1 Also see Moose::Manual::Delta for more details of, and workarounds
2 for, noteworthy changes.
6 * Stop the natatime method provided by the native Array trait from returning
7 an exhausted iterator when being called with a callback. (Florian Ragwitz)
9 * Make Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class correctly reject RegexpRefs.
12 * Use File::Temp for temp files created during tests. Previously, files were
13 written to the t/ dir, which could cause problems of the user running the
14 tests did not have write access to that directory.. (Chris Weyl, Ævar
17 * Pass role arguments along when applying roles to instances. (doy, lsm)
19 1.01 Fri, Mar 26, 2010
23 * The handles option now also accepts a role type constraint in addition to a
24 plain role name. (Florian Ragwitz)
28 * Record the Sartak/doy debt properly in Changes (perigrin)
30 1.00 Tue, Mar 25, 2010
34 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Code no longer creates reader
35 methods by default. (Florian Ragwitz)
39 * Improve various parts of the documentation and fix many typos.
40 (Dave Rolsky, Mateu Hunter, Graham Knop, Robin V, Jay Hannah, Jesse Luehrs)
44 * Paid the $10 debt to doy from 0.80 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 (Sartak)
50 * New method find_type_for in Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union, for finding
51 which member of the union a given value validates for. (Cory Watson)
55 * DEMOLISH methods in mutable subclasses of immutable classes are now called
56 properly (Chia-liang Kao, Jesse Luehrs)
60 * Added Moose::Manual::Support that defines the support, compatiblity, and
61 release policies for Moose. (Chris Prather)
63 0.98 Wed, Feb 10, 2010
67 * An internals change in 0.97 broke role application to an instance in some
68 cases. The bug occurred when two different roles were applied to different
69 instances of the same class. (Rafael Kitover)
76 * Calling ->reinitialize on a cached anonymous class effectively uncached
77 the metaclass object, causing the metaclass to go out of scope
78 unexpectedly. This could easily happen at a distance by applying a
79 metarole to an anonymous class. (Dave Rolsky).
85 * ScalarRef is now a parameterized type. You can now specify a type
86 constraint for whatever the reference points to. (Closes RT#50857)
87 (Michael G. Schwern, Florian Ragwitz)
91 * ScalarRef now accepts references to other references. (Closes RT#50934)
98 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Code now provides execute_method as
99 a delegation option. This allows the code reference to be called as a
100 method on the object. (Florian Ragwitz)
104 * Moose::Object::does no longer checks the entire inheritance tree, since
105 Moose::Meta::Class::does_role already does this. (doy)
107 * Moose::Util::add_method_modifier (and subsequently the sugar functions
108 Moose::before, Moose::after, and Moose::around) can now accept arrayrefs,
109 with the same behavior as lists. Types other than arrayref and regexp
110 result in an error. (Dylan Hardison)
112 0.94 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
116 * Please see the changes listed for 0.93_01 and Moose::Manual::Delta.
120 * Improved support for anonymous roles by changing various APIs to take
121 Moose::Meta::Role objects as well as role names. This included
123 - Moose::Meta::Class->does_role
124 - Moose::Meta::Role->does_role
125 - Moose::Util::does_role
126 - Moose::Util::apply_all_roles
127 - Moose::Util::ensure_all_roles
128 - Moose::Util::search_class_by_role
130 Requested by Shawn Moore. Addresses RT #51143 (and then some). (Dave Rolsky)
134 * Fix handling of non-alphanumeric attributes names like '@foo'. This should
135 work as long as the accessor method names are explicitly set to valid Perl
136 method names. Reported by Doug Treder. RT #53731. (Dave Rolsky)
139 0.93_03 Tue, Jan 5, 2010
143 * Portability fixes to our XS code so we compile with 5.8.8 and Visual
144 C++. Fixes RT #53391. Reported by Taro Nishino. (rafl)
147 0.93_02 Tue, Jan 5, 2010
151 * Depend on Class::MOP 0.97_01 so we can get useful results from CPAN
152 testers. (Dave Rolsky)
155 0.93_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
159 See Moose::Manual::Delta for more details on backwards compatiblity issues.
161 * Role attributes are now objects of the Moose::Meta::Role::Attribute
162 class. (Dave Rolsky).
164 * There were major changes to how metaroles are applied. We now distinguish
165 between metaroles for classes vs those for roles. See the
166 Moose::Util::MetaRole docs for details. (Dave Rolsky)
168 * The old MetaRole API has been deprecated, but will continue to
169 work. However, if you are applying an attribute metaclass role, this may
170 break because of the fact that roles now have an attribute metaclass
173 * Moose::Util::MetaRole::apply_metaclass_roles is now called
174 apply_metaroles. The old name is deprecated. Dave Rolsky>
176 * The unimport subs created by Moose::Exporter now clean up re-exported
177 functions like blessed and confess, unless the caller imported them from
178 somewhere else too. See Moose::Manua::Delta for backcompat details. (rafl)
180 [ENHANCEMENTS AND BUG FIXES]
182 * Changed the Str constraint to accept magic lvalue strings like one gets from
183 substr et al, again. (sorear)
185 * Sped up the type constraint parsing regex. (Sam Vilain)
187 * The Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2 recipe was broken. Fix suggested by
190 * Added Moose::Util::TypeConstraints exports when using oose.pm to allow
191 easier testing of TypeConstraints from the command line. (perigrin)
193 * Added a with_immutable test function to Test::Moose, to run a block of tests
194 with and without certain classes being immutable. (doy)
196 * We now use Module::Install extensions explicitly to avoid confusing errors
197 if they're not installed. We use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to stop
198 test extraction and general failures if you don't have the author side
199 dependencies installed.
201 * Fixed a grammar error in Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe4. rt.cpan.org
202 #51791. (Amir E. Aharoni)
205 0.93 Thu, Nov 19, 2009
207 - Calling $object->new() is no longer deprecated, and no longer
211 - The get_attribute_map method is now deprecated. (Dave Rolsky)
213 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
214 - Preserve variable aliasing in @_ for delegated methods, so that
215 altering @_ affects the passed value. (doy)
217 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
218 - Allow array refs for non-anonymous form of enum and duck_type, not
219 just anonymous. The non-arrayref forms may be removed in the
221 - Changed Str constraint to not accept globs (*STDIN or *FOO). (chansen)
222 - Properly document Int being a subtype of Str. (doy)
225 - Moose::Exporter using modules can now export their functions to the
226 main package. This applied to Moose and Moose::Role, among
227 others. (nothingmuch)
229 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
230 - Don't remove attribute accessors we never installed, during
231 remove_accessors. (doy)
233 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Array
234 - Don't bypass prototype checking when calling List::Util::first, to
235 avoid a segfault when it is called with a non-code argument. (doy)
237 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Code
238 - Fix passing arguments to code execute helpers. (doy)
240 0.92 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
241 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
242 - added the match_on_type operator (Stevan)
243 - added tests and docs for this (Stevan)
246 - Metaclass compat fixing should already happen recursively, there's no
247 need to explicitly walk up the inheritance tree. (doy)
249 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
250 - Add tests for set_raw_value and get_raw_value. (nothingmuch)
252 0.91 Thu, Sep 17, 2009
254 - Don't import any functions, in order to avoid polluting our namespace
255 with things that can look like methods (blessed, try, etc)
258 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
259 - The generated code needs to called Scalar::Util::blessed by its
260 fully-qualified name or else Perl can interpret the call to blessed as
261 an indirect method call. This broke Search::GIN, which in turn broke
262 KiokuDB. (nothingmuch)
264 0.90 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
265 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Counter
266 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::String
267 - For these two traits, an attribute which did not explicitly provide
268 methods to handles magically ended up delegating *all* the helper
269 methods. This has been removed. You must be explicit in your handles
270 declaration for all Native Traits. (Dave Rolsky)
273 - DEMOLISHALL behavior has changed. If any DEMOLISH method dies, we make
274 sure to rethrow its error message. However, we also localize $@ before
275 this so that if all the DEMOLISH methods success, the value of $@ will
276 be preserved. (nothingmuch and Dave Rolsky)
277 - We now also localize $? during object destruction. (nothingmuch and
279 - The handling of DEMOLISH methods was broken for immutablized classes,
280 which were not receiving the value of
281 Devel::GlobalDestruction::in_global_destruction.
282 - These two fixes address some of RT #48271, reported by Zefram.
283 - This is all now documented in Moose::Manual::Construction.
284 - Calling $object->new() is now deprecated. A warning will be
288 - Added more hooks to customize how roles are applied. The role
289 summation class, used to create composite roles, can now be changed
290 and/or have meta-roles applied to it. (rafl)
291 - The get_method_list method no longer explicitly excludes the "meta"
292 method. This was a hack that has been replaced by better hacks. (Dave
295 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
296 - fixed delegated methods to make sure that any modifiers attached to
297 the accessor being delegated on will be called (Stevan)
298 - added tests for this (Stevan)
301 - Moose no longer warns when a class that is being made immutable has
302 mutable ancestors. While in theory this is a good thing to warn about,
303 we found so many exceptions to this that doing this properly became
306 0.89_02 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
307 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native
308 - Fix Hash, which still had 'empty' instead of 'is_empty'. (hdp)
310 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Array
311 - Added a number of functions from List::Util and List::MoreUtils,
312 including reduce, shuffle, uniq, and natatime. (doy)
315 - This module will now generate an init_meta method for your exporting
316 class if you pass it options for
317 Moose::Util::MetaRole::apply_metaclass_roles or
318 apply_base_class_roles. This eliminates a lot of repetitive
319 boilerplate for typical MooseX modules. (doy).
320 - Documented the with_meta feature, which is a replacement for
321 with_caller. This feature was added by josh a while ago.
