1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl.
9 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
11 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
12 modules (nothingmuch).
15 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
20 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
21 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
22 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
25 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
26 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
29 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
30 * Class::MOP::Attribute
31 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
32 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
33 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
34 attributes. (nothingmuch)
36 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
38 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
39 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
40 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
41 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
42 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
44 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
45 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
46 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
49 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
50 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
52 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
53 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
54 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
56 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
58 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
61 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
64 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
65 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
66 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
69 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
70 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
75 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
78 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
79 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
81 * Class::MOP::Attribute
83 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
87 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
88 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
89 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
93 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
94 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
95 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
96 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
97 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
101 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
102 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
106 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
107 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
108 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
112 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
113 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
116 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
117 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
118 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
122 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
123 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
124 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
125 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
126 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
129 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
130 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
132 * Class::MOP::Instance
133 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
134 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
136 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
138 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
140 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
143 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
145 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
146 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
149 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
150 changed back in 0.82_01)
151 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
152 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
155 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
156 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
158 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
160 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
161 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
162 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
165 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
166 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
169 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
170 * Class::MOP::Attribute
171 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
173 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
174 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
175 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
178 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
181 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
182 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
183 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
184 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
185 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
188 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
191 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
193 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
197 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
198 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
199 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
200 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
204 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
207 * Class::MOP::Package
208 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
211 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
214 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
216 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
219 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
220 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
221 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
222 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
225 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
226 was removed in 0.82_01.
228 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
229 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
230 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
231 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
232 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
233 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
234 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
235 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
236 for the Moose compatibility handling code
237 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
239 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
241 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
242 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
244 * Class::MOP::Immutable
245 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
246 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
247 provides its own constructor (doy)
249 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
252 * Class::MOP::Instance
253 * Class::MOP::Attribute
254 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
255 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
256 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
257 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
260 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
261 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
263 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
265 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
266 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
268 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
269 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
270 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
271 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
272 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
275 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
276 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
277 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
278 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
279 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
280 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
281 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
283 - Class::MOP::Instance
284 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
288 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
289 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
290 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
292 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
293 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
294 when an object is constructed)
295 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
297 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
298 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
299 when an object is constructed)
300 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
301 - attributes => _attributes
302 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
304 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
306 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
307 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
308 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
311 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
312 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
313 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
316 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
317 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
318 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
319 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
323 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
324 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
325 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
326 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
327 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
328 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
330 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
331 * No changes from 0.78_02.
333 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
335 * Class::MOP::Immutable
336 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
337 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
338 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
339 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
343 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
344 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
347 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
348 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
349 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
351 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
353 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
354 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
357 * Class::MOP::Instance
358 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
359 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
360 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
361 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
363 * Class::MOP::Attribute
364 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
365 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
366 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
368 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
369 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
370 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
374 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
375 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
376 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
377 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
379 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
380 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
381 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
382 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
383 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
384 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
385 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
386 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
387 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
390 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
391 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
394 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
396 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
397 * No changes from 0.77_01
399 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
401 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
402 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
403 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
404 against the pure Perl version of this code.
406 * Class::MOP::Instance
407 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
408 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
411 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
413 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
417 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
418 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
422 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
423 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
425 * Class::MOP::Package
426 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
427 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
430 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
434 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
435 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
436 near future release. You've been warned.
438 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
439 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
440 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
441 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
443 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
444 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
447 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
448 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
451 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
454 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
455 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
457 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
459 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
460 sharing an immutable transformer object
461 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
462 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
464 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
466 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
467 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
468 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
469 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
471 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
472 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
474 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
476 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
477 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
479 * t/082_get_code_info.t
480 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
481 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
482 succeed in that case.
484 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
485 * Class::MOP::Package
486 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
489 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
490 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
492 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
493 * Class::MOP::Immutable
494 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
495 the constructor was inlined.
496 * Class::MOP::Package
497 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
498 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
499 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
501 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
502 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
504 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
506 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
507 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
508 * Class::MOP::Immutable
509 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
510 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
511 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
514 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
515 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
516 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
517 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
518 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
519 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
520 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
521 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
522 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
523 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
525 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
528 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
529 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
532 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
534 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
535 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
537 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
539 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
540 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
541 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
544 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
545 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
546 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
549 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
551 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
552 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
554 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
555 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
556 times in an eval. (t0m)
558 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
560 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
561 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
562 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
563 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
564 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
565 - added test for this
567 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
568 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
569 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
572 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
573 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
577 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
578 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
579 aliased methods and "real" methods.
