1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
5 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
9 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
11 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2008
12 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
13 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
14 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
16 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
17 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
20 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
21 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
24 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
27 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
28 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
30 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
32 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
33 sharing an immutable transformer object
34 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
35 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
37 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
39 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
40 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
41 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
42 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
44 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
45 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
47 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
49 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
50 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
52 * t/082_get_code_info.t
53 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
54 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
57 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
59 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
62 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
63 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
65 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
66 * Class::MOP::Immutable
67 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
68 the constructor was inlined.
70 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
71 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
72 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
74 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
75 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
77 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
79 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
80 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
81 * Class::MOP::Immutable
82 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
83 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
84 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
87 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
88 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
89 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
91 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
92 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
93 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
94 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
95 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
96 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
98 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
101 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
102 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
105 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
107 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
108 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
110 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
112 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
113 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
114 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
117 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
118 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
119 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
122 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
124 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
125 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
127 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
128 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
129 times in an eval. (t0m)
131 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
133 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
134 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
135 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
136 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
137 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
138 - added test for this
140 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
141 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
142 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
145 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
146 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
150 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
151 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
152 aliased methods and "real" methods.
154 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
155 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
156 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
157 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
160 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
161 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
164 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
165 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
166 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
167 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
168 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
169 for sad systems without a compiler.
172 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
173 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
176 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
177 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
178 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
180 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
182 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
183 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
184 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
185 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
187 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
188 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
189 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
190 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
192 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
194 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
195 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
198 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
199 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
200 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
202 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
204 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
206 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
207 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
208 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
210 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
211 * Class::MOP::Package
212 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
213 releases. (nothingmuch)
216 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
218 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
219 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
220 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
223 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
226 * Class::MOP::Instance
227 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
229 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
231 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
232 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
233 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
234 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
237 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
238 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
242 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
243 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
244 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
245 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
246 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
249 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
250 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
251 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
254 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
255 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
256 consistency (nothingmuch)
257 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
259 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
260 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
261 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
262 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
265 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
266 * Class::MOP::Immutable
267 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
269 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
271 * Class::MOP::Instance
272 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
273 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
275 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
277 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
278 the class is already loaded (sartak)
279 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
280 instead of just 1 (sartak)
283 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
285 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
286 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
287 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
289 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
290 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
291 recognizes it correct this time.
293 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
294 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
297 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
298 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
301 - now stores the instance of the instance
302 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
303 and deletes it when the cache is blown
304 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
305 the options used to make it immutable as well as
306 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
308 * Class::MOP::Package
309 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
310 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
311 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
315 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
317 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
318 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
320 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
321 names now throw a more direct error in
323 - tests for this and other aspects of
329 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
330 Class::MOP::Attribute
331 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
334 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
335 (late night release engineering)--
337 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
338 changes in this release
340 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
341 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
342 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
345 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
346 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
347 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
350 * Class::MOP::Package
351 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
353 - inlining a few calls to &name with
354 direct HASH access key access
355 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
356 a HASH of items based on a type filter
357 similar to list_all_package_symbols
358 - added tests for this
361 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
362 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
363 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
364 - added more descriptive error message to help
365 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
366 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
368 * Class::MOP::Immutable
369 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
371 - added tests for this
373 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
375 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
376 function from MRO::Compat
377 - All XS based functionality now has a
378 Pure Perl alternative
379 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
380 can now be used to force non-XS versions
383 * Class::MOP::Attribute
384 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
385 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
386 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
388 - added tests for this
390 * Class::MOP::Immutable
391 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
392 making the class immutable
395 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
396 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
397 allow for it to work.
398 - added tests for this
400 * Class::MOP::Attribute
402 Class::MOP::Immutable
403 - any time a method meta object is constructed
404 we make sure to pass the correct package and
405 method name information
408 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
409 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
410 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
411 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
412 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
413 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
414 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
415 throw an error if these are not supplied.
416 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
417 and now store the package_name and name attributes
420 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
421 Module::Install support has been removed
423 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
424 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
425 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
426 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
430 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
431 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
433 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
434 when it has no init_arg
435 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
436 to support c3 classes.
