1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
6 pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate. (doy)
10 * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
11 preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
12 * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run
13 all tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
15 1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
19 * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
20 of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
22 1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
26 * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
27 "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
28 /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
31 1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
35 * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
36 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
37 _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
40 1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
44 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
45 for inlined code (doy).
47 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
49 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
53 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
54 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
55 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
56 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
57 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
64 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
66 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
70 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
71 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
75 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
77 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
78 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
79 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
85 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
86 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
90 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
91 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
92 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
94 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
96 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
98 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
100 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
104 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
106 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
110 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
111 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
113 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
117 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
118 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
120 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
121 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
123 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
125 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
126 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
127 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
129 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
131 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
133 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
134 modules (nothingmuch).
136 * Class::MOP::Package
137 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
141 * Class::MOP::Package
142 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
143 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
144 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
147 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
148 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
151 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
152 * Class::MOP::Attribute
153 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
154 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
155 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
156 attributes. (nothingmuch)
158 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
160 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
161 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
162 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
163 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
164 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
166 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
167 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
168 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
170 * Class::MOP::Package
171 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
172 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
174 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
175 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
176 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
178 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
179 * Class::MOP::Package
180 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
183 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
186 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
187 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
188 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
191 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
192 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
194 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
196 * Class::MOP::Package
197 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
200 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
201 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
203 * Class::MOP::Attribute
205 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
208 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
209 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
210 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
211 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
214 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
215 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
216 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
217 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
218 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
219 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
223 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
224 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
228 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
229 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
230 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
234 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
235 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
238 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
239 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
240 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
244 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
245 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
246 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
247 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
248 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
251 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
252 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
254 * Class::MOP::Instance
255 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
256 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
258 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
260 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
262 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
265 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
267 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
268 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
271 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
272 changed back in 0.82_01)
273 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
274 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
277 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
278 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
280 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
282 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
283 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
284 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
287 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
288 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
291 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
292 * Class::MOP::Attribute
293 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
295 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
296 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
297 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
300 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
303 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
304 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
305 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
306 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
307 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
310 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
313 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
315 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
319 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
320 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
321 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
322 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
326 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
329 * Class::MOP::Package
330 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
333 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
336 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
338 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
341 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
342 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
343 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
344 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
347 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
348 was removed in 0.82_01.
350 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
351 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
352 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
353 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
354 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
355 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
356 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
357 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
358 for the Moose compatibility handling code
359 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
361 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
363 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
364 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
366 * Class::MOP::Immutable
367 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
368 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
369 provides its own constructor (doy)
371 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
374 * Class::MOP::Instance
375 * Class::MOP::Attribute
376 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
377 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
378 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
379 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
382 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
383 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
385 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
387 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
388 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
390 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
391 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
392 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
393 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
394 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
397 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
398 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
399 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
400 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
401 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
402 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
403 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
405 - Class::MOP::Instance
406 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
410 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
411 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
412 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
414 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
415 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
416 when an object is constructed)
417 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
419 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
420 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
421 when an object is constructed)
422 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
423 - attributes => _attributes
424 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
426 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
428 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
429 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
430 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
433 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
434 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
435 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
438 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
439 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
440 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
441 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
445 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
446 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
447 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
448 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
449 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
450 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
452 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
453 * No changes from 0.78_02.
455 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
457 * Class::MOP::Immutable
458 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
459 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
460 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
461 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
465 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
466 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
469 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
470 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
471 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
473 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
475 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
476 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
479 * Class::MOP::Instance
480 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
481 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
482 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
483 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
485 * Class::MOP::Attribute
486 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
487 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
488 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
490 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
491 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
492 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
496 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
497 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
498 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
499 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
501 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
502 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
503 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
504 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
505 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
506 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
507 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
508 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
509 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
512 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
513 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
516 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
518 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
519 * No changes from 0.77_01
521 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
523 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
524 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
525 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
526 against the pure Perl version of this code.
528 * Class::MOP::Instance
529 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
530 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
533 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
535 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
539 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
540 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
544 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
545 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
547 * Class::MOP::Package
548 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
549 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
552 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
556 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
557 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
558 near future release. You've been warned.
560 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
561 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
562 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
563 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
565 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
566 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
569 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
570 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
573 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
576 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
577 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
579 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
581 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
582 sharing an immutable transformer object
583 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
584 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
586 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
588 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
589 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
590 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
591 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
593 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
594 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
596 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
598 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
599 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
601 * t/082_get_code_info.t
602 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
603 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
604 succeed in that case.
