1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
11 * Class::MOP::Attribute
12 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
13 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
14 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
17 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
18 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
19 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
20 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
22 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
23 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
24 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
25 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
26 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
27 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
28 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
31 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
32 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
35 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
37 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
38 * No changes from 0.77_01
40 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
42 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
43 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
44 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
45 against the pure Perl version of this code.
47 * Class::MOP::Instance
48 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
49 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
52 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
54 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
58 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
59 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
63 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
64 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
67 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
68 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
71 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
75 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
76 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
77 near future release. You've been warned.
79 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
80 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
81 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
82 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
84 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
85 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
88 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
89 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
92 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
95 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
96 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
98 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
100 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
101 sharing an immutable transformer object
102 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
103 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
105 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
107 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
108 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
109 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
110 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
112 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
113 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
115 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
117 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
118 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
120 * t/082_get_code_info.t
121 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
122 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
123 succeed in that case.
125 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
126 * Class::MOP::Package
127 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
130 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
131 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
133 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
134 * Class::MOP::Immutable
135 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
136 the constructor was inlined.
137 * Class::MOP::Package
138 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
139 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
140 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
142 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
143 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
145 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
147 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
148 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
149 * Class::MOP::Immutable
150 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
151 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
152 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
155 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
156 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
157 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
158 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
159 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
160 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
161 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
162 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
163 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
164 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
166 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
169 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
170 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
173 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
175 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
176 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
178 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
180 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
181 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
182 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
185 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
186 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
187 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
190 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
192 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
193 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
195 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
196 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
197 times in an eval. (t0m)
199 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
201 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
202 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
203 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
204 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
205 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
206 - added test for this
208 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
209 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
210 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
213 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
214 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
218 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
219 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
220 aliased methods and "real" methods.
222 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
223 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
224 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
225 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
228 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
229 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
232 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
233 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
234 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
235 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
236 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
237 for sad systems without a compiler.
240 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
241 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
244 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
245 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
246 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
248 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
250 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
251 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
252 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
253 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
255 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
256 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
257 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
258 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
260 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
262 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
263 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
266 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
267 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
268 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
270 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
272 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
274 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
275 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
276 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
278 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
279 * Class::MOP::Package
280 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
281 releases. (nothingmuch)
284 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
286 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
287 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
288 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
291 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
294 * Class::MOP::Instance
295 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
297 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
299 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
300 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
301 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
302 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
305 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
306 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
310 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
311 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
312 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
313 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
314 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
317 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
318 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
319 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
322 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
323 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
324 consistency (nothingmuch)
325 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
327 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
328 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
329 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
330 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
333 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
334 * Class::MOP::Immutable
335 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
337 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
339 * Class::MOP::Instance
340 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
341 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
343 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
345 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
346 the class is already loaded (sartak)
347 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
348 instead of just 1 (sartak)
351 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
353 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
354 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
355 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
357 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
358 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
359 recognizes it correct this time.
361 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
362 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
365 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
366 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
369 - now stores the instance of the instance
370 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
371 and deletes it when the cache is blown
372 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
373 the options used to make it immutable as well as
374 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
376 * Class::MOP::Package
377 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
378 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
379 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
383 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
385 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
386 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
388 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
389 names now throw a more direct error in
391 - tests for this and other aspects of
397 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
398 Class::MOP::Attribute
399 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
402 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
403 (late night release engineering)--
405 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
406 changes in this release
408 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
409 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
410 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
413 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
414 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
415 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
418 * Class::MOP::Package
419 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
421 - inlining a few calls to &name with
422 direct HASH access key access
423 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
424 a HASH of items based on a type filter
425 similar to list_all_package_symbols
426 - added tests for this
429 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
430 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
431 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
432 - added more descriptive error message to help
433 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
434 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
436 * Class::MOP::Immutable
437 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
439 - added tests for this
441 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
443 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
444 function from MRO::Compat
445 - All XS based functionality now has a
446 Pure Perl alternative
447 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
448 can now be used to force non-XS versions
451 * Class::MOP::Attribute
452 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
453 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
454 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
456 - added tests for this
458 * Class::MOP::Immutable
459 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
460 making the class immutable
463 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
464 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
465 allow for it to work.
466 - added tests for this
468 * Class::MOP::Attribute
470 Class::MOP::Immutable
471 - any time a method meta object is constructed
472 we make sure to pass the correct package and
473 method name information
476 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
477 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
478 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
479 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
480 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
481 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
482 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
483 throw an error if these are not supplied.
484 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
485 and now store the package_name and name attributes
488 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
489 Module::Install support has been removed
491 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
492 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
493 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
494 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
498 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
499 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
501 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
502 when it has no init_arg
503 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
504 to support c3 classes.