438 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
441 - making sure that load_class never gets
442 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
443 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
446 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
448 - improved error handling in ->create method
449 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
450 will be used to populate values
451 - added tests for this
454 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
455 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
461 Class::MOP::Attribute
462 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
463 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
465 * Class::MOP::Instance
466 Class::MOP::Immutable
467 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
470 - fixed the filename length on several
471 test files so we install on VMS better
473 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
474 should be catfile (RT #32385)
476 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
477 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
480 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
481 Class::MOP::Attribute
482 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
483 to indicate that no constructor args can
484 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
485 - added tests for this
486 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
489 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
490 feature instead of the silly hack from
491 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
493 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
495 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
498 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
499 - removed assumptions about the existence of
502 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
503 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
504 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
507 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
508 constant so that we can take advantage
509 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
512 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
513 optimize the &linearized_isa method
514 and avoid the hack/check for circular
515 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
516 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
517 - added tests for this
519 * Class::MOP::Immutable
520 - the immutable class now keeps track of
521 the transformer which immutablized it
523 * Class::MOP::Instance
524 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
525 - added tests for this
527 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
529 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
530 transformation arguments are saved
532 - added tests for this
534 * Class::MOP::Immutable
535 - fixed a bug (see above)
537 * Class::MOP::Attribute
540 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
541 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
542 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
545 - removed the dependency on B
546 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
547 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
548 the B fiddling we were doing with
549 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
550 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
551 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
552 be used to help manage method caching.
555 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
556 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
557 even more accurate caching information.
558 blblack++ for that stuff :)
561 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
562 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
563 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
564 track of when we need to re-fetch the
566 - Several small improvements to take advantage
567 of the new method map caching features
569 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
570 * Class::MOP::Attribute
571 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
572 HASH ref case, which makes the
573 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
574 - added more tests for this
576 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
577 * Class::MOP::Attribute
578 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
579 - added more tests for this
581 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
583 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
584 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
585 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
587 * Class::MOP::Attribute
588 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
589 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
590 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
592 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
593 * Class::MOP::Attribute
594 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
596 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
597 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
599 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
601 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
604 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
605 construct_class_instance (groditi)
606 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
607 call through (groditi)
609 * Class::MOP::Attribute
610 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
611 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
612 it is defined (groditi)
614 * Class::MOP::Instance
615 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
616 it is defined (groditi)
618 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
619 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
620 - removed the relevant attributes
622 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
623 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
624 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
625 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
627 - added tests for this
628 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
629 non-inlined constructors.
630 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
632 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
633 - added this class as an abstract base for the
634 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
635 - added tests for this
638 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
639 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
642 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
644 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
645 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
647 * Class::MOP::Package
648 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
651 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
653 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
655 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
656 it manually now so that people can use this
657 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
659 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
661 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
662 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
663 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
666 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
667 * Class::MOP::Immutable
668 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
669 - removed unused variable
670 - added create_immutable_transformer
671 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
672 - tests for this (groditi)
675 - Immutability can now be undone,
676 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
677 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
678 for details see comments next to make_immutable
679 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
680 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
681 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
682 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
683 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
684 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
686 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
687 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
689 * Class::MOP::Package
690 - we now deal with stub methods properly
691 - added tests for this
692 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
694 * Class::MOP::Attribute
695 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
696 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
698 - added tests and POD for this
701 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
702 handles undef values correctly.
703 - added tests for this
704 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
705 will not get reaped when instances still
706 exist which need to reference them. This is
707 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
708 obscure enough feature that there are not too
709 many work arounds out in the wild.
710 - added tests for this by groditi
711 - updated docs to explain this
714 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
715 - added tests for this behavior
717 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
718 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
721 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
722 - added tests and docs for these
724 * Class::MOP::Attribute
725 - default now checks the instance with defined to
726 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
730 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
736 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
737 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
738 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
739 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
742 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
744 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
745 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
746 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
749 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
750 immutable transformation instead of
751 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
753 + Class::MOP::Immutable
754 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
755 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
756 be coming eventually.
759 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
761 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
762 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
766 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
769 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
771 - constructor generation is now handled by
772 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
774 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
775 - created this to handle constructor generation
776 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
778 * Class::MOP::Attribute
780 - attributes now delegate to the
781 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
784 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
785 - all accessor generation functions from
786 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
788 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
790 * scripts/class_browser.pl
791 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
792 on this to come. Comments and patches are
796 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
797 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
798 they are aliased from the originals
799 - fixed tests to reflect
800 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
802 - adjusted tests for this
803 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
808 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
809 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
810 - adjusted tests to compensate
811 - adjusted docs for this
814 - changed how methods are dealt with to
815 encapsulate most of the work into the
816 &get_method_map method
817 - made several adjustments for the change
818 in Class::MOP::Method
819 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
820 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
821 old one before installing the new one
822 - added tests for this
823 - adjusted docs for this
825 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
826 - added caching of &get_method_map
827 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
828 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
830 * Class::MOP::Package
831 - added filtering capabilities to
832 &list_all_package_symbols
834 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
836 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
837 the $:version and such just actually goes
838 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
839 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
841 - The &create method now requires that all
842 but the package name now is passed in as
843 named parameters. See docs for more info.
