1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual
6 goal of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
7 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
10 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
11 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that
12 it accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
15 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first existing
16 class; instead, it loaded the first existing and compiling class. It
17 now throws an error if a class exists (in @INC) but fails to compile.
20 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
21 * No changes from 0.78_02.
23 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
25 * Class::MOP::Immutable
26 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
27 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
28 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
29 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
33 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
34 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
37 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
38 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
39 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
41 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
43 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
44 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
47 * Class::MOP::Instance
48 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
49 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
50 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
51 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
53 * Class::MOP::Attribute
54 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
55 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
56 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
58 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
59 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
60 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
64 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
65 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
66 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
67 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
69 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
70 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
71 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
72 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
73 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
74 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
75 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
76 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
77 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
80 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
81 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
84 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
86 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
87 * No changes from 0.77_01
89 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
91 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
92 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
93 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
94 against the pure Perl version of this code.
96 * Class::MOP::Instance
97 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
98 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
101 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
103 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
107 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
108 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
112 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
113 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
115 * Class::MOP::Package
116 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
117 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
120 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
124 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
125 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
126 near future release. You've been warned.
128 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
129 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
130 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
131 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
133 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
134 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
137 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
138 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
141 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
144 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
145 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
147 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
149 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
150 sharing an immutable transformer object
151 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
152 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
154 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
156 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
157 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
158 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
159 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
161 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
162 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
164 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
166 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
167 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
169 * t/082_get_code_info.t
170 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
171 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
172 succeed in that case.
174 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
175 * Class::MOP::Package
176 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
179 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
180 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
182 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
183 * Class::MOP::Immutable
184 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
185 the constructor was inlined.
186 * Class::MOP::Package
187 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
188 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
189 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
191 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
192 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
194 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
196 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
197 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
198 * Class::MOP::Immutable
199 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
200 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
201 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
204 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
205 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
206 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
207 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
208 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
209 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
210 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
211 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
212 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
213 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
215 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
218 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
219 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
222 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
224 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
225 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
227 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
229 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
230 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
231 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
234 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
235 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
236 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
239 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
241 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
242 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
244 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
245 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
246 times in an eval. (t0m)
248 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
250 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
251 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
252 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
253 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
254 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
255 - added test for this
257 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
258 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
259 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
262 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
263 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
267 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
268 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
269 aliased methods and "real" methods.
271 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
272 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
273 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
274 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
277 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
278 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
281 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
282 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
283 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
284 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
285 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
286 for sad systems without a compiler.
289 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
290 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
293 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
294 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
295 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
297 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
299 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
300 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
301 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
302 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
304 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
305 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
306 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
307 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
309 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
311 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
312 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
315 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
316 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
317 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
319 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
321 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
323 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
324 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
325 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
327 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
328 * Class::MOP::Package
329 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
330 releases. (nothingmuch)
333 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
335 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
336 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
337 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
340 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
343 * Class::MOP::Instance
344 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
346 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
348 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
349 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
350 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
351 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
354 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
355 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
359 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
360 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
361 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
362 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
363 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
366 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
367 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
368 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
371 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
372 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
373 consistency (nothingmuch)
374 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
376 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
377 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
378 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
379 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
382 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
383 * Class::MOP::Immutable
384 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
386 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
388 * Class::MOP::Instance
389 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
390 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
392 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
394 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
395 the class is already loaded (sartak)
396 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
397 instead of just 1 (sartak)
400 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
402 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
403 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
404 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
406 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
407 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
408 recognizes it correct this time.
410 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
411 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
414 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
415 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
418 - now stores the instance of the instance
419 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
420 and deletes it when the cache is blown
421 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
422 the options used to make it immutable as well as
423 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
425 * Class::MOP::Package
426 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
427 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
428 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
432 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
434 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
435 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
437 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
438 names now throw a more direct error in
440 - tests for this and other aspects of
446 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
447 Class::MOP::Attribute
448 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
451 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
452 (late night release engineering)--
454 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
455 changes in this release
457 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
458 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
459 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
462 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
463 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
464 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
467 * Class::MOP::Package
468 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
470 - inlining a few calls to &name with
471 direct HASH access key access
472 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
473 a HASH of items based on a type filter
474 similar to list_all_package_symbols
475 - added tests for this
478 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
479 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
480 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
481 - added more descriptive error message to help
482 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
483 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
485 * Class::MOP::Immutable
486 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
488 - added tests for this
490 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
492 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
493 function from MRO::Compat
494 - All XS based functionality now has a
495 Pure Perl alternative
496 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
497 can now be used to force non-XS versions
500 * Class::MOP::Attribute
501 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
502 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
503 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
505 - added tests for this
507 * Class::MOP::Immutable
508 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
509 making the class immutable
512 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
513 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
514 allow for it to work.
515 - added tests for this
517 * Class::MOP::Attribute
519 Class::MOP::Immutable
520 - any time a method meta object is constructed
521 we make sure to pass the correct package and
522 method name information
525 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
526 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
527 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
528 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
529 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
530 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
531 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
532 throw an error if these are not supplied.