322 - The with_caller feature is now deprecated, but will not issue a
323 warning yet. (Dave Rolsky)
324 - If you try to wrap/export a subroutine which doesn't actually exist,
325 Moose::Exporter will warn you about this. (doy)
327 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToRole
328 - When a role aliased a method from another role, it was only getting
329 the new (aliased) name, not the original name. This differed from what
330 happens when a class aliases a role's methods. If you _only_ want the
331 aliased name, make sure to also exclue the original name. (Dave
334 0.89_01 Wed Sep 2, 2009
335 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
336 - Added the currying syntax for delegation from AttributeHelpers to the
337 existing delegation API. (hdp)
339 * Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native
340 - We have merged the functionality of MooseX::AttributeHelpers into the
341 Moose core with some API tweaks. You can continue to use
342 MooseX::AttributeHelpers, but it will not be maintained except
343 (perhaps) for critical bug fixes in the future. See
344 Moose::Manual::Delta for details. (hdp, jhannah, rbuels, Sartak,
347 * Moose::Error::Croak
348 * Moose::Error::Confess
349 - Clarify documentation on how to use different error-throwing
350 modules. (Curtis Jewell)
353 - Correct POD for builder to point to Recipe8, not 9. (gphat)
356 - When a nonexistent sub name is passed to as_is, with_caller, or
357 with_meta, throw a warning and skip the exporting, rather than
358 installing a broken sub. (doy)
361 - Moose now warns if you call C<make_immutable> for a class with mutable
364 0.89 Thu Aug 13, 2009
365 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
366 - Clarify "is", include discussion of "bare". (Sartak)
368 * Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Conflicting
369 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
370 - For the first set of roles involved in a conflict, report all
371 unresolved method conflicts, not just the first method. Fixes #47210
372 reported by Ovid. (Sartak)
374 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
375 - Add assert_valid method to use a TypeConstraint for assertion (rjbs)
378 - Make "use Moose -metaclass => 'Foo'" do alias resolution, like -traits
380 - Allow specifying role options (alias, excludes, MXRP stuff) in the
381 arrayref passed to "use Moose -traits" (doy)
384 - Add functions meta_class_alias and meta_attribute_alias for creating
385 aliases for class and attribute metaclasses and metatraits. (doy)
387 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
388 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
389 - A trigger now receives the old value as a second argument, if the
390 attribute had one. (Dave Rolsky)
392 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
393 - Fix a bug with $obj->new when $obj has stringify overloading.
394 Reported by Andrew Suffield [rt.cpan.org #47882] (Sartak)
395 - However, we will probably deprecate $obj->new, so please don't start
396 using it for new code!
398 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application
399 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::RoleSummation
400 - Rename alias and excludes to -alias and -excludes (but keep the old
401 names for now, for backcompat) (doy)
403 0.88 Fri Jul 24, 2009
404 * Moose::Manual::Contributing
405 - Re-write the Moose::Manual::Contributing document to reflect
406 the new layout and methods of work for the Git repository. All
407 work now should be done in topic branches and reviewed by a
408 core committer before being applied to master. All releases
409 are done by a cabal member and merged from master to
410 stable. This plan was devised by Yuval, blame him. (perigrin)
413 - Create metaclass attributes for the different role application
416 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
417 - Allow applying roles to a meta role's role application
420 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
421 - Add weak_ref to allowed options for "has '+foo'" (mst)
423 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
424 - No longer uses inline_slot_access in accessors, to support
425 non-lvalue-based meta instances. (sorear)
428 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
429 - Once again allow class names as well as objects for
430 delegation. This was changed in 0.86.
433 * Moose::Meta::Class::Immutable::Trait
434 - Fixes to work with the latest Class::MOP.
436 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
437 - Delegation now dies with a more useful error message if the
438 attribute's accessor returns something defined but
441 0.85 Fri, Jun 26, 2009
442 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
443 - The warning for 'no associated methods' is now split out into
444 the _check_associated_methods method, so that extensions can
445 safely call 'after install_accessors => ...'. This fixes a
446 warning from MooseX::AttributeHelpers. (hdp)
448 0.84 Fri, Jun 26, 2009
450 - has now sets definition_context for attributes defined in
453 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
454 - When adding an attribute to a metaclass, if the attribute has
455 no associated methods, it will give a deprecation
457 - Methods generated by delegation were not being added to
458 associated_methods. (hdp)
459 - Attribute accessors (reader, writer, accessor, predicate,
460 clearer) now warn if they overwrite an existing method. (doy)
461 - Attribute constructors now warn very noisily about unknown (or
462 misspelled) arguments
464 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
465 - Deprecated the totally useless Role type name, which just
466 checked if $object->can('does'). Note that this is _not_ the
467 same as a type created by calling role_type('RoleName').
469 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
470 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::DuckType
471 - Reify duck type from a regular subtype into an actual class
473 - Document this because Sartak did all my work for me
476 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
477 - Allow Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::DuckType in handles, since
478 it is just a list of methods (Sartak)
481 - The get_*_method_modifiers methods would die if the role had
482 no modifiers of the given type (Robert Buels).
484 0.83 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
486 - Fix _construct_instance not setting the special __MOP__ object
487 key in instances of anon classes. (doy)
489 0.82 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
490 * Moose::Manual::Types
491 - Mention MooseX::Types early to avoid users falling down the
492 string parsing rathole (mst)
494 * Moose::Manual::MooseX
495 - Add warnings about class-level extensions and mention considering
496 using plain objects instead
498 0.81 Sun, Jun 7, 2009
499 * Bumped our Class::MOP prereq to the latest version (0.85), since
502 0.80 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
504 - Add FAQ about the coercion change from 0.76 because it came up
505 three times today (perigrin)
506 - Win doy $10 dollars because Sartak didn't think anybody
507 would document this fast enough (perigrin)
509 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
510 - Inline a DESTROY method even if there are no DEMOLISH methods
511 to prevent unnecessary introspection in
512 Moose::Object::DEMOLISHALL
515 - A role's required methods are now represented by
516 Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Required objects. Conflicts are now
517 represented by Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Conflicting
518 objects. The benefit for end-users in that unresolved
519 conflicts generate different, more instructive, errors,
520 resolving Ovid's #44895. (Sartak)
523 - Improve the error message of "extends" as suggested by Adam
524 Kennedy and confound (Sartak)
525 - Link to Moose::Manual::Roles from Moose::Role as we now have
526 excellent documentation (Adam Kennedy)
529 - Update test suite for subname change in Class::MOP
531 - Add TODO test for infinite recursion in Moose::Meta::Class
534 0.79 Wed, May 13, 2009
536 - More fixes for Win32 problems. Reported by Robert Krimen.
539 - The DEMOLISHALL method could still blow up in some cases
540 during global destruction. This method has been made more
541 resilient in the face of global destruction's random garbage
545 - If you "also" a module that isn't loaded, the error message
546 now acknowledges that (Sartak)
549 - When your ->meta method does not return a Moose::Meta::Class,
550 the error message gave the wrong output (Sartak)
552 0.78 Tue, May 12, 2009
553 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ and Moose::Cookbook::WTF
554 - Merged these documents into what is now Moose::Manual::FAQ
557 - Moved to Moose::Manual::Unsweetened
559 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipes 9-12
560 - Renamed to be 8-11, since recipe 8 did not exist
563 - Make Moose::Exporter import strict and warnings into packages
567 - Fix DEMOLISHALL sometimes not being able to find DEMOLISH
568 methods during global destruction (doy)
571 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
572 - Track the Role::Application objects created during class-role
576 - Fix metaclass incompatibility errors when extending a vanilla perl
577 class which isa Moose class with a metaclass role applied (t0m)
580 - Add a role-combination hook, _role_for_combination, for the
581 benefit of MooseX::Role::Parameterized (Sartak)
584 - Some tests were failing on Win32 because they explicit checked
585 warning output for newlines. Reported by Nickolay Platonov.
587 0.77 Sat, May 2, 2009
589 - Add explicit use of Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
593 - Pass a boolean to DEMOLISHALL and DEMOLISH indicating whether
594 or not we are currently in global destruction (doy)
595 - Add explicit use of Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
598 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
599 - Reworked much of the existing content to be more useful to
600 modern Moose hackers (Sartak)
603 - Depend on Class::MOP 0.83 instead of 0.82_01.
605 0.76 Mon, April 27, 2009
606 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
607 - Do not run coercions in coerce() if the value already passes the type
610 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
611 - In validation error messages, specifically say that the value is not
612 an instance of the class. This should alleviate some frustrating
613 forgot-to-load-my-type bugs. rt.cpan.org #44639 (Sartak)
615 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
616 - Revert the class-overrides-role warning in favor of a solution outside
617 of the Moose core (Sartak)
620 - Make Test::Output optional again, since it's only used in a few files
623 0.75_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
624 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
625 - Moose now warns about each class overriding methods from roles it
629 - Warnings tests have standardized on Test::Output which is now an
630 unconditionally dependency (Sartak)
633 - Changes to immutabilization to work with Class::MOP 0.82_01+.
635 0.75 Mon, April 20, 2009
638 - Move validation of not inheriting from roles from Moose::extends to
639 Moose::Meta::Class::superclasses (doy)
642 - add ensure_all_roles() function to encapsulate the common "apply this
643 role unless the object already does it" pattern (hdp)
646 - Users can now select a different metaclass with the "-metaclass"
647 option to import, for classes and roles (Sartak)
650 - Make method_metaclass an attr so that it can accept a metarole
653 0.74 Tue, April 7, 2009
655 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
656 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings.
660 - Removed the long-deprecated _apply_all_roles method.
662 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
663 - Removed the long-deprecated union method.
666 0.73_02 Mon, April 6, 2009
667 * More deprecations and renamings
668 - Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
669 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
670 when an object is constructed)
673 - The DEMOLISHALL method could throw an exception during global
674 destruction, meaning that your class's DEMOLISH methods would
675 not be properly called. Reported by t0m.
677 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
678 - Destructor inlining was totally broken by the change to the
679 is_needed method in 0.72_01. Now there is a test for this
680 feature, and it works again.
683 - Bold the word 'not' in the POD for find_meta (t0m)
685 0.73_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
687 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
688 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
689 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
691 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
692 - If an attribute had a lazy default, and that value did not
693 pass the attribute's type constraint, it did not get the
694 message from the type constraint, instead using a generic
695 message. Test provided by perigrin.
697 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
698 - Add duck_type keyword. It's sugar over making sure an object
699 can() a list of methods. This is easier than jrockway's
700 suggestion to fork all of CPAN. (perigrin)
701 - add tests and documentation (perigrin)
704 - Document the fact that init_meta() returns the target class's
705 metaclass object. (hdp)
707 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
708 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
709 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
710 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
711 - Make init_meta() examples explicitly return the metaclass and
712 point out this fact. (hdp)
714 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe12
715 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-method class.
717 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe6
718 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-method class.
721 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
722 - Attribute triggers no longer receive the meta-attribute object
723 as an argument in any circumstance. Previously, triggers
724 called during instance construction were passed the
725 meta-attribute, but triggers called by normal accessors were
726 not. Fixes RT#44429, reported by Mark Swayne. (hdp)
728 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
729 - Remove references to triggers receving the meta-attribute object as an
732 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
733 - Remove recommendation for deprecated Moose::Policy and
734 Moose::Policy::FollowPBP; recommend MooseX::FollowPBP
737 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
738 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
739 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
740 subclasses or extensions to Moose should feel free to override
741 them, but they are not for "public" use.
744 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
746 - Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
747 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
748 when an object is constructed)
749 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
751 - Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
752 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
753 when an object is constructed)
754 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
755 - attributes => _attributes (now inherited from parent)
756 - meta_instance => _meta_instance (now inherited from parent)
759 - alias_method is deprecated. Use add_method
761 0.73 Fri, March 29, 2009
762 * No changes from 0.72_01.
