1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
9 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
10 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
11 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
12 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
16 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
20 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
23 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
25 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
28 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
29 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
30 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
31 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
34 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
35 was removed in 0.82_01.
37 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
38 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
39 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
40 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
41 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
42 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
43 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
44 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
45 for the Moose compatibility handling code
46 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
48 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
50 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
51 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
53 * Class::MOP::Immutable
54 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
55 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
56 provides its own constructor (doy)
58 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
61 * Class::MOP::Instance
62 * Class::MOP::Attribute
63 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
64 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
65 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
66 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
69 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
70 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
72 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
74 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
75 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
77 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
78 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
79 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
80 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
81 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
84 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
85 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
86 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
87 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
88 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
89 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
90 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
92 - Class::MOP::Instance
93 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
97 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
98 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
99 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
101 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
102 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
103 when an object is constructed)
104 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
106 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
107 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
108 when an object is constructed)
109 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
110 - attributes => _attributes
111 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
113 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
115 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
116 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
117 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
120 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
121 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
122 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
125 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
126 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
127 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
128 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
132 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
133 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
134 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
135 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
136 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
137 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
139 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
140 * No changes from 0.78_02.
142 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
144 * Class::MOP::Immutable
145 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
146 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
147 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
148 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
152 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
153 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
156 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
157 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
158 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
160 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
162 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
163 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
166 * Class::MOP::Instance
167 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
168 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
169 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
170 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
172 * Class::MOP::Attribute
173 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
174 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
175 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
177 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
178 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
179 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
183 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
184 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
185 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
186 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
188 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
189 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
190 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
191 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
192 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
193 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
194 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
195 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
196 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
199 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
200 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
203 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
205 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
206 * No changes from 0.77_01
208 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
210 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
211 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
212 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
213 against the pure Perl version of this code.
215 * Class::MOP::Instance
216 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
217 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
220 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
222 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
226 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
227 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
231 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
232 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
234 * Class::MOP::Package
235 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
236 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
239 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
243 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
244 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
245 near future release. You've been warned.
247 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
248 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
249 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
250 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
252 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
253 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
256 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
257 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
260 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
263 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
264 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
266 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
268 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
269 sharing an immutable transformer object
270 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
271 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
273 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
275 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
276 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
277 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
278 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
280 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
281 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
283 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
285 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
286 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
288 * t/082_get_code_info.t
289 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
290 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
291 succeed in that case.
293 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
294 * Class::MOP::Package
295 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
298 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
299 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
301 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
302 * Class::MOP::Immutable
303 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
304 the constructor was inlined.
305 * Class::MOP::Package
306 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
307 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
308 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
310 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
311 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
313 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
315 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
316 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
317 * Class::MOP::Immutable
318 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
319 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
320 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
323 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
324 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
325 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
326 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
327 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
328 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
329 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
330 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
331 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
332 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
334 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
337 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
338 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
341 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
343 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
344 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
346 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
348 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
349 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
350 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
353 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
354 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
355 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
358 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
360 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
361 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
363 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
364 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
365 times in an eval. (t0m)
367 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
369 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
370 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
371 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
372 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
373 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
374 - added test for this
376 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
377 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
378 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
381 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
382 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
386 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
387 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
388 aliased methods and "real" methods.
390 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
391 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
392 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
393 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
396 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
397 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
400 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
401 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
402 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
403 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
404 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
405 for sad systems without a compiler.
408 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
409 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
412 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
413 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
414 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
416 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
418 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
419 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
420 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
421 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
423 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
424 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
425 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
426 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
428 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
430 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
431 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
434 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
435 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
436 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
438 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
440 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
442 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
443 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
444 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
446 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
447 * Class::MOP::Package
448 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
449 releases. (nothingmuch)
452 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
454 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
455 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
456 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
459 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
462 * Class::MOP::Instance
463 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
465 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
467 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
468 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
469 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
470 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
473 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
474 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
478 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
479 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
480 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
481 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
482 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
485 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
486 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
487 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
490 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
491 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
492 consistency (nothingmuch)
493 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
495 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
496 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
497 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
498 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
501 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
502 * Class::MOP::Immutable
503 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
505 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
507 * Class::MOP::Instance
508 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
509 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
511 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
513 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
514 the class is already loaded (sartak)
515 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
516 instead of just 1 (sartak)
519 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
521 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
522 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
523 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
525 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
526 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
527 recognizes it correct this time.
