1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Fix bug from MooseX::Types passing blessed code references
8 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
9 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
11 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
13 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
15 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
18 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
20 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
21 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
24 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
25 changed back in 0.82_01)
26 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
27 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
30 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
31 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
33 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
35 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
36 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
37 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
40 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
41 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
45 * Class::MOP::Attribute
46 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
48 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
49 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
50 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
53 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
56 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
57 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
58 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
59 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
60 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
63 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
66 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
68 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
72 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
73 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
74 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
75 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
79 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
83 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
86 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
88 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
91 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
92 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
93 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
94 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
97 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
98 was removed in 0.82_01.
100 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
101 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
102 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
103 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
104 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
105 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
106 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
107 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
108 for the Moose compatibility handling code
109 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
111 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
113 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
114 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
116 * Class::MOP::Immutable
117 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
118 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
119 provides its own constructor (doy)
121 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
124 * Class::MOP::Instance
125 * Class::MOP::Attribute
126 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
127 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
128 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
129 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
132 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
133 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
135 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
137 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
138 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
140 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
141 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
142 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
143 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
144 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
147 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
148 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
149 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
150 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
151 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
152 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
153 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
155 - Class::MOP::Instance
156 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
160 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
161 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
162 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
164 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
165 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
166 when an object is constructed)
167 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
169 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
170 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
171 when an object is constructed)
172 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
173 - attributes => _attributes
174 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
176 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
178 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
179 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
180 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
183 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
184 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
185 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
188 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
189 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
190 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
191 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
195 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
196 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
197 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
198 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
199 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
200 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
202 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
203 * No changes from 0.78_02.
205 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
207 * Class::MOP::Immutable
208 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
209 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
210 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
211 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
215 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
216 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
219 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
220 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
221 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
223 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
225 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
226 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
229 * Class::MOP::Instance
230 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
231 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
232 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
233 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
235 * Class::MOP::Attribute
236 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
237 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
238 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
240 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
241 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
242 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
246 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
247 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
248 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
249 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
251 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
252 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
253 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
254 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
255 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
256 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
257 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
258 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
259 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
262 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
263 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
266 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
268 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
269 * No changes from 0.77_01
271 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
273 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
274 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
275 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
276 against the pure Perl version of this code.
278 * Class::MOP::Instance
279 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
280 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
283 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
285 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
289 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
290 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
294 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
295 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
297 * Class::MOP::Package
298 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
299 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
302 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
306 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
307 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
308 near future release. You've been warned.
310 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
311 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
312 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
313 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
315 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
316 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
319 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
320 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
323 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
326 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
327 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
329 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
331 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
332 sharing an immutable transformer object
333 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
334 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
336 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
338 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
339 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
340 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
341 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
343 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
344 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
346 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
348 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
349 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
351 * t/082_get_code_info.t
352 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
353 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
354 succeed in that case.
356 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
357 * Class::MOP::Package
358 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
361 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
362 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
364 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
365 * Class::MOP::Immutable
366 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
367 the constructor was inlined.
368 * Class::MOP::Package
369 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
370 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
371 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
373 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
374 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
376 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
378 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
379 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
380 * Class::MOP::Immutable
381 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
382 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
383 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
386 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
387 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
388 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
389 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
390 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
391 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
392 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
393 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
394 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
395 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
397 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
400 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
401 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
404 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
406 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
407 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
409 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
411 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
412 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
413 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
416 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
417 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
418 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
421 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
423 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
424 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
426 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
427 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
428 times in an eval. (t0m)
430 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
432 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
433 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
434 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
435 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
436 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
437 - added test for this
439 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
440 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
441 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
444 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
445 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
449 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
450 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
451 aliased methods and "real" methods.
453 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
454 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
455 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
456 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
459 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
460 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
463 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
464 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
465 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
466 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
467 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
468 for sad systems without a compiler.