764 0.72_01 Thu, March 26, 2009
766 - Almost every module has complete API documentation. A few
767 methods (and even whole classes) have been intentionally
768 excluded pending some rethinking of their APIs.
770 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
771 - Calling subtype with a name as the only argument is now an
772 exception. If you want an anonymous subtype do:
774 my $subtype = subtype as 'Foo';
776 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe7
777 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-instance class.
779 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe5
780 - Fix various typos and mistakes. Includes a patch from Radu
783 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe9
784 - Link to this recipe from Moose.pm's builder blurb
787 - When wrapping a function with a prototype, Moose::Exporter now
788 makes sure the wrapped function still has the same
789 prototype. (Daisuke Maki)
791 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
792 - Allow a subclass to set lazy_build for an inherited
796 - Explicitly depend on Data::OptList. We already had this dependency
797 via Sub::Exporter, but since we're using it directly we're
798 better off with it listed. (Sartak)
800 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
801 - Make it easier to subclass the inlining behaviour. (Ash
804 * Moose::Manual::Delta
805 - Details significant changes in the history of Moose, along
806 with recommended workarounds.
808 * Moose::Manual::Contributing
809 - Contributor's guide to Moose.
811 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
812 - The long-deprecated intialize_body method has been removed
813 (yes, spelled like that).
815 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
816 - This is_needed method is now always a class method.
819 - Changes to the internals of how make_immutable works to match
820 changes in latest Class::MOP.
822 0.72 Mon, February 23, 2009
824 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
825 - A mutable class accepted Foo->new(undef) without complaint,
826 while an immutable class would blow up with an unhelpful
827 error. Now, in both cases we throw a helpful error
828 instead. Reported by doy.
830 0.71_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
832 - Hopefully fixed some POD errors in a few recipes that caused
833 them to display weird on search.cpan.org.
835 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
836 - Calling type or subtype without the sugar helpers (as, where,
837 message) is now deprecated.
838 - The subtype function tried hard to guess what you meant, but
839 often got it wrong. For example:
841 my $subtype = subtype as 'ArrayRef[Object]';
843 This caused an error in the past, but now works as you'd
847 - Make sure Moose.pm is loaded before calling
848 Moose->throw_error. This wasn't normally an issue, but could
849 bite you in weird cases.
851 0.71 Thu, February 19, 2009
852 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe11
853 - A new recipe which demonstrates the use of BUILDARGS and
856 * Moose::Cookbook::Roles::Recipe3
857 - A new recipe, applying a role to an object instance. (Dave
861 - Allow overriding specific keywords from "also" packages. (doy)
864 - Replace hardcoded cookbook tests with Test::Inline to ensure
865 the tests match the actual code in the recipes. (Dave Rolsky)
868 - Working on the above turned up a number of little bugs in the
869 recipe code. (Dave Rolsky)
871 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::Optimized
872 - Just use Class::MOP for the optimized ClassName check. (Dave
875 0.70 Sat, February 14, 2009
876 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
877 - Added the RoleName type (stevan)
878 - added tests for this (stevan)
880 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe3
881 - Updated the before qw[left right] sub to be a little more
882 defensive about what it accepts (stevan)
883 - added more tests to t/000_recipies/basics/003_binary_tree.t
887 - We now always call DEMOLISHALL, even if a class does not
888 define DEMOLISH. This makes sure that method modifiers on
889 DEMOLISHALL work as expected. (doy)
890 - added tests for this (EvanCarroll)
892 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
893 - Accept roles for the wrapped_method_metaclass (rafl)
894 - added tests for this (rafl)
896 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
897 - We no longer pass the meta-attribute object as a final
898 argument to triggers. This actually changed for inlined code a
899 while back, but the non-inlined version and the docs were
903 - Some tests tried to use Test::Warn 0.10, which had bugs. Now
904 they require 0.11. (Dave Rolsky)
907 - Lots of small changes to the manual, cookbook, and
908 elsewhere. These were based on feedback from various
909 users, too many to list here. (Dave Rolsky)
911 0.69 Thu, February 12, 2009
913 - Make some keyword errors use throw_error instead of croak
914 since Moose::Exporter wraps keywords now (Sartak)
917 - Revised every recipe for style and clarity. Also moved some
918 documentation out of cookbook recipes and into Moose::Manual
919 pages. This work was funded as part of the Moose docs grant
920 from TPF. (Dave Rolsky)
922 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
923 - If the attribute doing the delegation was not populated, the
924 error message did not specify the attribute name
927 0.68 Wed, February 4, 2009
929 - Many spelling, typo, and formatting fixes by daxim.
931 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
932 - The NAME section in the POD used "Attribute" so search.cpan
933 didn't resolve links from other documents properly.
935 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
936 - Now properly spelled as Overridden. Thanks to daxim for
939 0.67 Tue, February 3, 2009
941 - Lots of little typo fixes and a few clarifications. Several
942 pages didn't have proper titles, and so weren't actually
943 visible on search.cpan.org. Thanks to hanekomu for a variety
944 of fixes and formatting improvements.
946 0.66 Tue, February 3, 2009
948 - This is a brand new, extensive manual for Moose. This aims to
949 provide a complete introduction to all of Moose's
950 features. This work was funded as part of the Moose docs grant
951 from TPF. (Dave Rolsky)
953 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
954 - Added a delegation_metaclass method to replace a hard-coded
955 use of Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation. (Dave Rolsky)
957 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
958 - If you created a subtype and passed a parent that Moose didn't
959 know about, it simply ignored the parent. Now it automatically
960 creates the parent as a class type. This may not be what you
961 want, but is less broken than before. (Dave Rolsky)
963 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
964 - This module tried throw errors by calling Moose->throw_error,
965 but it did not ensure that Moose was loaded first. This could
966 cause very unhelpful errors when it tried to throw an error
967 before Moose was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
969 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
970 - You could declare a name with subtype such as "Foo!Bar" that
971 would be allowed, but if you used it in a parameterized type
972 such as "ArrayRef[Foo!Bar]" it wouldn't work. We now do some
973 vetting on names created via the sugar functions, so that they
974 can only contain alphanumerics, ":", and ".". (Dave Rolsky)
976 0.65 Thu, January 22, 2008
977 * Moose and Moose::Meta::Method::Overridden
978 - If an overridden method called super(), and then the
979 superclass's method (not overridden) _also_ called super(),
980 Moose went into an endless recursion loop. Test provided by
981 Chris Prather. (Dave Rolsky)
983 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
984 - All methods are now documented. (gphat)
986 * t/100_bugs/011_DEMOLISH_eats_exceptions.t
987 - Fixed some bogus failures that occurred because we tried to
988 validate filesystem paths in a very ad-hoc and
989 not-quite-correct way. (Dave Rolsky)
991 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
992 - Added maybe_type to exports. See docs for details. (rjbs)
995 - Added Moose::Util::TypeConstraints to the SEE ALSO
999 - Methods created via an attribute can now fulfill a "requires"
1000 declaration for a role. (nothingmuch)
1002 * Moose::Meta::Method::*
1003 - Stack traces from inlined code will now report its line and
1004 file as being in your class, as opposed to in Moose
1005 guts. (nothingmuch).
1007 0.64 Wed, December 31, 2008
1008 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1009 - Always inline predicate and clearer methods (Sartak)
1011 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1012 - Support for parameterized traits (Sartak)
1013 - verify_against_type_constraint method to avoid duplication
1014 and enhance extensibility (Sartak)
1016 * Moose::Meta::Class
1017 - Tests (but no support yet) for parameterized traits (Sartak)
1020 - Require Class::MOP 0.75+, which has the side effect of making
1021 sure we work on Win32. (Dave Rolsky)
1023 0.63 Mon, December 8, 2008
1024 * Moose::Unsweetened
1025 - Some small grammar tweaks and bug fixes in non-Moose example
1028 0.62_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
1029 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
1030 - When a class does not provide all of a role's required
1031 methods, the error thrown now mentions all of the missing
1032 methods, as opposed to just the first one found. Requested by
1033 Curtis Poe (RT #41119). (Dave Rolsky)
1035 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1036 - Moose will no longer inline a constructor for your class
1037 unless it inherits its constructor from Moose::Object, and
1038 will warn when it doesn't inline. If you want to force
1039 inlining anyway, pass "replace_constructor => 1" to
1040 make_immutable. Addresses RT #40968, reported by Jon
1041 Swartz. (Dave Rolsky)
1042 - The quoting of default values could be broken if the default
1043 contained a single quote ('). Now we use quotemeta to escape
1044 anything potentially dangerous in the defaults. (Dave Rolsky)
1046 0.62_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
1048 - use the method->execute API for BUILDALL
1049 and DEMOLISHALL (Sartak)
1051 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1052 - We now make all the type constraint meta classes immutable
1053 before creating the default types provided by Moose. This
1054 should make loading Moose a little faster. (Dave Rolsky)
1056 0.62 Wed November 26, 2008
1057 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
1058 Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToRole
1059 - fixed issues where excluding and aliasing the
1060 same methods for a single role did not work
1061 right (worked just fine with multiple
1063 - added test for this (stevan)
1065 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::RoleSummation
1066 - fixed the error message when trying to compose
1067 a role with a role it excludes (Sartak)
1070 - Catch another case where recursion caused the value
1071 of $CALLER to be stamped on (t0m)
1072 - added test for this (t0m)
1075 - Remove the make_immutable keyword, which has been
1076 deprecated since April. It breaks metaclasses that
1077 use Moose without no Moose (Sartak)
1079 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1080 - Removing an attribute from a class now also removes delegation
1081 (handles) methods installed for that attribute (t0m)
1082 - added test for this (t0m)
1084 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1085 - An attribute with a default that looked like a number (but was
1086 really a string) would accidentally be treated as a number
1087 when the constructor was made immutable (perigrin)
1088 - added test for this (perigrin)
1091 - create method for constructing a role
1092 dynamically (Sartak)
1093 - added test for this (Sartak)
1094 - anonymous roles! (Sartak)
1095 - added test for this (Sartak)
1098 - more consistent error messages (Sartak)
1100 * Moose::Cookbook::Roles::Recipe1
1101 - attempt to explain why a role that just requires
1102 methods is useful (Sartak)
1104 0.61 Fri November 7, 2008
1105 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1106 - When passing a role to handles, it will be loaded if necessary
1109 * Moose::Meta::Class
1110 - Method objects returned by get_method (and other methods)
1111 Could end up being returned without an associated_metaclass
1112 attribute. Removing get_method_map, which is provided by
1113 Class::MOP::Class, fixed this. The Moose version did nothing
1114 different from its parent except introduce a bug. (Dave Rolsky)
1115 - added tests for this (jdv79)
1118 - Added a $VERSION to all .pm files which didn't have one. Fixes
1119 RT #40049, reported by Adam Kennedy. (Dave Rolsky)
1121 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe4
1122 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe6
1123 - These files had spaces on the first line of the SYNOPSIS, as
1124 opposed to a totally empty line. According to RT #40432, this
1125 confuses POD parsers. (Dave Rolsky)
1127 0.60 Fri October 24, 2008
1129 - Passing "-traits" when loading Moose caused the Moose.pm
1130 exports to be broken. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
1131 - Tests for this bug. (t0m)
1134 - Change resolve_metaclass alias to use the new
1135 load_first_existing_class function. This makes it a lot
1136 simpler, and also around 5 times faster. (t0m)
1137 - Add caching to resolve_metaclass_alias, which gives an order
1138 of magnitude speedup to things which repeatedly call the
1139 Moose::Meta::Attribute->does method, notably MooseX::Storage
1142 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
1143 - Put back the changes for parameterized constraints that
1144 shouldn't have been removed in 0.59. We still cannot parse
1145 them, but MooseX modules can create them in some other
1146 way. See the 0.58 changes for more details. (jnapiorkowski)
1147 - Changed the way subtypes are created so that the job is
1148 delegated to a type constraint parent. This clears up some
1149 hardcoded checking and should allow correct subtypes of
1150 Moose::Meta::Type::Constraint. Don't rely on this new API too
1151 much (create_child_type) because it may go away in the
1152 future. (jnapiorkowski)
1154 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1155 - Type constraint names are sorted as strings, not numbers.
