1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 * Lots of fixes for edge cases with anon classes. (doy)
11 * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
12 pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate,
13 or to install one under a different name. (doy)
15 * Reinitializing a metaclass no longer removes the existing method and
16 attribute objects (it instead fixes them so they are correct for the
17 reinitialized metaclass). (doy)
19 * All 'meta' methods created by Class::MOP are now of the class
20 Class::MOP::Method::Meta. This is overridable at the metaclass layer. (doy)
24 * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
25 preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
27 * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run all
28 tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
30 1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
34 * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
35 of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
37 1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
41 * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
42 "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
43 /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
46 1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
50 * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
51 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
52 _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
55 1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
59 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
60 for inlined code (doy).
62 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
64 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
68 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
69 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
70 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
71 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
72 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
79 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
81 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
85 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
86 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
90 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
92 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
93 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
94 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
100 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
101 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
105 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
106 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
107 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
109 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
111 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
113 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
115 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
119 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
121 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
125 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
126 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
128 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
132 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
133 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
135 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
136 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
138 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
140 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
141 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
142 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
144 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
146 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
148 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
149 modules (nothingmuch).
151 * Class::MOP::Package
152 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
156 * Class::MOP::Package
157 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
158 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
159 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
162 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
163 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
166 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
167 * Class::MOP::Attribute
168 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
169 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
170 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
171 attributes. (nothingmuch)
173 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
175 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
176 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
177 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
178 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
179 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
181 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
182 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
183 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
185 * Class::MOP::Package
186 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
187 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
189 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
190 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
191 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
193 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
194 * Class::MOP::Package
195 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
198 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
201 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
202 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
203 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
206 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
207 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
209 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
211 * Class::MOP::Package
212 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
215 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
216 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
218 * Class::MOP::Attribute
220 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
223 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
224 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
225 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
226 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
229 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
230 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
231 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
232 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
233 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
234 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
238 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
239 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
243 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
244 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
245 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
249 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
250 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
253 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
254 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
255 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
259 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
260 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
261 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
262 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
263 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
266 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
267 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
269 * Class::MOP::Instance
270 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
271 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
273 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
275 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
277 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
280 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
282 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
283 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
286 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
287 changed back in 0.82_01)
288 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
289 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
292 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
293 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
295 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
297 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
298 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
299 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
302 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
303 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
306 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
307 * Class::MOP::Attribute
308 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
310 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
311 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
312 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
315 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
318 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
319 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
320 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
321 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
322 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
325 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
328 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
330 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
334 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
335 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
336 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
337 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
341 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
344 * Class::MOP::Package
345 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
348 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
351 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
353 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
356 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
357 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
358 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
359 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
362 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
363 was removed in 0.82_01.
365 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
366 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
367 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
368 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
369 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
370 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
371 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
372 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
373 for the Moose compatibility handling code
374 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
376 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
378 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
379 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
381 * Class::MOP::Immutable
382 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
383 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
384 provides its own constructor (doy)
386 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
389 * Class::MOP::Instance
390 * Class::MOP::Attribute
391 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
392 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
393 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
394 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
397 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
398 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
400 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
402 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
403 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
405 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
406 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
407 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
408 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
409 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
412 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
413 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
414 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
415 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
416 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
417 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
418 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
420 - Class::MOP::Instance
421 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
425 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
426 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
427 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
429 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
430 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
431 when an object is constructed)
432 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
434 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
435 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
436 when an object is constructed)
437 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
438 - attributes => _attributes
439 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
441 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
443 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
444 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
445 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
448 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
449 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
450 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
453 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
454 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
455 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
456 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
460 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
461 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
462 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
463 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
464 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
465 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
467 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
468 * No changes from 0.78_02.
470 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
472 * Class::MOP::Immutable
473 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
474 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
475 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
476 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
480 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
481 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
484 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
485 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
486 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
488 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
490 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
491 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
494 * Class::MOP::Instance
495 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
496 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
497 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
498 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
500 * Class::MOP::Attribute
501 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
502 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
503 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
505 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
506 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
507 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
511 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
512 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
513 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
514 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
516 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
517 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
518 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
519 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
520 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
521 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
522 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
523 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
524 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
527 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
528 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
531 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
533 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
534 * No changes from 0.77_01
536 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
538 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
539 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
540 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
541 against the pure Perl version of this code.
543 * Class::MOP::Instance
544 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
545 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
548 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
550 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
554 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
555 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
559 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
560 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
562 * Class::MOP::Package
563 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
564 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
567 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
571 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
572 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
573 near future release. You've been warned.
