1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 * Class::MOP::Attribute
5 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
6 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
7 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
8 attributes. (nothingmuch)
10 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
12 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
13 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
14 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
15 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
16 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
18 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
19 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
20 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
23 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
24 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
26 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
27 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
28 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
30 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
32 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
35 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
38 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
39 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
40 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
43 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
44 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
49 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
52 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
53 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
55 * Class::MOP::Attribute
57 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
61 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
62 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
63 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
67 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
68 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
69 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
70 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
71 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
75 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
76 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
80 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
81 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
82 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
86 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
87 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
90 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
91 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
92 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
96 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
97 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
98 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
99 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
100 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
103 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
104 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
106 * Class::MOP::Instance
107 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
108 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
110 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
112 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
114 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
117 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
119 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
120 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
123 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
124 changed back in 0.82_01)
125 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
126 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
129 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
130 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
132 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
134 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
135 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
136 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
139 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
140 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
143 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
144 * Class::MOP::Attribute
145 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
147 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
148 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
149 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
152 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
155 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
156 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
157 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
158 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
159 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
162 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
165 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
167 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
171 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
172 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
173 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
174 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
178 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
181 * Class::MOP::Package
182 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
185 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
188 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
190 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
193 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
194 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
195 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
196 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
199 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
200 was removed in 0.82_01.
202 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
203 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
204 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
205 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
206 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
207 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
208 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
209 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
210 for the Moose compatibility handling code
211 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
213 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
215 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
216 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
218 * Class::MOP::Immutable
219 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
220 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
221 provides its own constructor (doy)
223 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
226 * Class::MOP::Instance
227 * Class::MOP::Attribute
228 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
229 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
230 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
231 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
234 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
235 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
237 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
239 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
240 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
242 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
243 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
244 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
245 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
246 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
249 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
250 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
251 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
252 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
253 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
254 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
255 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
257 - Class::MOP::Instance
258 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
262 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
263 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
264 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
266 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
267 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
268 when an object is constructed)
269 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
271 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
272 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
273 when an object is constructed)
274 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
275 - attributes => _attributes
276 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
278 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
280 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
281 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
282 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
285 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
286 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
287 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
290 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
291 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
292 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
293 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
297 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
298 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
299 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
300 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
301 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
302 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
304 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
305 * No changes from 0.78_02.
307 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
309 * Class::MOP::Immutable
310 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
311 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
312 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
313 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
317 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
318 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
321 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
322 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
323 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
325 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
327 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
328 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
331 * Class::MOP::Instance
332 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
333 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
334 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
335 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
337 * Class::MOP::Attribute
338 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
339 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
340 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
342 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
343 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
344 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
348 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
349 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
350 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
351 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
353 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
354 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
355 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
356 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
357 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
358 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
359 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
360 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
361 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
364 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
365 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
368 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
370 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
371 * No changes from 0.77_01
373 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
375 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
376 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
377 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
378 against the pure Perl version of this code.
380 * Class::MOP::Instance
381 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
382 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
385 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
387 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
391 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
392 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
396 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
397 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
399 * Class::MOP::Package
400 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
401 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
404 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
408 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
409 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
410 near future release. You've been warned.
412 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
413 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
414 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
415 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
417 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
418 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
421 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
422 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
425 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
428 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
429 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
431 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
433 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
434 sharing an immutable transformer object
435 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
436 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
438 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
440 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
441 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
442 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
443 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
445 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
446 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
448 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
450 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
451 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
453 * t/082_get_code_info.t
454 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
455 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
456 succeed in that case.
458 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
459 * Class::MOP::Package
460 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
463 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
464 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
466 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
467 * Class::MOP::Immutable
468 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
469 the constructor was inlined.
470 * Class::MOP::Package
471 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
472 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
473 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
475 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
476 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
478 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
480 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
481 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
482 * Class::MOP::Immutable
483 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
484 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
485 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
488 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
489 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
490 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
491 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
492 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
493 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
494 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
495 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
496 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
497 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
499 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
502 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
503 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
506 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
508 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
509 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
511 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
513 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
514 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
515 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
518 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
519 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
520 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
523 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
525 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
526 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
528 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
529 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
530 times in an eval. (t0m)
532 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
534 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
535 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
536 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
537 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
538 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
539 - added test for this
541 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
542 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
543 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
546 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
547 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
551 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
552 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
553 aliased methods and "real" methods.
