1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
6 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
9 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
10 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
12 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
14 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
16 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
19 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
21 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
22 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
25 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
26 changed back in 0.82_01)
27 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
28 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
31 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
32 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
34 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
36 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
37 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
38 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
41 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
42 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
46 * Class::MOP::Attribute
47 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
49 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
50 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
51 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
54 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
57 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
58 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
59 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
60 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
61 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
64 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
67 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
69 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
73 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
74 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
75 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
76 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
80 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
84 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
87 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
90 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
92 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
95 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
96 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
97 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
98 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
101 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
102 was removed in 0.82_01.
104 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
105 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
106 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
107 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
108 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
109 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
110 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
111 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
112 for the Moose compatibility handling code
113 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
115 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
117 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
118 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
120 * Class::MOP::Immutable
121 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
122 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
123 provides its own constructor (doy)
125 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
128 * Class::MOP::Instance
129 * Class::MOP::Attribute
130 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
131 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
132 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
133 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
136 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
137 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
139 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
141 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
142 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
144 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
145 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
146 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
147 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
148 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
151 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
152 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
153 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
154 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
155 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
156 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
157 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
159 - Class::MOP::Instance
160 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
164 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
165 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
166 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
168 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
169 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
170 when an object is constructed)
171 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
173 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
174 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
175 when an object is constructed)
176 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
177 - attributes => _attributes
178 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
180 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
182 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
183 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
184 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
187 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
188 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
189 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
192 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
193 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
194 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
195 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
199 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
200 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
201 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
202 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
203 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
204 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
206 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
207 * No changes from 0.78_02.
209 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
211 * Class::MOP::Immutable
212 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
213 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
214 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
215 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
219 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
220 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
223 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
224 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
225 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
227 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
229 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
230 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
233 * Class::MOP::Instance
234 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
235 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
236 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
237 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
239 * Class::MOP::Attribute
240 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
241 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
242 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
244 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
245 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
246 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
250 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
251 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
252 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
253 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
255 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
256 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
257 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
258 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
259 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
260 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
261 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
262 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
263 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
266 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
267 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
270 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
272 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
273 * No changes from 0.77_01
275 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
277 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
278 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
279 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
280 against the pure Perl version of this code.
282 * Class::MOP::Instance
283 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
284 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
287 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
289 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
293 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
294 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
298 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
299 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
301 * Class::MOP::Package
302 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
303 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
306 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
310 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
311 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
312 near future release. You've been warned.
314 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
315 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
316 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
317 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
319 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
320 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
323 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
324 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
327 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
330 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
331 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
333 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
335 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
336 sharing an immutable transformer object
337 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
338 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
340 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
342 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
343 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
344 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
345 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
347 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
348 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
350 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
352 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
353 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
355 * t/082_get_code_info.t
356 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
357 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
358 succeed in that case.
360 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
361 * Class::MOP::Package
362 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
365 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
366 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
368 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
369 * Class::MOP::Immutable
370 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
371 the constructor was inlined.
372 * Class::MOP::Package
373 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
374 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
375 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
377 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
378 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
380 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
382 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
383 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
384 * Class::MOP::Immutable
385 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
386 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
387 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
390 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
391 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
392 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
393 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
394 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
395 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
396 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
397 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
398 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
399 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
401 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
404 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
405 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
408 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
410 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
411 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
413 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
415 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
416 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
417 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
420 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
421 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
422 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
425 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
427 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
428 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
430 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
431 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
432 times in an eval. (t0m)
434 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
436 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
437 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
438 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
439 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
440 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
441 - added test for this
443 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
444 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
445 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
448 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
449 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
453 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
454 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
455 aliased methods and "real" methods.
457 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
458 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
459 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
460 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
463 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
464 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
467 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
468 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
469 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
470 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
471 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
472 for sad systems without a compiler.