575 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
576 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
577 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
578 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
580 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
581 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
584 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
585 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
588 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
591 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
592 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
594 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
596 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
597 sharing an immutable transformer object
598 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
599 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
601 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
603 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
604 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
605 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
606 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
608 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
609 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
611 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
613 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
614 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
616 * t/082_get_code_info.t
617 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
618 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
619 succeed in that case.
621 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
622 * Class::MOP::Package
623 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
626 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
627 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
629 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
630 * Class::MOP::Immutable
631 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
632 the constructor was inlined.
633 * Class::MOP::Package
634 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
635 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
636 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
638 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
639 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
641 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
643 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
644 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
645 * Class::MOP::Immutable
646 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
647 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
648 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
651 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
652 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
653 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
654 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
655 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
656 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
657 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
658 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
659 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
660 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
662 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
665 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
666 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
669 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
671 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
672 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
674 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
676 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
677 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
678 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
681 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
682 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
683 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
686 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
688 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
689 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
691 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
692 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
693 times in an eval. (t0m)
695 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
697 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
698 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
699 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
700 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
701 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
702 - added test for this
704 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
705 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
706 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
709 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
710 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
714 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
715 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
716 aliased methods and "real" methods.
718 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
719 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
720 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
721 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
724 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
725 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
728 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
729 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
730 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
731 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
732 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
733 for sad systems without a compiler.
736 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
737 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
740 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
741 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
742 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
744 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
746 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
747 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
748 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
749 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
751 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
752 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
753 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
754 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
756 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
758 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
759 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
762 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
763 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
764 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
766 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
768 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
770 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
771 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
772 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
774 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
775 * Class::MOP::Package
776 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
777 releases. (nothingmuch)
780 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
782 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
783 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
784 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
787 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
790 * Class::MOP::Instance
791 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
793 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
795 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
796 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
797 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
798 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
801 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
802 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
806 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
807 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
808 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
809 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
810 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
813 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
814 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
815 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
818 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
819 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
820 consistency (nothingmuch)
821 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
823 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
824 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
825 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
826 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
829 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
830 * Class::MOP::Immutable
831 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
833 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
835 * Class::MOP::Instance
836 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
837 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
839 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
841 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
842 the class is already loaded (sartak)
843 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
844 instead of just 1 (sartak)
847 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
849 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
850 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
851 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
853 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
854 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
855 recognizes it correct this time.
857 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
858 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
861 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
862 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
865 - now stores the instance of the instance
866 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
867 and deletes it when the cache is blown
868 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
869 the options used to make it immutable as well as
870 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
872 * Class::MOP::Package
873 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
874 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
875 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
879 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
881 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
882 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
884 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
885 names now throw a more direct error in
887 - tests for this and other aspects of
893 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
894 Class::MOP::Attribute
895 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
898 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
899 (late night release engineering)--
901 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
902 changes in this release
904 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
905 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
906 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
909 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
910 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
911 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
914 * Class::MOP::Package
915 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
917 - inlining a few calls to &name with
918 direct HASH access key access
919 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
920 a HASH of items based on a type filter
921 similar to list_all_package_symbols
922 - added tests for this
925 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
926 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
927 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
928 - added more descriptive error message to help
929 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
930 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
932 * Class::MOP::Immutable
933 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
935 - added tests for this
937 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
939 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
940 function from MRO::Compat
941 - All XS based functionality now has a
942 Pure Perl alternative
943 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
944 can now be used to force non-XS versions
947 * Class::MOP::Attribute
948 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
949 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
950 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
952 - added tests for this
954 * Class::MOP::Immutable
955 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
956 making the class immutable
959 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
960 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
961 allow for it to work.
962 - added tests for this
964 * Class::MOP::Attribute
966 Class::MOP::Immutable
967 - any time a method meta object is constructed
968 we make sure to pass the correct package and
969 method name information
972 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
973 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
974 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
975 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
976 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
977 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
978 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
979 throw an error if these are not supplied.
980 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
981 and now store the package_name and name attributes
984 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
985 Module::Install support has been removed
987 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
988 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
989 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
990 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
994 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
995 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
997 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
998 when it has no init_arg
999 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
1000 to support c3 classes.