555 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
556 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
557 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
558 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
561 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
562 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
565 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
566 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
567 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
568 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
569 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
570 for sad systems without a compiler.
573 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
574 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
577 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
578 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
579 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
581 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
583 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
584 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
585 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
586 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
588 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
589 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
590 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
591 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
593 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
595 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
596 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
599 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
600 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
601 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
603 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
605 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
607 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
608 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
609 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
611 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
612 * Class::MOP::Package
613 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
614 releases. (nothingmuch)
617 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
619 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
620 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
621 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
624 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
627 * Class::MOP::Instance
628 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
630 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
632 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
633 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
634 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
635 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
638 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
639 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
643 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
644 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
645 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
646 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
647 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
650 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
651 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
652 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
655 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
656 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
657 consistency (nothingmuch)
658 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
660 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
661 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
662 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
663 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
666 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
667 * Class::MOP::Immutable
668 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
670 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
672 * Class::MOP::Instance
673 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
674 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
676 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
678 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
679 the class is already loaded (sartak)
680 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
681 instead of just 1 (sartak)
684 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
686 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
687 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
688 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
690 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
691 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
692 recognizes it correct this time.
694 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
695 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
698 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
699 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
702 - now stores the instance of the instance
703 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
704 and deletes it when the cache is blown
705 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
706 the options used to make it immutable as well as
707 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
709 * Class::MOP::Package
710 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
711 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
712 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
716 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
718 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
719 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
721 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
722 names now throw a more direct error in
724 - tests for this and other aspects of
730 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
731 Class::MOP::Attribute
732 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
735 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
736 (late night release engineering)--
738 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
739 changes in this release
741 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
742 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
743 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
746 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
747 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
748 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
751 * Class::MOP::Package
752 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
754 - inlining a few calls to &name with
755 direct HASH access key access
756 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
757 a HASH of items based on a type filter
758 similar to list_all_package_symbols
759 - added tests for this
762 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
763 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
764 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
765 - added more descriptive error message to help
766 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
767 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
769 * Class::MOP::Immutable
770 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
772 - added tests for this
774 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
776 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
777 function from MRO::Compat
778 - All XS based functionality now has a
779 Pure Perl alternative
780 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
781 can now be used to force non-XS versions
784 * Class::MOP::Attribute
785 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
786 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
787 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
789 - added tests for this
791 * Class::MOP::Immutable
792 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
793 making the class immutable
796 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
797 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
798 allow for it to work.
799 - added tests for this
801 * Class::MOP::Attribute
803 Class::MOP::Immutable
804 - any time a method meta object is constructed
805 we make sure to pass the correct package and
806 method name information
809 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
810 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
811 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
812 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
813 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
814 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
815 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
816 throw an error if these are not supplied.
817 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
818 and now store the package_name and name attributes
821 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
822 Module::Install support has been removed
824 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
825 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
826 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
827 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
831 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
832 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
834 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
835 when it has no init_arg
836 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
837 to support c3 classes.
839 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
842 - making sure that load_class never gets
843 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
844 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
847 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
849 - improved error handling in ->create method
850 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
851 will be used to populate values
852 - added tests for this
855 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
856 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
862 Class::MOP::Attribute
863 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
864 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
866 * Class::MOP::Instance
867 Class::MOP::Immutable
868 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
871 - fixed the filename length on several
872 test files so we install on VMS better
874 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
875 should be catfile (RT #32385)
877 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
878 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
881 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
882 Class::MOP::Attribute
883 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
884 to indicate that no constructor args can
885 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
886 - added tests for this
887 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
890 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
891 feature instead of the silly hack from
892 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
894 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
896 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
899 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
900 - removed assumptions about the existence of
903 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
904 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
905 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
908 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
909 constant so that we can take advantage
910 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
913 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
914 optimize the &linearized_isa method
915 and avoid the hack/check for circular
916 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
917 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
918 - added tests for this
920 * Class::MOP::Immutable
921 - the immutable class now keeps track of
922 the transformer which immutablized it
924 * Class::MOP::Instance
925 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
926 - added tests for this
928 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
930 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
931 transformation arguments are saved
933 - added tests for this
935 * Class::MOP::Immutable
936 - fixed a bug (see above)
938 * Class::MOP::Attribute
941 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
942 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
943 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
946 - removed the dependency on B
947 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
948 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
949 the B fiddling we were doing with
950 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
951 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
952 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
953 be used to help manage method caching.