475 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
476 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
479 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
480 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
481 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
483 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
485 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
486 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
487 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
488 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
490 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
491 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
492 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
493 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
495 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
497 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
498 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
501 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
502 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
503 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
505 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
507 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
509 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
510 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
511 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
513 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
514 * Class::MOP::Package
515 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
516 releases. (nothingmuch)
519 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
521 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
522 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
523 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
526 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
529 * Class::MOP::Instance
530 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
532 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
534 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
535 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
536 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
537 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
540 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
541 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
545 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
546 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
547 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
548 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
549 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
552 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
553 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
554 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
557 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
558 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
559 consistency (nothingmuch)
560 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
562 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
563 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
564 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
565 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
568 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
569 * Class::MOP::Immutable
570 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
572 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
574 * Class::MOP::Instance
575 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
576 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
578 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
580 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
581 the class is already loaded (sartak)
582 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
583 instead of just 1 (sartak)
586 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
588 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
589 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
590 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
592 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
593 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
594 recognizes it correct this time.
596 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
597 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
600 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
601 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
604 - now stores the instance of the instance
605 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
606 and deletes it when the cache is blown
607 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
608 the options used to make it immutable as well as
609 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
611 * Class::MOP::Package
612 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
613 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
614 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
618 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
620 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
621 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
623 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
624 names now throw a more direct error in
626 - tests for this and other aspects of
632 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
633 Class::MOP::Attribute
634 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
637 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
638 (late night release engineering)--
640 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
641 changes in this release
643 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
644 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
645 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
648 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
649 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
650 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
653 * Class::MOP::Package
654 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
656 - inlining a few calls to &name with
657 direct HASH access key access
658 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
659 a HASH of items based on a type filter
660 similar to list_all_package_symbols
661 - added tests for this
664 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
665 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
666 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
667 - added more descriptive error message to help
668 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
669 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
671 * Class::MOP::Immutable
672 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
674 - added tests for this
676 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
678 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
679 function from MRO::Compat
680 - All XS based functionality now has a
681 Pure Perl alternative
682 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
683 can now be used to force non-XS versions
686 * Class::MOP::Attribute
687 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
688 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
689 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
691 - added tests for this
693 * Class::MOP::Immutable
694 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
695 making the class immutable
698 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
699 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
700 allow for it to work.
701 - added tests for this
703 * Class::MOP::Attribute
705 Class::MOP::Immutable
706 - any time a method meta object is constructed
707 we make sure to pass the correct package and
708 method name information
711 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
712 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
713 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
714 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
715 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
716 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
717 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
718 throw an error if these are not supplied.
719 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
720 and now store the package_name and name attributes
723 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
724 Module::Install support has been removed
726 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
727 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
728 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
729 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
733 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
734 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
736 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
737 when it has no init_arg
738 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
739 to support c3 classes.
741 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
744 - making sure that load_class never gets
745 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
746 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
749 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
751 - improved error handling in ->create method
752 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
753 will be used to populate values
754 - added tests for this
757 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
758 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
764 Class::MOP::Attribute
765 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
766 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
768 * Class::MOP::Instance
769 Class::MOP::Immutable
770 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
773 - fixed the filename length on several
774 test files so we install on VMS better
776 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
777 should be catfile (RT #32385)
779 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
780 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
783 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
784 Class::MOP::Attribute
785 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
786 to indicate that no constructor args can
787 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
788 - added tests for this
789 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
792 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
793 feature instead of the silly hack from
794 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
796 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
798 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
801 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
802 - removed assumptions about the existence of
805 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
806 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
807 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
810 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
811 constant so that we can take advantage
812 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
815 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
816 optimize the &linearized_isa method
817 and avoid the hack/check for circular
818 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
819 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
820 - added tests for this
822 * Class::MOP::Immutable
823 - the immutable class now keeps track of
824 the transformer which immutablized it
826 * Class::MOP::Instance
827 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
828 - added tests for this
830 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
832 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
833 transformation arguments are saved
835 - added tests for this
837 * Class::MOP::Immutable
838 - fixed a bug (see above)
840 * Class::MOP::Attribute
843 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
844 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
845 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
848 - removed the dependency on B
849 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
850 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
851 the B fiddling we were doing with
852 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
853 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
854 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
855 be used to help manage method caching.