1158 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
1159 - New parameterize method. This can be used as a factory method
1160 to make a new type constraint with a given parameterized
1161 type. (jnapiorkowski)
1162 - added tests (jnapiorkowski)
1164 0.59 Tue October 14, 2008
1166 - Add abridged documentation for builder/default/initializer/
1167 predicate, and link to more details sections in
1168 Class::MOP::Attribute. (t0m)
1170 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1171 - removed prototypes from all but the &-based stuff (mst)
1173 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1174 - Creating a anonymous subtype with both a constraint and a
1175 message failed with a very unhelpful error, but should just
1176 work. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
1179 - Some tests that used Test::Warn if it was available failed
1180 with older versions of Test::Warn. Reported by Fayland. (Dave
1182 - Test firing behavior of triggers in relation to builder/default/
1184 - Test behavior of equals/is_a_type_of/is_a_subtype_of for all
1185 kinds of supported type. (t0m)
1187 * Moose::Meta::Class
1188 - In create(), do not pass "roles" option to the superclass
1189 - added related test that creates an anon metaclass with
1190 a required attribute
1192 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
1193 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
1194 - Unify behavior of equals/is_a_type_of/is_a_subtype_of with
1195 other types (as per change in 0.55_02). (t0m)
1197 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
1198 - Fix warning when dealing with unknown type names (t0m)
1200 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1201 - Reverted changes from 0.58 related to handle parameterized
1202 types. This caused random failures on BSD and Win32 systems,
1203 apparently related to the regex engine. This means that Moose
1204 can no longer parse structured type constraints like
1205 ArrayRef[Int,Int] or HashRef[name=>Str]. This will be
1206 supported in a slightly different way via MooseX::Types some
1207 time in the future. (Dave Rolsky)
1209 0.58 Sat September 20, 2008
1210 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
1211 !! how roles add methods to a class !!
1213 * Roles and role application
1214 ! Roles now add methods by calling add_method, not
1215 alias_method. They make sure to always provide a method
1216 object, which will be cloned internally. This means that it is
1217 now possible to track the source of a method provided by a
1218 role, and even follow its history through intermediate roles.
1220 This means that methods added by a role now show up when
1221 looking at a class's method list/map. (Dave Rolsky)
1224 - From this release on, we'll try to maintain a list of
1225 conflicting modules, and warn you if you have one
1226 installed. For example, this release conflicts with ...
1227 - MooseX::Singleton <= 0.11
1228 - MooseX::Params::Validate <= 0.05
1231 In general, we try to not break backwards compatibility for
1232 most Moose users, but MooseX modules and other code which
1233 extends Moose's metaclasses is often affected by very small
1234 changes in the Moose internals.
1236 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
1237 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1238 - Delegation methods now have their own method class. (Dave
1241 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
1242 - Added a new method 'parameterize' which is basically a factory
1243 for the containing constraint. This makes it easier to create
1244 new types of parameterized constraints. (jnapiorkowski)
1246 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1247 - Changed the way Union types canonicalize their names to follow
1248 the normalized TC naming rules, which means we strip all
1249 whitespace. (jnapiorkowski)
1251 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1252 - Parameter and Union args are now sorted, this makes Int|Str
1253 the same constraint as Str|Int. (jnapiorkowski)
1254 - Changes to the way Union types are parsed to more correctly
1255 stringify their names. (jnapiorkowski)
1256 - When creating a parameterized type, we now use the new
1257 parameterize method. (jnapiorkowski)
1258 - Incoming type constraint strings are now normalized to remove
1259 all whitespace differences. (jnapiorkowski)
1260 - Changed the way we parse type constraint strings so that we now
1261 match TC[Int,Int,...] and TC[name=>Str] as parameterized type
1262 constraints. This lays the foundation for more flexible type
1263 constraint implementations.
1265 * Tests and docs for all the above. (jnapiorkowski)
1269 - Moose::Exporter will no longer remove a subroutine that the
1270 exporting package re-exports. Moose re-exports the
1271 Carp::confess function, among others. The reasoning is that we
1272 cannot know whether you have also explicitly imported those
1273 functions for your own use, so we err on the safe side and
1274 always keep them. (Dave Rolsky)
1275 - added tests for this (rafl)
1277 * Moose::Meta::Class
1278 - Changes to how we fix metaclass compatibility that are much
1279 too complicated to go into. The summary is that Moose is much
1280 less likely to complain about metaclass incompatibility
1281 now. In particular, if two metaclasses differ because
1282 Moose::Util::MetaRole was used on the two corresponding
1283 classes, then the difference in roles is reconciled for the
1284 subclass's metaclass. (Dave Rolsky)
1285 - Squashed an warning in _process_attribute (thepler)
1288 - throw exceptions (sooner) for invalid attribute names (thepler)
1289 - added tests for this (thepler)
1291 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
1292 - If you explicitly set a constructor or destructor class for a
1293 metaclass object, and then applied roles to the metaclass,
1294 that explicitly set class would be lost and replaced with the
1297 * Moose::Meta::Class
1298 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1299 * Moose::Meta::Method
1302 * Moose::Error::Default
1303 * Moose::Error::Croak
1304 * Moose::Error::Confess
1305 - All instances of confess() changed to use overridable
1306 C<throw_error> method. This method ultimately calls a class
1307 constructor, and you can change the class being called. In
1308 addition, errors now pass more information than just a string.
1309 The default C<error_class> behaves like C<Carp::confess>, so
1310 the behavior is not visibly different for end users.
1312 0.57 Wed September 3, 2008
1314 - A new bit of doc intended to introduce folks familiar with
1315 "standard" Perl 5 OO to Moose concepts. (Dave Rolsky)
1317 * Moose::Unsweetened
1318 - Shows examples of two classes, each done first with and then
1319 without Moose. This makes a nice parallel to
1320 Moose::Intro. (Dave Rolsky)
1322 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1323 - Fixed a bug in find_or_parse_type_constraint so that it
1324 accepts a Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint object as the parent
1325 type, not just a name (jnapiorkowski)
1326 - added tests (jnapiorkowski)
1329 - If Sub::Name was not present, unimporting failed to actually
1330 remove some sugar subs, causing test failures (Dave Rolsky)
1332 0.56 Mon September 1, 2008
1333 For those not following the series of dev releases, there are
1334 several major changes in this release of Moose.
1335 ! Moose::init_meta should now be called as a method. See the
1338 - Major performance improvements by nothingmuch.
1340 - New modules for extension writers, Moose::Exporter and
1341 Moose::Util::MetaRole by Dave Rolsky.
1343 - Lots of doc improvements and additions, especially in the
1346 - Various bug fixes.
1348 * Removed all references to the experimental-but-no-longer-needed
1349 Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToMetaclassInstance.
1351 * Require Class::MOP 0.65.
1353 0.55_04 Sat August 30, 2008
1354 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
1355 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
1356 - This simplifies the application of roles to any meta class, as
1357 well as the base object class. Reimplemented metaclass traits
1358 using this module. (Dave Rolsky)
1360 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
1361 - This a new recipe, an overview of various ways to write Moose
1362 extensions (Dave Rolsky)
1364 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
1365 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
1366 - These used to be Extending::Recipe1 and Extending::Recipe2,
1369 0.55_03 Fri August 29, 2008
1370 * No changes from 0.55_02 except increasing the Class::MOP
1371 dependency to 0.64_07.
1373 0.55_02 Fri August 29, 2008
1374 * Makefile.PL and Moose.pm
1375 - explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
1377 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1378 - Fix warnings from find_type_constraint if the type is not
1381 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1382 - Predicate methods (equals/is_a_type_of/is_subtype_of) now
1383 return false if the type you specify cannot be found in the
1384 type registry, rather than throwing an unhelpful and
1385 coincidental exception. (t0m).
1386 - added docs & test for this (t0m)
1388 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
1389 - add_type_constraint now throws an exception if a parameter is
1391 - added docs & test for this (t0m)
1393 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
1394 - Added a faq entry on the difference between "role" and "trait"
1398 - Fixed a bug that caused role composition to not see a required
1399 method when that method was provided by another role being
1400 composed at the same time. (Dave Rolsky)
1401 - test and bug finding (tokuhirom)
1403 0.55_01 Wed August 20, 2008
1405 !! Calling Moose::init_meta as a function is now !!
1406 !! deprecated. Please see the Moose.pm docs for details. !!