581 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
582 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
583 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
584 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
587 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
588 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
591 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
592 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
593 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
594 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
595 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
596 for sad systems without a compiler.
599 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
600 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
603 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
604 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
605 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
607 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
609 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
610 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
611 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
612 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
614 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
615 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
616 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
617 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
619 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
621 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
622 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
625 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
626 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
627 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
629 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
631 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
633 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
634 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
635 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
637 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
638 * Class::MOP::Package
639 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
640 releases. (nothingmuch)
643 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
645 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
646 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
647 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
650 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
653 * Class::MOP::Instance
654 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
656 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
658 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
659 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
660 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
661 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
664 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
665 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
669 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
670 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
671 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
672 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
673 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
676 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
677 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
678 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
681 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
682 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
683 consistency (nothingmuch)
684 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
686 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
687 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
688 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
689 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
692 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
693 * Class::MOP::Immutable
694 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
696 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
698 * Class::MOP::Instance
699 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
700 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
702 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
704 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
705 the class is already loaded (sartak)
706 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
707 instead of just 1 (sartak)
710 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
712 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
713 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
714 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
716 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
717 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
718 recognizes it correct this time.
720 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
721 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
724 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
725 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
728 - now stores the instance of the instance
729 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
730 and deletes it when the cache is blown
731 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
732 the options used to make it immutable as well as
733 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
735 * Class::MOP::Package
736 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
737 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
738 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
742 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
744 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
745 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
747 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
748 names now throw a more direct error in
750 - tests for this and other aspects of
756 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
757 Class::MOP::Attribute
758 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
761 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
762 (late night release engineering)--
764 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
765 changes in this release
767 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
768 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
769 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
772 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
773 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
774 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
777 * Class::MOP::Package
778 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
780 - inlining a few calls to &name with
781 direct HASH access key access
782 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
783 a HASH of items based on a type filter
784 similar to list_all_package_symbols
785 - added tests for this
788 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
789 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
790 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
791 - added more descriptive error message to help
792 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
793 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
795 * Class::MOP::Immutable
796 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
798 - added tests for this
800 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
802 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
803 function from MRO::Compat
804 - All XS based functionality now has a
805 Pure Perl alternative
806 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
807 can now be used to force non-XS versions
810 * Class::MOP::Attribute
811 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
812 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
813 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
815 - added tests for this
817 * Class::MOP::Immutable
818 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
819 making the class immutable
822 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
823 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
824 allow for it to work.
825 - added tests for this
827 * Class::MOP::Attribute
829 Class::MOP::Immutable
830 - any time a method meta object is constructed
831 we make sure to pass the correct package and
832 method name information
835 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
836 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
837 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
838 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
839 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
840 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
841 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
842 throw an error if these are not supplied.
843 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
844 and now store the package_name and name attributes
847 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
848 Module::Install support has been removed
850 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
851 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
852 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
853 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
857 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
858 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
860 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
861 when it has no init_arg
862 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
863 to support c3 classes.
865 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
868 - making sure that load_class never gets
869 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
870 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
873 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
875 - improved error handling in ->create method
876 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
877 will be used to populate values
878 - added tests for this
881 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
882 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
888 Class::MOP::Attribute
889 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
890 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
892 * Class::MOP::Instance
893 Class::MOP::Immutable
894 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
897 - fixed the filename length on several
898 test files so we install on VMS better
900 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
901 should be catfile (RT #32385)
903 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
904 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
907 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
908 Class::MOP::Attribute
909 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
910 to indicate that no constructor args can
911 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
912 - added tests for this
913 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
916 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
917 feature instead of the silly hack from
918 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
920 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
922 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
925 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
926 - removed assumptions about the existence of
929 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
930 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
931 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
934 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
935 constant so that we can take advantage
936 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
939 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
940 optimize the &linearized_isa method
941 and avoid the hack/check for circular
942 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
943 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
944 - added tests for this
946 * Class::MOP::Immutable
947 - the immutable class now keeps track of
948 the transformer which immutablized it
950 * Class::MOP::Instance
951 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
952 - added tests for this
954 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
956 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
957 transformation arguments are saved
959 - added tests for this
961 * Class::MOP::Immutable
962 - fixed a bug (see above)
964 * Class::MOP::Attribute
967 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
968 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
969 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
972 - removed the dependency on B
973 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
974 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
975 the B fiddling we were doing with
976 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
977 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
978 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
979 be used to help manage method caching.