529 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
530 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
533 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
534 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
537 - now stores the instance of the instance
538 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
539 and deletes it when the cache is blown
540 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
541 the options used to make it immutable as well as
542 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
544 * Class::MOP::Package
545 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
546 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
547 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
551 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
553 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
554 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
556 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
557 names now throw a more direct error in
559 - tests for this and other aspects of
565 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
566 Class::MOP::Attribute
567 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
570 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
571 (late night release engineering)--
573 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
574 changes in this release
576 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
577 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
578 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
581 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
582 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
583 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
586 * Class::MOP::Package
587 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
589 - inlining a few calls to &name with
590 direct HASH access key access
591 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
592 a HASH of items based on a type filter
593 similar to list_all_package_symbols
594 - added tests for this
597 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
598 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
599 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
600 - added more descriptive error message to help
601 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
602 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
604 * Class::MOP::Immutable
605 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
607 - added tests for this
609 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
611 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
612 function from MRO::Compat
613 - All XS based functionality now has a
614 Pure Perl alternative
615 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
616 can now be used to force non-XS versions
619 * Class::MOP::Attribute
620 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
621 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
622 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
624 - added tests for this
626 * Class::MOP::Immutable
627 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
628 making the class immutable
631 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
632 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
633 allow for it to work.
634 - added tests for this
636 * Class::MOP::Attribute
638 Class::MOP::Immutable
639 - any time a method meta object is constructed
640 we make sure to pass the correct package and
641 method name information
644 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
645 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
646 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
647 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
648 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
649 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
650 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
651 throw an error if these are not supplied.
652 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
653 and now store the package_name and name attributes
656 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
657 Module::Install support has been removed
659 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
660 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
661 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
662 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
666 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
667 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
669 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
670 when it has no init_arg
671 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
672 to support c3 classes.
674 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
677 - making sure that load_class never gets
678 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
679 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
682 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
684 - improved error handling in ->create method
685 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
686 will be used to populate values
687 - added tests for this
690 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
691 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
697 Class::MOP::Attribute
698 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
699 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
701 * Class::MOP::Instance
702 Class::MOP::Immutable
703 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
706 - fixed the filename length on several
707 test files so we install on VMS better
709 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
710 should be catfile (RT #32385)
712 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
713 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
716 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
717 Class::MOP::Attribute
718 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
719 to indicate that no constructor args can
720 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
721 - added tests for this
722 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
725 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
726 feature instead of the silly hack from
727 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
729 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
731 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
734 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
735 - removed assumptions about the existence of
738 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
739 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
740 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
743 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
744 constant so that we can take advantage
745 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
748 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
749 optimize the &linearized_isa method
750 and avoid the hack/check for circular
751 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
752 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
753 - added tests for this
755 * Class::MOP::Immutable
756 - the immutable class now keeps track of
757 the transformer which immutablized it
759 * Class::MOP::Instance
760 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
761 - added tests for this
763 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
765 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
766 transformation arguments are saved
768 - added tests for this
770 * Class::MOP::Immutable
771 - fixed a bug (see above)
773 * Class::MOP::Attribute
776 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
777 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
778 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
781 - removed the dependency on B
782 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
783 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
784 the B fiddling we were doing with
785 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
786 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
787 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
788 be used to help manage method caching.
791 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
792 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
793 even more accurate caching information.