1408 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1409 - Fix inlined constructor so that values produced by default
1410 or builder methods are coerced as required. (t0m)
1411 - added test for this (t0m)
1413 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1414 - A lazy attribute with a default or builder did not attempt to
1415 coerce the default value. The immutable code _did_
1417 - added test for this (t0m)
1420 - This is a new helper module for writing "Moose-alike"
1421 modules. This should make the lives of MooseX module authors
1422 much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
1425 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe5
1426 - Implemented metaclass traits (and wrote a recipe for it):
1428 use Moose -traits => 'Foo'
1430 This should make writing small Moose extensions a little
1431 easier (Dave Rolsky)
1433 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
1434 - Removed any examples of direct hashref access, and applied an
1435 editorial axe to reduce verbosity. (Dave Rolsky)
1437 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
1438 - Also applied an editorial axe here. (Dave Rolsky)
1441 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
1442 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
1443 - Rewrote extending and embedding moose documentation and
1444 recipes to use Moose::Exporter (Dave Rolsky)
1448 - These two modules now warn when you load them from the main
1449 package "main" package, because we will not export sugar to
1450 main. Previously it just did nothing. (Dave Rolsky)
1453 - Now provide an init_meta method just like Moose.pm, and you
1454 can call this to provide an alternate role metaclass. (Dave
1455 Rolsky and nothingmuch)
1456 - get_method_map now respects the package cache flag (nothingmuch)
1459 - Two new methods - add_method and wrap_method_body
1463 - Optimizations including allowing constructors to accept hash
1464 refs, making many more classes immutable, and making
1465 constructors immutable. (nothingmuch)
1467 0.55 Sun August 3, 2008
1468 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1469 - breaking down the way 'handles' methods are
1470 created so that the process can be more easily
1471 overridden by subclasses (stevan)
1473 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1474 - fixing what is passed into a ->message with
1475 the type constraints (RT #37569)
1476 - added tests for this (Charles Alderman)
1478 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1479 - fix coerce to accept anon types like subtype can (mst)
1482 - reorganized the recipes into sections - Basics, Roles, Meta,
1483 Extending - and wrote abstracts for each section (Dave Rolsky)
1485 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe10
1486 - A new recipe that demonstrates operator overloading
1487 in combination with Moose. (bluefeet)
1489 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe1
1490 - an introduction to what meta is and why you'd want to make
1491 your own metaclass extensions (Dave Rolsky)
1493 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe4
1494 - a very simple metaclass example (Dave Rolsky)
1496 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
1497 - how to write a Moose-alike module to use your own object base
1500 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
1501 - how to write modules with an API just like C<Moose.pm> (Dave
1505 - Tons of fixes, both syntactical and grammatical (Dave
1506 Rolsky, Paul Fenwick)
1508 0.54 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1509 ... this is not my day today ...
1511 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1512 - fixed legal_options_for_inheritance such that
1513 clone_and_inherit options still works for
1514 Class::MOP::Attribute objects and therefore
1515 does not break MooseX::AttributeHelpers
1518 0.53 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1519 * Whoops, I guess I should run 'make manifest' before
1520 actually releasing the module. No actual changes
1521 in this release, except the fact that it includes
1522 the changes that I didn't include in the last
1525 0.52 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1527 - added "FEATURE REQUESTS" section to the Moose docs
1528 to properly direct people (stevan) (RT #34333)
1529 - making 'extends' croak if it is passed a Role since
1530 this is not ever something you want to do
1531 (fixed by stevan, found by obra)
1532 - added tests for this (stevan)
1535 - adding support for DOES (as in UNIVERSAL::DOES)
1537 - added test for this
1539 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1540 - added legal_options_for_inheritance (wreis)
1541 - added tests for this (wreis)
1543 * Moose::Cookbook::Snacks::*
1544 - removed some of the unfinished snacks that should
1545 not have been released yet. Added some more examples
1546 to the 'Keywords' snack. (stevan)
1548 * Moose::Cookbook::Style
1549 - added general Moose "style guide" of sorts to the
1550 cookbook (nothingmuch) (RT #34335)
1553 - added more BUILDARGS tests (stevan)
1555 0.51 Thurs. Jun 26, 2008
1557 - add unimport so "no Moose::Role" actually does
1560 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToRole
1561 - when RoleA did RoleB, and RoleA aliased a method from RoleB in
1562 order to provide its own implementation, that method still got
1563 added to the list of required methods for consumers of
1564 RoleB. Now an aliased method is only added to the list of
1565 required methods if the role doing the aliasing does not
1566 provide its own implementation. See Recipe 11 for an example
1567 of all this. (Dave Rolsky)
1568 - added tests for this
1570 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1571 - when a single argument that wasn't a hashref was provided to
1572 an immutabilized constructor, the error message was very
1573 unhelpful, as opposed to the non-immutable error. Reported by
1575 - added test for this (Dave Rolsky)
1577 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1578 - added support for meta_attr->does("ShortAlias") (sartak)
1579 - added tests for this (sartak)
1580 - moved the bulk of the `handles` handling to the new
1581 install_delegation method (Stevan)
1584 - Added BUILDARGS, a new step in new()
1586 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::RoleSummation
1587 - fix typos no one ever sees (sartak)
1589 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1590 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1591 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1592 - Attempt to work around the ??{ } vs. threads issue
1594 - Some null_constraint optimizations
1596 0.50 Thurs. Jun 11, 2008
1597 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
1600 0.49 Thurs. Jun 11, 2008
1601 !! This version now approx. 20-25% !!
1602 !! faster with new Class::MOP 0.59 !!
1604 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1605 - fixed how the is => (ro|rw) works with
1606 custom defined reader, writer and accessor
1608 - added docs for this (TODO).
1609 - added tests for this (Thanks to Penfold)
1610 - added the custom attribute alias for regular
1611 Moose attributes which is "Moose"
1612 - fix builder and default both being used
1617 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1619 Moose::Meta::Role::Composite
1620 Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1621 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
1625 - changing add_package_symbol to use the new
1629 - fixed how DEMOLISHALL is called so that it
1630 can be overrided in subclasses (thanks to Sartak)
1631 - added test for this (thanks to Sartak)
1633 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1634 - move the ClassName type check code to
1635 Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (thanks to Sartak)
1637 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe11
1638 - add tests for this (thanks to tokuhirom)
1640 0.48 Thurs. May 29, 2008
1641 (early morning release engineering)--
1643 - fixing the version in Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1644 which was causing the indexer to choke
1646 0.47 Thurs. May 29, 2008
1647 (late night release engineering)--
1649 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
1650 changes in this release
1652 0.46 Wed. May 28, 2008
1653 !! This version now approx. 20-25% !!
1654 !! faster with new Class::MOP 0.57 !!
1656 * Moose::Meta::Class
1657 - some optimizations of the &initialize method
1658 since it is called so often by &meta
1660 * Moose::Meta::Class
1662 - now use the get_all_package_symbols from the
1663 updated Class::MOP, test suite is now 10 seconds
1666 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1667 - is_needed can now also be called as a class
1668 method for immutablization to check if the
1669 destructor object even needs to be created
1672 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1673 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1674 - added more descriptive error message to help
1675 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
1676 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
1678 0.45 Saturday, May 24, 2008
1680 - Because of work in Class::MOP 0.57, all
1681 XS based functionality is now optional
1682 and a Pure Perl version is supplied
1683 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
1684 can now be used to force non-XS versions
1686 - several of the packages have been tweaked
1687 to take care of this, mostly we added
1688 support for the package_name and name
1689 variables in all the Method metaclasses
1690 - before/around/after method modifiers now
1691 support regexp matching of names
1692 (thanks to Takatoshi Kitano)
1693 - tests added for this
1694 - NOTE: this only works for classes, it
1695 is currently not supported in roles,
1696 but, ... patches welcome
1697 - All usage of Carp::confess have been replaced
1698 by Carp::croak in the "keyword" functions since
1699 the stack trace is usually not helpful
1702 - All usage of Carp::confess have been replaced
1703 by Carp::croak in the "keyword" functions since
1704 the stack trace is usually not helpful
1705 - The 'has' keyword for roles now accepts the
1706 same array ref form that Moose.pm does
1707 (has [qw/foo bar/] => (is => 'rw', ...))
1708 - added test for this
1710 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1711 - trigger on a ro-attribute is no longer an
1712 error, as it's useful to trigger off of the
1715 * Moose::Meta::Class
1716 - added same 'add_package_symbol' fix as in
1720 - does_role now handles non-Moose classes
1722 - added tests for this
1723 - added the 'add_method_modifier' function
1724 (thanks to Takatoshi Kitano)
1726 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1727 - subtypes of parameterizable types now are
1728 themselves parameterizable types
1730 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1731 - fixed bug where trigger was not being
1732 called by the inlined immutable
1734 - added test for this (thanks to Caelum)
1736 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToInstance
1737 - now uses the metaclass of the instance
1738 (if possible) to create the anon-class
1739 (thanks Jonathan Rockway)
1741 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe22
1742 - added the meta-attribute trait recipe
1746 - fixed hash-ordering test bug that was
1747 causing occasional cpantester failures
1748 - renamed the t/000_recipe/*.t tests to be
1749 more descriptive (thanks to Sartak)
1751 0.44 Sat. May 10, 2008
1753 - made make_immutable warning cluck to
1754 show where the error is (thanks mst)
1757 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL now call
1758 ->body when looping through the
1759 methods, to avoid the overloaded
1761 - fixed issue where DEMOLISHALL was
1762 eating the $@ values, and so not
1763 working correctly, it still kind of
1764 eats them, but so does vanilla perl
1765 - added tests for this
1767 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe7
1768 - added new recipe for immutable
1769 functionality (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1771 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe9
1772 - added new recipe for builder and
1773 lazy_build (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1775 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe11
1776 - added new recipe for method aliasing
1777 and exclusion with Roles (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1780 - fixed Win32 test failure (thanks spicyjack)
1782 ~ removed Build.PL and Module::Build compat
1783 since Module::Install has done that.
1785 0.43 Wed. April, 30, 2008
1787 drink more coffee before
1788 doing release engineering
1790 - whoops, forgot to do the smolder tests,
1791 and we broke some of the custom meta-attr
1792 modules. This fixes that.
1794 0.42 Mon. April 28, 2008
1795 - some bad tests slipped by, nothing else
1796 changed in this release (cpantesters++)
1798 - upped the Class::MOP dependency to 0.55
1799 since we have tests which need the C3
1802 0.41 Mon. April 28, 2008
1803 ~~ numerous documentation updates ~~
1805 - Changed all usage of die to Carp::croak for better
1806 error reporting (initial patch by Tod Hagan)
1808 ** IMPORTANT NOTE **
1809 - the make_immutable keyword is now deprecated, don't
1810 use it in any new code and please fix your old code
1811 as well. There will be 2 releases, and then it will
1817 - refactored the way inner and super work to avoid
1818 any method/@ISA cache penalty (nothingmuch)
1820 * Moose::Meta::Class
1821 - fixing &new_object to make sure trigger gets the
1822 coerced value (spotted by Charles Alderman on the
1824 - added test for this
1826 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1827 - immutable classes which had non-lazy attributes were calling
1828 the default generating sub twice in the constructor. (bug
1829 found by Jesse Luehrs, fixed by Dave Rolsky)
1830 - added tests for this (Dave Rolsky)
1831 - fix typo in initialize_body method (nothingmuch)
1833 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1834 - fix typo in initialize_body method (nothingmuch)
1836 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
1837 Moose::Meta::Method::Augmented
1838 - moved the logic for these into their own
1839 classes (nothingmuch)
1841 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1842 - inherited attributes may now be extended without
1843 restriction on the type ('isa', 'does') (Sartak)
1844 - added tests for this (Sartak)
1845 - when an attribute property is malformed (such as lazy without
1846 a default), give the name of the attribute in the error
1848 - added the &applied_traits and &has_applied_traits methods
1849 to allow introspection of traits
1850 - added tests for this
1851 - moved 'trait' and 'metaclass' argument handling to here from
1853 - clone_and_inherit_options now handles 'trait' and 'metaclass' (has
1854 '+foo' syntax) (nothingmuch)
1855 - added tests for this (t0m)
1858 - localize $@ inside DEMOLISHALL to avoid it
1859 eating $@ (found by Ernesto)
1860 - added test for this (thanks to Ernesto)
1862 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1863 - &find_type_constraint now DWIMs when given an
1864 type constraint object or name (nothingmuch)
1865 - &find_or_create_type_constraint superseded with a number of more
1867 - find_or_create_{isa,does}_type_constraint
1868 - find_or_parse_type_constraint
1870 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1871 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
1872 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
1873 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum
1874 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1875 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1876 - added the &equals method for comparing two type
1877 constraints (nothingmuch)
1878 - added tests for this (nothingmuch)
1880 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1881 - add the &parents method, which is just an alias to &parent.
