1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
6 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
7 the original version of the subroutine
10 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
11 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison)
14 * Class::MOP::Attribute
15 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
17 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
18 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
19 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
22 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
25 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
26 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
27 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
28 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
29 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
32 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
35 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
37 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
41 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
42 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
43 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
44 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
48 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
52 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
55 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
57 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
60 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
61 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
62 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
63 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
66 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
67 was removed in 0.82_01.
69 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
70 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
71 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
72 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
73 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
74 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
75 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
76 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
77 for the Moose compatibility handling code
78 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
80 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
82 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
83 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
85 * Class::MOP::Immutable
86 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
87 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
88 provides its own constructor (doy)
90 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
93 * Class::MOP::Instance
94 * Class::MOP::Attribute
95 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
96 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
97 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
98 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
101 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
102 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
104 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
106 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
107 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
109 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
110 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
111 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
112 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
113 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
116 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
117 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
118 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
119 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
120 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
121 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
122 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
124 - Class::MOP::Instance
125 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
129 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
130 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
131 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
133 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
134 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
135 when an object is constructed)
136 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
138 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
139 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
140 when an object is constructed)
141 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
142 - attributes => _attributes
143 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
145 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
147 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
148 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
149 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
152 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
153 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
154 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
157 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
158 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
159 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
160 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
164 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
165 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
166 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
167 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
168 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
169 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
171 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
172 * No changes from 0.78_02.
174 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
176 * Class::MOP::Immutable
177 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
178 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
179 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
180 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
184 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
185 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
188 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
189 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
190 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
192 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
194 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
195 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
198 * Class::MOP::Instance
199 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
200 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
201 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
202 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
204 * Class::MOP::Attribute
205 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
206 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
207 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
209 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
210 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
211 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
215 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
216 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
217 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
218 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
220 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
221 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
222 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
223 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
224 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
225 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
226 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
227 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
228 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
231 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
232 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
235 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
237 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
238 * No changes from 0.77_01
240 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
242 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
243 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
244 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
245 against the pure Perl version of this code.
247 * Class::MOP::Instance
248 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
249 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
252 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
254 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
258 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
259 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
263 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
264 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
266 * Class::MOP::Package
267 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
268 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
271 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
275 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
276 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
277 near future release. You've been warned.
279 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
280 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
281 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
282 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
284 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
285 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
288 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
289 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
292 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
295 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
296 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
298 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
300 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
301 sharing an immutable transformer object
302 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
303 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
305 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
307 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
308 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
309 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
310 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
312 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
313 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
315 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
317 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
318 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
320 * t/082_get_code_info.t
321 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
322 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
323 succeed in that case.
325 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
326 * Class::MOP::Package
327 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
330 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
331 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
333 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
334 * Class::MOP::Immutable
335 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
336 the constructor was inlined.
337 * Class::MOP::Package
338 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
339 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
340 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
342 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
343 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
345 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
347 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
348 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
349 * Class::MOP::Immutable
350 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
351 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
352 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
355 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
356 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
357 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
358 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
359 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
360 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
361 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
362 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
363 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
364 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
366 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
369 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
370 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
373 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
375 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
376 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
378 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
380 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
381 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
382 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
385 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
386 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
387 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
390 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
392 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
393 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
395 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
396 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
397 times in an eval. (t0m)
399 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
401 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
402 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
403 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
404 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
405 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
406 - added test for this
408 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
409 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
410 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
413 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
414 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
418 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
419 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
420 aliased methods and "real" methods.
422 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
423 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
424 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
425 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
428 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
429 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
432 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
433 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
434 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
435 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
436 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
437 for sad systems without a compiler.
