1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
6 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
10 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
12 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
13 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
14 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
16 1.01 Thu, May 26, 2010
20 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
21 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
25 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
26 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
27 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
29 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
31 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
33 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
35 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
39 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
41 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
45 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
46 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
48 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
52 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
53 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
55 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
56 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
58 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
60 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
61 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
62 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
64 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
66 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
68 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
69 modules (nothingmuch).
72 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
77 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
78 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
79 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
82 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
83 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
86 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
87 * Class::MOP::Attribute
88 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
89 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
90 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
91 attributes. (nothingmuch)
93 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
95 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
96 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
97 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
98 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
99 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
101 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
102 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
103 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
105 * Class::MOP::Package
106 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
107 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
109 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
110 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
111 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
113 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
114 * Class::MOP::Package
115 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
118 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
121 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
122 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
123 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
126 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
127 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
129 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
131 * Class::MOP::Package
132 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
135 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
136 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
138 * Class::MOP::Attribute
140 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
143 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
144 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
145 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
146 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
149 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
150 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
151 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
152 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
153 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
154 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
158 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
159 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
163 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
164 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
165 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
169 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
170 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
173 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
174 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
175 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
179 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
180 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
181 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
182 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
183 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
186 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
187 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
189 * Class::MOP::Instance
190 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
191 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
193 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
195 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
197 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
200 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
202 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
203 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
206 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
207 changed back in 0.82_01)
208 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
209 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
212 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
213 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
215 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
217 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
218 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
219 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
222 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
223 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
226 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
227 * Class::MOP::Attribute
228 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
230 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
231 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
232 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
235 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
238 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
239 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
240 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
241 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
242 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
245 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
248 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
250 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
254 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
255 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
256 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
257 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
261 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
264 * Class::MOP::Package
265 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
268 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
271 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
273 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
276 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
277 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
278 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
279 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
282 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
283 was removed in 0.82_01.
285 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
286 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
287 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
288 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
289 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
290 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
291 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
292 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
293 for the Moose compatibility handling code
294 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
296 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
298 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
299 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
301 * Class::MOP::Immutable
302 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
303 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
304 provides its own constructor (doy)
306 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
309 * Class::MOP::Instance
310 * Class::MOP::Attribute
311 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
312 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
313 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
314 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
317 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
318 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
320 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
322 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
323 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
325 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
326 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
327 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
328 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
329 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
332 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
333 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
334 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
335 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
336 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
337 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
338 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
340 - Class::MOP::Instance
341 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
345 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
346 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
347 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
349 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
350 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
351 when an object is constructed)
352 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
354 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
355 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
356 when an object is constructed)
357 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
358 - attributes => _attributes
359 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
361 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
363 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
364 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
365 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
368 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
369 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
370 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
373 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
374 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
375 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
376 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
380 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
381 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
382 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
383 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
384 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
385 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
387 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
388 * No changes from 0.78_02.
390 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
392 * Class::MOP::Immutable
393 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
394 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
395 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
396 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
400 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
401 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
404 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
405 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
406 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
408 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
410 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
411 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
414 * Class::MOP::Instance
415 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
416 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
417 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
418 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
420 * Class::MOP::Attribute
421 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
422 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
423 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
425 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
426 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
427 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
431 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
432 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
433 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
434 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
436 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
437 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
438 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
439 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
440 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
441 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
442 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
443 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
444 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
447 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
448 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
451 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
453 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
454 * No changes from 0.77_01
456 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
458 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
459 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
460 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
461 against the pure Perl version of this code.
463 * Class::MOP::Instance
464 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
465 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
468 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
470 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
474 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
475 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
479 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
480 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
482 * Class::MOP::Package
483 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
484 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
487 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
491 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
492 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
493 near future release. You've been warned.
495 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
496 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
497 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
498 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
500 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
501 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
504 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
505 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
508 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
511 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
512 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
514 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
516 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
517 sharing an immutable transformer object
518 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
519 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
521 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
523 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
524 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
525 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
526 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
528 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
529 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
531 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
533 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
534 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
536 * t/082_get_code_info.t
537 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
538 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
539 succeed in that case.
541 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
542 * Class::MOP::Package
543 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
546 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
547 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
549 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
550 * Class::MOP::Immutable
551 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
552 the constructor was inlined.
