1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
11 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
12 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
13 + Add a test for this (Yappo).
14 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
16 + Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
17 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
18 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
19 + Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
20 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
22 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
23 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
25 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
26 * No changes from 0.77_01
28 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
30 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
31 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
32 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
33 against the pure Perl version of this code.
35 * Class::MOP::Instance
36 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
37 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
40 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
42 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
46 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
47 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
51 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
52 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
55 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
56 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
59 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
63 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
64 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
65 near future release. You've been warned.
67 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
68 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
69 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
70 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
72 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
73 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
76 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
77 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
80 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
83 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
84 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
86 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
88 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
89 sharing an immutable transformer object
90 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
91 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
93 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
95 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
96 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
97 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
98 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
100 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
101 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
103 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
105 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
106 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
108 * t/082_get_code_info.t
109 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
110 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
111 succeed in that case.
113 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
114 * Class::MOP::Package
115 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
118 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
119 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
121 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
122 * Class::MOP::Immutable
123 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
124 the constructor was inlined.
125 * Class::MOP::Package
126 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
127 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
128 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
130 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
131 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
133 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
135 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
136 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
137 * Class::MOP::Immutable
138 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
139 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
140 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
143 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
144 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
145 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
146 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
147 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
148 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
149 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
150 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
151 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
152 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
154 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
157 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
158 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
161 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
163 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
164 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
166 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
168 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
169 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
170 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
173 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
174 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
175 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
178 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
180 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
181 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
183 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
184 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
185 times in an eval. (t0m)
187 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
189 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
190 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
191 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
192 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
193 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
194 - added test for this
196 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
197 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
198 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
201 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
202 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
206 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
207 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
208 aliased methods and "real" methods.
210 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
211 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
212 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
213 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
216 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
217 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
220 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
221 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
222 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
223 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
224 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
225 for sad systems without a compiler.
228 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
229 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
232 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
233 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
234 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
236 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
238 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
239 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
240 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
241 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
243 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
244 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
245 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
246 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
248 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
250 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
251 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
254 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
255 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
256 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
258 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
260 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
262 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
263 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
264 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
266 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
267 * Class::MOP::Package
268 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
269 releases. (nothingmuch)
272 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
274 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
275 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
276 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
279 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
282 * Class::MOP::Instance
283 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
285 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
287 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
288 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
289 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
290 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
293 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
294 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
298 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
299 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
300 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
301 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
302 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
305 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
306 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
307 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
310 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
311 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
312 consistency (nothingmuch)
313 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
315 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
316 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
317 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
318 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
321 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
322 * Class::MOP::Immutable
323 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
325 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
327 * Class::MOP::Instance
328 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
329 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
331 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
333 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
334 the class is already loaded (sartak)
335 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
336 instead of just 1 (sartak)
339 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
341 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
342 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
343 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
345 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
346 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
347 recognizes it correct this time.
349 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
350 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
353 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
354 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
357 - now stores the instance of the instance
358 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
359 and deletes it when the cache is blown
360 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
361 the options used to make it immutable as well as
362 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
364 * Class::MOP::Package
365 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
366 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
367 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
371 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
373 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
374 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
376 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
377 names now throw a more direct error in
379 - tests for this and other aspects of
385 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
386 Class::MOP::Attribute
387 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
390 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
391 (late night release engineering)--
393 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
394 changes in this release
396 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
397 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
398 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
401 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
402 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
403 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
406 * Class::MOP::Package
407 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
409 - inlining a few calls to &name with
410 direct HASH access key access
411 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
412 a HASH of items based on a type filter
413 similar to list_all_package_symbols
414 - added tests for this
417 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
418 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
419 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
420 - added more descriptive error message to help
421 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
422 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
424 * Class::MOP::Immutable
425 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
427 - added tests for this
429 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
431 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
432 function from MRO::Compat
433 - All XS based functionality now has a
434 Pure Perl alternative
435 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
436 can now be used to force non-XS versions
439 * Class::MOP::Attribute
440 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
441 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
442 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
444 - added tests for this
446 * Class::MOP::Immutable
447 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
448 making the class immutable
451 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
452 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
453 allow for it to work.
454 - added tests for this
456 * Class::MOP::Attribute
458 Class::MOP::Immutable
459 - any time a method meta object is constructed
460 we make sure to pass the correct package and
461 method name information
464 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
465 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
466 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
467 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
468 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
469 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
470 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
471 throw an error if these are not supplied.
472 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
473 and now store the package_name and name attributes
476 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
477 Module::Install support has been removed
479 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
480 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
481 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
482 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
486 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
487 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
489 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
490 when it has no init_arg
491 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
492 to support c3 classes.