606 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
607 * Class::MOP::Package
608 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
611 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
612 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
614 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
615 * Class::MOP::Immutable
616 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
617 the constructor was inlined.
618 * Class::MOP::Package
619 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
620 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
621 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
623 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
624 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
626 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
628 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
629 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
630 * Class::MOP::Immutable
631 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
632 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
633 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
636 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
637 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
638 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
639 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
640 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
641 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
642 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
643 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
644 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
645 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
647 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
650 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
651 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
654 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
656 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
657 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
659 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
661 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
662 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
663 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
666 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
667 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
668 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
671 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
673 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
674 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
676 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
677 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
678 times in an eval. (t0m)
680 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
682 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
683 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
684 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
685 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
686 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
687 - added test for this
689 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
690 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
691 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
694 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
695 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
699 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
700 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
701 aliased methods and "real" methods.
703 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
704 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
705 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
706 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
709 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
710 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
713 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
714 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
715 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
716 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
717 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
718 for sad systems without a compiler.
721 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
722 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
725 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
726 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
727 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
729 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
731 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
732 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
733 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
734 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
736 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
737 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
738 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
739 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
741 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
743 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
744 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
747 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
748 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
749 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
751 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
753 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
755 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
756 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
757 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
759 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
760 * Class::MOP::Package
761 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
762 releases. (nothingmuch)
765 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
767 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
768 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
769 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
772 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
775 * Class::MOP::Instance
776 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
778 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
780 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
781 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
782 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
783 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
786 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
787 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
791 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
792 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
793 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
794 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
795 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
798 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
799 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
800 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
803 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
804 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
805 consistency (nothingmuch)
806 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
808 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
809 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
810 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
811 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
814 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
815 * Class::MOP::Immutable
816 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
818 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
820 * Class::MOP::Instance
821 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
822 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
824 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
826 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
827 the class is already loaded (sartak)
828 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
829 instead of just 1 (sartak)
832 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
834 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
835 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
836 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
838 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
839 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
840 recognizes it correct this time.
842 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
843 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
846 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
847 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
850 - now stores the instance of the instance
851 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
852 and deletes it when the cache is blown
853 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
854 the options used to make it immutable as well as
855 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
857 * Class::MOP::Package
858 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
859 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
860 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
864 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
866 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
867 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
869 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
870 names now throw a more direct error in
872 - tests for this and other aspects of
878 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
879 Class::MOP::Attribute
880 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
883 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
884 (late night release engineering)--
886 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
887 changes in this release
889 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
890 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
891 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
894 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
895 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
896 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
899 * Class::MOP::Package
900 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
902 - inlining a few calls to &name with
903 direct HASH access key access
904 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
905 a HASH of items based on a type filter
906 similar to list_all_package_symbols
907 - added tests for this
910 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
911 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
912 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
913 - added more descriptive error message to help
914 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
915 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
917 * Class::MOP::Immutable
918 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
920 - added tests for this
922 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
924 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
925 function from MRO::Compat
926 - All XS based functionality now has a
927 Pure Perl alternative
928 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
929 can now be used to force non-XS versions
932 * Class::MOP::Attribute
933 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
934 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
935 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
937 - added tests for this
939 * Class::MOP::Immutable
940 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
941 making the class immutable
944 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
945 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
946 allow for it to work.
947 - added tests for this
949 * Class::MOP::Attribute
951 Class::MOP::Immutable
952 - any time a method meta object is constructed
953 we make sure to pass the correct package and
954 method name information
957 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
958 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
959 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
960 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
961 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
962 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
963 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
964 throw an error if these are not supplied.
965 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
966 and now store the package_name and name attributes
969 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
970 Module::Install support has been removed
972 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
973 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
974 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
975 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
979 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
980 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
982 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
983 when it has no init_arg
984 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
985 to support c3 classes.