1002 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
1005 - making sure that load_class never gets
1006 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
1007 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1010 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
1011 (cause Sartak asked)
1012 - improved error handling in ->create method
1013 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
1014 will be used to populate values
1015 - added tests for this
1017 * Class::MOP::Object
1018 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1019 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1025 Class::MOP::Attribute
1026 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
1027 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1029 * Class::MOP::Instance
1030 Class::MOP::Immutable
1031 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1034 - fixed the filename length on several
1035 test files so we install on VMS better
1037 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
1038 should be catfile (RT #32385)
1040 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
1041 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
1044 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1045 Class::MOP::Attribute
1046 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
1047 to indicate that no constructor args can
1048 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
1049 - added tests for this
1050 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1053 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1054 feature instead of the silly hack from
1055 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1057 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1059 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1062 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1063 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1066 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1067 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1068 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1071 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1072 constant so that we can take advantage
1073 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1076 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1077 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1078 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1079 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1080 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1081 - added tests for this
1083 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1084 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1085 the transformer which immutablized it
1087 * Class::MOP::Instance
1088 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1089 - added tests for this
1091 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1093 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1094 transformation arguments are saved
1096 - added tests for this
1098 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1099 - fixed a bug (see above)
1101 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1104 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1105 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1106 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1109 - removed the dependency on B
1110 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1111 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1112 the B fiddling we were doing with
1113 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1114 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1115 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1116 be used to help manage method caching.
1119 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1120 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1121 even more accurate caching information.
1122 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1125 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1126 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1127 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1128 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1130 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1131 of the new method map caching features
1133 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1134 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1135 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1136 HASH ref case, which makes the
1137 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1138 - added more tests for this
1140 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1141 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1142 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1143 - added more tests for this
1145 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1147 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1148 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1149 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1151 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1152 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1153 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1154 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1156 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1157 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1158 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1160 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1161 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1163 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1165 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1168 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1169 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1170 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1171 call through (groditi)
1173 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1174 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1175 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1176 it is defined (groditi)
1178 * Class::MOP::Instance
1179 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1180 it is defined (groditi)
1182 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1183 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1184 - removed the relevant attributes
1186 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1187 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1188 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1189 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1191 - added tests for this
1192 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1193 non-inlined constructors.
1194 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1196 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1197 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1198 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1199 - added tests for this
1202 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1203 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1206 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1208 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1209 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1211 * Class::MOP::Package
1212 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1215 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1217 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1219 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1220 it manually now so that people can use this
1221 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1223 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1225 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1226 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1227 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1230 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1231 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1232 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1233 - removed unused variable
1234 - added create_immutable_transformer
1235 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1236 - tests for this (groditi)
1239 - Immutability can now be undone,
1240 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1241 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1242 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1243 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1244 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1245 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1246 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1247 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1248 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1250 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1251 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1253 * Class::MOP::Package
1254 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1255 - added tests for this
1256 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1258 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1259 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1260 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1262 - added tests and POD for this
1265 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1266 handles undef values correctly.
1267 - added tests for this
1268 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1269 will not get reaped when instances still
1270 exist which need to reference them. This is
1271 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1272 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1273 many work arounds out in the wild.
1274 - added tests for this by groditi
1275 - updated docs to explain this
1278 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1279 - added tests for this behavior
1281 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1282 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1285 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1286 - added tests and docs for these
1288 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1289 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1290 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1294 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1299 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1300 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1301 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1302 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1303 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1306 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1308 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1309 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1310 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1313 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1314 immutable transformation instead of
1315 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1317 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1318 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1319 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1320 be coming eventually.