533 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
534 and now store the package_name and name attributes
537 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
538 Module::Install support has been removed
540 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
541 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
542 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
543 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
547 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
548 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
550 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
551 when it has no init_arg
552 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
553 to support c3 classes.
555 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
558 - making sure that load_class never gets
559 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
560 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
563 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
565 - improved error handling in ->create method
566 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
567 will be used to populate values
568 - added tests for this
571 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
572 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
578 Class::MOP::Attribute
579 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
580 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
582 * Class::MOP::Instance
583 Class::MOP::Immutable
584 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
587 - fixed the filename length on several
588 test files so we install on VMS better
590 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
591 should be catfile (RT #32385)
593 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
594 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
597 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
598 Class::MOP::Attribute
599 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
600 to indicate that no constructor args can
601 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
602 - added tests for this
603 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
606 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
607 feature instead of the silly hack from
608 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
610 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
612 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
615 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
616 - removed assumptions about the existence of
619 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
620 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
621 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
624 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
625 constant so that we can take advantage
626 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
629 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
630 optimize the &linearized_isa method
631 and avoid the hack/check for circular
632 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
633 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
634 - added tests for this
636 * Class::MOP::Immutable
637 - the immutable class now keeps track of
638 the transformer which immutablized it
640 * Class::MOP::Instance
641 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
642 - added tests for this
644 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
646 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
647 transformation arguments are saved
649 - added tests for this
651 * Class::MOP::Immutable
652 - fixed a bug (see above)
654 * Class::MOP::Attribute
657 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
658 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
659 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
662 - removed the dependency on B
663 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
664 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
665 the B fiddling we were doing with
666 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
667 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
668 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
669 be used to help manage method caching.
672 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
673 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
674 even more accurate caching information.
675 blblack++ for that stuff :)
678 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
679 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
680 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
681 track of when we need to re-fetch the
683 - Several small improvements to take advantage
684 of the new method map caching features
686 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
687 * Class::MOP::Attribute
688 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
689 HASH ref case, which makes the
690 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
691 - added more tests for this
693 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
694 * Class::MOP::Attribute
695 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
696 - added more tests for this
698 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
700 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
701 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
702 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
704 * Class::MOP::Attribute
705 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
706 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
707 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
709 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
710 * Class::MOP::Attribute
711 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
713 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
714 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
716 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
718 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
721 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
722 construct_class_instance (groditi)
723 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
724 call through (groditi)
726 * Class::MOP::Attribute
727 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
728 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
729 it is defined (groditi)
731 * Class::MOP::Instance
732 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
733 it is defined (groditi)
735 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
736 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
737 - removed the relevant attributes
739 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
740 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
741 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
742 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
744 - added tests for this
745 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
746 non-inlined constructors.
747 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
749 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
750 - added this class as an abstract base for the
751 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
752 - added tests for this
755 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
756 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
759 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
761 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
762 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
764 * Class::MOP::Package
765 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
768 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
770 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
772 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
773 it manually now so that people can use this
774 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
776 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
778 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
779 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
780 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
783 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
784 * Class::MOP::Immutable
785 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
786 - removed unused variable
787 - added create_immutable_transformer
788 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
789 - tests for this (groditi)
792 - Immutability can now be undone,
793 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
794 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
795 for details see comments next to make_immutable
796 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
797 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
798 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
799 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
800 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
801 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
803 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
804 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
806 * Class::MOP::Package
807 - we now deal with stub methods properly
808 - added tests for this
809 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
811 * Class::MOP::Attribute
812 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
813 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
815 - added tests and POD for this
818 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
819 handles undef values correctly.
820 - added tests for this
821 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
822 will not get reaped when instances still
823 exist which need to reference them. This is
824 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
825 obscure enough feature that there are not too
826 many work arounds out in the wild.
827 - added tests for this by groditi
828 - updated docs to explain this
831 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
832 - added tests for this behavior
834 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
835 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
838 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
839 - added tests and docs for these
841 * Class::MOP::Attribute
842 - default now checks the instance with defined to
843 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
847 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
853 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
854 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
855 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
856 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
859 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
861 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
862 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
863 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
866 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
867 immutable transformation instead of
868 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
870 + Class::MOP::Immutable
871 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
872 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
873 be coming eventually.
876 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
878 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
879 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
883 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
886 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
888 - constructor generation is now handled by
889 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
891 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
892 - created this to handle constructor generation
893 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
895 * Class::MOP::Attribute
897 - attributes now delegate to the
898 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
901 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
902 - all accessor generation functions from
903 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
905 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
907 * scripts/class_browser.pl
908 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
909 on this to come. Comments and patches are
913 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
914 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
915 they are aliased from the originals
916 - fixed tests to reflect
917 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
919 - adjusted tests for this
920 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
925 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
926 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
927 - adjusted tests to compensate
928 - adjusted docs for this
931 - changed how methods are dealt with to
932 encapsulate most of the work into the
933 &get_method_map method
934 - made several adjustments for the change
935 in Class::MOP::Method
936 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
937 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
938 old one before installing the new one
939 - added tests for this
940 - adjusted docs for this
942 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
943 - added caching of &get_method_map
944 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
945 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
947 * Class::MOP::Package
948 - added filtering capabilities to
949 &list_all_package_symbols
951 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
953 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
954 the $:version and such just actually goes
955 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
956 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
958 - The &create method now requires that all
959 but the package name now is passed in as
960 named parameters. See docs for more info.