982 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
983 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
984 even more accurate caching information.
985 blblack++ for that stuff :)
988 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
989 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
990 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
991 track of when we need to re-fetch the
993 - Several small improvements to take advantage
994 of the new method map caching features
996 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
997 * Class::MOP::Attribute
998 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
999 HASH ref case, which makes the
1000 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1001 - added more tests for this
1003 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1004 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1005 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1006 - added more tests for this
1008 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1010 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1011 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1012 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1014 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1015 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1016 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1017 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1019 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1020 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1021 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1023 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1024 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1026 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1028 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1031 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1032 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1033 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1034 call through (groditi)
1036 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1037 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1038 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1039 it is defined (groditi)
1041 * Class::MOP::Instance
1042 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1043 it is defined (groditi)
1045 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1046 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1047 - removed the relevant attributes
1049 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1050 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1051 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1052 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1054 - added tests for this
1055 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1056 non-inlined constructors.
1057 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1059 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1060 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1061 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1062 - added tests for this
1065 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1066 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1069 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1071 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1072 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1074 * Class::MOP::Package
1075 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1078 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1080 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1082 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1083 it manually now so that people can use this
1084 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1086 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1088 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1089 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1090 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1093 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1094 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1095 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1096 - removed unused variable
1097 - added create_immutable_transformer
1098 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1099 - tests for this (groditi)
1102 - Immutability can now be undone,
1103 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1104 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1105 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1106 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1107 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1108 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1109 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1110 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1111 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1113 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1114 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1116 * Class::MOP::Package
1117 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1118 - added tests for this
1119 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1121 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1122 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1123 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1125 - added tests and POD for this
1128 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1129 handles undef values correctly.
1130 - added tests for this
1131 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1132 will not get reaped when instances still
1133 exist which need to reference them. This is
1134 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1135 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1136 many work arounds out in the wild.
1137 - added tests for this by groditi
1138 - updated docs to explain this
1141 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1142 - added tests for this behavior
1144 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1145 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1148 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1149 - added tests and docs for these
1151 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1152 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1153 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1157 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1162 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1163 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1164 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1165 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1166 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1169 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1171 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1172 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1173 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1176 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1177 immutable transformation instead of
1178 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1180 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1181 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1182 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1183 be coming eventually.
1186 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1188 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1189 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1193 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1196 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1198 - constructor generation is now handled by
1199 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1201 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1202 - created this to handle constructor generation
1203 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1205 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1207 - attributes now delegate to the
1208 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1211 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1212 - all accessor generation functions from
1213 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1215 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1217 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1218 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1219 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1223 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1224 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1225 they are aliased from the originals
1226 - fixed tests to reflect
1227 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1229 - adjusted tests for this
1230 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1233 * Class::MOP::Method
1235 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1236 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1237 - adjusted tests to compensate
1238 - adjusted docs for this
1241 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1242 encapsulate most of the work into the
1243 &get_method_map method
1244 - made several adjustments for the change
1245 in Class::MOP::Method
1246 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1247 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1248 old one before installing the new one
1249 - added tests for this
1250 - adjusted docs for this
1252 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1253 - added caching of &get_method_map
1254 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1255 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1257 * Class::MOP::Package
1258 - added filtering capabilities to
1259 &list_all_package_symbols
1261 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1263 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1264 the $:version and such just actually goes
1265 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1266 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1268 - The &create method now requires that all
1269 but the package name now is passed in as
1270 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1271 - updated docs and tests for this
1273 * Class::MOP::Object
1274 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1278 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1279 which do not store things in the instance
1280 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1283 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1285 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1287 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1288 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1291 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1292 - fixed all tests for this
1294 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1295 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1296 are no longer allowed for defaults
1297 - added tests for this
1299 * Class::MOP::Package
1300 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1301 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1302 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1304 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1306 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1307 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1308 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1309 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1311 * Class::MOP::Package
1312 - refactored entire class, this is now
1313 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1314 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1315 - added many tests for this
1316 - this class is now a subclass of
1318 - added some tests to reflect this
1321 - refactored all symbol table access to
1322 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1324 * Class::MOP::Module
1325 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1326 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1327 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1328 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1329 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1330 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1331 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1332 - added tests for this
1334 * Class::MOP::Instance
1335 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1337 - added tests for this
1339 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1340 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1341 slots from an instance
1342 - added tests for this
1344 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1347 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1348 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1350 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1351 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1352 the value of the attribute for a particular
1355 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1356 ---------------------------------------
1357 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1358 to introduce the immutable features which
1359 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1360 This support should still be considered
1361 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1362 ---------------------------------------
1364 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1366 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1367 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1368 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1371 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1372 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1373 ::Package and now inherited
1374 - added tests for this
1376 * Class::MOP::Instance
1377 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1378 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1379 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1380 instance creation (of course)
1383 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1384 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1385 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1386 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1387 table manipulation methods.
