1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
11 * Class::MOP::Attribute
12 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
13 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
14 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
17 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
18 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
19 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
20 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
22 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
23 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
24 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
25 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
26 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
27 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
28 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
29 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
30 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
33 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
34 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
37 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
39 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
40 * No changes from 0.77_01
42 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
44 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
45 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
46 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
47 against the pure Perl version of this code.
49 * Class::MOP::Instance
50 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
51 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
54 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
56 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
60 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
61 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
65 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
66 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
69 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
70 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
73 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
77 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
78 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
79 near future release. You've been warned.
81 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
82 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
83 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
84 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
86 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
87 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
90 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
91 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
94 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
97 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
98 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
100 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
102 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
103 sharing an immutable transformer object
104 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
105 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
107 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
109 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
110 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
111 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
112 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
114 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
115 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
117 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
119 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
120 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
122 * t/082_get_code_info.t
123 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
124 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
125 succeed in that case.
127 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
128 * Class::MOP::Package
129 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
132 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
133 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
135 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
136 * Class::MOP::Immutable
137 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
138 the constructor was inlined.
139 * Class::MOP::Package
140 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
141 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
142 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
144 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
145 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
147 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
149 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
150 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
151 * Class::MOP::Immutable
152 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
153 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
154 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
157 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
158 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
159 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
160 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
161 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
162 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
163 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
164 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
165 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
166 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
168 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
171 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
172 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
175 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
177 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
178 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
180 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
182 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
183 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
184 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
187 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
188 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
189 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
192 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
194 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
195 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
197 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
198 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
199 times in an eval. (t0m)
201 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
203 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
204 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
205 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
206 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
207 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
208 - added test for this
210 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
211 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
212 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
215 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
216 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
220 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
221 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
222 aliased methods and "real" methods.
224 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
225 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
226 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
227 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
230 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
231 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
234 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
235 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
236 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
237 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
238 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
239 for sad systems without a compiler.
242 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
243 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
246 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
247 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
248 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
250 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
252 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
253 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
254 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
255 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
257 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
258 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
259 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
260 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
262 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
264 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
265 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
268 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
269 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
270 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
272 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
274 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
276 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
277 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
278 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
280 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
281 * Class::MOP::Package
282 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
283 releases. (nothingmuch)
286 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
288 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
289 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
290 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
293 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
296 * Class::MOP::Instance
297 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
299 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
301 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
302 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
303 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
304 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
307 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
308 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
312 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
313 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
314 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
315 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
316 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
319 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
320 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
321 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
324 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
325 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
326 consistency (nothingmuch)
327 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
329 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
330 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
331 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
332 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
335 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
336 * Class::MOP::Immutable
337 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
339 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
341 * Class::MOP::Instance
342 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
343 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
345 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
347 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
348 the class is already loaded (sartak)
349 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
350 instead of just 1 (sartak)
353 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
355 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
356 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
357 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
359 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
360 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
361 recognizes it correct this time.
363 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
364 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
367 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
368 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
371 - now stores the instance of the instance
372 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
373 and deletes it when the cache is blown
374 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
375 the options used to make it immutable as well as
376 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
378 * Class::MOP::Package
379 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
380 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
381 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
385 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
387 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
388 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
390 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
391 names now throw a more direct error in
393 - tests for this and other aspects of
399 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
400 Class::MOP::Attribute
401 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
404 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
405 (late night release engineering)--
407 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
408 changes in this release
410 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
411 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
412 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
415 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
416 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
417 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
420 * Class::MOP::Package
421 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
423 - inlining a few calls to &name with
424 direct HASH access key access
425 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
426 a HASH of items based on a type filter
427 similar to list_all_package_symbols
428 - added tests for this
431 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
432 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
433 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
434 - added more descriptive error message to help
435 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
436 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
438 * Class::MOP::Immutable
439 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
441 - added tests for this
443 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
445 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
446 function from MRO::Compat
447 - All XS based functionality now has a
448 Pure Perl alternative
449 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
450 can now be used to force non-XS versions
453 * Class::MOP::Attribute
454 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
455 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
456 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
458 - added tests for this
460 * Class::MOP::Immutable
461 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
462 making the class immutable
465 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
466 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
467 allow for it to work.
468 - added tests for this
470 * Class::MOP::Attribute
472 Class::MOP::Immutable
473 - any time a method meta object is constructed
474 we make sure to pass the correct package and
475 method name information
478 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
479 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
480 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
481 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
482 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
483 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
484 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
485 throw an error if these are not supplied.
486 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
487 and now store the package_name and name attributes
490 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
491 Module::Install support has been removed
493 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
494 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
495 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
496 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
500 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
501 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
503 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
504 when it has no init_arg
505 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
506 to support c3 classes.