858 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
859 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
860 even more accurate caching information.
861 blblack++ for that stuff :)
864 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
865 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
866 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
867 track of when we need to re-fetch the
869 - Several small improvements to take advantage
870 of the new method map caching features
872 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
873 * Class::MOP::Attribute
874 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
875 HASH ref case, which makes the
876 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
877 - added more tests for this
879 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
880 * Class::MOP::Attribute
881 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
882 - added more tests for this
884 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
886 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
887 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
888 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
890 * Class::MOP::Attribute
891 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
892 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
893 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
895 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
896 * Class::MOP::Attribute
897 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
899 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
900 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
902 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
904 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
907 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
908 construct_class_instance (groditi)
909 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
910 call through (groditi)
912 * Class::MOP::Attribute
913 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
914 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
915 it is defined (groditi)
917 * Class::MOP::Instance
918 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
919 it is defined (groditi)
921 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
922 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
923 - removed the relevant attributes
925 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
926 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
927 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
928 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
930 - added tests for this
931 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
932 non-inlined constructors.
933 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
935 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
936 - added this class as an abstract base for the
937 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
938 - added tests for this
941 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
942 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
945 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
947 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
948 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
950 * Class::MOP::Package
951 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
954 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
956 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
958 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
959 it manually now so that people can use this
960 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
962 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
964 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
965 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
966 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
969 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
970 * Class::MOP::Immutable
971 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
972 - removed unused variable
973 - added create_immutable_transformer
974 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
975 - tests for this (groditi)
978 - Immutability can now be undone,
979 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
980 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
981 for details see comments next to make_immutable
982 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
983 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
984 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
985 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
986 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
987 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
989 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
990 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
992 * Class::MOP::Package
993 - we now deal with stub methods properly
994 - added tests for this
995 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
997 * Class::MOP::Attribute
998 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
999 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1001 - added tests and POD for this
1004 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1005 handles undef values correctly.
1006 - added tests for this
1007 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1008 will not get reaped when instances still
1009 exist which need to reference them. This is
1010 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1011 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1012 many work arounds out in the wild.
1013 - added tests for this by groditi
1014 - updated docs to explain this
1017 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1018 - added tests for this behavior
1020 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1021 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1024 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1025 - added tests and docs for these
1027 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1028 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1029 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1033 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1038 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1039 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1040 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1041 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1042 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1045 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1047 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1048 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1049 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1052 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1053 immutable transformation instead of
1054 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1056 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1057 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1058 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1059 be coming eventually.
1062 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1064 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1065 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1069 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1072 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1074 - constructor generation is now handled by
1075 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1077 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1078 - created this to handle constructor generation
1079 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1081 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1083 - attributes now delegate to the
1084 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1087 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1088 - all accessor generation functions from
1089 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1091 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1093 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1094 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1095 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1099 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1100 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1101 they are aliased from the originals
1102 - fixed tests to reflect
1103 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1105 - adjusted tests for this
1106 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1109 * Class::MOP::Method
1111 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1112 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1113 - adjusted tests to compensate
1114 - adjusted docs for this
1117 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1118 encapsulate most of the work into the
1119 &get_method_map method
1120 - made several adjustments for the change
1121 in Class::MOP::Method
1122 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1123 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1124 old one before installing the new one
1125 - added tests for this
1126 - adjusted docs for this
1128 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1129 - added caching of &get_method_map
1130 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1131 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1133 * Class::MOP::Package
1134 - added filtering capabilities to
1135 &list_all_package_symbols
1137 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1139 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1140 the $:version and such just actually goes
1141 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1142 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1144 - The &create method now requires that all
1145 but the package name now is passed in as
1146 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1147 - updated docs and tests for this
1149 * Class::MOP::Object
1150 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1154 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1155 which do not store things in the instance
1156 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1159 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1161 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1163 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1164 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1167 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1168 - fixed all tests for this
1170 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1171 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1172 are no longer allowed for defaults
1173 - added tests for this
1175 * Class::MOP::Package
1176 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1177 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1178 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1180 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1182 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1183 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1184 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1185 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1187 * Class::MOP::Package
1188 - refactored entire class, this is now
1189 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1190 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1191 - added many tests for this
1192 - this class is now a subclass of
1194 - added some tests to reflect this
1197 - refactored all symbol table access to
1198 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1200 * Class::MOP::Module
1201 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1202 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1203 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1204 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1205 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1206 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1207 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1208 - added tests for this
1210 * Class::MOP::Instance
1211 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1213 - added tests for this
1215 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1216 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1217 slots from an instance
1218 - added tests for this
1220 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1223 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1224 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1226 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1227 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1228 the value of the attribute for a particular
1231 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1232 ---------------------------------------
1233 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1234 to introduce the immutable features which
1235 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1236 This support should still be considered
1237 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1238 ---------------------------------------
1240 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1242 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1243 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1244 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1247 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1248 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1249 ::Package and now inherited
1250 - added tests for this
1252 * Class::MOP::Instance
1253 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1254 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1255 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1256 instance creation (of course)
1259 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1260 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1261 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1262 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1263 table manipulation methods.