494 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
497 - making sure that load_class never gets
498 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
499 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
502 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
504 - improved error handling in ->create method
505 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
506 will be used to populate values
507 - added tests for this
510 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
511 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
517 Class::MOP::Attribute
518 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
519 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
521 * Class::MOP::Instance
522 Class::MOP::Immutable
523 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
526 - fixed the filename length on several
527 test files so we install on VMS better
529 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
530 should be catfile (RT #32385)
532 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
533 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
536 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
537 Class::MOP::Attribute
538 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
539 to indicate that no constructor args can
540 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
541 - added tests for this
542 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
545 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
546 feature instead of the silly hack from
547 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
549 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
551 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
554 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
555 - removed assumptions about the existence of
558 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
559 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
560 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
563 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
564 constant so that we can take advantage
565 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
568 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
569 optimize the &linearized_isa method
570 and avoid the hack/check for circular
571 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
572 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
573 - added tests for this
575 * Class::MOP::Immutable
576 - the immutable class now keeps track of
577 the transformer which immutablized it
579 * Class::MOP::Instance
580 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
581 - added tests for this
583 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
585 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
586 transformation arguments are saved
588 - added tests for this
590 * Class::MOP::Immutable
591 - fixed a bug (see above)
593 * Class::MOP::Attribute
596 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
597 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
598 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
601 - removed the dependency on B
602 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
603 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
604 the B fiddling we were doing with
605 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
606 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
607 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
608 be used to help manage method caching.
611 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
612 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
613 even more accurate caching information.
614 blblack++ for that stuff :)
617 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
618 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
619 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
620 track of when we need to re-fetch the
622 - Several small improvements to take advantage
623 of the new method map caching features
625 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
626 * Class::MOP::Attribute
627 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
628 HASH ref case, which makes the
629 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
630 - added more tests for this
632 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
633 * Class::MOP::Attribute
634 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
635 - added more tests for this
637 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
639 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
640 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
641 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
643 * Class::MOP::Attribute
644 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
645 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
646 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
648 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
649 * Class::MOP::Attribute
650 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
652 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
653 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
655 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
657 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
660 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
661 construct_class_instance (groditi)
662 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
663 call through (groditi)
665 * Class::MOP::Attribute
666 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
667 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
668 it is defined (groditi)
670 * Class::MOP::Instance
671 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
672 it is defined (groditi)
674 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
675 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
676 - removed the relevant attributes
678 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
679 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
680 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
681 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
683 - added tests for this
684 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
685 non-inlined constructors.
686 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
688 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
689 - added this class as an abstract base for the
690 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
691 - added tests for this
694 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
695 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
698 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
700 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
701 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
703 * Class::MOP::Package
704 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
707 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
709 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
711 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
712 it manually now so that people can use this
713 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
715 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
717 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
718 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
719 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
722 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
723 * Class::MOP::Immutable
724 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
725 - removed unused variable
726 - added create_immutable_transformer
727 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
728 - tests for this (groditi)
731 - Immutability can now be undone,
732 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
733 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
734 for details see comments next to make_immutable
735 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
736 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
737 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
738 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
739 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
740 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
742 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
743 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
745 * Class::MOP::Package
746 - we now deal with stub methods properly
747 - added tests for this
748 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
750 * Class::MOP::Attribute
751 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
752 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
754 - added tests and POD for this
757 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
758 handles undef values correctly.
759 - added tests for this
760 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
761 will not get reaped when instances still
762 exist which need to reference them. This is
763 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
764 obscure enough feature that there are not too
765 many work arounds out in the wild.
766 - added tests for this by groditi
767 - updated docs to explain this
770 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
771 - added tests for this behavior
773 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
774 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
777 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
778 - added tests and docs for these
780 * Class::MOP::Attribute
781 - default now checks the instance with defined to
782 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
786 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
792 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
793 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
794 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
795 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
798 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
800 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
801 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
802 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
805 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
806 immutable transformation instead of
807 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
809 + Class::MOP::Immutable
810 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
811 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
812 be coming eventually.
815 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
817 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
818 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
822 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
825 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
827 - constructor generation is now handled by
828 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
830 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
831 - created this to handle constructor generation
832 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
834 * Class::MOP::Attribute
836 - attributes now delegate to the
837 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
840 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
841 - all accessor generation functions from
842 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
844 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
846 * scripts/class_browser.pl
847 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
848 on this to come. Comments and patches are
852 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
853 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
854 they are aliased from the originals
855 - fixed tests to reflect
856 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
858 - adjusted tests for this
859 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
864 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
865 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
866 - adjusted tests to compensate
867 - adjusted docs for this
870 - changed how methods are dealt with to
871 encapsulate most of the work into the
872 &get_method_map method
873 - made several adjustments for the change
874 in Class::MOP::Method
875 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
876 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
877 old one before installing the new one
878 - added tests for this
879 - adjusted docs for this
881 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
882 - added caching of &get_method_map
883 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
884 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
886 * Class::MOP::Package
887 - added filtering capabilities to
888 &list_all_package_symbols
890 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
892 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
893 the $:version and such just actually goes
894 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
895 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
897 - The &create method now requires that all
898 but the package name now is passed in as
899 named parameters. See docs for more info.