471 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
472 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
475 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
476 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
477 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
479 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
481 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
482 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
483 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
484 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
486 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
487 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
488 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
489 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
491 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
493 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
494 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
497 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
498 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
499 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
501 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
503 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
505 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
506 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
507 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
509 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
510 * Class::MOP::Package
511 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
512 releases. (nothingmuch)
515 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
517 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
518 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
519 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
522 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
525 * Class::MOP::Instance
526 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
528 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
530 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
531 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
532 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
533 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
536 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
537 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
541 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
542 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
543 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
544 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
545 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
548 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
549 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
550 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
553 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
554 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
555 consistency (nothingmuch)
556 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
558 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
559 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
560 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
561 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
564 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
565 * Class::MOP::Immutable
566 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
568 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
570 * Class::MOP::Instance
571 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
572 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
574 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
576 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
577 the class is already loaded (sartak)
578 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
579 instead of just 1 (sartak)
582 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
584 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
585 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
586 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
588 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
589 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
590 recognizes it correct this time.
592 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
593 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
596 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
597 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
600 - now stores the instance of the instance
601 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
602 and deletes it when the cache is blown
603 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
604 the options used to make it immutable as well as
605 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
607 * Class::MOP::Package
608 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
609 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
610 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
614 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
616 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
617 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
619 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
620 names now throw a more direct error in
622 - tests for this and other aspects of
628 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
629 Class::MOP::Attribute
630 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
633 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
634 (late night release engineering)--
636 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
637 changes in this release
639 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
640 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
641 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
644 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
645 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
646 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
649 * Class::MOP::Package
650 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
652 - inlining a few calls to &name with
653 direct HASH access key access
654 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
655 a HASH of items based on a type filter
656 similar to list_all_package_symbols
657 - added tests for this
660 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
661 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
662 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
663 - added more descriptive error message to help
664 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
665 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
667 * Class::MOP::Immutable
668 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
670 - added tests for this
672 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
674 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
675 function from MRO::Compat
676 - All XS based functionality now has a
677 Pure Perl alternative
678 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
679 can now be used to force non-XS versions
682 * Class::MOP::Attribute
683 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
684 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
685 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
687 - added tests for this
689 * Class::MOP::Immutable
690 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
691 making the class immutable
694 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
695 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
696 allow for it to work.
697 - added tests for this
699 * Class::MOP::Attribute
701 Class::MOP::Immutable
702 - any time a method meta object is constructed
703 we make sure to pass the correct package and
704 method name information
707 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
708 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
709 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
710 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
711 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
712 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
713 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
714 throw an error if these are not supplied.
715 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
716 and now store the package_name and name attributes
719 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
720 Module::Install support has been removed
722 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
723 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
724 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
725 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
729 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
730 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
732 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
733 when it has no init_arg
734 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
735 to support c3 classes.
737 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
740 - making sure that load_class never gets
741 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
742 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
745 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
747 - improved error handling in ->create method
748 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
749 will be used to populate values
750 - added tests for this
753 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
754 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
760 Class::MOP::Attribute
761 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
762 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
764 * Class::MOP::Instance
765 Class::MOP::Immutable
766 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
769 - fixed the filename length on several
770 test files so we install on VMS better
772 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
773 should be catfile (RT #32385)
775 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
776 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
779 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
780 Class::MOP::Attribute
781 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
782 to indicate that no constructor args can
783 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
784 - added tests for this
785 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
788 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
789 feature instead of the silly hack from
790 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
792 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
794 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
797 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
798 - removed assumptions about the existence of
801 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
802 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
803 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
806 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
807 constant so that we can take advantage
808 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
811 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
812 optimize the &linearized_isa method
813 and avoid the hack/check for circular
814 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
815 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
816 - added tests for this
818 * Class::MOP::Immutable
819 - the immutable class now keeps track of
820 the transformer which immutablized it
822 * Class::MOP::Instance
823 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
824 - added tests for this
826 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
828 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
829 transformation arguments are saved
831 - added tests for this
833 * Class::MOP::Immutable
834 - fixed a bug (see above)
836 * Class::MOP::Attribute
839 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
840 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
841 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
844 - removed the dependency on B
845 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
846 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
847 the B fiddling we were doing with
848 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
849 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
850 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
851 be used to help manage method caching.