440 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
441 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
444 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
445 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
446 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
448 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
450 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
451 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
452 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
453 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
455 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
456 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
457 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
458 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
460 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
462 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
463 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
466 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
467 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
468 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
470 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
472 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
474 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
475 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
476 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
478 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
479 * Class::MOP::Package
480 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
481 releases. (nothingmuch)
484 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
486 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
487 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
488 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
491 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
494 * Class::MOP::Instance
495 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
497 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
499 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
500 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
501 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
502 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
505 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
506 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
510 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
511 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
512 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
513 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
514 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
517 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
518 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
519 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
522 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
523 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
524 consistency (nothingmuch)
525 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
527 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
528 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
529 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
530 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
533 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
534 * Class::MOP::Immutable
535 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
537 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
539 * Class::MOP::Instance
540 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
541 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
543 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
545 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
546 the class is already loaded (sartak)
547 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
548 instead of just 1 (sartak)
551 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
553 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
554 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
555 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
557 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
558 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
559 recognizes it correct this time.
561 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
562 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
565 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
566 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
569 - now stores the instance of the instance
570 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
571 and deletes it when the cache is blown
572 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
573 the options used to make it immutable as well as
574 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
576 * Class::MOP::Package
577 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
578 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
579 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
583 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
585 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
586 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
588 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
589 names now throw a more direct error in
591 - tests for this and other aspects of
597 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
598 Class::MOP::Attribute
599 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
602 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
603 (late night release engineering)--
605 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
606 changes in this release
608 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
609 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
610 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
613 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
614 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
615 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
618 * Class::MOP::Package
619 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
621 - inlining a few calls to &name with
622 direct HASH access key access
623 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
624 a HASH of items based on a type filter
625 similar to list_all_package_symbols
626 - added tests for this
629 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
630 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
631 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
632 - added more descriptive error message to help
633 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
634 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
636 * Class::MOP::Immutable
637 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
639 - added tests for this
641 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
643 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
644 function from MRO::Compat
645 - All XS based functionality now has a
646 Pure Perl alternative
647 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
648 can now be used to force non-XS versions
651 * Class::MOP::Attribute
652 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
653 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
654 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
656 - added tests for this
658 * Class::MOP::Immutable
659 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
660 making the class immutable
663 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
664 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
665 allow for it to work.
666 - added tests for this
668 * Class::MOP::Attribute
670 Class::MOP::Immutable
671 - any time a method meta object is constructed
672 we make sure to pass the correct package and
673 method name information
676 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
677 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
678 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
679 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
680 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
681 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
682 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
683 throw an error if these are not supplied.
684 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
685 and now store the package_name and name attributes
688 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
689 Module::Install support has been removed
691 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
692 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
693 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
694 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
698 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
699 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
701 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
702 when it has no init_arg
703 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
704 to support c3 classes.
706 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
709 - making sure that load_class never gets
710 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
711 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
714 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
716 - improved error handling in ->create method
717 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
718 will be used to populate values
719 - added tests for this
722 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
723 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
729 Class::MOP::Attribute
730 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
731 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
733 * Class::MOP::Instance
734 Class::MOP::Immutable
735 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
738 - fixed the filename length on several
739 test files so we install on VMS better
741 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
742 should be catfile (RT #32385)
744 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
745 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
748 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
749 Class::MOP::Attribute
750 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
751 to indicate that no constructor args can
752 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
753 - added tests for this
754 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
757 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
758 feature instead of the silly hack from
759 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
761 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
763 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
766 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
767 - removed assumptions about the existence of
770 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
771 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
772 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
775 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
776 constant so that we can take advantage
777 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
780 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
781 optimize the &linearized_isa method
782 and avoid the hack/check for circular
783 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
784 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
785 - added tests for this
787 * Class::MOP::Immutable
788 - the immutable class now keeps track of
789 the transformer which immutablized it
791 * Class::MOP::Instance
792 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
793 - added tests for this
795 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
797 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
798 transformation arguments are saved
800 - added tests for this
802 * Class::MOP::Immutable
803 - fixed a bug (see above)
805 * Class::MOP::Attribute
808 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
809 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
810 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
813 - removed the dependency on B
814 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
815 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
816 the B fiddling we were doing with
817 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
818 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
819 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
820 be used to help manage method caching.
823 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
824 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
825 even more accurate caching information.