508 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
511 - making sure that load_class never gets
512 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
513 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
516 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
518 - improved error handling in ->create method
519 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
520 will be used to populate values
521 - added tests for this
524 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
525 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
531 Class::MOP::Attribute
532 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
533 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
535 * Class::MOP::Instance
536 Class::MOP::Immutable
537 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
540 - fixed the filename length on several
541 test files so we install on VMS better
543 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
544 should be catfile (RT #32385)
546 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
547 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
550 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
551 Class::MOP::Attribute
552 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
553 to indicate that no constructor args can
554 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
555 - added tests for this
556 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
559 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
560 feature instead of the silly hack from
561 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
563 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
565 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
568 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
569 - removed assumptions about the existence of
572 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
573 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
574 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
577 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
578 constant so that we can take advantage
579 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
582 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
583 optimize the &linearized_isa method
584 and avoid the hack/check for circular
585 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
586 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
587 - added tests for this
589 * Class::MOP::Immutable
590 - the immutable class now keeps track of
591 the transformer which immutablized it
593 * Class::MOP::Instance
594 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
595 - added tests for this
597 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
599 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
600 transformation arguments are saved
602 - added tests for this
604 * Class::MOP::Immutable
605 - fixed a bug (see above)
607 * Class::MOP::Attribute
610 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
611 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
612 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
615 - removed the dependency on B
616 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
617 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
618 the B fiddling we were doing with
619 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
620 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
621 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
622 be used to help manage method caching.
625 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
626 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
627 even more accurate caching information.
628 blblack++ for that stuff :)
631 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
632 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
633 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
634 track of when we need to re-fetch the
636 - Several small improvements to take advantage
637 of the new method map caching features
639 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
640 * Class::MOP::Attribute
641 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
642 HASH ref case, which makes the
643 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
644 - added more tests for this
646 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
647 * Class::MOP::Attribute
648 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
649 - added more tests for this
651 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
653 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
654 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
655 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
657 * Class::MOP::Attribute
658 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
659 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
660 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
662 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
663 * Class::MOP::Attribute
664 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
666 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
667 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
669 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
671 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
674 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
675 construct_class_instance (groditi)
676 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
677 call through (groditi)
679 * Class::MOP::Attribute
680 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
681 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
682 it is defined (groditi)
684 * Class::MOP::Instance
685 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
686 it is defined (groditi)
688 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
689 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
690 - removed the relevant attributes
692 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
693 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
694 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
695 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
697 - added tests for this
698 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
699 non-inlined constructors.
700 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
702 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
703 - added this class as an abstract base for the
704 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
705 - added tests for this
708 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
709 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
712 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
714 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
715 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
717 * Class::MOP::Package
718 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
721 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
723 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
725 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
726 it manually now so that people can use this
727 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
729 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
731 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
732 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
733 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
736 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
737 * Class::MOP::Immutable
738 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
739 - removed unused variable
740 - added create_immutable_transformer
741 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
742 - tests for this (groditi)
745 - Immutability can now be undone,
746 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
747 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
748 for details see comments next to make_immutable
749 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
750 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
751 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
752 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
753 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
754 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
756 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
757 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
759 * Class::MOP::Package
760 - we now deal with stub methods properly
761 - added tests for this
762 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
764 * Class::MOP::Attribute
765 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
766 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
768 - added tests and POD for this
771 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
772 handles undef values correctly.
773 - added tests for this
774 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
775 will not get reaped when instances still
776 exist which need to reference them. This is
777 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
778 obscure enough feature that there are not too
779 many work arounds out in the wild.
780 - added tests for this by groditi
781 - updated docs to explain this
784 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
785 - added tests for this behavior
787 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
788 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
791 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
792 - added tests and docs for these
794 * Class::MOP::Attribute
795 - default now checks the instance with defined to
796 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
800 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
806 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
807 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
808 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
809 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
812 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
814 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
815 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
816 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
819 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
820 immutable transformation instead of
821 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
823 + Class::MOP::Immutable
824 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
825 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
826 be coming eventually.
829 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
831 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
832 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
836 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
839 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
841 - constructor generation is now handled by
842 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
844 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
845 - created this to handle constructor generation
846 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
848 * Class::MOP::Attribute
850 - attributes now delegate to the
851 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
854 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
855 - all accessor generation functions from
856 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
858 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
860 * scripts/class_browser.pl
861 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
862 on this to come. Comments and patches are
866 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
867 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
868 they are aliased from the originals
869 - fixed tests to reflect
870 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
872 - adjusted tests for this
873 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
878 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
879 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
880 - adjusted tests to compensate
881 - adjusted docs for this
884 - changed how methods are dealt with to
885 encapsulate most of the work into the
886 &get_method_map method
887 - made several adjustments for the change
888 in Class::MOP::Method
889 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
890 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
891 old one before installing the new one
892 - added tests for this
893 - adjusted docs for this
895 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
896 - added caching of &get_method_map
897 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
898 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
900 * Class::MOP::Package
901 - added filtering capabilities to
902 &list_all_package_symbols
904 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
906 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
907 the $:version and such just actually goes
908 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
909 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
911 - The &create method now requires that all
912 but the package name now is passed in as
913 named parameters. See docs for more info.