553 * Class::MOP::Package
554 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
555 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
556 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
558 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
559 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
561 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
563 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
564 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
565 * Class::MOP::Immutable
566 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
567 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
568 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
571 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
572 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
573 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
574 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
575 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
576 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
577 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
578 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
579 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
580 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
582 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
585 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
586 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
589 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
591 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
592 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
594 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
596 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
597 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
598 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
601 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
602 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
603 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
606 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
608 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
609 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
611 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
612 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
613 times in an eval. (t0m)
615 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
617 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
618 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
619 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
620 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
621 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
622 - added test for this
624 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
625 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
626 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
629 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
630 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
634 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
635 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
636 aliased methods and "real" methods.
638 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
639 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
640 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
641 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
644 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
645 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
648 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
649 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
650 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
651 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
652 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
653 for sad systems without a compiler.
656 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
657 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
660 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
661 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
662 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
664 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
666 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
667 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
668 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
669 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
671 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
672 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
673 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
674 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
676 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
678 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
679 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
682 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
683 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
684 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
686 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
688 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
690 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
691 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
692 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
694 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
695 * Class::MOP::Package
696 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
697 releases. (nothingmuch)
700 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
702 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
703 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
704 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
707 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
710 * Class::MOP::Instance
711 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
713 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
715 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
716 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
717 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
718 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
721 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
722 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
726 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
727 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
728 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
729 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
730 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
733 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
734 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
735 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
738 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
739 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
740 consistency (nothingmuch)
741 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
743 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
744 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
745 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
746 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
749 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
750 * Class::MOP::Immutable
751 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
753 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
755 * Class::MOP::Instance
756 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
757 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
759 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
761 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
762 the class is already loaded (sartak)
763 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
764 instead of just 1 (sartak)
767 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
769 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
770 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
771 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
773 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
774 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
775 recognizes it correct this time.
777 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
778 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
781 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
782 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
785 - now stores the instance of the instance
786 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
787 and deletes it when the cache is blown
788 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
789 the options used to make it immutable as well as
790 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
792 * Class::MOP::Package
793 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
794 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
795 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
799 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
801 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
802 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
804 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
805 names now throw a more direct error in
807 - tests for this and other aspects of
813 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
814 Class::MOP::Attribute
815 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
818 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
819 (late night release engineering)--
821 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
822 changes in this release
824 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
825 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
826 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
829 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
830 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
831 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
834 * Class::MOP::Package
835 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
837 - inlining a few calls to &name with
838 direct HASH access key access
839 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
840 a HASH of items based on a type filter
841 similar to list_all_package_symbols
842 - added tests for this
845 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
846 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
847 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
848 - added more descriptive error message to help
849 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
850 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
852 * Class::MOP::Immutable
853 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
855 - added tests for this
857 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
859 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
860 function from MRO::Compat
861 - All XS based functionality now has a
862 Pure Perl alternative
863 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
864 can now be used to force non-XS versions
867 * Class::MOP::Attribute
868 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
869 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
870 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
872 - added tests for this
874 * Class::MOP::Immutable
875 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
876 making the class immutable
879 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
880 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
881 allow for it to work.
882 - added tests for this
884 * Class::MOP::Attribute
886 Class::MOP::Immutable
887 - any time a method meta object is constructed
888 we make sure to pass the correct package and
889 method name information
892 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
893 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
894 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
895 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
896 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
897 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
898 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
899 throw an error if these are not supplied.
900 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
901 and now store the package_name and name attributes
904 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
905 Module::Install support has been removed
907 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
908 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
909 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
910 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
914 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
915 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
917 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
918 when it has no init_arg
919 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
920 to support c3 classes.
