1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
11 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
12 * No changes from 0.77_01
14 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
16 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
17 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
18 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
19 against the pure Perl version of this code.
21 * Class::MOP::Instance
22 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
23 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
26 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
28 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
32 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
33 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
37 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
38 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
41 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
42 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
45 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
49 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
50 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
51 near future release. You've been warned.
53 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
54 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
55 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
56 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
58 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
59 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
62 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
63 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
66 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
69 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
70 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
72 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
74 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
75 sharing an immutable transformer object
76 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
77 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
79 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
81 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
82 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
83 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
84 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
86 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
87 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
89 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
91 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
92 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
94 * t/082_get_code_info.t
95 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
96 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
99 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
100 * Class::MOP::Package
101 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
104 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
105 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
107 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
108 * Class::MOP::Immutable
109 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
110 the constructor was inlined.
111 * Class::MOP::Package
112 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
113 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
114 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
116 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
117 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
119 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
121 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
122 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
123 * Class::MOP::Immutable
124 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
125 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
126 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
129 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
130 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
131 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
132 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
133 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
134 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
135 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
136 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
137 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
138 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
140 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
143 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
144 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
147 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
149 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
150 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
152 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
154 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
155 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
156 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
159 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
160 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
161 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
164 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
166 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
167 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
169 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
170 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
171 times in an eval. (t0m)
173 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
175 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
176 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
177 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
178 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
179 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
180 - added test for this
182 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
183 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
184 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
187 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
188 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
192 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
193 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
194 aliased methods and "real" methods.
196 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
197 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
198 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
199 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
202 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
203 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
206 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
207 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
208 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
209 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
210 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
211 for sad systems without a compiler.
214 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
215 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
218 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
219 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
220 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
222 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
224 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
225 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
226 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
227 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
229 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
230 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
231 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
232 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
234 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
236 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
237 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
240 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
241 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
242 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
244 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
246 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
248 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
249 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
250 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
252 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
253 * Class::MOP::Package
254 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
255 releases. (nothingmuch)
258 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
260 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
261 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
262 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
265 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
268 * Class::MOP::Instance
269 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
271 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
273 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
274 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
275 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
276 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
279 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
280 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
284 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
285 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
286 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
287 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
288 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
291 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
292 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
293 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
296 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
297 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
298 consistency (nothingmuch)
299 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
301 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
302 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
303 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
304 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
307 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
308 * Class::MOP::Immutable
309 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
311 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
313 * Class::MOP::Instance
314 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
315 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
317 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
319 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
320 the class is already loaded (sartak)
321 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
322 instead of just 1 (sartak)
325 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
327 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
328 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
329 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
331 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
332 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
333 recognizes it correct this time.
335 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
336 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
339 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
340 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
343 - now stores the instance of the instance
344 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
345 and deletes it when the cache is blown
346 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
347 the options used to make it immutable as well as
348 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
350 * Class::MOP::Package
351 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
352 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
353 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
357 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
359 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
360 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
362 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
363 names now throw a more direct error in
365 - tests for this and other aspects of
371 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
372 Class::MOP::Attribute
373 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
376 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
377 (late night release engineering)--
379 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
380 changes in this release
382 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
383 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
384 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
387 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
388 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
389 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
392 * Class::MOP::Package
393 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
395 - inlining a few calls to &name with
396 direct HASH access key access
397 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
398 a HASH of items based on a type filter
399 similar to list_all_package_symbols
400 - added tests for this
403 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
404 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
405 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
406 - added more descriptive error message to help
407 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
408 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
410 * Class::MOP::Immutable
411 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
413 - added tests for this
415 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
417 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
418 function from MRO::Compat
419 - All XS based functionality now has a
420 Pure Perl alternative
421 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
422 can now be used to force non-XS versions
425 * Class::MOP::Attribute
426 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
427 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
428 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
430 - added tests for this
432 * Class::MOP::Immutable
433 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
434 making the class immutable
437 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
438 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
439 allow for it to work.
440 - added tests for this
442 * Class::MOP::Attribute
444 Class::MOP::Immutable
445 - any time a method meta object is constructed
446 we make sure to pass the correct package and
447 method name information
450 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
451 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
452 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
453 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
454 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
455 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
456 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
457 throw an error if these are not supplied.
458 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
459 and now store the package_name and name attributes
462 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
463 Module::Install support has been removed
465 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
466 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
467 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
468 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
472 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
473 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
475 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
476 when it has no init_arg
477 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
478 to support c3 classes.