900 - updated docs and tests for this
903 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
907 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
908 which do not store things in the instance
909 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
912 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
914 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
916 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
917 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
920 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
921 - fixed all tests for this
923 * Class::MOP::Attribute
924 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
925 are no longer allowed for defaults
926 - added tests for this
928 * Class::MOP::Package
929 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
930 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
931 always reloaded from the symbol table.
933 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
935 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
936 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
937 metamodel is more complete (and closer
938 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
940 * Class::MOP::Package
941 - refactored entire class, this is now
942 the primary gateway between the metaclass
943 and the Perl 5 symbol table
944 - added many tests for this
945 - this class is now a subclass of
947 - added some tests to reflect this
950 - refactored all symbol table access to
951 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
954 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
955 so that Module has a version as an attribute
956 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
957 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
958 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
959 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
960 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
961 - added tests for this
963 * Class::MOP::Instance
964 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
966 - added tests for this
968 * Class::MOP::Attribute
969 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
970 slots from an instance
971 - added tests for this
973 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
976 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
977 anywhere within the class hierarchy
979 * Class::MOP::Attribute
980 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
981 the value of the attribute for a particular
984 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
985 ---------------------------------------
986 This is the first version of Class::MOP
987 to introduce the immutable features which
988 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
989 This support should still be considered
990 experimental, but moving towards stability.
991 ---------------------------------------
993 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
995 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
996 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
997 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1000 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1001 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1002 ::Package and now inherited
1003 - added tests for this
1005 * Class::MOP::Instance
1006 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1007 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1008 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1009 instance creation (of course)
1012 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1013 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1014 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1015 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1016 table manipulation methods.
1018 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1019 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1021 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1022 properly when inherited
1023 - small fix to &clone_instance
1025 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1026 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1027 - This release works in combination with
1028 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1029 because it introduces a new instance
1030 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1034 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1035 - added tests for this
1036 - improved method modifier wrapping
1038 * Class::MOP::Instance
1039 - added new instance protocol
1040 - added tests for this
1041 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1043 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1047 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1048 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1050 - updated tests for this
1053 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1054 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1056 - added tests for this
1057 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1058 new instance protocol
1059 - added more tests for this
1061 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1063 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1064 - added tests and docs for this
1065 - some small optimizations
1067 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1068 - some small optimizations
1070 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1072 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1073 - added tests for this
1074 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1075 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1076 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1077 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1078 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1079 delegates appropriately
1081 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1082 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1083 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1084 called initialize_instance_slot
1087 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1088 initialize_instance_slot method
1090 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1092 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1093 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1095 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1097 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1098 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1100 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1101 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1102 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1104 - added tests for this
1105 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1107 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1109 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1110 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1111 - added test case for this
1113 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1115 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1116 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1117 available in DESTORY calls
1119 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1120 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1121 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1123 * Class::MOP::Method
1124 - added &package_name, &name and
1125 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1126 which were formerly private subs in
1129 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1130 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1131 before, after and around modifiers
1132 - added tests and docs for this feature
1135 - improved &get_package_symbol
1136 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1137 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1139 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1140 - &add_before_method_modifier
1141 - &add_after_method_modifier
1142 - &add_around_method_modifier
1143 - added tests and docs for these
1144 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1145 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1147 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1148 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1152 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1153 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1154 the test skip if it is not installed
1156 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1158 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1161 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1162 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1163 - added docs and tests
1165 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1166 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1167 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1168 be considered "ready to use".
1170 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1171 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1172 - test coverage is now at 99%
1175 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1176 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1177 metaclass pragma instead.
1180 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1181 error/edge-case tests
1183 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1184 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1185 error/edge-case tests
1188 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1190 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1192 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1193 metaclass a little more straightforward
1196 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1197 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1198 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1199 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1203 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1204 is now more useful for subclasses
1205 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1206 hash of attribute meta objects
1207 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1208 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1209 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1210 attribute meta-object itself
1211 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1212 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1213 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1214 - added docs & tests for this
1215 - added Clone as a dependency
1216 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1217 return blessed new or cloned instances
1218 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1219 - added docs & tests for this
1220 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1221 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1222 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1223 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1224 - added tests and docs for this
1227 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1229 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1231 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1233 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1234 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1235 attributes/methods respectively
1238 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1241 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1242 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1243 - added new example:
1246 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1248 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1250 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1251 - improved error messages
1254 - added new examples:
1255 - AttributesWithHistory
1256 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1258 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1259 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1261 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1262 - refactored method generation code
1263 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1266 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1267 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1268 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1269 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1270 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1272 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1273 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1274 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1276 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006