1323 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1325 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1326 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1330 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1333 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1335 - constructor generation is now handled by
1336 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1338 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1339 - created this to handle constructor generation
1340 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1342 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1344 - attributes now delegate to the
1345 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1348 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1349 - all accessor generation functions from
1350 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1352 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1354 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1355 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1356 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1360 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1361 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1362 they are aliased from the originals
1363 - fixed tests to reflect
1364 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1366 - adjusted tests for this
1367 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1370 * Class::MOP::Method
1372 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1373 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1374 - adjusted tests to compensate
1375 - adjusted docs for this
1378 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1379 encapsulate most of the work into the
1380 &get_method_map method
1381 - made several adjustments for the change
1382 in Class::MOP::Method
1383 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1384 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1385 old one before installing the new one
1386 - added tests for this
1387 - adjusted docs for this
1389 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1390 - added caching of &get_method_map
1391 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1392 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1394 * Class::MOP::Package
1395 - added filtering capabilities to
1396 &list_all_package_symbols
1398 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1400 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1401 the $:version and such just actually goes
1402 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1403 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1405 - The &create method now requires that all
1406 but the package name now is passed in as
1407 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1408 - updated docs and tests for this
1410 * Class::MOP::Object
1411 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1415 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1416 which do not store things in the instance
1417 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1420 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1422 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1424 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1425 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1428 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1429 - fixed all tests for this
1431 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1432 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1433 are no longer allowed for defaults
1434 - added tests for this
1436 * Class::MOP::Package
1437 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1438 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1439 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1441 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1443 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1444 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1445 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1446 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1448 * Class::MOP::Package
1449 - refactored entire class, this is now
1450 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1451 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1452 - added many tests for this
1453 - this class is now a subclass of
1455 - added some tests to reflect this
1458 - refactored all symbol table access to
1459 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1461 * Class::MOP::Module
1462 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1463 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1464 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1465 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1466 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1467 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1468 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1469 - added tests for this
1471 * Class::MOP::Instance
1472 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1474 - added tests for this
1476 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1477 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1478 slots from an instance
1479 - added tests for this
1481 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1484 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1485 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1487 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1488 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1489 the value of the attribute for a particular
1492 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1493 ---------------------------------------
1494 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1495 to introduce the immutable features which
1496 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1497 This support should still be considered
1498 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1499 ---------------------------------------
1501 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1503 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1504 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1505 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1508 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1509 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1510 ::Package and now inherited
1511 - added tests for this
1513 * Class::MOP::Instance
1514 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1515 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1516 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1517 instance creation (of course)
1520 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1521 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1522 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1523 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1524 table manipulation methods.
1526 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1527 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1529 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1530 properly when inherited
1531 - small fix to &clone_instance
1533 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1534 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1535 - This release works in combination with
1536 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1537 because it introduces a new instance
1538 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1542 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1543 - added tests for this
1544 - improved method modifier wrapping
1546 * Class::MOP::Instance
1547 - added new instance protocol
1548 - added tests for this
1549 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1551 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1555 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1556 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1558 - updated tests for this
1561 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1562 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1564 - added tests for this
1565 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1566 new instance protocol
1567 - added more tests for this
1569 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1571 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1572 - added tests and docs for this
1573 - some small optimizations
1575 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1576 - some small optimizations
1578 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1580 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1581 - added tests for this
1582 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1583 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1584 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1585 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1586 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1587 delegates appropriately
1589 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1590 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1591 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1592 called initialize_instance_slot
1595 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1596 initialize_instance_slot method
1598 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1600 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1601 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1603 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1605 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1606 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1608 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1609 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1610 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1612 - added tests for this
1613 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1615 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1617 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1618 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1619 - added test case for this
1621 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1623 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1624 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1625 available in DESTORY calls
1627 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1628 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1629 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1631 * Class::MOP::Method
1632 - added &package_name, &name and
1633 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1634 which were formerly private subs in
1637 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1638 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1639 before, after and around modifiers
1640 - added tests and docs for this feature
1643 - improved &get_package_symbol
1644 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1645 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1647 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1648 - &add_before_method_modifier
1649 - &add_after_method_modifier
1650 - &add_around_method_modifier
1651 - added tests and docs for these
1652 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1653 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1655 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1656 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1660 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1661 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1662 the test skip if it is not installed
1664 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1666 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1669 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1670 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1671 - added docs and tests
1673 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1674 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1675 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1676 be considered "ready to use".
1678 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1679 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1680 - test coverage is now at 99%
1683 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1684 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1685 metaclass pragma instead.
1688 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1689 error/edge-case tests
1691 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1692 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1693 error/edge-case tests
1696 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1698 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1700 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1701 metaclass a little more straightforward
1704 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1705 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1706 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1707 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1711 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1712 is now more useful for subclasses
1713 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1714 hash of attribute meta objects
1715 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1716 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1717 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1718 attribute meta-object itself
1719 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1720 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1721 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1722 - added docs & tests for this
1723 - added Clone as a dependency
1724 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1725 return blessed new or cloned instances
1726 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1727 - added docs & tests for this
1728 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1729 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1730 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1731 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1732 - added tests and docs for this
1735 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1737 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1739 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1741 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1742 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1743 attributes/methods respectively
1746 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1749 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1750 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1751 - added new example:
1754 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1756 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1758 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1759 - improved error messages
1762 - added new examples:
1763 - AttributesWithHistory
1764 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1766 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1767 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1769 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1770 - refactored method generation code
1771 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1774 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1775 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1776 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1777 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1778 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1780 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1781 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1782 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1784 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006