506 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
509 - making sure that load_class never gets
510 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
511 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
514 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
516 - improved error handling in ->create method
517 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
518 will be used to populate values
519 - added tests for this
522 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
523 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
529 Class::MOP::Attribute
530 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
531 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
533 * Class::MOP::Instance
534 Class::MOP::Immutable
535 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
538 - fixed the filename length on several
539 test files so we install on VMS better
541 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
542 should be catfile (RT #32385)
544 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
545 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
548 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
549 Class::MOP::Attribute
550 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
551 to indicate that no constructor args can
552 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
553 - added tests for this
554 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
557 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
558 feature instead of the silly hack from
559 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
561 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
563 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
566 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
567 - removed assumptions about the existence of
570 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
571 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
572 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
575 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
576 constant so that we can take advantage
577 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
580 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
581 optimize the &linearized_isa method
582 and avoid the hack/check for circular
583 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
584 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
585 - added tests for this
587 * Class::MOP::Immutable
588 - the immutable class now keeps track of
589 the transformer which immutablized it
591 * Class::MOP::Instance
592 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
593 - added tests for this
595 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
597 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
598 transformation arguments are saved
600 - added tests for this
602 * Class::MOP::Immutable
603 - fixed a bug (see above)
605 * Class::MOP::Attribute
608 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
609 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
610 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
613 - removed the dependency on B
614 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
615 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
616 the B fiddling we were doing with
617 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
618 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
619 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
620 be used to help manage method caching.
623 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
624 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
625 even more accurate caching information.
626 blblack++ for that stuff :)
629 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
630 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
631 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
632 track of when we need to re-fetch the
634 - Several small improvements to take advantage
635 of the new method map caching features
637 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
638 * Class::MOP::Attribute
639 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
640 HASH ref case, which makes the
641 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
642 - added more tests for this
644 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
645 * Class::MOP::Attribute
646 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
647 - added more tests for this
649 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
651 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
652 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
653 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
655 * Class::MOP::Attribute
656 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
657 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
658 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
660 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
661 * Class::MOP::Attribute
662 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
664 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
665 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
667 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
669 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
672 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
673 construct_class_instance (groditi)
674 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
675 call through (groditi)
677 * Class::MOP::Attribute
678 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
679 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
680 it is defined (groditi)
682 * Class::MOP::Instance
683 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
684 it is defined (groditi)
686 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
687 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
688 - removed the relevant attributes
690 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
691 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
692 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
693 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
695 - added tests for this
696 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
697 non-inlined constructors.
698 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
700 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
701 - added this class as an abstract base for the
702 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
703 - added tests for this
706 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
707 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
710 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
712 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
713 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
715 * Class::MOP::Package
716 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
719 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
721 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
723 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
724 it manually now so that people can use this
725 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
727 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
729 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
730 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
731 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
734 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
735 * Class::MOP::Immutable
736 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
737 - removed unused variable
738 - added create_immutable_transformer
739 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
740 - tests for this (groditi)
743 - Immutability can now be undone,
744 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
745 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
746 for details see comments next to make_immutable
747 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
748 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
749 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
750 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
751 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
752 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
754 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
755 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
757 * Class::MOP::Package
758 - we now deal with stub methods properly
759 - added tests for this
760 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
762 * Class::MOP::Attribute
763 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
764 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
766 - added tests and POD for this
769 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
770 handles undef values correctly.
771 - added tests for this
772 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
773 will not get reaped when instances still
774 exist which need to reference them. This is
775 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
776 obscure enough feature that there are not too
777 many work arounds out in the wild.
778 - added tests for this by groditi
779 - updated docs to explain this
782 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
783 - added tests for this behavior
785 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
786 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
789 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
790 - added tests and docs for these
792 * Class::MOP::Attribute
793 - default now checks the instance with defined to
794 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
798 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
804 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
805 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
806 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
807 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
810 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
812 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
813 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
814 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
817 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
818 immutable transformation instead of
819 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
821 + Class::MOP::Immutable
822 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
823 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
824 be coming eventually.
827 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
829 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
830 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
834 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
837 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
839 - constructor generation is now handled by
840 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
842 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
843 - created this to handle constructor generation
844 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
846 * Class::MOP::Attribute
848 - attributes now delegate to the
849 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
852 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
853 - all accessor generation functions from
854 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
856 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
858 * scripts/class_browser.pl
859 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
860 on this to come. Comments and patches are
864 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
865 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
866 they are aliased from the originals
867 - fixed tests to reflect
868 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
870 - adjusted tests for this
871 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
876 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
877 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
878 - adjusted tests to compensate
879 - adjusted docs for this
882 - changed how methods are dealt with to
883 encapsulate most of the work into the
884 &get_method_map method
885 - made several adjustments for the change
886 in Class::MOP::Method
887 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
888 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
889 old one before installing the new one
890 - added tests for this
891 - adjusted docs for this
893 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
894 - added caching of &get_method_map
895 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
896 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
898 * Class::MOP::Package
899 - added filtering capabilities to
900 &list_all_package_symbols
902 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
904 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
905 the $:version and such just actually goes
906 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
907 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
909 - The &create method now requires that all
910 but the package name now is passed in as
911 named parameters. See docs for more info.
