1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
5 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
6 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
7 * Class::MOP::Immutable
8 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
9 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
10 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
13 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
14 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
15 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
17 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
18 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
19 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
20 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
21 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
22 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
23 * Class::MOP::Immutable
24 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
25 the constructor was inlined.
27 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
30 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
31 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
34 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
36 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
37 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
39 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
41 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
42 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
43 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
46 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
47 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
48 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
51 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
53 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
54 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
56 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
57 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
58 times in an eval. (t0m)
60 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
62 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
63 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
64 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
65 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
66 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
69 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
70 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
71 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
74 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
75 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
79 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
80 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
81 aliased methods and "real" methods.
83 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
84 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
85 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
86 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
89 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
90 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
93 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
94 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
95 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
96 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
97 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
98 for sad systems without a compiler.
101 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
102 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
105 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
106 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
107 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
109 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
111 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
112 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
113 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
114 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
116 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
117 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
118 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
119 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
121 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
123 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
124 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
127 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
128 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
129 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
131 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
133 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
135 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
136 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
137 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
139 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
140 * Class::MOP::Package
141 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
142 releases. (nothingmuch)
145 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
147 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
148 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
149 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
152 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
155 * Class::MOP::Instance
156 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
158 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
160 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
161 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
162 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
163 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
166 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
167 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
171 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
172 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
173 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
174 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
175 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
178 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
179 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
180 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
183 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
184 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
185 consistency (nothingmuch)
186 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
188 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
189 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
190 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
191 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
194 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
195 * Class::MOP::Immutable
196 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
198 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
200 * Class::MOP::Instance
201 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
202 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
204 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
206 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
207 the class is already loaded (sartak)
208 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
209 instead of just 1 (sartak)
212 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
214 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
215 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
216 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
218 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
219 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
220 recognizes it correct this time.
222 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
223 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
226 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
227 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
230 - now stores the instance of the instance
231 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
232 and deletes it when the cache is blown
233 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
234 the options used to make it immutable as well as
235 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
237 * Class::MOP::Package
238 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
239 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
240 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
244 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
246 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
247 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
249 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
250 names now throw a more direct error in
252 - tests for this and other aspects of
258 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
259 Class::MOP::Attribute
260 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
263 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
264 (late night release engineering)--
266 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
267 changes in this release
269 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
270 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
271 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
274 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
275 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
276 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
279 * Class::MOP::Package
280 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
282 - inlining a few calls to &name with
283 direct HASH access key access
284 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
285 a HASH of items based on a type filter
286 similar to list_all_package_symbols
287 - added tests for this
290 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
291 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
292 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
293 - added more descriptive error message to help
294 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
295 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
297 * Class::MOP::Immutable
298 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
300 - added tests for this
302 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
304 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
305 function from MRO::Compat
306 - All XS based functionality now has a
307 Pure Perl alternative
308 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
309 can now be used to force non-XS versions
312 * Class::MOP::Attribute
313 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
314 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
315 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
317 - added tests for this
319 * Class::MOP::Immutable
320 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
321 making the class immutable
324 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
325 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
326 allow for it to work.
327 - added tests for this
329 * Class::MOP::Attribute
331 Class::MOP::Immutable
332 - any time a method meta object is constructed
333 we make sure to pass the correct package and
334 method name information
337 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
338 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
339 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
340 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
341 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
342 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
343 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
344 throw an error if these are not supplied.
345 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
346 and now store the package_name and name attributes
349 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
350 Module::Install support has been removed
352 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
353 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
354 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
355 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
359 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
360 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
362 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
363 when it has no init_arg
364 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
365 to support c3 classes.
367 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
370 - making sure that load_class never gets
371 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
372 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
375 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
377 - improved error handling in ->create method
378 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
379 will be used to populate values
380 - added tests for this
383 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
384 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
390 Class::MOP::Attribute
391 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
392 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
394 * Class::MOP::Instance
395 Class::MOP::Immutable
396 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
399 - fixed the filename length on several
400 test files so we install on VMS better
402 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
403 should be catfile (RT #32385)
405 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
406 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
409 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
410 Class::MOP::Attribute
411 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
412 to indicate that no constructor args can
413 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
414 - added tests for this
415 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
418 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
419 feature instead of the silly hack from
420 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
422 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
424 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
427 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
428 - removed assumptions about the existence of
431 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
432 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
433 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
436 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
437 constant so that we can take advantage
438 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
441 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
442 optimize the &linearized_isa method
443 and avoid the hack/check for circular
444 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
445 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
446 - added tests for this
448 * Class::MOP::Immutable
449 - the immutable class now keeps track of
450 the transformer which immutablized it
452 * Class::MOP::Instance
453 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
454 - added tests for this
456 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
458 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
459 transformation arguments are saved
461 - added tests for this
463 * Class::MOP::Immutable
464 - fixed a bug (see above)
466 * Class::MOP::Attribute
469 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
470 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
471 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
474 - removed the dependency on B
475 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
476 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
477 the B fiddling we were doing with
478 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
479 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
480 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
481 be used to help manage method caching.