922 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
925 - making sure that load_class never gets
926 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
927 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
930 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
932 - improved error handling in ->create method
933 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
934 will be used to populate values
935 - added tests for this
938 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
939 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
945 Class::MOP::Attribute
946 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
947 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
949 * Class::MOP::Instance
950 Class::MOP::Immutable
951 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
954 - fixed the filename length on several
955 test files so we install on VMS better
957 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
958 should be catfile (RT #32385)
960 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
961 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
964 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
965 Class::MOP::Attribute
966 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
967 to indicate that no constructor args can
968 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
969 - added tests for this
970 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
973 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
974 feature instead of the silly hack from
975 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
977 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
979 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
982 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
983 - removed assumptions about the existence of
986 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
987 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
988 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
991 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
992 constant so that we can take advantage
993 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
996 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
997 optimize the &linearized_isa method
998 and avoid the hack/check for circular
999 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1000 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1001 - added tests for this
1003 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1004 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1005 the transformer which immutablized it
1007 * Class::MOP::Instance
1008 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1009 - added tests for this
1011 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1013 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1014 transformation arguments are saved
1016 - added tests for this
1018 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1019 - fixed a bug (see above)
1021 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1024 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1025 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1026 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1029 - removed the dependency on B
1030 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1031 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1032 the B fiddling we were doing with
1033 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1034 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1035 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1036 be used to help manage method caching.
1039 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1040 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1041 even more accurate caching information.
1042 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1045 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1046 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1047 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1048 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1050 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1051 of the new method map caching features
1053 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1054 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1055 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1056 HASH ref case, which makes the
1057 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1058 - added more tests for this
1060 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1061 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1062 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1063 - added more tests for this
1065 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1067 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1068 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1069 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1071 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1072 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1073 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1074 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1076 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1077 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1078 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1080 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1081 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1083 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1085 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1088 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1089 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1090 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1091 call through (groditi)
1093 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1094 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1095 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1096 it is defined (groditi)
1098 * Class::MOP::Instance
1099 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1100 it is defined (groditi)
1102 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1103 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1104 - removed the relevant attributes
1106 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1107 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1108 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1109 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1111 - added tests for this
1112 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1113 non-inlined constructors.
1114 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1116 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1117 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1118 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1119 - added tests for this
1122 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1123 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1126 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1128 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1129 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1131 * Class::MOP::Package
1132 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1135 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1137 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1139 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1140 it manually now so that people can use this
1141 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1143 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1145 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1146 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1147 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1150 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1151 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1152 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1153 - removed unused variable
1154 - added create_immutable_transformer
1155 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1156 - tests for this (groditi)
1159 - Immutability can now be undone,
1160 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1161 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1162 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1163 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1164 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1165 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1166 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1167 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1168 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1170 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1171 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1173 * Class::MOP::Package
1174 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1175 - added tests for this
1176 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1178 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1179 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1180 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1182 - added tests and POD for this
1185 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1186 handles undef values correctly.
1187 - added tests for this
1188 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1189 will not get reaped when instances still
1190 exist which need to reference them. This is
1191 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1192 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1193 many work arounds out in the wild.
1194 - added tests for this by groditi
1195 - updated docs to explain this
1198 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1199 - added tests for this behavior
1201 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1202 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1205 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1206 - added tests and docs for these
1208 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1209 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1210 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1214 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1219 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1220 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1221 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1222 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1223 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1226 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1228 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1229 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1230 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1233 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1234 immutable transformation instead of
1235 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1237 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1238 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1239 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1240 be coming eventually.
1243 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1245 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1246 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1250 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1253 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1255 - constructor generation is now handled by
1256 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1258 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1259 - created this to handle constructor generation
1260 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1262 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1264 - attributes now delegate to the
1265 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1268 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1269 - all accessor generation functions from
1270 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1272 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1274 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1275 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1276 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1280 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1281 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1282 they are aliased from the originals
1283 - fixed tests to reflect
1284 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1286 - adjusted tests for this
1287 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1290 * Class::MOP::Method
1292 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1293 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1294 - adjusted tests to compensate
1295 - adjusted docs for this
1298 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1299 encapsulate most of the work into the
1300 &get_method_map method
1301 - made several adjustments for the change
1302 in Class::MOP::Method
1303 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1304 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1305 old one before installing the new one
1306 - added tests for this
1307 - adjusted docs for this
1309 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1310 - added caching of &get_method_map
1311 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1312 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1314 * Class::MOP::Package
1315 - added filtering capabilities to