956 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
957 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
958 even more accurate caching information.
959 blblack++ for that stuff :)
962 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
963 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
964 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
965 track of when we need to re-fetch the
967 - Several small improvements to take advantage
968 of the new method map caching features
970 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
971 * Class::MOP::Attribute
972 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
973 HASH ref case, which makes the
974 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
975 - added more tests for this
977 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
978 * Class::MOP::Attribute
979 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
980 - added more tests for this
982 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
984 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
985 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
986 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
988 * Class::MOP::Attribute
989 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
990 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
991 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
993 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
994 * Class::MOP::Attribute
995 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
997 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
998 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1000 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1002 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1005 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1006 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1007 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1008 call through (groditi)
1010 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1011 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1012 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1013 it is defined (groditi)
1015 * Class::MOP::Instance
1016 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1017 it is defined (groditi)
1019 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1020 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1021 - removed the relevant attributes
1023 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1024 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1025 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1026 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1028 - added tests for this
1029 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1030 non-inlined constructors.
1031 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1033 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1034 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1035 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1036 - added tests for this
1039 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1040 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1043 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1045 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1046 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1048 * Class::MOP::Package
1049 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1052 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1054 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1056 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1057 it manually now so that people can use this
1058 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1060 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1062 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1063 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1064 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1067 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1068 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1069 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1070 - removed unused variable
1071 - added create_immutable_transformer
1072 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1073 - tests for this (groditi)
1076 - Immutability can now be undone,
1077 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1078 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1079 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1080 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1081 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1082 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1083 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1084 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1085 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1087 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1088 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1090 * Class::MOP::Package
1091 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1092 - added tests for this
1093 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1095 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1096 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1097 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1099 - added tests and POD for this
1102 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1103 handles undef values correctly.
1104 - added tests for this
1105 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1106 will not get reaped when instances still
1107 exist which need to reference them. This is
1108 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1109 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1110 many work arounds out in the wild.
1111 - added tests for this by groditi
1112 - updated docs to explain this
1115 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1116 - added tests for this behavior
1118 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1119 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1122 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1123 - added tests and docs for these
1125 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1126 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1127 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1131 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1136 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1137 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1138 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1139 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1140 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1143 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1145 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1146 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1147 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1150 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1151 immutable transformation instead of
1152 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1154 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1155 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1156 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1157 be coming eventually.
1160 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1162 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1163 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1167 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1170 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1172 - constructor generation is now handled by
1173 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1175 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1176 - created this to handle constructor generation
1177 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1179 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1181 - attributes now delegate to the
1182 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1185 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1186 - all accessor generation functions from
1187 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1189 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1191 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1192 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1193 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1197 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1198 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1199 they are aliased from the originals
1200 - fixed tests to reflect
1201 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1203 - adjusted tests for this
1204 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1207 * Class::MOP::Method
1209 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1210 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1211 - adjusted tests to compensate
1212 - adjusted docs for this
1215 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1216 encapsulate most of the work into the
1217 &get_method_map method
1218 - made several adjustments for the change
1219 in Class::MOP::Method
1220 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1221 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1222 old one before installing the new one
1223 - added tests for this
1224 - adjusted docs for this
1226 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1227 - added caching of &get_method_map
1228 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1229 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1231 * Class::MOP::Package
1232 - added filtering capabilities to
1233 &list_all_package_symbols
1235 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1237 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1238 the $:version and such just actually goes
1239 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1240 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1242 - The &create method now requires that all
1243 but the package name now is passed in as
1244 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1245 - updated docs and tests for this
1247 * Class::MOP::Object
1248 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1252 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1253 which do not store things in the instance
1254 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1257 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1259 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1261 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1262 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1265 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1266 - fixed all tests for this
1268 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1269 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1270 are no longer allowed for defaults
1271 - added tests for this
1273 * Class::MOP::Package
1274 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1275 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1276 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1278 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1280 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1281 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1282 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1283 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1285 * Class::MOP::Package
1286 - refactored entire class, this is now
1287 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1288 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1289 - added many tests for this
1290 - this class is now a subclass of
1292 - added some tests to reflect this
1295 - refactored all symbol table access to
1296 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1298 * Class::MOP::Module
1299 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1300 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1301 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1302 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1303 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1304 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1305 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1306 - added tests for this
1308 * Class::MOP::Instance
1309 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1311 - added tests for this
1313 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1314 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1315 slots from an instance
1316 - added tests for this
1318 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1321 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1322 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1324 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1325 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1326 the value of the attribute for a particular
1329 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1330 ---------------------------------------
1331 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1332 to introduce the immutable features which
1333 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1334 This support should still be considered
1335 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1336 ---------------------------------------
1338 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1340 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1341 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1342 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1345 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1346 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1347 ::Package and now inherited
1348 - added tests for this
1350 * Class::MOP::Instance
1351 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1352 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1353 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1354 instance creation (of course)
1357 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1358 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1359 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1360 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1361 table manipulation methods.