484 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
485 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
486 even more accurate caching information.
487 blblack++ for that stuff :)
490 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
491 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
492 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
493 track of when we need to re-fetch the
495 - Several small improvements to take advantage
496 of the new method map caching features
498 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
499 * Class::MOP::Attribute
500 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
501 HASH ref case, which makes the
502 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
503 - added more tests for this
505 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
506 * Class::MOP::Attribute
507 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
508 - added more tests for this
510 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
512 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
513 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
514 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
516 * Class::MOP::Attribute
517 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
518 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
519 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
521 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
522 * Class::MOP::Attribute
523 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
525 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
526 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
528 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
530 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
533 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
534 construct_class_instance (groditi)
535 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
536 call through (groditi)
538 * Class::MOP::Attribute
539 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
540 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
541 it is defined (groditi)
543 * Class::MOP::Instance
544 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
545 it is defined (groditi)
547 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
548 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
549 - removed the relevant attributes
551 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
552 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
553 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
554 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
556 - added tests for this
557 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
558 non-inlined constructors.
559 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
561 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
562 - added this class as an abstract base for the
563 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
564 - added tests for this
567 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
568 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
571 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
573 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
574 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
576 * Class::MOP::Package
577 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
580 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
582 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
584 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
585 it manually now so that people can use this
586 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
588 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
590 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
591 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
592 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
595 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
596 * Class::MOP::Immutable
597 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
598 - removed unused variable
599 - added create_immutable_transformer
600 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
601 - tests for this (groditi)
604 - Immutability can now be undone,
605 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
606 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
607 for details see comments next to make_immutable
608 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
609 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
610 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
611 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
612 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
613 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
615 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
616 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
618 * Class::MOP::Package
619 - we now deal with stub methods properly
620 - added tests for this
621 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
623 * Class::MOP::Attribute
624 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
625 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
627 - added tests and POD for this
630 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
631 handles undef values correctly.
632 - added tests for this
633 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
634 will not get reaped when instances still
635 exist which need to reference them. This is
636 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
637 obscure enough feature that there are not too
638 many work arounds out in the wild.
639 - added tests for this by groditi
640 - updated docs to explain this
643 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
644 - added tests for this behavior
646 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
647 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
650 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
651 - added tests and docs for these
653 * Class::MOP::Attribute
654 - default now checks the instance with defined to
655 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
659 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
665 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
666 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
667 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
668 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
671 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
673 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
674 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
675 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
678 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
679 immutable transformation instead of
680 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
682 + Class::MOP::Immutable
683 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
684 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
685 be coming eventually.
688 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
690 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
691 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
695 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
698 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
700 - constructor generation is now handled by
701 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
703 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
704 - created this to handle constructor generation
705 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
707 * Class::MOP::Attribute
709 - attributes now delegate to the
710 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
713 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
714 - all accessor generation functions from
715 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
717 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
719 * scripts/class_browser.pl
720 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
721 on this to come. Comments and patches are
725 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
726 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
727 they are aliased from the originals
728 - fixed tests to reflect
729 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
731 - adjusted tests for this
732 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
737 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
738 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
739 - adjusted tests to compensate
740 - adjusted docs for this
743 - changed how methods are dealt with to
744 encapsulate most of the work into the
745 &get_method_map method
746 - made several adjustments for the change
747 in Class::MOP::Method
748 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
749 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
750 old one before installing the new one
751 - added tests for this
752 - adjusted docs for this
754 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
755 - added caching of &get_method_map
756 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
757 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
759 * Class::MOP::Package
760 - added filtering capabilities to
761 &list_all_package_symbols
763 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
765 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
766 the $:version and such just actually goes
767 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
768 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
770 - The &create method now requires that all
771 but the package name now is passed in as
772 named parameters. See docs for more info.
773 - updated docs and tests for this
776 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
780 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
781 which do not store things in the instance
782 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
785 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
787 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
789 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
790 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
793 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
794 - fixed all tests for this
796 * Class::MOP::Attribute
797 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
798 are no longer allowed for defaults
799 - added tests for this
801 * Class::MOP::Package
802 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
803 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
804 always reloaded from the symbol table.
