1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
6 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
7 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
11 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
13 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
14 modules (nothingmuch).
17 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
22 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
23 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
24 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
27 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
28 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
31 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
32 * Class::MOP::Attribute
33 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
34 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
35 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
36 attributes. (nothingmuch)
38 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
40 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
41 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
42 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
43 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
44 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
46 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
47 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
48 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
51 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
52 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
54 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
55 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
56 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
58 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
60 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
63 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
66 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
67 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
68 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
71 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
72 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
77 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
80 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
81 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
83 * Class::MOP::Attribute
85 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
89 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
90 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
91 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
95 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
96 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
97 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
98 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
99 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
103 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
104 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
108 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
109 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
110 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
114 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
115 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
118 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
119 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
120 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
124 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
125 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
126 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
127 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
128 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
131 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
132 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
134 * Class::MOP::Instance
135 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
136 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
138 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
140 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
142 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
145 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
147 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
148 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
151 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
152 changed back in 0.82_01)
153 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
154 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
157 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
158 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
160 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
162 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
163 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
164 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
167 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
168 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
171 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
172 * Class::MOP::Attribute
173 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
175 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
176 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
177 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
180 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
183 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
184 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
185 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
186 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
187 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
190 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
193 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
195 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
199 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
200 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
201 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
202 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
206 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
209 * Class::MOP::Package
210 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
213 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
216 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
218 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
221 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
222 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
223 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
224 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
227 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
228 was removed in 0.82_01.
230 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
231 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
232 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
233 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
234 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
235 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
236 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
237 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
238 for the Moose compatibility handling code
239 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
241 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
243 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
244 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
246 * Class::MOP::Immutable
247 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
248 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
249 provides its own constructor (doy)
251 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
254 * Class::MOP::Instance
255 * Class::MOP::Attribute
256 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
257 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
258 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
259 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
262 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
263 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
265 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
267 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
268 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
270 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
271 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
272 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
273 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
274 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
277 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
278 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
279 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
280 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
281 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
282 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
283 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
285 - Class::MOP::Instance
286 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
290 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
291 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
292 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
294 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
295 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
296 when an object is constructed)
297 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
299 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
300 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
301 when an object is constructed)
302 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
303 - attributes => _attributes
304 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
306 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
308 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
309 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
310 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
313 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
314 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
315 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
318 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
319 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
320 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
321 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
325 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
326 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
327 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
328 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
329 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
330 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
332 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
333 * No changes from 0.78_02.
335 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
337 * Class::MOP::Immutable
338 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
339 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
340 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
341 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
345 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
346 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
349 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
350 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
351 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
353 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
355 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
356 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
359 * Class::MOP::Instance
360 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
361 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
362 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
363 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
365 * Class::MOP::Attribute
366 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
367 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
368 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
370 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
371 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
372 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
376 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
377 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
378 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
379 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
381 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
382 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
383 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
384 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
385 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
386 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
387 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
388 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
389 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
392 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
393 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
396 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
398 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
399 * No changes from 0.77_01
401 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
403 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
404 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
405 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
406 against the pure Perl version of this code.
408 * Class::MOP::Instance
409 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
410 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
413 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
415 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
419 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
420 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
424 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
425 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
427 * Class::MOP::Package
428 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
429 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
432 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
436 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
437 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
438 near future release. You've been warned.
440 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
441 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
442 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
443 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
445 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
446 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
449 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
450 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
453 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
456 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
457 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
459 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
461 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
462 sharing an immutable transformer object
463 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
464 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
466 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
468 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
469 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
470 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
471 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
473 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
474 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
476 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
478 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
479 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
481 * t/082_get_code_info.t
482 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
483 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
484 succeed in that case.
486 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
487 * Class::MOP::Package
488 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
491 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
492 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
494 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
495 * Class::MOP::Immutable
496 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
497 the constructor was inlined.
498 * Class::MOP::Package
499 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
500 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
501 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
503 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
504 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
506 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
508 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
509 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
510 * Class::MOP::Immutable
511 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
512 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
513 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
516 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
517 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
518 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
519 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
520 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
521 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
522 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
523 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
524 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
525 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
527 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
530 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
531 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
534 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
536 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
537 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
539 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
541 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
542 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
543 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
546 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
547 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
548 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
551 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
553 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
554 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
556 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
557 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
558 times in an eval. (t0m)
560 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
562 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
563 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
564 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
565 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
566 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
567 - added test for this
569 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
570 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
571 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
574 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
575 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
579 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
580 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
581 aliased methods and "real" methods.