1363 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1364 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1366 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1367 properly when inherited
1368 - small fix to &clone_instance
1370 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1371 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1372 - This release works in combination with
1373 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1374 because it introduces a new instance
1375 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1379 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1380 - added tests for this
1381 - improved method modifier wrapping
1383 * Class::MOP::Instance
1384 - added new instance protocol
1385 - added tests for this
1386 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1388 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1392 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1393 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1395 - updated tests for this
1398 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1399 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1401 - added tests for this
1402 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1403 new instance protocol
1404 - added more tests for this
1406 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1408 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1409 - added tests and docs for this
1410 - some small optimizations
1412 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1413 - some small optimizations
1415 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1417 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1418 - added tests for this
1419 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1420 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1421 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1422 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1423 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1424 delegates appropriately
1426 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1427 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1428 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1429 called initialize_instance_slot
1432 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1433 initialize_instance_slot method
1435 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1437 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1438 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1440 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1442 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1443 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1445 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1446 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1447 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1449 - added tests for this
1450 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1452 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1454 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1455 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1456 - added test case for this
1458 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1460 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1461 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1462 available in DESTORY calls
1464 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1465 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1466 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1468 * Class::MOP::Method
1469 - added &package_name, &name and
1470 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1471 which were formerly private subs in
1474 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1475 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1476 before, after and around modifiers
1477 - added tests and docs for this feature
1480 - improved &get_package_symbol
1481 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1482 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1484 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1485 - &add_before_method_modifier
1486 - &add_after_method_modifier
1487 - &add_around_method_modifier
1488 - added tests and docs for these
1489 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1490 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1492 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1493 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1497 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1498 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1499 the test skip if it is not installed
1501 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1503 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1506 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1507 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1508 - added docs and tests
1510 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1511 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1512 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1513 be considered "ready to use".
1515 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1516 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1517 - test coverage is now at 99%
1520 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1521 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1522 metaclass pragma instead.
1525 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1526 error/edge-case tests
1528 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1529 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1530 error/edge-case tests
1533 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1535 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1537 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1538 metaclass a little more straightforward
1541 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1542 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1543 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1544 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1548 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1549 is now more useful for subclasses
1550 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1551 hash of attribute meta objects
1552 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1553 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1554 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1555 attribute meta-object itself
1556 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1557 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1558 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1559 - added docs & tests for this
1560 - added Clone as a dependency
1561 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1562 return blessed new or cloned instances
1563 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1564 - added docs & tests for this
1565 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1566 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1567 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1568 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1569 - added tests and docs for this
1572 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1574 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1576 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1578 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1579 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1580 attributes/methods respectively
1583 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1586 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1587 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1588 - added new example:
1591 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1593 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1595 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1596 - improved error messages
1599 - added new examples:
1600 - AttributesWithHistory
1601 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1603 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1604 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1606 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1607 - refactored method generation code
1608 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1611 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1612 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1613 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1614 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1615 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1617 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1618 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1619 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1621 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006