806 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
808 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
809 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
810 metamodel is more complete (and closer
811 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
813 * Class::MOP::Package
814 - refactored entire class, this is now
815 the primary gateway between the metaclass
816 and the Perl 5 symbol table
817 - added many tests for this
818 - this class is now a subclass of
820 - added some tests to reflect this
823 - refactored all symbol table access to
824 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
827 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
828 so that Module has a version as an attribute
829 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
830 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
831 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
832 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
833 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
834 - added tests for this
836 * Class::MOP::Instance
837 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
839 - added tests for this
841 * Class::MOP::Attribute
842 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
843 slots from an instance
844 - added tests for this
846 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
849 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
850 anywhere within the class hierarchy
852 * Class::MOP::Attribute
853 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
854 the value of the attribute for a particular
857 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
858 ---------------------------------------
859 This is the first version of Class::MOP
860 to introduce the immutable features which
861 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
862 This support should still be considered
863 experimental, but moving towards stability.
864 ---------------------------------------
866 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
868 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
869 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
870 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
873 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
874 - several methods moved to ::Module and
875 ::Package and now inherited
876 - added tests for this
878 * Class::MOP::Instance
879 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
880 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
881 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
882 instance creation (of course)
885 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
886 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
887 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
888 because they are now more general purpose symbol
889 table manipulation methods.
891 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
892 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
894 - small change in &create so that it behaves
895 properly when inherited
896 - small fix to &clone_instance
898 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
899 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
900 - This release works in combination with
901 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
902 because it introduces a new instance
903 sub-protocol and has not yet been
907 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
908 - added tests for this
909 - improved method modifier wrapping
911 * Class::MOP::Instance
912 - added new instance protocol
913 - added tests for this
914 - changed all relevant modules and examples
916 - Class::MOP::Attribute
920 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
921 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
923 - updated tests for this
926 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
927 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
929 - added tests for this
930 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
931 new instance protocol
932 - added more tests for this
934 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
936 - added find_attribute_by_name method
937 - added tests and docs for this
938 - some small optimizations
940 * Class::MOP::Attribute
941 - some small optimizations
943 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
945 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
946 - added tests for this
947 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
948 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
949 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
950 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
951 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
952 delegates appropriately
954 * Class::MOP::Attribute
955 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
956 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
957 called initialize_instance_slot
960 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
961 initialize_instance_slot method
963 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
965 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
966 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
968 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
970 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
971 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
973 * Class::MOP::Attribute
974 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
975 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
977 - added tests for this
978 - adjusted all /example files to comply
980 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
982 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
983 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
984 - added test case for this
986 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
988 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
989 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
990 available in DESTORY calls
992 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
993 - removed the dependency for Clone since
994 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
997 - added &package_name, &name and
998 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
999 which were formerly private subs in
1002 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1003 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1004 before, after and around modifiers
1005 - added tests and docs for this feature
1008 - improved &get_package_symbol
1009 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1010 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1012 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1013 - &add_before_method_modifier
1014 - &add_after_method_modifier
1015 - &add_around_method_modifier
1016 - added tests and docs for these
1017 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1018 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1020 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1021 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1025 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1026 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1027 the test skip if it is not installed
1029 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1031 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1034 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1035 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1036 - added docs and tests
1038 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1039 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1040 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1041 be considered "ready to use".
1043 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1044 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1045 - test coverage is now at 99%
1048 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1049 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1050 metaclass pragma instead.
1053 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1054 error/edge-case tests
1056 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1057 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1058 error/edge-case tests
1061 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1063 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1065 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1066 metaclass a little more straightforward
1069 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1070 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1071 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1072 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1076 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1077 is now more useful for subclasses
1078 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1079 hash of attribute meta objects
1080 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1081 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1082 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1083 attribute meta-object itself
1084 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1085 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1086 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1087 - added docs & tests for this
1088 - added Clone as a dependency
1089 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1090 return blessed new or cloned instances
1091 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1092 - added docs & tests for this
1093 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1094 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1095 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1096 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1097 - added tests and docs for this
1100 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1102 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1104 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1106 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1107 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1108 attributes/methods respectively
1111 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1114 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1115 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1116 - added new example:
1119 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1121 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1123 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1124 - improved error messages
1127 - added new examples:
1128 - AttributesWithHistory
1129 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1131 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1132 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1134 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1135 - refactored method generation code
1136 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1139 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1140 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1141 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1142 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1143 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1145 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1146 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1147 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1149 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006