914 - updated docs and tests for this
917 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
921 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
922 which do not store things in the instance
923 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
926 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
928 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
930 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
931 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
934 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
935 - fixed all tests for this
937 * Class::MOP::Attribute
938 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
939 are no longer allowed for defaults
940 - added tests for this
942 * Class::MOP::Package
943 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
944 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
945 always reloaded from the symbol table.
947 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
949 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
950 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
951 metamodel is more complete (and closer
952 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
954 * Class::MOP::Package
955 - refactored entire class, this is now
956 the primary gateway between the metaclass
957 and the Perl 5 symbol table
958 - added many tests for this
959 - this class is now a subclass of
961 - added some tests to reflect this
964 - refactored all symbol table access to
965 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
968 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
969 so that Module has a version as an attribute
970 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
971 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
972 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
973 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
974 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
975 - added tests for this
977 * Class::MOP::Instance
978 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
980 - added tests for this
982 * Class::MOP::Attribute
983 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
984 slots from an instance
985 - added tests for this
987 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
990 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
991 anywhere within the class hierarchy
993 * Class::MOP::Attribute
994 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
995 the value of the attribute for a particular
998 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
999 ---------------------------------------
1000 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1001 to introduce the immutable features which
1002 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1003 This support should still be considered
1004 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1005 ---------------------------------------
1007 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1009 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1010 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1011 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1014 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1015 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1016 ::Package and now inherited
1017 - added tests for this
1019 * Class::MOP::Instance
1020 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1021 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1022 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1023 instance creation (of course)
1026 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1027 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1028 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1029 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1030 table manipulation methods.
1032 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1033 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1035 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1036 properly when inherited
1037 - small fix to &clone_instance
1039 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1040 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1041 - This release works in combination with
1042 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1043 because it introduces a new instance
1044 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1048 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1049 - added tests for this
1050 - improved method modifier wrapping
1052 * Class::MOP::Instance
1053 - added new instance protocol
1054 - added tests for this
1055 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1057 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1061 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1062 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1064 - updated tests for this
1067 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1068 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1070 - added tests for this
1071 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1072 new instance protocol
1073 - added more tests for this
1075 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1077 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1078 - added tests and docs for this
1079 - some small optimizations
1081 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1082 - some small optimizations
1084 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1086 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1087 - added tests for this
1088 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1089 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1090 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1091 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1092 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1093 delegates appropriately
1095 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1096 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1097 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1098 called initialize_instance_slot
1101 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1102 initialize_instance_slot method
1104 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1106 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1107 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1109 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1111 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1112 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1114 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1115 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1116 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1118 - added tests for this
1119 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1121 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1123 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1124 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1125 - added test case for this
1127 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1129 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1130 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1131 available in DESTORY calls
1133 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1134 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1135 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1137 * Class::MOP::Method
1138 - added &package_name, &name and
1139 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1140 which were formerly private subs in
1143 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1144 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1145 before, after and around modifiers
1146 - added tests and docs for this feature
1149 - improved &get_package_symbol
1150 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1151 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1153 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1154 - &add_before_method_modifier
1155 - &add_after_method_modifier
1156 - &add_around_method_modifier
1157 - added tests and docs for these
1158 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1159 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1161 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1162 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1166 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1167 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1168 the test skip if it is not installed
1170 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1172 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1175 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1176 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1177 - added docs and tests
1179 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1180 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1181 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1182 be considered "ready to use".
1184 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1185 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1186 - test coverage is now at 99%
1189 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1190 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1191 metaclass pragma instead.
1194 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1195 error/edge-case tests
1197 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1198 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1199 error/edge-case tests
1202 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1204 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1206 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1207 metaclass a little more straightforward
1210 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1211 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1212 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1213 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1217 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1218 is now more useful for subclasses
1219 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1220 hash of attribute meta objects
1221 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1222 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1223 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1224 attribute meta-object itself
1225 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1226 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1227 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1228 - added docs & tests for this
1229 - added Clone as a dependency
1230 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1231 return blessed new or cloned instances
1232 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1233 - added docs & tests for this
1234 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1235 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1236 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1237 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1238 - added tests and docs for this
1241 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1243 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1245 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1247 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1248 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1249 attributes/methods respectively
1252 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1255 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1256 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1257 - added new example:
1260 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1262 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1264 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1265 - improved error messages
1268 - added new examples:
1269 - AttributesWithHistory
1270 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1272 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1273 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1275 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1276 - refactored method generation code
1277 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1280 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1281 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1282 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1283 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1284 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1286 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1287 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1288 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1290 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006