844 - updated docs and tests for this
847 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
851 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
852 which do not store things in the instance
853 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
856 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
858 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
860 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
861 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
864 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
865 - fixed all tests for this
867 * Class::MOP::Attribute
868 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
869 are no longer allowed for defaults
870 - added tests for this
872 * Class::MOP::Package
873 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
874 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
875 always reloaded from the symbol table.
877 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
879 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
880 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
881 metamodel is more complete (and closer
882 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
884 * Class::MOP::Package
885 - refactored entire class, this is now
886 the primary gateway between the metaclass
887 and the Perl 5 symbol table
888 - added many tests for this
889 - this class is now a subclass of
891 - added some tests to reflect this
894 - refactored all symbol table access to
895 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
898 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
899 so that Module has a version as an attribute
900 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
901 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
902 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
903 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
904 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
905 - added tests for this
907 * Class::MOP::Instance
908 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
910 - added tests for this
912 * Class::MOP::Attribute
913 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
914 slots from an instance
915 - added tests for this
917 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
920 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
921 anywhere within the class hierarchy
923 * Class::MOP::Attribute
924 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
925 the value of the attribute for a particular
928 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
929 ---------------------------------------
930 This is the first version of Class::MOP
931 to introduce the immutable features which
932 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
933 This support should still be considered
934 experimental, but moving towards stability.
935 ---------------------------------------
937 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
939 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
940 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
941 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
944 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
945 - several methods moved to ::Module and
946 ::Package and now inherited
947 - added tests for this
949 * Class::MOP::Instance
950 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
951 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
952 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
953 instance creation (of course)
956 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
957 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
958 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
959 because they are now more general purpose symbol
960 table manipulation methods.
962 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
963 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
965 - small change in &create so that it behaves
966 properly when inherited
967 - small fix to &clone_instance
969 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
970 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
971 - This release works in combination with
972 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
973 because it introduces a new instance
974 sub-protocol and has not yet been
978 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
979 - added tests for this
980 - improved method modifier wrapping
982 * Class::MOP::Instance
983 - added new instance protocol
984 - added tests for this
985 - changed all relevant modules and examples
987 - Class::MOP::Attribute
991 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
992 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
994 - updated tests for this
997 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
998 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1000 - added tests for this
1001 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1002 new instance protocol
1003 - added more tests for this
1005 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1007 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1008 - added tests and docs for this
1009 - some small optimizations
1011 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1012 - some small optimizations
1014 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1016 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1017 - added tests for this
1018 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1019 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1020 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1021 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1022 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1023 delegates appropriately
1025 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1026 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1027 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1028 called initialize_instance_slot
1031 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1032 initialize_instance_slot method
1034 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1036 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1037 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1039 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1041 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1042 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1044 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1045 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1046 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1048 - added tests for this
1049 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1051 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1053 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1054 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1055 - added test case for this
1057 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1059 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1060 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1061 available in DESTORY calls
1063 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1064 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1065 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1067 * Class::MOP::Method
1068 - added &package_name, &name and
1069 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1070 which were formerly private subs in
1073 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1074 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1075 before, after and around modifiers
1076 - added tests and docs for this feature
1079 - improved &get_package_symbol
1080 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1081 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1083 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1084 - &add_before_method_modifier
1085 - &add_after_method_modifier
1086 - &add_around_method_modifier
1087 - added tests and docs for these
1088 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1089 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1091 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1092 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1096 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1097 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1098 the test skip if it is not installed
1100 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1102 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1105 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1106 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1107 - added docs and tests
1109 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1110 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1111 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1112 be considered "ready to use".
1114 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1115 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1116 - test coverage is now at 99%
1119 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1120 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1121 metaclass pragma instead.
1124 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1125 error/edge-case tests
1127 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1128 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1129 error/edge-case tests
1132 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1134 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1136 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1137 metaclass a little more straightforward
1140 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1141 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1142 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1143 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1147 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1148 is now more useful for subclasses
1149 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1150 hash of attribute meta objects
1151 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1152 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1153 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1154 attribute meta-object itself
1155 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1156 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1157 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1158 - added docs & tests for this
1159 - added Clone as a dependency
1160 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1161 return blessed new or cloned instances
1162 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1163 - added docs & tests for this
1164 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1165 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1166 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1167 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1168 - added tests and docs for this
1171 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1173 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1175 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1177 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1178 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1179 attributes/methods respectively
1182 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1185 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1186 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1187 - added new example:
1190 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1192 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1194 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1195 - improved error messages
1198 - added new examples:
1199 - AttributesWithHistory
1200 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1202 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1203 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1205 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1206 - refactored method generation code
1207 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1210 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1211 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1212 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1213 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1214 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1216 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1217 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1218 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1220 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006