480 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
483 - making sure that load_class never gets
484 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
485 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
488 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
490 - improved error handling in ->create method
491 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
492 will be used to populate values
493 - added tests for this
496 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
497 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
503 Class::MOP::Attribute
504 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
505 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
507 * Class::MOP::Instance
508 Class::MOP::Immutable
509 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
512 - fixed the filename length on several
513 test files so we install on VMS better
515 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
516 should be catfile (RT #32385)
518 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
519 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
522 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
523 Class::MOP::Attribute
524 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
525 to indicate that no constructor args can
526 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
527 - added tests for this
528 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
531 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
532 feature instead of the silly hack from
533 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
535 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
537 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
540 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
541 - removed assumptions about the existence of
544 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
545 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
546 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
549 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
550 constant so that we can take advantage
551 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
554 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
555 optimize the &linearized_isa method
556 and avoid the hack/check for circular
557 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
558 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
559 - added tests for this
561 * Class::MOP::Immutable
562 - the immutable class now keeps track of
563 the transformer which immutablized it
565 * Class::MOP::Instance
566 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
567 - added tests for this
569 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
571 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
572 transformation arguments are saved
574 - added tests for this
576 * Class::MOP::Immutable
577 - fixed a bug (see above)
579 * Class::MOP::Attribute
582 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
583 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
584 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
587 - removed the dependency on B
588 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
589 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
590 the B fiddling we were doing with
591 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
592 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
593 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
594 be used to help manage method caching.
597 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
598 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
599 even more accurate caching information.
600 blblack++ for that stuff :)
603 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
604 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
605 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
606 track of when we need to re-fetch the
608 - Several small improvements to take advantage
609 of the new method map caching features
611 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
612 * Class::MOP::Attribute
613 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
614 HASH ref case, which makes the
615 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
616 - added more tests for this
618 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
619 * Class::MOP::Attribute
620 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
621 - added more tests for this
623 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
625 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
626 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
627 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
629 * Class::MOP::Attribute
630 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
631 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
632 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
634 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
635 * Class::MOP::Attribute
636 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
638 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
639 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
641 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
643 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
646 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
647 construct_class_instance (groditi)
648 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
649 call through (groditi)
651 * Class::MOP::Attribute
652 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
653 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
654 it is defined (groditi)
656 * Class::MOP::Instance
657 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
658 it is defined (groditi)
660 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
661 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
662 - removed the relevant attributes
664 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
665 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
666 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
667 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
669 - added tests for this
670 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
671 non-inlined constructors.
672 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
674 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
675 - added this class as an abstract base for the
676 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
677 - added tests for this
680 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
681 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
684 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
686 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
687 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
689 * Class::MOP::Package
690 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
693 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
695 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
697 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
698 it manually now so that people can use this
699 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
701 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
703 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
704 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
705 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
708 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
709 * Class::MOP::Immutable
710 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
711 - removed unused variable
712 - added create_immutable_transformer
713 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
714 - tests for this (groditi)
717 - Immutability can now be undone,
718 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
719 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
720 for details see comments next to make_immutable
721 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
722 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
723 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
724 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
725 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
726 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
728 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
729 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
731 * Class::MOP::Package
732 - we now deal with stub methods properly
733 - added tests for this
734 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
736 * Class::MOP::Attribute
737 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
738 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
740 - added tests and POD for this
743 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
744 handles undef values correctly.
745 - added tests for this
746 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
747 will not get reaped when instances still
748 exist which need to reference them. This is
749 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
750 obscure enough feature that there are not too
751 many work arounds out in the wild.
752 - added tests for this by groditi
753 - updated docs to explain this
756 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
757 - added tests for this behavior
759 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
760 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
763 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
764 - added tests and docs for these
766 * Class::MOP::Attribute
767 - default now checks the instance with defined to
768 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
772 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
778 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
779 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
780 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
781 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
784 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
786 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
787 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
788 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
791 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
792 immutable transformation instead of
793 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
795 + Class::MOP::Immutable
796 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
797 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
798 be coming eventually.
801 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
803 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
804 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
808 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
811 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
813 - constructor generation is now handled by
814 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
816 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
817 - created this to handle constructor generation
818 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
820 * Class::MOP::Attribute
822 - attributes now delegate to the
823 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
826 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
827 - all accessor generation functions from
828 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
830 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
832 * scripts/class_browser.pl
833 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
834 on this to come. Comments and patches are
838 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
839 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
840 they are aliased from the originals
841 - fixed tests to reflect
842 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
844 - adjusted tests for this
845 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
850 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
851 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
852 - adjusted tests to compensate
853 - adjusted docs for this
856 - changed how methods are dealt with to
857 encapsulate most of the work into the
858 &get_method_map method
859 - made several adjustments for the change
860 in Class::MOP::Method
861 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
862 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
863 old one before installing the new one
864 - added tests for this
865 - adjusted docs for this
867 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
868 - added caching of &get_method_map
869 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
870 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
872 * Class::MOP::Package
873 - added filtering capabilities to
874 &list_all_package_symbols
876 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
878 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
879 the $:version and such just actually goes
880 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
881 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
883 - The &create method now requires that all
884 but the package name now is passed in as
885 named parameters. See docs for more info.