912 - updated docs and tests for this
915 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
919 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
920 which do not store things in the instance
921 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
924 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
926 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
928 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
929 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
932 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
933 - fixed all tests for this
935 * Class::MOP::Attribute
936 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
937 are no longer allowed for defaults
938 - added tests for this
940 * Class::MOP::Package
941 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
942 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
943 always reloaded from the symbol table.
945 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
947 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
948 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
949 metamodel is more complete (and closer
950 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
952 * Class::MOP::Package
953 - refactored entire class, this is now
954 the primary gateway between the metaclass
955 and the Perl 5 symbol table
956 - added many tests for this
957 - this class is now a subclass of
959 - added some tests to reflect this
962 - refactored all symbol table access to
963 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
966 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
967 so that Module has a version as an attribute
968 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
969 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
970 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
971 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
972 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
973 - added tests for this
975 * Class::MOP::Instance
976 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
978 - added tests for this
980 * Class::MOP::Attribute
981 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
982 slots from an instance
983 - added tests for this
985 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
988 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
989 anywhere within the class hierarchy
991 * Class::MOP::Attribute
992 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
993 the value of the attribute for a particular
996 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
997 ---------------------------------------
998 This is the first version of Class::MOP
999 to introduce the immutable features which
1000 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1001 This support should still be considered
1002 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1003 ---------------------------------------
1005 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1007 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1008 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1009 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1012 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1013 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1014 ::Package and now inherited
1015 - added tests for this
1017 * Class::MOP::Instance
1018 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1019 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1020 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1021 instance creation (of course)
1024 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1025 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1026 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1027 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1028 table manipulation methods.
1030 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1031 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1033 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1034 properly when inherited
1035 - small fix to &clone_instance
1037 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1038 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1039 - This release works in combination with
1040 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1041 because it introduces a new instance
1042 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1046 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1047 - added tests for this
1048 - improved method modifier wrapping
1050 * Class::MOP::Instance
1051 - added new instance protocol
1052 - added tests for this
1053 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1055 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1059 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1060 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1062 - updated tests for this
1065 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1066 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1068 - added tests for this
1069 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1070 new instance protocol
1071 - added more tests for this
1073 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1075 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1076 - added tests and docs for this
1077 - some small optimizations
1079 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1080 - some small optimizations
1082 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1084 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1085 - added tests for this
1086 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1087 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1088 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1089 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1090 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1091 delegates appropriately
1093 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1094 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1095 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1096 called initialize_instance_slot
1099 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1100 initialize_instance_slot method
1102 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1104 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1105 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1107 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1109 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1110 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1112 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1113 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1114 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1116 - added tests for this
1117 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1119 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1121 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1122 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1123 - added test case for this
1125 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1127 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1128 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1129 available in DESTORY calls
1131 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1132 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1133 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1135 * Class::MOP::Method
1136 - added &package_name, &name and
1137 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1138 which were formerly private subs in
1141 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1142 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1143 before, after and around modifiers
1144 - added tests and docs for this feature
1147 - improved &get_package_symbol
1148 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1149 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1151 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1152 - &add_before_method_modifier
1153 - &add_after_method_modifier
1154 - &add_around_method_modifier
1155 - added tests and docs for these
1156 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1157 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1159 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1160 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1164 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1165 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1166 the test skip if it is not installed
1168 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1170 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1173 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1174 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1175 - added docs and tests
1177 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1178 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1179 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1180 be considered "ready to use".
1182 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1183 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1184 - test coverage is now at 99%
1187 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1188 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1189 metaclass pragma instead.
1192 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1193 error/edge-case tests
1195 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1196 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1197 error/edge-case tests
1200 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1202 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1204 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1205 metaclass a little more straightforward
1208 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1209 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1210 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1211 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1215 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1216 is now more useful for subclasses
1217 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1218 hash of attribute meta objects
1219 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1220 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1221 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1222 attribute meta-object itself
1223 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1224 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1225 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1226 - added docs & tests for this
1227 - added Clone as a dependency
1228 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1229 return blessed new or cloned instances
1230 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1231 - added docs & tests for this
1232 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1233 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1234 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1235 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1236 - added tests and docs for this
1239 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1241 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1243 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1245 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1246 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1247 attributes/methods respectively
1250 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1253 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1254 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1255 - added new example:
1258 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1260 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1262 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1263 - improved error messages
1266 - added new examples:
1267 - AttributesWithHistory
1268 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1270 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1271 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1273 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1274 - refactored method generation code
1275 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1278 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1279 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1280 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1281 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1282 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1284 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1285 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1286 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1288 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006