826 blblack++ for that stuff :)
829 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
830 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
831 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
832 track of when we need to re-fetch the
834 - Several small improvements to take advantage
835 of the new method map caching features
837 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
838 * Class::MOP::Attribute
839 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
840 HASH ref case, which makes the
841 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
842 - added more tests for this
844 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
845 * Class::MOP::Attribute
846 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
847 - added more tests for this
849 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
851 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
852 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
853 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
855 * Class::MOP::Attribute
856 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
857 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
858 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
860 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
861 * Class::MOP::Attribute
862 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
864 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
865 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
867 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
869 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
872 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
873 construct_class_instance (groditi)
874 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
875 call through (groditi)
877 * Class::MOP::Attribute
878 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
879 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
880 it is defined (groditi)
882 * Class::MOP::Instance
883 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
884 it is defined (groditi)
886 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
887 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
888 - removed the relevant attributes
890 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
891 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
892 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
893 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
895 - added tests for this
896 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
897 non-inlined constructors.
898 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
900 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
901 - added this class as an abstract base for the
902 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
903 - added tests for this
906 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
907 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
910 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
912 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
913 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
915 * Class::MOP::Package
916 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
919 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
921 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
923 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
924 it manually now so that people can use this
925 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
927 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
929 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
930 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
931 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
934 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
935 * Class::MOP::Immutable
936 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
937 - removed unused variable
938 - added create_immutable_transformer
939 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
940 - tests for this (groditi)
943 - Immutability can now be undone,
944 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
945 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
946 for details see comments next to make_immutable
947 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
948 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
949 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
950 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
951 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
952 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
954 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
955 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
957 * Class::MOP::Package
958 - we now deal with stub methods properly
959 - added tests for this
960 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
962 * Class::MOP::Attribute
963 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
964 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
966 - added tests and POD for this
969 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
970 handles undef values correctly.
971 - added tests for this
972 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
973 will not get reaped when instances still
974 exist which need to reference them. This is
975 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
976 obscure enough feature that there are not too
977 many work arounds out in the wild.
978 - added tests for this by groditi
979 - updated docs to explain this
982 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
983 - added tests for this behavior
985 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
986 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
989 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
990 - added tests and docs for these
992 * Class::MOP::Attribute
993 - default now checks the instance with defined to
994 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
998 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1003 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1004 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1005 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1006 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1007 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1010 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1012 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1013 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1014 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1017 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1018 immutable transformation instead of
1019 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1021 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1022 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1023 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1024 be coming eventually.
1027 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1029 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1030 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1034 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1037 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1039 - constructor generation is now handled by
1040 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1042 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1043 - created this to handle constructor generation
1044 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1046 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1048 - attributes now delegate to the
1049 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1052 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1053 - all accessor generation functions from
1054 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1056 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1058 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1059 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1060 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1064 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1065 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1066 they are aliased from the originals
1067 - fixed tests to reflect
1068 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1070 - adjusted tests for this
1071 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1074 * Class::MOP::Method
1076 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1077 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1078 - adjusted tests to compensate
1079 - adjusted docs for this
1082 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1083 encapsulate most of the work into the
1084 &get_method_map method
1085 - made several adjustments for the change
1086 in Class::MOP::Method
1087 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1088 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1089 old one before installing the new one
1090 - added tests for this
1091 - adjusted docs for this
1093 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1094 - added caching of &get_method_map
1095 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1096 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1098 * Class::MOP::Package
1099 - added filtering capabilities to
1100 &list_all_package_symbols
1102 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1104 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1105 the $:version and such just actually goes
1106 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1107 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1109 - The &create method now requires that all
1110 but the package name now is passed in as
1111 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1112 - updated docs and tests for this
1114 * Class::MOP::Object
1115 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1119 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1120 which do not store things in the instance
1121 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1124 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1126 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1128 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1129 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1132 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1133 - fixed all tests for this
1135 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1136 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1137 are no longer allowed for defaults
1138 - added tests for this
1140 * Class::MOP::Package
1141 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1142 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1143 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1145 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1147 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1148 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1149 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1150 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1152 * Class::MOP::Package
1153 - refactored entire class, this is now
1154 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1155 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1156 - added many tests for this
1157 - this class is now a subclass of
1159 - added some tests to reflect this
1162 - refactored all symbol table access to
1163 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1165 * Class::MOP::Module
1166 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1167 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1168 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1169 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1170 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1171 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1172 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1173 - added tests for this
1175 * Class::MOP::Instance
1176 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1178 - added tests for this
1180 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1181 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1182 slots from an instance
1183 - added tests for this
1185 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1188 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1189 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1191 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1192 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1193 the value of the attribute for a particular
1196 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1197 ---------------------------------------
1198 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1199 to introduce the immutable features which
1200 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1201 This support should still be considered
1202 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1203 ---------------------------------------
1205 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1207 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1208 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1209 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1212 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1213 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1214 ::Package and now inherited
1215 - added tests for this
1217 * Class::MOP::Instance
1218 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1219 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1220 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1221 instance creation (of course)
1224 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1225 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1226 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1227 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1228 table manipulation methods.