854 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
855 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
856 even more accurate caching information.
857 blblack++ for that stuff :)
860 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
861 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
862 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
863 track of when we need to re-fetch the
865 - Several small improvements to take advantage
866 of the new method map caching features
868 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
869 * Class::MOP::Attribute
870 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
871 HASH ref case, which makes the
872 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
873 - added more tests for this
875 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
876 * Class::MOP::Attribute
877 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
878 - added more tests for this
880 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
882 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
883 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
884 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
886 * Class::MOP::Attribute
887 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
888 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
889 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
891 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
892 * Class::MOP::Attribute
893 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
895 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
896 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
898 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
900 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
903 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
904 construct_class_instance (groditi)
905 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
906 call through (groditi)
908 * Class::MOP::Attribute
909 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
910 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
911 it is defined (groditi)
913 * Class::MOP::Instance
914 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
915 it is defined (groditi)
917 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
918 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
919 - removed the relevant attributes
921 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
922 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
923 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
924 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
926 - added tests for this
927 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
928 non-inlined constructors.
929 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
931 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
932 - added this class as an abstract base for the
933 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
934 - added tests for this
937 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
938 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
941 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
943 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
944 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
946 * Class::MOP::Package
947 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
950 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
952 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
954 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
955 it manually now so that people can use this
956 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
958 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
960 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
961 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
962 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
965 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
966 * Class::MOP::Immutable
967 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
968 - removed unused variable
969 - added create_immutable_transformer
970 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
971 - tests for this (groditi)
974 - Immutability can now be undone,
975 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
976 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
977 for details see comments next to make_immutable
978 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
979 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
980 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
981 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
982 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
983 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
985 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
986 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
988 * Class::MOP::Package
989 - we now deal with stub methods properly
990 - added tests for this
991 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
993 * Class::MOP::Attribute
994 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
995 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
997 - added tests and POD for this
1000 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1001 handles undef values correctly.
1002 - added tests for this
1003 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1004 will not get reaped when instances still
1005 exist which need to reference them. This is
1006 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1007 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1008 many work arounds out in the wild.
1009 - added tests for this by groditi
1010 - updated docs to explain this
1013 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1014 - added tests for this behavior
1016 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1017 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1020 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1021 - added tests and docs for these
1023 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1024 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1025 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1029 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1034 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1035 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1036 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1037 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1038 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1041 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1043 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1044 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1045 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1048 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1049 immutable transformation instead of
1050 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1052 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1053 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1054 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1055 be coming eventually.
1058 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1060 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1061 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1065 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1068 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1070 - constructor generation is now handled by
1071 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1073 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1074 - created this to handle constructor generation
1075 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1077 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1079 - attributes now delegate to the
1080 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1083 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1084 - all accessor generation functions from
1085 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1087 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1089 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1090 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1091 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1095 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1096 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1097 they are aliased from the originals
1098 - fixed tests to reflect
1099 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1101 - adjusted tests for this
1102 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1105 * Class::MOP::Method
1107 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1108 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1109 - adjusted tests to compensate
1110 - adjusted docs for this
1113 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1114 encapsulate most of the work into the
1115 &get_method_map method
1116 - made several adjustments for the change
1117 in Class::MOP::Method
1118 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1119 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1120 old one before installing the new one
1121 - added tests for this
1122 - adjusted docs for this
1124 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1125 - added caching of &get_method_map
1126 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1127 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1129 * Class::MOP::Package
1130 - added filtering capabilities to
1131 &list_all_package_symbols
1133 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1135 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1136 the $:version and such just actually goes
1137 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1138 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1140 - The &create method now requires that all
1141 but the package name now is passed in as
1142 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1143 - updated docs and tests for this
1145 * Class::MOP::Object
1146 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1150 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1151 which do not store things in the instance
1152 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1155 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1157 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1159 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1160 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1163 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1164 - fixed all tests for this
1166 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1167 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1168 are no longer allowed for defaults
1169 - added tests for this
1171 * Class::MOP::Package
1172 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1173 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1174 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1176 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1178 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1179 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1180 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1181 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1183 * Class::MOP::Package
1184 - refactored entire class, this is now
1185 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1186 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1187 - added many tests for this
1188 - this class is now a subclass of
1190 - added some tests to reflect this
1193 - refactored all symbol table access to
1194 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1196 * Class::MOP::Module
1197 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1198 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1199 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1200 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1201 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1202 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1203 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1204 - added tests for this
1206 * Class::MOP::Instance
1207 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1209 - added tests for this
1211 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1212 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1213 slots from an instance
1214 - added tests for this
1216 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1219 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1220 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1222 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1223 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1224 the value of the attribute for a particular
1227 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1228 ---------------------------------------
1229 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1230 to introduce the immutable features which
1231 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1232 This support should still be considered
1233 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1234 ---------------------------------------
1236 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1238 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1239 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1240 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1243 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1244 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1245 ::Package and now inherited
1246 - added tests for this
1248 * Class::MOP::Instance
1249 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1250 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1251 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1252 instance creation (of course)
1255 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1256 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1257 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1258 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1259 table manipulation methods.