583 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
584 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
585 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
586 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
589 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
590 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
593 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
594 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
595 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
596 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
597 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
598 for sad systems without a compiler.
601 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
602 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
605 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
606 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
607 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
609 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
611 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
612 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
613 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
614 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
616 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
617 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
618 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
619 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
621 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
623 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
624 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
627 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
628 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
629 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
631 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
633 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
635 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
636 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
637 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
639 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
640 * Class::MOP::Package
641 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
642 releases. (nothingmuch)
645 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
647 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
648 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
649 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
652 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
655 * Class::MOP::Instance
656 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
658 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
660 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
661 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
662 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
663 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
666 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
667 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
671 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
672 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
673 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
674 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
675 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
678 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
679 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
680 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
683 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
684 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
685 consistency (nothingmuch)
686 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
688 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
689 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
690 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
691 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
694 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
695 * Class::MOP::Immutable
696 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
698 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
700 * Class::MOP::Instance
701 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
702 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
704 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
706 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
707 the class is already loaded (sartak)
708 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
709 instead of just 1 (sartak)
712 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
714 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
715 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
716 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
718 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
719 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
720 recognizes it correct this time.
722 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
723 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
726 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
727 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
730 - now stores the instance of the instance
731 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
732 and deletes it when the cache is blown
733 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
734 the options used to make it immutable as well as
735 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
737 * Class::MOP::Package
738 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
739 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
740 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
744 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
746 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
747 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
749 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
750 names now throw a more direct error in
752 - tests for this and other aspects of
758 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
759 Class::MOP::Attribute
760 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
763 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
764 (late night release engineering)--
766 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
767 changes in this release
769 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
770 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
771 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
774 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
775 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
776 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
779 * Class::MOP::Package
780 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
782 - inlining a few calls to &name with
783 direct HASH access key access
784 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
785 a HASH of items based on a type filter
786 similar to list_all_package_symbols
787 - added tests for this
790 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
791 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
792 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
793 - added more descriptive error message to help
794 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
795 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
797 * Class::MOP::Immutable
798 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
800 - added tests for this
802 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
804 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
805 function from MRO::Compat
806 - All XS based functionality now has a
807 Pure Perl alternative
808 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
809 can now be used to force non-XS versions
812 * Class::MOP::Attribute
813 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
814 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
815 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
817 - added tests for this
819 * Class::MOP::Immutable
820 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
821 making the class immutable
824 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
825 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
826 allow for it to work.
827 - added tests for this
829 * Class::MOP::Attribute
831 Class::MOP::Immutable
832 - any time a method meta object is constructed
833 we make sure to pass the correct package and
834 method name information
837 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
838 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
839 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
840 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
841 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
842 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
843 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
844 throw an error if these are not supplied.
845 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
846 and now store the package_name and name attributes
849 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
850 Module::Install support has been removed
852 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
853 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
854 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
855 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
859 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
860 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
862 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
863 when it has no init_arg
864 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
865 to support c3 classes.
867 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
870 - making sure that load_class never gets
871 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
872 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
875 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
877 - improved error handling in ->create method
878 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
879 will be used to populate values
880 - added tests for this
883 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
884 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
890 Class::MOP::Attribute
891 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
892 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
894 * Class::MOP::Instance
895 Class::MOP::Immutable
896 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
899 - fixed the filename length on several
900 test files so we install on VMS better
902 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
903 should be catfile (RT #32385)
905 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
906 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
909 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
910 Class::MOP::Attribute
911 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
912 to indicate that no constructor args can
913 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
914 - added tests for this
915 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
918 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
919 feature instead of the silly hack from
920 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
922 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
924 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
927 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
928 - removed assumptions about the existence of
931 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
932 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
933 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
936 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
937 constant so that we can take advantage
938 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
941 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
942 optimize the &linearized_isa method
943 and avoid the hack/check for circular
944 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
945 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
946 - added tests for this
948 * Class::MOP::Immutable
949 - the immutable class now keeps track of
950 the transformer which immutablized it
952 * Class::MOP::Instance
953 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
954 - added tests for this
956 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
958 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
959 transformation arguments are saved
961 - added tests for this
963 * Class::MOP::Immutable
964 - fixed a bug (see above)
966 * Class::MOP::Attribute
969 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
970 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
971 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
974 - removed the dependency on B
975 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
976 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
977 the B fiddling we were doing with
978 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
979 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
980 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
981 be used to help manage method caching.