1230 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1231 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1233 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1234 properly when inherited
1235 - small fix to &clone_instance
1237 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1238 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1239 - This release works in combination with
1240 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1241 because it introduces a new instance
1242 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1246 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1247 - added tests for this
1248 - improved method modifier wrapping
1250 * Class::MOP::Instance
1251 - added new instance protocol
1252 - added tests for this
1253 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1255 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1259 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1260 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1262 - updated tests for this
1265 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1266 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1268 - added tests for this
1269 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1270 new instance protocol
1271 - added more tests for this
1273 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1275 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1276 - added tests and docs for this
1277 - some small optimizations
1279 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1280 - some small optimizations
1282 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1284 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1285 - added tests for this
1286 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1287 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1288 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1289 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1290 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1291 delegates appropriately
1293 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1294 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1295 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1296 called initialize_instance_slot
1299 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1300 initialize_instance_slot method
1302 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1304 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1305 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1307 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1309 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1310 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1312 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1313 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1314 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1316 - added tests for this
1317 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1319 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1321 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1322 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1323 - added test case for this
1325 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1327 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1328 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1329 available in DESTORY calls
1331 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1332 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1333 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1335 * Class::MOP::Method
1336 - added &package_name, &name and
1337 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1338 which were formerly private subs in
1341 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1342 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1343 before, after and around modifiers
1344 - added tests and docs for this feature
1347 - improved &get_package_symbol
1348 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1349 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1351 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1352 - &add_before_method_modifier
1353 - &add_after_method_modifier
1354 - &add_around_method_modifier
1355 - added tests and docs for these
1356 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1357 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1359 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1360 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1364 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1365 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1366 the test skip if it is not installed
1368 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1370 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1373 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1374 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1375 - added docs and tests
1377 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1378 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1379 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1380 be considered "ready to use".
1382 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1383 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1384 - test coverage is now at 99%
1387 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1388 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1389 metaclass pragma instead.
1392 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1393 error/edge-case tests
1395 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1396 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1397 error/edge-case tests
1400 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1402 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1404 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1405 metaclass a little more straightforward
1408 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1409 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1410 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1411 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1415 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1416 is now more useful for subclasses
1417 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1418 hash of attribute meta objects
1419 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1420 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1421 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1422 attribute meta-object itself
1423 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1424 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1425 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1426 - added docs & tests for this
1427 - added Clone as a dependency
1428 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1429 return blessed new or cloned instances
1430 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1431 - added docs & tests for this
1432 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1433 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1434 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1435 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1436 - added tests and docs for this
1439 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1441 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1443 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1445 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1446 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1447 attributes/methods respectively
1450 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1453 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1454 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1455 - added new example:
1458 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1460 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1462 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1463 - improved error messages
1466 - added new examples:
1467 - AttributesWithHistory
1468 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1470 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1471 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1473 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1474 - refactored method generation code
1475 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1478 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1479 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1480 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1481 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1482 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1484 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1485 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1486 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1488 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006