1261 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1262 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1264 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1265 properly when inherited
1266 - small fix to &clone_instance
1268 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1269 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1270 - This release works in combination with
1271 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1272 because it introduces a new instance
1273 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1277 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1278 - added tests for this
1279 - improved method modifier wrapping
1281 * Class::MOP::Instance
1282 - added new instance protocol
1283 - added tests for this
1284 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1286 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1290 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1291 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1293 - updated tests for this
1296 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1297 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1299 - added tests for this
1300 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1301 new instance protocol
1302 - added more tests for this
1304 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1306 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1307 - added tests and docs for this
1308 - some small optimizations
1310 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1311 - some small optimizations
1313 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1315 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1316 - added tests for this
1317 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1318 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1319 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1320 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1321 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1322 delegates appropriately
1324 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1325 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1326 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1327 called initialize_instance_slot
1330 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1331 initialize_instance_slot method
1333 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1335 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1336 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1338 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1340 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1341 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1343 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1344 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1345 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1347 - added tests for this
1348 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1350 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1352 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1353 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1354 - added test case for this
1356 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1358 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1359 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1360 available in DESTORY calls
1362 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1363 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1364 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1366 * Class::MOP::Method
1367 - added &package_name, &name and
1368 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1369 which were formerly private subs in
1372 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1373 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1374 before, after and around modifiers
1375 - added tests and docs for this feature
1378 - improved &get_package_symbol
1379 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1380 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1382 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1383 - &add_before_method_modifier
1384 - &add_after_method_modifier
1385 - &add_around_method_modifier
1386 - added tests and docs for these
1387 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1388 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1390 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1391 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1395 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1396 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1397 the test skip if it is not installed
1399 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1401 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1404 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1405 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1406 - added docs and tests
1408 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1409 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1410 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1411 be considered "ready to use".
1413 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1414 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1415 - test coverage is now at 99%
1418 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1419 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1420 metaclass pragma instead.
1423 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1424 error/edge-case tests
1426 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1427 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1428 error/edge-case tests
1431 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1433 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1435 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1436 metaclass a little more straightforward
1439 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1440 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1441 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1442 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1446 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1447 is now more useful for subclasses
1448 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1449 hash of attribute meta objects
1450 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1451 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1452 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1453 attribute meta-object itself
1454 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1455 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1456 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1457 - added docs & tests for this
1458 - added Clone as a dependency
1459 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1460 return blessed new or cloned instances
1461 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1462 - added docs & tests for this
1463 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1464 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1465 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1466 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1467 - added tests and docs for this
1470 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1472 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1474 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1476 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1477 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1478 attributes/methods respectively
1481 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1484 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1485 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1486 - added new example:
1489 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1491 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1493 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1494 - improved error messages
1497 - added new examples:
1498 - AttributesWithHistory
1499 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1501 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1502 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1504 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1505 - refactored method generation code
1506 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1509 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1510 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1511 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1512 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1513 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1515 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1516 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1517 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1519 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006