987 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
990 - making sure that load_class never gets
991 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
992 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
995 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
997 - improved error handling in ->create method
998 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
999 will be used to populate values
1000 - added tests for this
1002 * Class::MOP::Object
1003 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1004 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1010 Class::MOP::Attribute
1011 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
1012 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1014 * Class::MOP::Instance
1015 Class::MOP::Immutable
1016 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1019 - fixed the filename length on several
1020 test files so we install on VMS better
1022 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
1023 should be catfile (RT #32385)
1025 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
1026 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
1029 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1030 Class::MOP::Attribute
1031 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
1032 to indicate that no constructor args can
1033 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
1034 - added tests for this
1035 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1038 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1039 feature instead of the silly hack from
1040 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1042 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1044 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1047 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1048 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1051 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1052 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1053 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1056 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1057 constant so that we can take advantage
1058 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1061 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1062 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1063 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1064 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1065 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1066 - added tests for this
1068 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1069 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1070 the transformer which immutablized it
1072 * Class::MOP::Instance
1073 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1074 - added tests for this
1076 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1078 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1079 transformation arguments are saved
1081 - added tests for this
1083 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1084 - fixed a bug (see above)
1086 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1089 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1090 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1091 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1094 - removed the dependency on B
1095 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1096 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1097 the B fiddling we were doing with
1098 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1099 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1100 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1101 be used to help manage method caching.
1104 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1105 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1106 even more accurate caching information.
1107 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1110 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1111 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1112 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1113 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1115 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1116 of the new method map caching features
1118 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1119 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1120 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1121 HASH ref case, which makes the
1122 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1123 - added more tests for this
1125 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1126 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1127 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1128 - added more tests for this
1130 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1132 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1133 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1134 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1136 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1137 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1138 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1139 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1141 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1142 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1143 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1145 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1146 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1148 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1150 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1153 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1154 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1155 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1156 call through (groditi)
1158 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1159 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1160 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1161 it is defined (groditi)
1163 * Class::MOP::Instance
1164 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1165 it is defined (groditi)
1167 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1168 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1169 - removed the relevant attributes
1171 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1172 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1173 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1174 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1176 - added tests for this
1177 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1178 non-inlined constructors.
1179 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1181 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1182 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1183 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1184 - added tests for this
1187 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1188 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1191 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1193 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1194 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1196 * Class::MOP::Package
1197 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1200 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1202 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1204 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1205 it manually now so that people can use this
1206 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1208 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1210 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1211 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1212 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1215 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1216 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1217 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1218 - removed unused variable
1219 - added create_immutable_transformer
1220 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1221 - tests for this (groditi)
1224 - Immutability can now be undone,
1225 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1226 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1227 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1228 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1229 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1230 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1231 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1232 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1233 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1235 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1236 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1238 * Class::MOP::Package
1239 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1240 - added tests for this
1241 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1243 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1244 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1245 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1247 - added tests and POD for this
1250 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1251 handles undef values correctly.
1252 - added tests for this
1253 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1254 will not get reaped when instances still
1255 exist which need to reference them. This is
1256 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1257 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1258 many work arounds out in the wild.
1259 - added tests for this by groditi
1260 - updated docs to explain this
1263 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1264 - added tests for this behavior
1266 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1267 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1270 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1271 - added tests and docs for these
1273 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1274 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1275 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1279 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1284 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1285 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1286 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1287 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1288 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1291 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1293 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1294 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1295 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1298 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1299 immutable transformation instead of
1300 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1302 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1303 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1304 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1305 be coming eventually.