1882 Useful for polymorphism with TC::{Class,Role,Union} (nothingmuch)
1884 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
1885 - added the class attribute for introspection purposes
1887 - added tests for this
1889 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum
1890 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
1891 - broke these out into their own classes (nothingmuch)
1893 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe*
1894 - fixed references to test file locations in the POD
1895 and updated up some text for new Moose features
1899 - Added &resolve_metaclass_alias, a helper function for finding an actual
1900 class for a short name (e.g. in the traits list)
1902 0.40 Fri. March 14, 2008
1903 - I hate Pod::Coverage
1905 0.39 Fri. March 14, 2008
1907 - documenting the use of '+name' with attributes
1908 that come from recently composed roles. It makes
1909 sense, people are using it, and so why not just
1910 officially support it.
1911 - fixing the 'extends' keyword so that it will not
1912 trigger Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1915 - added the perl -Moose=+Class::Name feature to allow
1916 monkeypatching of classes in one liners
1919 - fixing the 'apply_all_roles' keyword so that it will not
1920 trigger Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1922 * Moose::Meta::Class
1923 - added ->create method which now supports roles (thanks to jrockway)
1924 - added tests for this
1925 - added ->create_anon_class which now supports roles and caching of
1926 the results (thanks to jrockway)
1927 - added tests for this
1928 - made ->does_role a little more forgiving when it is
1929 checking a Class::MOP era metaclasses.
1931 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToInstance
1932 - it is now possible to pass extra params to be used when
1933 a role is applied to an the instance (rebless_params)
1934 - added tests for this
1936 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1937 - class_type now accepts an optional second argument for a
1938 custom message. POD anotated accordingly (groditi)
1939 - added tests for this
1940 - it is now possible to make anon-enums by passing 'enum' an
1941 ARRAY ref instead of the $name => @values. Everything else
1943 - added tests for this
1946 - making test for using '+name' on attributes consumed
1947 from a role, it works and makes sense too.
1949 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1950 - fix handles so that it doesn't return nothing
1951 when the method cannot be found, not sure why
1952 it ever did this originally, this means we now
1953 have slightly better support for AUTOLOADed
1955 - added more delegation tests
1956 - adding ->does method to this so as to better
1957 support traits and their introspection.
1958 - added tests for this
1961 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1962 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1963 - made ->does a little more forgiving when it is
1964 passed Class::MOP era metaclasses.
1966 0.38 Fri. Feb. 15, 2008
1967 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1968 - fixed initializer to correctly do
1969 type checking and coercion in the
1971 - added tests for this
1974 - fixed some finicky tests (thanks to konobi)
1976 0.37 Thurs. Feb. 14, 2008
1978 - fixed some details in Moose::init_meta
1979 and its superclass handling (thanks thepler)
1980 - added tests for this (thanks thepler)
1981 - 'has' now dies if you don't pass in name
1983 - added the 'make_immutable' keyword as a shortcut
1986 * Moose::Meta::Class
1987 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1988 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1989 - making (init_arg => undef) work here too
1990 (thanks to nothingmuch)
1992 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1993 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1994 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1995 - make lazy attributes respect attr initializers (rjbs)
1996 - added tests for this
1998 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1999 Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints
2000 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraints
2001 Moose::Meta::Attribute
2002 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2003 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2004 - making type errors use the
2005 assigned message (thanks to Sartak)
2006 - added tests for this
2008 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
2009 - making sure DESTROY gets inlined properly
2010 with successive DEMOLISH calls (thanks to manito)
2012 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2013 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2014 - fixed handling of undef with type constraints
2016 - added tests for this
2019 - added &get_all_init_args and &get_all_attribute_values
2020 (thanks to Sartak and nothingmuch)
2022 0.36 Sat. Jan. 26, 2008
2024 Moose::Meta::Attribute
2025 - role type tests now support when roles are
2026 applied to non-Moose classes (found by ash)
2027 - added tests for this (thanks to ash)
2028 - couple extra tests to boost code coverage
2030 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2031 - improved fix for handling Class::MOP attributes
2032 - added test for this
2034 * Moose::Meta::Class
2035 - handled the add_attribute($attribute_meta_object)
2037 - added test for this
2039 0.35 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
2040 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2041 - fix to make sure even Class::MOP attributes
2042 are handled correctly (Thanks to Dave Rolsky)
2043 - added test for this (also Dave Rolsky)
2045 * Moose::Meta::Class
2046 - improved error message on _apply_all_roles,
2047 you should now use Moose::Util::apply_all_roles
2048 and you shouldnt have been using a _ prefixed
2049 method in the first place ;)
2051 0.34 Mon. Jan. 21, 2008
2052 ~~~ more misc. doc. fixes ~~~
2053 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
2055 Moose is now a postmodern object system :)
2056 - (see the POD for details)
2058 * <<Role System Refactoring>>
2059 - this release contains a major reworking and
2060 cleanup of the role system
2061 - 100% backwards compat.
2062 - Role application now restructured into seperate
2063 classes based on type of applicants
2064 - Role summation (combining of more than one role)
2065 is much cleaner and anon-classes are no longer
2066 used in this process
2067 - new Composite role metaclass
2068 - runtime application of roles to instances
2069 is now more efficient and re-uses generated
2070 classes when applicable
2072 * <<New Role composition features>>
2073 - methods can now be excluded from a given role
2075 - methods can now be aliased to another name (and
2076 still retain the original as well)
2078 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints
2079 - added this module (see above)
2081 * Moose::Meta::Class
2082 - fixed the &_process_attribute method to be called
2083 by &add_attribute, so that the API is now correct
2085 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2086 - fixed bug when passing a list of values to
2087 an accessor would get (incorrectly) ignored.
2088 Thanks to Sartak for finding this ;)
2089 - added tests for this (Sartak again)
2091 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2092 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2093 Moose::Meta::Attribute
2094 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2095 Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2096 - lots of cleanup of such things as:
2098 - type constraint handling
2099 - error handling/messages
2100 (thanks to nothingmuch)
2102 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
2103 - added this module to support the refactor
2104 in Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
2106 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
2107 - refactored how these types are handled so they
2108 are more generic and not confined to ArrayRef
2112 - shortened some file names for better VMS support (RT #32381)
2114 0.33 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
2115 !! Moose now loads 2 x faster !!
2116 !! with new Class::MOP 0.49 !!
2118 ++ new oose.pm module to make command line
2119 Moose-ness easier (see POD docs for more)
2121 * Moose::Meta::Class
2123 - several tweaks to take advantage of the
2124 new method map caching in Class::MOP
2126 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
2127 - allow subtypes of ArrayRef and HashRef to
2128 be used as a container (sartak)
2129 - added tests for this
2130 - basic support for coercion to ArrayRef and
2131 HashRef for containers (sartak)
2132 - added tests for this
2134 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2135 - coercions will now create subtypes as needed
2136 so you can now add coercions to parameterized
2137 types without having to explictly define them
2138 - added tests for this
2140 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2141 - allow subclasses to decide whether we need
2142 to copy the value into a new variable (sartak)
2144 0.32 Tues. Dec. 4, 2007
2145 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2146 - fixing how subtype aliases of unions work
2147 they should inherit the parent's coercion
2148 - added tests for this
2149 - you can now define multiple coercions on
2150 a single type at different times instead of
2151 having to do it all in one place
2152 - added tests for this
2154 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2155 - there is now a default constraint of sub { 1 }
2156 instead of Moose::Util::TypeConstraints setting
2159 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2160 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion::Union
2161 - added the &has_coercion_for_type and
2162 &add_type_coercions methods to support the
2163 new features above (although you cannot add
2164 more type coercions for Union types)
2166 0.31 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
2167 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2168 - made the +attr syntax handle extending types with
2169 parameters. So "has '+foo' => (isa => 'ArrayRef[Int]')"
2170 now works if the original foo is an ArrayRef.
2171 - added tests for this.
2172 - delegation now works even if the attribute does not
2173 have a reader method using the get_read_method_ref
2174 method from Class::MOP::Attribute.
2175 - added tests for this
2176 - added docs for this
2178 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2179 - passing no "additional attribute info" to
2180 &find_or_create_type_constraint will no longer
2181 attempt to create an __ANON__ type for you,
2182 instead it will just return undef.
2183 - added docs for this
2185 0.30 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
2186 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2187 -builder related bug in inlined constructor. (groditi)
2189 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2190 - genereate unnecessary calls to predicates and refactor
2191 code generation for runtime speed (groditi)
2193 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2194 - fix ClassName constraint to introspect symbol table (mst)
2195 - added more tests for this (mst)
2196 - fixed it so that subtype 'Foo' => as 'HashRef[Int]' ...
2197 with work correctly.
2198 - added tests for this
2201 - adding the link to Recipie 11 (written by Sartak)
2202 - adding test for SYNOPSIS code
2205 - New tests for builder bug. Upon instantiation, if an
2206 attribute had a builder, no value and was not lazy the
2207 builder default was not getting run, oops. (groditi)
2209 0.29 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
2210 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2211 - Fix error message on missing builder method (groditi)
2213 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2214 - Fix error message on missing builder method (groditi)
2217 - Add test to check for the correct error message when
2218 builder method is missing (groditi)
2220 0.28 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
2221 - 0.27 packaged incorrectly (groditi)
2223 0.27 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
2224 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2225 - Added support for the new builder option (groditi)
2226 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
2227 - Changed slot initialization for predicate changes (groditi)
2229 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2230 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
2231 - Fix inline methods to work with corrected predicate
2234 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2235 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
2238 - tests for builder and lazy_build (groditi)
2240 * fixing some misc. bits in the docs that
2241 got mentioned on CPAN Forum & perlmonks
2244 - fixed how required methods are handled
2245 when they encounter overriden or modified
2246 methods from a class (thanks to confound).