984 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
985 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
986 even more accurate caching information.
987 blblack++ for that stuff :)
990 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
991 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
992 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
993 track of when we need to re-fetch the
995 - Several small improvements to take advantage
996 of the new method map caching features
998 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
999 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1000 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1001 HASH ref case, which makes the
1002 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1003 - added more tests for this
1005 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1006 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1007 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1008 - added more tests for this
1010 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1012 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1013 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1014 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1016 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1017 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1018 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1019 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1021 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1022 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1023 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1025 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1026 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1028 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1030 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1033 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1034 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1035 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1036 call through (groditi)
1038 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1039 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1040 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1041 it is defined (groditi)
1043 * Class::MOP::Instance
1044 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1045 it is defined (groditi)
1047 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1048 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1049 - removed the relevant attributes
1051 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1052 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1053 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1054 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1056 - added tests for this
1057 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1058 non-inlined constructors.
1059 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1061 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1062 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1063 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1064 - added tests for this
1067 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1068 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1071 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1073 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1074 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1076 * Class::MOP::Package
1077 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1080 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1082 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1084 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1085 it manually now so that people can use this
1086 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1088 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1090 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1091 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1092 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1095 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1096 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1097 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1098 - removed unused variable
1099 - added create_immutable_transformer
1100 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1101 - tests for this (groditi)
1104 - Immutability can now be undone,
1105 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1106 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1107 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1108 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1109 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1110 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1111 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1112 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1113 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1115 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1116 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1118 * Class::MOP::Package
1119 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1120 - added tests for this
1121 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1123 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1124 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1125 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1127 - added tests and POD for this
1130 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1131 handles undef values correctly.
1132 - added tests for this
1133 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1134 will not get reaped when instances still
1135 exist which need to reference them. This is
1136 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1137 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1138 many work arounds out in the wild.
1139 - added tests for this by groditi
1140 - updated docs to explain this
1143 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1144 - added tests for this behavior
1146 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1147 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1150 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1151 - added tests and docs for these
1153 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1154 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1155 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1159 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1164 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1165 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1166 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1167 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1168 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1171 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1173 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1174 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1175 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1178 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1179 immutable transformation instead of
1180 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1182 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1183 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1184 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1185 be coming eventually.
1188 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1190 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1191 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1195 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1198 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1200 - constructor generation is now handled by
1201 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1203 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1204 - created this to handle constructor generation
1205 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1207 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1209 - attributes now delegate to the
1210 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1213 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1214 - all accessor generation functions from
1215 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1217 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1219 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1220 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1221 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1225 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1226 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1227 they are aliased from the originals
1228 - fixed tests to reflect
1229 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1231 - adjusted tests for this
1232 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1235 * Class::MOP::Method
1237 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1238 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1239 - adjusted tests to compensate
1240 - adjusted docs for this
1243 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1244 encapsulate most of the work into the
1245 &get_method_map method
1246 - made several adjustments for the change
1247 in Class::MOP::Method
1248 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1249 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1250 old one before installing the new one
1251 - added tests for this
1252 - adjusted docs for this
1254 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1255 - added caching of &get_method_map
1256 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1257 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1259 * Class::MOP::Package
1260 - added filtering capabilities to
1261 &list_all_package_symbols
1263 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1265 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1266 the $:version and such just actually goes
1267 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1268 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1270 - The &create method now requires that all
1271 but the package name now is passed in as
1272 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1273 - updated docs and tests for this
1275 * Class::MOP::Object
1276 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1280 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1281 which do not store things in the instance
1282 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1285 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1287 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1289 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1290 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1293 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1294 - fixed all tests for this
1296 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1297 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1298 are no longer allowed for defaults
1299 - added tests for this
1301 * Class::MOP::Package
1302 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1303 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1304 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1306 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1308 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1309 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1310 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1311 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1313 * Class::MOP::Package
1314 - refactored entire class, this is now
1315 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1316 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1317 - added many tests for this
1318 - this class is now a subclass of
1320 - added some tests to reflect this
1323 - refactored all symbol table access to
1324 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1326 * Class::MOP::Module
1327 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1328 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1329 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1330 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1331 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1332 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1333 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1334 - added tests for this
1336 * Class::MOP::Instance
1337 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1339 - added tests for this
1341 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1342 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1343 slots from an instance
1344 - added tests for this
1346 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1349 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1350 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1352 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1353 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1354 the value of the attribute for a particular
1357 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1358 ---------------------------------------
1359 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1360 to introduce the immutable features which
1361 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1362 This support should still be considered
1363 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1364 ---------------------------------------
1366 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1368 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1369 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1370 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1373 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1374 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1375 ::Package and now inherited
1376 - added tests for this
1378 * Class::MOP::Instance
1379 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1380 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1381 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1382 instance creation (of course)
1385 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1386 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1387 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1388 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1389 table manipulation methods.