1316 &list_all_package_symbols
1318 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1320 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1321 the $:version and such just actually goes
1322 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1323 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1325 - The &create method now requires that all
1326 but the package name now is passed in as
1327 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1328 - updated docs and tests for this
1330 * Class::MOP::Object
1331 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1335 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1336 which do not store things in the instance
1337 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1340 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1342 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1344 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1345 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1348 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1349 - fixed all tests for this
1351 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1352 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1353 are no longer allowed for defaults
1354 - added tests for this
1356 * Class::MOP::Package
1357 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1358 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1359 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1361 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1363 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1364 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1365 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1366 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1368 * Class::MOP::Package
1369 - refactored entire class, this is now
1370 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1371 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1372 - added many tests for this
1373 - this class is now a subclass of
1375 - added some tests to reflect this
1378 - refactored all symbol table access to
1379 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1381 * Class::MOP::Module
1382 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1383 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1384 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1385 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1386 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1387 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1388 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1389 - added tests for this
1391 * Class::MOP::Instance
1392 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1394 - added tests for this
1396 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1397 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1398 slots from an instance
1399 - added tests for this
1401 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1404 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1405 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1407 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1408 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1409 the value of the attribute for a particular
1412 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1413 ---------------------------------------
1414 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1415 to introduce the immutable features which
1416 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1417 This support should still be considered
1418 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1419 ---------------------------------------
1421 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1423 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1424 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1425 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1428 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1429 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1430 ::Package and now inherited
1431 - added tests for this
1433 * Class::MOP::Instance
1434 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1435 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1436 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1437 instance creation (of course)
1440 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1441 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1442 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1443 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1444 table manipulation methods.
1446 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1447 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1449 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1450 properly when inherited
1451 - small fix to &clone_instance
1453 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1454 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1455 - This release works in combination with
1456 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1457 because it introduces a new instance
1458 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1462 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1463 - added tests for this
1464 - improved method modifier wrapping
1466 * Class::MOP::Instance
1467 - added new instance protocol
1468 - added tests for this
1469 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1471 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1475 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1476 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1478 - updated tests for this
1481 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1482 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1484 - added tests for this
1485 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1486 new instance protocol
1487 - added more tests for this
1489 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1491 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1492 - added tests and docs for this
1493 - some small optimizations
1495 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1496 - some small optimizations
1498 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1500 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1501 - added tests for this
1502 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1503 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1504 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1505 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1506 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1507 delegates appropriately
1509 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1510 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1511 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1512 called initialize_instance_slot
1515 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1516 initialize_instance_slot method
1518 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1520 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1521 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1523 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1525 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1526 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1528 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1529 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1530 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1532 - added tests for this
1533 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1535 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1537 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1538 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1539 - added test case for this
1541 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1543 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1544 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1545 available in DESTORY calls
1547 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1548 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1549 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1551 * Class::MOP::Method
1552 - added &package_name, &name and
1553 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1554 which were formerly private subs in
1557 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1558 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1559 before, after and around modifiers
1560 - added tests and docs for this feature
1563 - improved &get_package_symbol
1564 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1565 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1567 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1568 - &add_before_method_modifier
1569 - &add_after_method_modifier
1570 - &add_around_method_modifier
1571 - added tests and docs for these
1572 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1573 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1575 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1576 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1580 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1581 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1582 the test skip if it is not installed
1584 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1586 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1589 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1590 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1591 - added docs and tests
1593 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1594 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1595 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1596 be considered "ready to use".
1598 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1599 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1600 - test coverage is now at 99%
1603 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1604 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1605 metaclass pragma instead.
1608 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1609 error/edge-case tests
1611 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1612 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1613 error/edge-case tests
1616 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1618 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1620 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1621 metaclass a little more straightforward
1624 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1625 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1626 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1627 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1631 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1632 is now more useful for subclasses
1633 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1634 hash of attribute meta objects
1635 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1636 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1637 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1638 attribute meta-object itself
1639 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1640 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1641 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1642 - added docs & tests for this
1643 - added Clone as a dependency
1644 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1645 return blessed new or cloned instances
1646 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1647 - added docs & tests for this
1648 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1649 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1650 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1651 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1652 - added tests and docs for this
1655 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1657 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1659 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1661 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1662 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1663 attributes/methods respectively
1666 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1669 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1670 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1671 - added new example:
1674 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1676 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1678 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1679 - improved error messages
1682 - added new examples:
1683 - AttributesWithHistory
1684 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1686 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1687 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1689 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1690 - refactored method generation code
1691 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1694 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1695 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1696 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1697 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1698 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1700 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1701 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1702 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1704 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006