2247 - added tests for this
2249 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
2250 - fixed the type notation parser so that
2251 the | always creates a union and so is
2252 no longer a valid type char (thanks to
2253 konobi, mugwump and #moose for working
2255 - added more tests for this
2257 0.26 Thurs. Sept. 27, 2007
2260 * Parameterized Types
2261 We now support parameterized collection types, such as:
2262 ArrayRef[Int] # array or integers
2263 HashRef[Object] # a hash with object values
2264 They can also be nested:
2265 ArrayRef[HashRef[RegexpRef]] # an array of hashes with regex values
2266 And work with the type unions as well:
2267 ArrayRef[Int | Str] # array of integers of strings
2269 * Better Framework Extendability
2270 Moose.pm is now "extendable" such that it is now much
2271 easier to extend the framework and add your own keywords
2272 and customizations. See the "EXTENDING AND EMBEDDING MOOSE"
2273 section of the Moose.pm docs.
2276 In an effort to begin documenting some of the various
2277 details of Moose as well as some common idioms, we have
2278 created Moose::Cookbook::Snacks as a place to find
2279 small (easily digestable) nuggets of Moose code.
2282 ~ Several doc updates/cleanup thanks to castaway ~
2284 - converted build system to use Module::Install instead of
2285 Module::Build (thanks to jrockway)
2288 - added all the meta classes to the immutable list and
2289 set it to inline the accessors
2290 - fix import to allow Sub::Exporter like { into => }
2291 and { into_level => } (perigrin)
2292 - exposed and documented init_meta() to allow better
2293 embedding and extending of Moose (perigrin)
2296 - complete re-organization of the test suite
2297 - added some new tests as well
2298 - finally re-enabled the Moose::POOP test since
2299 the new version of DBM::Deep now works again
2302 * Moose::Meta::Class
2303 - fixed very odd and very nasty recursion bug with
2305 - added tests for this (eilara)
2307 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2308 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2309 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2310 - fixed issue with overload::Overloaded getting called
2311 on non-blessed items. (RT #29269)
2312 - added tests for this
2314 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2315 - fixed issue with generated accessor code making
2316 assumptions about hash based classes (thanks to dexter)
2318 * Moose::Coookbook::Snacks
2319 - these are bits of documentation, not quite as big as
2320 Recipes but which have no clear place in the module docs.
2321 So they are Snacks! (horray for castaway++)
2323 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe4
2324 - updated it to use the new ArrayRef[MyType] construct
2325 - updated the accompanying test as well
2327 +++ Major Refactor of the Type Constraint system +++
2328 +++ with new features added as well +++
2330 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
2331 - no longer uses package variable to keep track of
2332 the type constraints, now uses the an instance of
2333 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry to do it
2334 - added more sophisticated type notation parsing
2336 - added tests for this
2338 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2339 - some minor adjustments to make subclassing easier
2340 - added the package_defined_in attribute so that we
2341 can track where the type constraints are created
2343 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2344 - this is now been refactored to be a subclass of
2345 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2347 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion::Union
2348 - this has been added to service the newly refactored
2349 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union and is itself
2350 a subclass of Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2352 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
2353 - added this module (taken from MooseX::AttributeHelpers)
2354 to help construct nested collection types
2355 - added tests for this
2357 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
2358 - added this class to keep track of type constraints
2360 0.25 Mon. Aug. 13, 2007
2362 - Documentation update to reference Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2363 under 'isa' in 'has' for how to define a new type
2364 (thanks to shlomif).
2366 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2367 - required attributes now will no longer accept undef
2368 from the constructor, even if there is a default and lazy
2369 - added tests for this
2370 - default subroutines must return a value which passes the
2372 - added tests for this
2374 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2375 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2376 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2377 - type-constraint tests now handle overloaded objects correctly
2378 in the error message
2379 - added tests for this (thanks to EvanCarroll)
2381 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2382 - added (has_)hand_optimized_constraint to this class so that
2383 it behaves as the regular Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint does.
2386 - large refactoring of this code
2387 - added several more tests
2388 - tests for subtle conflict resolition issues
2389 added, but not currently running
2392 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe7
2393 - added new recipe for augment/inner functionality
2395 - added test for this
2398 - a formal definition of roles (still in progress)
2401 - utilities for easier working with Moose classes
2402 - added tests for these
2405 - This contains Moose specific test functions
2406 - added tests for these
2408 0.24 Tues. July 3, 2007
2409 ~ Some doc updates/cleanup ~
2411 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2412 - added support for roles to be given as parameters
2413 to the 'handles' option.
2414 - added tests and docs for this
2415 - the has '+foo' attribute form now accepts changes to
2416 the lazy option, and the addition of a handles option
2417 (but not changing the handles option)
2418 - added tests and docs for this
2421 - required methods are now fetched using find_method_by_name
2422 so that required methods can come from superclasses
2423 - adjusted tests for this
2425 0.23 Mon. June 18, 2007
2426 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2427 - fix inlined constructor for hierarchy with multiple BUILD methods (mst)
2428 * Moose::Meta::Class
2429 - Modify make_immutable to work with the new Class::MOP immutable
2430 mechanism + POD + very basic test (groditi)
2431 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2432 - Fix handles to use goto() so that caller() comes out properly on
2433 the other side (perigrin)
2435 0.22 Thurs. May 31, 2007
2436 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2437 - fix for prototype undeclared issue when Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2438 loaded before consumers (e.g. Moose::Meta::Attribute) by predeclaring
2439 prototypes for functions
2440 - added the ClassName type constraint, this checks for strings
2441 which will respond true to ->isa(UNIVERSAL).
2442 - added tests and docs for this
2443 - subtyping just in name now works correctly by making the
2444 default for where be { 1 }
2445 - added test for this
2447 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2448 - coerce and lazy now work together correctly, thanks to
2449 merlyn for finding this bug
2450 - tests added for this
2451 - fix reader presedence bug in Moose::Meta::Attribute + tests
2454 - Foo->new(undef) now gets ignored, it is assumed you meant to pass
2455 a HASH-ref and missed. This produces better error messages then
2456 having it die cause undef is not a HASH.
2457 - added tests for this
2459 0.21 Thursday, May 2nd, 2007
2461 - added SUPER_SLOT and INNER_SLOT class hashes to support unimport
2462 - modified unimport to remove super and inner along with the rest
2463 - altered unimport tests to handle this
2466 - altered super export to populate SUPER_SLOT
2468 * Moose::Meta::Class
2469 - altered augment and override modifier application to use *_SLOT
2470 - modified tests for these to unimport one test class each to test
2473 - fixed issue where custom attribute metaclasses
2474 where not handled correctly in roles
2475 - added tests for this
2477 * Moose::Meta::Class
2478 - fixed issue where extending metaclasses with
2479 roles would blow up. Thanks to Aankhen`` for
2480 finding this insidious error, and it's solution.
2482 ~~ lots of spelling and grammer fixes in the docs,
2483 many many thanks to rlb3 and Aankhen for these :)
2485 0.20 Friday, April 6th, 2007
2486 >> I messed up the SKIP logic in one test
2487 so this release is just to fix that.
2490 - 'has' now also accepts an ARRAY ref
2491 to create multiple attrs (see docs)
2492 (thanks to konobi for this)
2493 - added tests and docs
2495 0.19 Thurs. April 5th, 2007
2496 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
2498 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2499 - 'type' now supports messages as well
2500 thanks to phaylon for finding this
2501 - added tests for this
2502 - added &list_all_type_constraints and
2503 &list_all_builtin_type_constraints
2504 functions to facilitate introspection.
2506 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2507 - fixed regexp 'handles' declarations
2508 to build the list of delegated methods
2509 correctly (and not override important
2510 things like &new) thanks to ashleyb
2512 - added tests and docs for this
2513 - added the 'documentation' attributes
2514 so that you can actually document your
2515 attributes and inspect them through the
2517 - added tests and docs for this
2519 * Moose::Meta::Class
2520 - when loading custom attribute metaclasses
2521 it will first look in for the class in the
2522 Moose::Meta::Attribute::Custom::$name, and
2523 then default to just loading $name.
2524 - added tests and docs for this
2526 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2527 - type constraints now stringify to their names.
2528 - added test for this
2531 - added tests to assure we work with Module::Refresh
2532 - added stricter test skip logic in the Moose POOP
2533 test, ask Rob Kinyon why.
2534 - *cough* DBM::Deep 1.0 backwards compatibility sucks *cough* ;)
2536 0.18 Sat. March 10, 2007
2537 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
2540 - We now use Class::MOP::load_class to
2542 - added tests to show types and subtypes
2543 working with Declare::Constraints::Simple
2544 and Test::Deep as constraint engines.
2547 !! You must have Class::MOP 0.37_001 !!
2548 !! for this developer release to work !!
2550 This release was primarily adding the immutable
2551 feature to Moose. An immutable class is one which
2552 you promise not to alter. When you set the class
2553 as immutable it will perform various bits of
2554 memoization and inline certain part of the code
2555 (constructors, destructors and accessors). This
2556 minimizes (and in some cases totally eliminates)
2557 one of Moose's biggest performance hits. This
2558 feature is not on by default, and is 100% optional.
2559 It has several configurable bits as well, so you
2560 can pick and choose to your specific needs.
2562 The changes involved in this were fairly wide and
2563 highly specific, but 100% backwards compatible, so
2564 I am not going to enumerate them here. If you are
2565 truely interested in what was changed, please do
2568 0.17 Tues. Nov. 14, 2006
2569 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2570 - bugfix for read-only accessors which
2571 are have a type constraint and lazy.
2572 Thanks to chansen for finding it.
2574 0.16 Tues. Nov. 14, 2006
2576 There are some speed improvements in this release,
2577 but they are only the begining, so stay tuned.
2580 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL no longer get
2581 called unless they actually need to be.
2582 This gave us a signifigant speed boost
2583 for the cases when there is no BUILD or
2584 DEMOLISH method present.
2586 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2587 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2588 - added an 'optimize_as' option to the
2589 type constraint, which allows for a
2590 hand optimized version of the type
2591 constraint to be used when possible.
2592 - Any internally created type constraints
2593 now provide an optimized version as well.
2595 0.15 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
2597 This version of Moose *must* have Class::MOP 0.36 in order
2598 to work correctly. A number of small internal tweaks have
2599 been made in order to be compatible with that release.