1391 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1392 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1394 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1395 properly when inherited
1396 - small fix to &clone_instance
1398 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1399 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1400 - This release works in combination with
1401 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1402 because it introduces a new instance
1403 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1407 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1408 - added tests for this
1409 - improved method modifier wrapping
1411 * Class::MOP::Instance
1412 - added new instance protocol
1413 - added tests for this
1414 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1416 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1420 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1421 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1423 - updated tests for this
1426 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1427 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1429 - added tests for this
1430 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1431 new instance protocol
1432 - added more tests for this
1434 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1436 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1437 - added tests and docs for this
1438 - some small optimizations
1440 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1441 - some small optimizations
1443 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1445 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1446 - added tests for this
1447 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1448 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1449 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1450 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1451 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1452 delegates appropriately
1454 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1455 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1456 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1457 called initialize_instance_slot
1460 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1461 initialize_instance_slot method
1463 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1465 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1466 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1468 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1470 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1471 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1473 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1474 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1475 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1477 - added tests for this
1478 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1480 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1482 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1483 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1484 - added test case for this
1486 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1488 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1489 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1490 available in DESTORY calls
1492 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1493 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1494 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1496 * Class::MOP::Method
1497 - added &package_name, &name and
1498 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1499 which were formerly private subs in
1502 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1503 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1504 before, after and around modifiers
1505 - added tests and docs for this feature
1508 - improved &get_package_symbol
1509 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1510 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1512 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1513 - &add_before_method_modifier
1514 - &add_after_method_modifier
1515 - &add_around_method_modifier
1516 - added tests and docs for these
1517 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1518 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1520 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1521 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1525 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1526 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1527 the test skip if it is not installed
1529 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1531 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1534 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1535 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1536 - added docs and tests
1538 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1539 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1540 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1541 be considered "ready to use".
1543 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1544 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1545 - test coverage is now at 99%
1548 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1549 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1550 metaclass pragma instead.
1553 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1554 error/edge-case tests
1556 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1557 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1558 error/edge-case tests
1561 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1563 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1565 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1566 metaclass a little more straightforward
1569 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1570 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1571 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1572 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1576 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1577 is now more useful for subclasses
1578 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1579 hash of attribute meta objects
1580 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1581 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1582 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1583 attribute meta-object itself
1584 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1585 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1586 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1587 - added docs & tests for this
1588 - added Clone as a dependency
1589 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1590 return blessed new or cloned instances
1591 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1592 - added docs & tests for this
1593 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1594 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1595 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1596 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1597 - added tests and docs for this
1600 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1602 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1604 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1606 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1607 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1608 attributes/methods respectively
1611 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1614 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1615 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1616 - added new example:
1619 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1621 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1623 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1624 - improved error messages
1627 - added new examples:
1628 - AttributesWithHistory
1629 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1631 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1632 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1634 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1635 - refactored method generation code
1636 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1639 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1640 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1641 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1642 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1643 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1645 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1646 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1647 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1649 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006