794 blblack++ for that stuff :)
797 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
798 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
799 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
800 track of when we need to re-fetch the
802 - Several small improvements to take advantage
803 of the new method map caching features
805 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
806 * Class::MOP::Attribute
807 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
808 HASH ref case, which makes the
809 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
810 - added more tests for this
812 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
813 * Class::MOP::Attribute
814 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
815 - added more tests for this
817 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
819 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
820 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
821 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
823 * Class::MOP::Attribute
824 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
825 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
826 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
828 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
829 * Class::MOP::Attribute
830 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
832 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
833 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
835 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
837 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
840 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
841 construct_class_instance (groditi)
842 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
843 call through (groditi)
845 * Class::MOP::Attribute
846 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
847 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
848 it is defined (groditi)
850 * Class::MOP::Instance
851 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
852 it is defined (groditi)
854 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
855 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
856 - removed the relevant attributes
858 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
859 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
860 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
861 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
863 - added tests for this
864 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
865 non-inlined constructors.
866 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
868 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
869 - added this class as an abstract base for the
870 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
871 - added tests for this
874 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
875 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
878 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
880 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
881 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
883 * Class::MOP::Package
884 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
887 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
889 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
891 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
892 it manually now so that people can use this
893 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
895 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
897 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
898 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
899 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
902 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
903 * Class::MOP::Immutable
904 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
905 - removed unused variable
906 - added create_immutable_transformer
907 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
908 - tests for this (groditi)
911 - Immutability can now be undone,
912 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
913 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
914 for details see comments next to make_immutable
915 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
916 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
917 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
918 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
919 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
920 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
922 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
923 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
925 * Class::MOP::Package
926 - we now deal with stub methods properly
927 - added tests for this
928 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
930 * Class::MOP::Attribute
931 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
932 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
934 - added tests and POD for this
937 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
938 handles undef values correctly.
939 - added tests for this
940 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
941 will not get reaped when instances still
942 exist which need to reference them. This is
943 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
944 obscure enough feature that there are not too
945 many work arounds out in the wild.
946 - added tests for this by groditi
947 - updated docs to explain this
950 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
951 - added tests for this behavior
953 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
954 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
957 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
958 - added tests and docs for these
960 * Class::MOP::Attribute
961 - default now checks the instance with defined to
962 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
966 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
972 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
973 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
974 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
975 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
978 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
980 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
981 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
982 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
985 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
986 immutable transformation instead of
987 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
989 + Class::MOP::Immutable
990 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
991 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
992 be coming eventually.
995 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
997 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
998 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1002 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1005 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1007 - constructor generation is now handled by
1008 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1010 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1011 - created this to handle constructor generation
1012 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1014 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1016 - attributes now delegate to the
1017 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1020 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1021 - all accessor generation functions from
1022 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1024 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1026 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1027 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1028 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1032 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1033 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1034 they are aliased from the originals
1035 - fixed tests to reflect
1036 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1038 - adjusted tests for this
1039 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1042 * Class::MOP::Method
1044 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1045 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1046 - adjusted tests to compensate
1047 - adjusted docs for this
1050 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1051 encapsulate most of the work into the
1052 &get_method_map method
1053 - made several adjustments for the change
1054 in Class::MOP::Method
1055 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1056 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1057 old one before installing the new one
1058 - added tests for this
1059 - adjusted docs for this
1061 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1062 - added caching of &get_method_map
1063 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1064 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1066 * Class::MOP::Package
1067 - added filtering capabilities to
1068 &list_all_package_symbols
1070 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1072 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1073 the $:version and such just actually goes
1074 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1075 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1077 - The &create method now requires that all
1078 but the package name now is passed in as
1079 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1080 - updated docs and tests for this
1082 * Class::MOP::Object
1083 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1087 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1088 which do not store things in the instance
1089 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1092 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1094 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1096 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1097 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1100 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1101 - fixed all tests for this
1103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1104 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1105 are no longer allowed for defaults
1106 - added tests for this
1108 * Class::MOP::Package
1109 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1110 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1111 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1113 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1115 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1116 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1117 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1118 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1120 * Class::MOP::Package
1121 - refactored entire class, this is now
1122 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1123 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1124 - added many tests for this
1125 - this class is now a subclass of
1127 - added some tests to reflect this
1130 - refactored all symbol table access to
1131 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1133 * Class::MOP::Module
1134 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1135 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1136 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1137 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1138 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1139 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1140 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1141 - added tests for this
1143 * Class::MOP::Instance
1144 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1146 - added tests for this
1148 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1149 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1150 slots from an instance
1151 - added tests for this
1153 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1156 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1157 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1159 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1160 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1161 the value of the attribute for a particular
1164 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1165 ---------------------------------------
1166 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1167 to introduce the immutable features which
1168 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1169 This support should still be considered
1170 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1171 ---------------------------------------
1173 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1175 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1176 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1177 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1180 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1181 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1182 ::Package and now inherited
1183 - added tests for this
1185 * Class::MOP::Instance
1186 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1187 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1188 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1189 instance creation (of course)
1192 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1193 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1194 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1195 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1196 table manipulation methods.