1308 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1310 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1311 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1315 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1318 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1320 - constructor generation is now handled by
1321 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1323 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1324 - created this to handle constructor generation
1325 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1327 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1329 - attributes now delegate to the
1330 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1333 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1334 - all accessor generation functions from
1335 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1337 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1339 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1340 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1341 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1345 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1346 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1347 they are aliased from the originals
1348 - fixed tests to reflect
1349 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1351 - adjusted tests for this
1352 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1355 * Class::MOP::Method
1357 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1358 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1359 - adjusted tests to compensate
1360 - adjusted docs for this
1363 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1364 encapsulate most of the work into the
1365 &get_method_map method
1366 - made several adjustments for the change
1367 in Class::MOP::Method
1368 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1369 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1370 old one before installing the new one
1371 - added tests for this
1372 - adjusted docs for this
1374 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1375 - added caching of &get_method_map
1376 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1377 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1379 * Class::MOP::Package
1380 - added filtering capabilities to
1381 &list_all_package_symbols
1383 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1385 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1386 the $:version and such just actually goes
1387 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1388 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1390 - The &create method now requires that all
1391 but the package name now is passed in as
1392 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1393 - updated docs and tests for this
1395 * Class::MOP::Object
1396 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1400 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1401 which do not store things in the instance
1402 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1405 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1407 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1409 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1410 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1413 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1414 - fixed all tests for this
1416 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1417 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1418 are no longer allowed for defaults
1419 - added tests for this
1421 * Class::MOP::Package
1422 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1423 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1424 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1426 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1428 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1429 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1430 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1431 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1433 * Class::MOP::Package
1434 - refactored entire class, this is now
1435 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1436 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1437 - added many tests for this
1438 - this class is now a subclass of
1440 - added some tests to reflect this
1443 - refactored all symbol table access to
1444 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1446 * Class::MOP::Module
1447 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1448 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1449 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1450 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1451 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1452 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1453 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1454 - added tests for this
1456 * Class::MOP::Instance
1457 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1459 - added tests for this
1461 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1462 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1463 slots from an instance
1464 - added tests for this
1466 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1469 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1470 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1472 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1473 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1474 the value of the attribute for a particular
1477 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1478 ---------------------------------------
1479 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1480 to introduce the immutable features which
1481 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1482 This support should still be considered
1483 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1484 ---------------------------------------
1486 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1488 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1489 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1490 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1493 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1494 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1495 ::Package and now inherited
1496 - added tests for this
1498 * Class::MOP::Instance
1499 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1500 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1501 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1502 instance creation (of course)
1505 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1506 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1507 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1508 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1509 table manipulation methods.
1511 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1512 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1514 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1515 properly when inherited
1516 - small fix to &clone_instance
1518 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1519 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1520 - This release works in combination with
1521 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1522 because it introduces a new instance
1523 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1527 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1528 - added tests for this
1529 - improved method modifier wrapping
1531 * Class::MOP::Instance
1532 - added new instance protocol
1533 - added tests for this
1534 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1536 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1540 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1541 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1543 - updated tests for this
1546 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1547 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1549 - added tests for this
1550 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1551 new instance protocol
1552 - added more tests for this
1554 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1556 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1557 - added tests and docs for this
1558 - some small optimizations
1560 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1561 - some small optimizations
1563 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1565 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1566 - added tests for this
1567 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1568 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1569 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1570 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1571 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1572 delegates appropriately
1574 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1575 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1576 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1577 called initialize_instance_slot
1580 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1581 initialize_instance_slot method
1583 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1585 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1586 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1588 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1590 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1591 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1593 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1594 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1595 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1597 - added tests for this
1598 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1600 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1602 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1603 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1604 - added test case for this
1606 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1608 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1609 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1610 available in DESTORY calls
1612 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1613 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1614 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1616 * Class::MOP::Method
1617 - added &package_name, &name and
1618 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1619 which were formerly private subs in
1622 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1623 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1624 before, after and around modifiers
1625 - added tests and docs for this feature
1628 - improved &get_package_symbol
1629 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1630 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1632 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1633 - &add_before_method_modifier
1634 - &add_after_method_modifier
1635 - &add_around_method_modifier
1636 - added tests and docs for these
1637 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1638 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1640 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1641 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1645 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1646 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1647 the test skip if it is not installed
1649 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1651 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1654 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1655 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1656 - added docs and tests
1658 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1659 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1660 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1661 be considered "ready to use".
1663 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1664 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1665 - test coverage is now at 99%
1668 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1669 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1670 metaclass pragma instead.
1673 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1674 error/edge-case tests
1676 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1677 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1678 error/edge-case tests
1681 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1683 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1685 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1686 metaclass a little more straightforward
1689 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1690 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1691 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1692 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1696 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1697 is now more useful for subclasses
1698 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1699 hash of attribute meta objects
1700 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1701 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1702 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1703 attribute meta-object itself
1704 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1705 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1706 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1707 - added docs & tests for this
1708 - added Clone as a dependency
1709 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1710 return blessed new or cloned instances
1711 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1712 - added docs & tests for this
1713 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1714 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1715 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1716 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1717 - added tests and docs for this
1720 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1722 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1724 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1726 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1727 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1728 attributes/methods respectively
1731 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1734 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1735 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1736 - added new example:
1739 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1741 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1743 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1744 - improved error messages
1747 - added new examples:
1748 - AttributesWithHistory
1749 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1751 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1752 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1754 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1755 - refactored method generation code
1756 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1759 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1760 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1761 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1762 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1763 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1765 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1766 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1767 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1769 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006