092 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1093 - test coverage is now at 99%
1096 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1097 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1098 metaclass pragma instead.
1101 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1102 error/edge-case tests
1104 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1105 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1106 error/edge-case tests
1109 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1111 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1113 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1114 metaclass a little more straightforward
1117 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1118 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1119 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1120 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1124 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1125 is now more useful for subclasses
1126 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1127 hash of attribute meta objects
1128 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1129 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1130 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1131 attribute meta-object itself
1132 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1133 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1134 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1135 - added docs & tests for this
1136 - added Clone as a dependency
1137 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1138 return blessed new or cloned instances
1139 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1140 - added docs & tests for this
1141 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1142 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1143 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1144 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1145 - added tests and docs for this
1148 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1150 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1152 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1154 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1155 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1156 attributes/methods respectively
1159 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1162 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1163 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1164 - added new example:
1167 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1169 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1171 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1172 - improved error messages
1175 - added new examples:
1176 - AttributesWithHistory
1177 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1179 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1180 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1182 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1183 - refactored method generation code
1184 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1187 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1188 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1189 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1190 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1191 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1193 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1194 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1195 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1197 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006