2601 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2602 - added &unimport so that you can clean out
2603 your class namespace of these exported
2606 * Moose::Meta::Class
2607 - fixed minor issue which occasionally
2608 comes up during global destruction
2610 - moved Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden into
2614 - moved Moose::Meta::Role::Method into
2617 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2618 - changed how we do type checks so that
2619 we reduce the overall cost, but still
2622 - moved accessor generation methods to
2623 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor to
2624 conform to the API changes from
2627 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2628 - changed how constraints are compiled
2629 so that we do less recursion and more
2630 iteration. This makes the type check
2632 - moved Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2635 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2636 - created this from methods formerly found in
2637 Moose::Meta::Attribute
2639 * Moose::Meta::Role::Method
2640 - moved this from Moose::Meta::Role
2642 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
2643 - moved this from Moose::Meta::Class
2645 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2646 - moved this from Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2648 0.14 Mon. Oct. 9, 2006
2650 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2651 - fixed lazy attributes which were not getting
2652 checked with the type constraint (thanks ashley)
2653 - added tests for this
2654 - removed the over-enthusiastic DWIMery of the
2655 automatic ArrayRef and HashRef defaults, it
2656 broke predicates in an ugly way.
2657 - removed tests for this
2659 0.13 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
2661 This version of Moose *must* have Class::MOP 0.35 in order
2662 to work correctly. A number of small internal tweaks have
2663 been made in order to be compatible with that release.
2666 - Removed the use of UNIVERSAL::require to be a better
2667 symbol table citizen and remove a dependency
2668 (thanks Adam Kennedy)
2670 **~~ removed experimental & undocumented feature ~~**
2671 - commented out the 'method' and 'self' keywords, see the
2672 comments for more info.
2675 - added a FAQ and WTF files to document frequently
2676 asked questions and common problems
2678 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2679 - added GlobRef and FileHandle type constraint
2680 - added tests for this
2682 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2683 - if your attribute 'isa' ArrayRef of HashRef, and you have
2684 not explicitly set a default, then make the default DWIM.
2685 This will also work for subtypes of ArrayRef and HashRef
2687 - you can now auto-deref subtypes of ArrayRef or HashRef too.
2688 - new test added for this (thanks to ashley)
2691 - added basic support for runtime role composition
2692 but this is still *highly experimental*, so feedback
2693 is much appreciated :)
2694 - added tests for this
2696 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2697 - the type constraint now handles the coercion process
2698 through delegation, this is to support the coercion
2701 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2702 - it is now possible for coercions to be performed
2704 - added tests for this (thanks to konobi)
2706 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2707 - properly capturing error when type constraint
2711 - Scalar::Util 1.18 is bad on Win32, so temporarily
2712 only require version 1.17 for Win32 and cygwin.
2713 (thanks Adam Kennedy)
2715 0.12 Sat. Sept. 1, 2006
2717 - Recipe5 (subtypes & coercion) has been written
2720 - fixed "bad meta" error message to be more descriptive
2721 - fixed &unimport to not remove the &inner and &super
2722 keywords because we need to localize them.
2723 - fixed number of spelling/grammer issues, thanks Theory :)
2725 **~~ experimental & undocumented feature ~~**
2726 - added the method and self keywords, they are basically
2727 just sugar, and they may not stay around.
2730 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
2733 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2734 - added the &is_a_type_of method to check both the current
2735 and the subtype of a method (similar to &isa with classes)
2738 - this is now a subclass of Class::MOP::Module, and no longer
2739 creates the _role_meta ugliness of before.
2740 - fixed tests to reflect this change
2742 0.11 Wed. July 12, 2006
2744 - added an &unimport method to remove all the keywords
2745 that Moose will import, simply add 'no Moose' to the
2746 bottom of your class file.
2749 - fixed some test failures caused by a forgotten test
2752 0.10 Thurs. July 6, 2006
2754 - improved error message when loading modules so
2755 it is less confusing when you load a role.
2756 - added &calculate_all_roles method to
2757 Moose::Meta::Class and Moose::Meta::Role
2760 This module has been tested against Class::MOP 0.30
2761 but it does not yet utilize the optimizations
2762 it makes available. Stay tuned for that ;)
2764 0.09_03 Fri. June 23, 2006
2765 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2767 - 'use strict' and 'use warnings' are no longer
2768 needed in Moose classes, Moose itself will
2769 turn them on for you.
2770 - added tests for this
2771 - moved code from exported subs to private methods
2772 in Moose::Meta::Class
2775 - as with Moose, strict and warnings are
2776 automatically turned on for you.
2777 - added tests for this
2780 - now handles an edge case for override errors
2781 - added tests for this
2782 - added some more edge case tests
2784 0.09_02 Tues. May 16, 2006
2785 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2787 - added prototypes to the exported subs
2791 - added prototypes to the exported subs
2794 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2795 - cleaned up prototypes for the subs
2798 0.09_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
2799 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2800 - This release works in combination with
2801 Class::MOP 0.29_01, it is a developer
2802 release because it uses the a new
2803 instance sub-protocol and a fairly
2804 complete Role implementation. It has
2805 not yet been optimized, so it slower
2806 the the previous CPAN version. This
2807 release also lacks good updated docs,
2808 the official release will have updated docs.
2811 - refactored the keyword exports
2812 - 'with' now checks Role validaity and
2813 accepts more than one Role at a time
2814 - 'extends' makes metaclass adjustments as
2815 needed to ensure metaclass compatibility
2818 - refactored the keyword exports
2819 - 'with' now checks Role validaity and
2820 accepts more than one Role at a time
2822 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2823 - added the 'enum' keyword for simple
2824 string enumerations which can be used as
2826 - see example of usage in t/202_example.t
2829 - more careful checking of params to new()
2832 - much work done on the role composition
2833 - many new tests for conflict detection
2834 and composition edge cases
2835 - not enough documentation, I suggest
2836 looking at the tests
2838 * Moose::Meta::Instance
2839 - added new Instance metaclass to support
2840 the new Class::MOP instance protocol
2842 * Moose::Meta::Class
2843 - some small changes to support the new
2845 - some small additions to support Roles
2847 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2848 - some improvements to the accessor generation code
2850 - some small changes to support the new
2852 - (still somewhat) experimental delegation support
2853 with the 'handles' option
2854 - added several tests for this
2855 - no docs for this yet
2857 0.05 Thurs. April 27, 2006
2859 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2860 thanks to chansen for this commit
2861 - has keyword now takes a 'metaclass' option
2862 to support custom attribute meta-classes
2863 on a per-attribute basis
2864 - added tests for this
2865 - the 'has' keyword not accepts inherited slot
2866 specifications (has '+foo'). This is still an
2867 experimental feature and probably not finished
2868 see t/038_attribute_inherited_slot_specs.t for
2869 more details, or ask about it on #moose
2870 - added tests for this
2873 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2875 * Moose::Utils::TypeConstraints
2876 - reorganized the type constraint hierarchy, thanks
2877 to nothingmuch and chansen for his help and advice
2879 - added some tests for this
2880 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2881 thanks to chansen for this commit
2883 * Moose::Meta::Class
2884 - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to change
2885 construct_instance (for the better)
2887 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2888 - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to add the
2889 initialize_instance_slot method (it's a good thing)
2891 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2892 - added type constraint unions
2893 - added tests for this
2894 - added the is_subtype_of predicate method
2895 - added tests for this
2897 0.04 Sun. April 16th, 2006
2899 - Roles can now consume other roles
2900 - added tests for this
2901 - Roles can specify required methods now with
2902 the requires() keyword
2903 - added tests for this
2906 - ripped out much of it's guts ,.. much cleaner now
2907 - added required methods and correct handling of
2908 them in apply() for both classes and roles
2909 - added tests for this
2910 - no longer adds a does() method to consuming classes
2911 it relys on the one in Moose::Object
2912 - added roles attribute and some methods to support
2913 roles consuming roles
2915 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2916 - added support for triggers on attributes
2917 - added tests for this
2918 - added support for does option on an attribute
2919 - added tests for this
2921 * Moose::Meta::Class
2922 - added support for attribute triggers in the
2924 - added tests for this
2927 - Moose no longer creates a subtype for your class
2928 if a subtype of the same name already exists, this
2929 should DWIM in 99.9999% of all cases
2931 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2932 - fixed bug where incorrect subtype conflicts were
2934 - added test for this
2937 - this class can now be extended with 'use base' if
2938 you need it, it properly loads the metaclass class now
2939 - added test for this
2941 0.03_02 Wed. April 12, 2006
2943 - you must now explictly use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2944 it no longer gets exported for you automatically
2947 - new() now accepts hash-refs as well as key/value lists
2948 - added does() method to check for Roles
2949 - added tests for this
2951 * Moose::Meta::Class
2952 - added roles attribute along with the add_role() and
2954 - added tests for this
2957 - now adds a does() method to consuming classes
2958 which tests the class's hierarchy for roles
2959 - added tests for this
2961 0.03_01 Mon. April 10, 2006
2963 - added new Role recipe (no content yet, only code)
2966 - added 'with' keyword for Role support
2967 - added test and docs for this
2968 - fixed subtype quoting bug
2969 - added test for this
2973 - added test and docs
2975 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2976 - added the message keyword to add custom
2977 error messages to type constraints
2980 - the meta role to support Moose::Role
2981 - added tests and docs
2983 * Moose::Meta::Class
2984 - moved a number of things from Moose.pm
2985 to here, they should have been here
2988 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2989 - moved the attribute option macros here
2990 instead of putting them in Moose.pm
2992 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2993 - added the message attributes and the
2995 - added tests and docs for this
2997 0.03 Thurs. March 30, 2006
2999 - added the Moose::Cookbook with 5 recipes,
3000 describing all the stuff Moose can do.
3003 - fixed an issue with &extends super class loading
3004 it now captures errors and deals with inline
3005 packages correctly (bug found by mst, solution
3007 - added super/override & inner/augment features
3008 - added tests and docs for these
3011 - BUILDALL now takes a reference of the %params
3012 that are passed to &new, and passes that to
3015 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
3016 - Type constraints now survive runtime reloading
3017 - added test for this
3019 * Moose::Meta::Class
3020 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
3021 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
3023 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
3024 - read-only attributes now actually enforce their
3025 read-only-ness (this corrected in Class::MOP as
3028 0.02 Tues. March 21, 2006
3030 - many more tests, fixing some bugs and
3032 - &extends now loads the base module with
3034 - added UNIVERSAL::require to the
3037 - each new Moose class will also create
3038 and register a subtype of Object which
3039 correspond to the new Moose class.
3040 - the 'isa' option in &has now only
3041 accepts strings, and will DWIM in
3044 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
3045 - added type coercion features
3046 - added tests for this
3047 - added support for this in attributes
3048 and instance construction
3050 - type construction no longer creates a
3051 function, it registers the type instead.
3052 - added several functions to get the
3056 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL were broken
3057 because of a mis-named hash key, Whoops :)
3059 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
3060 - adding support for coercion in the
3061 autogenerated accessors
3063 * Moose::Meta::Class
3064 - adding support for coercion in the
3065 instance construction
3067 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
3068 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
3069 - type constraints and coercions are now
3070 full fledges meta-objects
3072 0.01 Wed. March 15, 2006
3073 - Moooooooooooooooooose!!!