886 - updated docs and tests for this
889 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
893 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
894 which do not store things in the instance
895 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
898 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
900 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
902 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
903 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
906 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
907 - fixed all tests for this
909 * Class::MOP::Attribute
910 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
911 are no longer allowed for defaults
912 - added tests for this
914 * Class::MOP::Package
915 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
916 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
917 always reloaded from the symbol table.
919 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
921 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
922 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
923 metamodel is more complete (and closer
924 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
926 * Class::MOP::Package
927 - refactored entire class, this is now
928 the primary gateway between the metaclass
929 and the Perl 5 symbol table
930 - added many tests for this
931 - this class is now a subclass of
933 - added some tests to reflect this
936 - refactored all symbol table access to
937 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
940 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
941 so that Module has a version as an attribute
942 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
943 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
944 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
945 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
946 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
947 - added tests for this
949 * Class::MOP::Instance
950 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
952 - added tests for this
954 * Class::MOP::Attribute
955 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
956 slots from an instance
957 - added tests for this
959 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
962 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
963 anywhere within the class hierarchy
965 * Class::MOP::Attribute
966 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
967 the value of the attribute for a particular
970 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
971 ---------------------------------------
972 This is the first version of Class::MOP
973 to introduce the immutable features which
974 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
975 This support should still be considered
976 experimental, but moving towards stability.
977 ---------------------------------------
979 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
981 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
982 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
983 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
986 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
987 - several methods moved to ::Module and
988 ::Package and now inherited
989 - added tests for this
991 * Class::MOP::Instance
992 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
993 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
994 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
995 instance creation (of course)
998 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
999 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1000 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1001 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1002 table manipulation methods.
1004 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1005 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1007 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1008 properly when inherited
1009 - small fix to &clone_instance
1011 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1012 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1013 - This release works in combination with
1014 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1015 because it introduces a new instance
1016 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1020 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1021 - added tests for this
1022 - improved method modifier wrapping
1024 * Class::MOP::Instance
1025 - added new instance protocol
1026 - added tests for this
1027 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1029 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1033 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1034 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1036 - updated tests for this
1039 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1040 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1042 - added tests for this
1043 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1044 new instance protocol
1045 - added more tests for this
1047 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1049 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1050 - added tests and docs for this
1051 - some small optimizations
1053 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1054 - some small optimizations
1056 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1058 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1059 - added tests for this
1060 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1061 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1062 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1063 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1064 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1065 delegates appropriately
1067 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1068 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1069 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1070 called initialize_instance_slot
1073 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1074 initialize_instance_slot method
1076 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1078 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1079 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1081 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1083 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1084 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1086 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1087 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1088 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1090 - added tests for this
1091 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1093 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1095 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1096 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1097 - added test case for this
1099 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1101 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1102 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1103 available in DESTORY calls
1105 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1106 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1107 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1109 * Class::MOP::Method
1110 - added &package_name, &name and
1111 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1112 which were formerly private subs in
1115 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1116 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1117 before, after and around modifiers
1118 - added tests and docs for this feature
1121 - improved &get_package_symbol
1122 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1123 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1125 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1126 - &add_before_method_modifier
1127 - &add_after_method_modifier
1128 - &add_around_method_modifier
1129 - added tests and docs for these
1130 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1131 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1133 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1134 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1138 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1139 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1140 the test skip if it is not installed
1142 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1144 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1147 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1148 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1149 - added docs and tests
1151 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1152 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1153 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1154 be considered "ready to use".
1156 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1157 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1158 - test coverage is now at 99%
1161 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1162 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1163 metaclass pragma instead.
1166 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1167 error/edge-case tests
1169 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1170 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1171 error/edge-case tests
1174 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1176 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1178 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1179 metaclass a little more straightforward
1182 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1183 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1184 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1185 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1189 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1190 is now more useful for subclasses
1191 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1192 hash of attribute meta objects
1193 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1194 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1195 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1196 attribute meta-object itself
1197 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1198 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1199 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1200 - added docs & tests for this
1201 - added Clone as a dependency
1202 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1203 return blessed new or cloned instances
1204 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1205 - added docs & tests for this
1206 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1207 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1208 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1209 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1210 - added tests and docs for this
1213 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1215 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1217 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1219 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1220 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1221 attributes/methods respectively
1224 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1227 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1228 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1229 - added new example:
1232 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1234 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1236 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1237 - improved error messages
1240 - added new examples:
1241 - AttributesWithHistory
1242 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1244 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1245 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1247 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1248 - refactored method generation code
1249 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1252 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1253 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1254 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1255 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1256 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1258 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1259 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1260 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1262 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006