1389 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1390 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1392 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1393 properly when inherited
1394 - small fix to &clone_instance
1396 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1397 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1398 - This release works in combination with
1399 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1400 because it introduces a new instance
1401 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1405 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1406 - added tests for this
1407 - improved method modifier wrapping
1409 * Class::MOP::Instance
1410 - added new instance protocol
1411 - added tests for this
1412 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1414 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1418 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1419 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1421 - updated tests for this
1424 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1425 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1427 - added tests for this
1428 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1429 new instance protocol
1430 - added more tests for this
1432 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1434 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1435 - added tests and docs for this
1436 - some small optimizations
1438 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1439 - some small optimizations
1441 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1443 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1444 - added tests for this
1445 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1446 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1447 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1448 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1449 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1450 delegates appropriately
1452 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1453 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1454 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1455 called initialize_instance_slot
1458 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1459 initialize_instance_slot method
1461 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1463 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1464 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1466 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1468 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1469 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1471 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1472 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1473 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1475 - added tests for this
1476 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1478 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1480 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1481 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1482 - added test case for this
1484 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1486 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1487 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1488 available in DESTORY calls
1490 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1491 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1492 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1494 * Class::MOP::Method
1495 - added &package_name, &name and
1496 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1497 which were formerly private subs in
1500 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1501 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1502 before, after and around modifiers
1503 - added tests and docs for this feature
1506 - improved &get_package_symbol
1507 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1508 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1510 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1511 - &add_before_method_modifier
1512 - &add_after_method_modifier
1513 - &add_around_method_modifier
1514 - added tests and docs for these
1515 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1516 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1518 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1519 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1523 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1524 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1525 the test skip if it is not installed
1527 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1529 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1532 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1533 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1534 - added docs and tests
1536 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1537 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1538 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1539 be considered "ready to use".
1541 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1542 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1543 - test coverage is now at 99%
1546 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1547 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1548 metaclass pragma instead.
1551 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1552 error/edge-case tests
1554 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1555 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1556 error/edge-case tests
1559 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1561 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1563 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1564 metaclass a little more straightforward
1567 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1568 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1569 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1570 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1574 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1575 is now more useful for subclasses
1576 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1577 hash of attribute meta objects
1578 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1579 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1580 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1581 attribute meta-object itself
1582 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1583 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1584 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1585 - added docs & tests for this
1586 - added Clone as a dependency
1587 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1588 return blessed new or cloned instances
1589 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1590 - added docs & tests for this
1591 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1592 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1593 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1594 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1595 - added tests and docs for this
1598 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1600 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1602 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1604 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1605 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1606 attributes/methods respectively
1609 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1612 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1613 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1614 - added new example:
1617 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1619 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1621 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1622 - improved error messages
1625 - added new examples:
1626 - AttributesWithHistory
1627 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1629 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1630 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1632 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1633 - refactored method generation code
1634 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1637 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1638 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1639 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1640 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1641 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1643 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1644 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1645 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1647 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006