1265 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1266 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1268 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1269 properly when inherited
1270 - small fix to &clone_instance
1272 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1273 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1274 - This release works in combination with
1275 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1276 because it introduces a new instance
1277 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1281 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1282 - added tests for this
1283 - improved method modifier wrapping
1285 * Class::MOP::Instance
1286 - added new instance protocol
1287 - added tests for this
1288 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1290 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1294 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1295 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1297 - updated tests for this
1300 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1301 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1303 - added tests for this
1304 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1305 new instance protocol
1306 - added more tests for this
1308 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1310 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1311 - added tests and docs for this
1312 - some small optimizations
1314 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1315 - some small optimizations
1317 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1319 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1320 - added tests for this
1321 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1322 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1323 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1324 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1325 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1326 delegates appropriately
1328 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1329 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1330 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1331 called initialize_instance_slot
1334 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1335 initialize_instance_slot method
1337 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1339 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1340 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1342 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1344 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1345 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1347 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1348 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1349 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1351 - added tests for this
1352 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1354 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1356 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1357 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1358 - added test case for this
1360 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1362 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1363 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1364 available in DESTORY calls
1366 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1367 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1368 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1370 * Class::MOP::Method
1371 - added &package_name, &name and
1372 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1373 which were formerly private subs in
1376 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1377 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1378 before, after and around modifiers
1379 - added tests and docs for this feature
1382 - improved &get_package_symbol
1383 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1384 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1386 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1387 - &add_before_method_modifier
1388 - &add_after_method_modifier
1389 - &add_around_method_modifier
1390 - added tests and docs for these
1391 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1392 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1394 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1395 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1399 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1400 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1401 the test skip if it is not installed
1403 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1405 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1408 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1409 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1410 - added docs and tests
1412 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1413 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1414 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1415 be considered "ready to use".
1417 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1418 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1419 - test coverage is now at 99%
1422 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1423 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1424 metaclass pragma instead.
1427 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1428 error/edge-case tests
1430 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1431 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1432 error/edge-case tests
1435 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1437 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1439 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1440 metaclass a little more straightforward
1443 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1444 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1445 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1446 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1450 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1451 is now more useful for subclasses
1452 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1453 hash of attribute meta objects
1454 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1455 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1456 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1457 attribute meta-object itself
1458 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1459 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1460 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1461 - added docs & tests for this
1462 - added Clone as a dependency
1463 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1464 return blessed new or cloned instances
1465 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1466 - added docs & tests for this
1467 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1468 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1469 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1470 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1471 - added tests and docs for this
1474 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1476 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1478 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1480 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1481 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1482 attributes/methods respectively
1485 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1488 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1489 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1490 - added new example:
1493 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1495 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1497 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1498 - improved error messages
1501 - added new examples:
1502 - AttributesWithHistory
1503 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1505 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1506 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1508 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1509 - refactored method generation code
1510 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1513 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1514 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1515 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1516 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1517 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1519 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1520 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1521 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1523 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006