961 - updated docs and tests for this
964 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
968 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
969 which do not store things in the instance
970 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
973 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
975 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
977 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
978 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
981 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
982 - fixed all tests for this
984 * Class::MOP::Attribute
985 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
986 are no longer allowed for defaults
987 - added tests for this
989 * Class::MOP::Package
990 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
991 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
992 always reloaded from the symbol table.
994 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
996 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
997 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
998 metamodel is more complete (and closer
999 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1001 * Class::MOP::Package
1002 - refactored entire class, this is now
1003 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1004 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1005 - added many tests for this
1006 - this class is now a subclass of
1008 - added some tests to reflect this
1011 - refactored all symbol table access to
1012 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1014 * Class::MOP::Module
1015 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1016 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1017 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1018 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1019 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1020 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1021 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1022 - added tests for this
1024 * Class::MOP::Instance
1025 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1027 - added tests for this
1029 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1030 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1031 slots from an instance
1032 - added tests for this
1034 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1037 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1038 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1040 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1041 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1042 the value of the attribute for a particular
1045 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1046 ---------------------------------------
1047 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1048 to introduce the immutable features which
1049 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1050 This support should still be considered
1051 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1052 ---------------------------------------
1054 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1056 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1057 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1058 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1061 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1062 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1063 ::Package and now inherited
1064 - added tests for this
1066 * Class::MOP::Instance
1067 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1068 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1069 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1070 instance creation (of course)
1073 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1074 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1075 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1076 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1077 table manipulation methods.
1079 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1080 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1082 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1083 properly when inherited
1084 - small fix to &clone_instance
1086 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1087 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1088 - This release works in combination with
1089 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1090 because it introduces a new instance
1091 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1095 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1096 - added tests for this
1097 - improved method modifier wrapping
1099 * Class::MOP::Instance
1100 - added new instance protocol
1101 - added tests for this
1102 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1104 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1108 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1109 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1111 - updated tests for this
1114 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1115 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1117 - added tests for this
1118 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1119 new instance protocol
1120 - added more tests for this
1122 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1124 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1125 - added tests and docs for this
1126 - some small optimizations
1128 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1129 - some small optimizations
1131 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1133 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1134 - added tests for this
1135 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1136 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1137 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1138 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1139 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1140 delegates appropriately
1142 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1143 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1144 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1145 called initialize_instance_slot
1148 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1149 initialize_instance_slot method
1151 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1153 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1154 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1156 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1158 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1159 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1161 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1162 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1163 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1165 - added tests for this
1166 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1168 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1170 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1171 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1172 - added test case for this
1174 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1176 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1177 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1178 available in DESTORY calls
1180 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1181 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1182 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1184 * Class::MOP::Method
1185 - added &package_name, &name and
1186 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1187 which were formerly private subs in
1190 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1191 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1192 before, after and around modifiers
1193 - added tests and docs for this feature
1196 - improved &get_package_symbol
1197 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1198 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1200 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1201 - &add_before_method_modifier
1202 - &add_after_method_modifier
1203 - &add_around_method_modifier
1204 - added tests and docs for these
1205 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1206 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1208 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1209 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1213 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1214 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1215 the test skip if it is not installed
1217 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1219 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1222 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1223 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1224 - added docs and tests
1226 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1227 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1228 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1229 be considered "ready to use".
1231 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1232 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1233 - test coverage is now at 99%
1236 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1237 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1238 metaclass pragma instead.
1241 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1242 error/edge-case tests
1244 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1245 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1246 error/edge-case tests
1249 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1251 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1253 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1254 metaclass a little more straightforward
1257 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1258 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1259 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1260 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1264 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1265 is now more useful for subclasses
1266 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1267 hash of attribute meta objects
1268 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1269 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1270 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1271 attribute meta-object itself
1272 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1273 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1274 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1275 - added docs & tests for this
1276 - added Clone as a dependency
1277 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1278 return blessed new or cloned instances
1279 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1280 - added docs & tests for this
1281 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1282 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1283 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1284 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1285 - added tests and docs for this
1288 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1290 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1292 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1294 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1295 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1296 attributes/methods respectively
1299 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1302 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1303 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1304 - added new example:
1307 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1309 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1311 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1312 - improved error messages
1315 - added new examples:
1316 - AttributesWithHistory
1317 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1319 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1320 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1322 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1323 - refactored method generation code
1324 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1327 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1328 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1329 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1330 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1331 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1333 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1334 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1335 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1337 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006