1198 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1199 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1201 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1202 properly when inherited
1203 - small fix to &clone_instance
1205 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1206 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1207 - This release works in combination with
1208 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1209 because it introduces a new instance
1210 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1214 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1215 - added tests for this
1216 - improved method modifier wrapping
1218 * Class::MOP::Instance
1219 - added new instance protocol
1220 - added tests for this
1221 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1223 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1227 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1228 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1230 - updated tests for this
1233 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1234 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1236 - added tests for this
1237 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1238 new instance protocol
1239 - added more tests for this
1241 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1243 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1244 - added tests and docs for this
1245 - some small optimizations
1247 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1248 - some small optimizations
1250 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1252 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1253 - added tests for this
1254 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1255 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1256 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1257 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1258 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1259 delegates appropriately
1261 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1262 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1263 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1264 called initialize_instance_slot
1267 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1268 initialize_instance_slot method
1270 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1272 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1273 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1275 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1277 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1278 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1280 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1281 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1282 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1284 - added tests for this
1285 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1287 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1289 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1290 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1291 - added test case for this
1293 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1295 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1296 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1297 available in DESTORY calls
1299 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1300 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1301 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1303 * Class::MOP::Method
1304 - added &package_name, &name and
1305 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1306 which were formerly private subs in
1309 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1310 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1311 before, after and around modifiers
1312 - added tests and docs for this feature
1315 - improved &get_package_symbol
1316 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1317 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1319 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1320 - &add_before_method_modifier
1321 - &add_after_method_modifier
1322 - &add_around_method_modifier
1323 - added tests and docs for these
1324 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1325 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1327 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1328 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1332 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1333 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1334 the test skip if it is not installed
1336 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1338 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1341 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1342 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1343 - added docs and tests
1345 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1346 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1347 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1348 be considered "ready to use".
1350 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1351 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1352 - test coverage is now at 99%
1355 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1356 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1357 metaclass pragma instead.
1360 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1361 error/edge-case tests
1363 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1364 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1365 error/edge-case tests
1368 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1370 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1372 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1373 metaclass a little more straightforward
1376 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1377 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1378 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1379 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1383 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1384 is now more useful for subclasses
1385 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1386 hash of attribute meta objects
1387 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1388 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1389 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1390 attribute meta-object itself
1391 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1392 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1393 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1394 - added docs & tests for this
1395 - added Clone as a dependency
1396 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1397 return blessed new or cloned instances
1398 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1399 - added docs & tests for this
1400 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1401 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1402 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1403 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1404 - added tests and docs for this
1407 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1409 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1411 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1413 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1414 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1415 attributes/methods respectively
1418 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1421 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1422 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1423 - added new example:
1426 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1428 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1430 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1431 - improved error messages
1434 - added new examples:
1435 - AttributesWithHistory
1436 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1438 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1439 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1441 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1442 - refactored method generation code
1443 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1446 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1447 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1448 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1449 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1450 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1452 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1453 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1454 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1456 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006