1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
5 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous version,
6 not properly using lexicals in the for loops. (stevan)
9 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
10 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
11 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
12 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
13 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
17 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
18 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
22 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
23 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
24 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
28 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
29 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
32 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
33 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
34 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
39 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
40 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
41 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
42 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
43 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
46 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
47 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
49 * Class::MOP::Instance
50 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
51 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
53 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
55 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
57 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
60 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
62 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
63 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
66 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
67 changed back in 0.82_01)
68 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
69 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
72 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
73 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
75 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
77 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
78 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
79 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
82 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
83 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
87 * Class::MOP::Attribute
88 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
90 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
91 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
92 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
95 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
98 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
99 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
100 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
101 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
102 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
105 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
108 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
110 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
114 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
115 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
116 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
117 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
121 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
124 * Class::MOP::Package
125 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
128 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
131 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
133 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
136 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
137 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
138 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
139 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
142 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
143 was removed in 0.82_01.
145 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
146 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
147 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
148 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
149 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
150 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
151 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
152 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
153 for the Moose compatibility handling code
154 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
156 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
158 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
159 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
161 * Class::MOP::Immutable
162 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
163 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
164 provides its own constructor (doy)
166 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
169 * Class::MOP::Instance
170 * Class::MOP::Attribute
171 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
172 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
173 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
174 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
177 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
178 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
180 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
182 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
183 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
185 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
186 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
187 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
188 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
189 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
192 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
193 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
194 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
195 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
196 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
197 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
198 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
200 - Class::MOP::Instance
201 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
205 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
206 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
207 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
209 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
210 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
211 when an object is constructed)
212 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
214 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
215 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
216 when an object is constructed)
217 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
218 - attributes => _attributes
219 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
221 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
223 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
224 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
225 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
228 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
229 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
230 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
233 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
234 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
235 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
236 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
240 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
241 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
242 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
243 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
244 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
245 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
247 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
248 * No changes from 0.78_02.
250 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
252 * Class::MOP::Immutable
253 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
254 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
255 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
256 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
260 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
261 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
264 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
265 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
266 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
268 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
270 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
271 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
274 * Class::MOP::Instance
275 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
276 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
277 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
278 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
280 * Class::MOP::Attribute
281 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
282 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
283 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
285 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
286 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
287 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
291 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
292 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
293 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
294 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
296 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
297 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
298 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
299 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
300 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
301 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
302 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
303 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
304 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
307 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
308 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
311 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
313 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
314 * No changes from 0.77_01
316 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
318 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
319 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
320 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
321 against the pure Perl version of this code.
323 * Class::MOP::Instance
324 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
325 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
328 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
330 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
334 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
335 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
339 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
340 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
342 * Class::MOP::Package
343 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
344 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
347 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
351 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
352 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
353 near future release. You've been warned.
355 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
356 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
357 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
358 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
360 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
361 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
364 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
365 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
368 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
371 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
372 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
374 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
376 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
377 sharing an immutable transformer object
378 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
379 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
381 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
383 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
384 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
385 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
386 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
388 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
389 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
391 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
393 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
394 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
396 * t/082_get_code_info.t
397 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
398 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
399 succeed in that case.
401 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
402 * Class::MOP::Package
403 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
406 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
407 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
409 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
410 * Class::MOP::Immutable
411 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
412 the constructor was inlined.
413 * Class::MOP::Package
414 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
415 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
416 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
418 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
419 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
421 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
423 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
424 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
425 * Class::MOP::Immutable
426 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
427 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
428 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
431 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
432 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
433 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
434 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
435 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
436 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
437 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
438 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
439 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
440 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
442 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
445 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
446 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
449 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
451 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
452 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
454 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
456 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
457 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
458 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
461 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
462 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
463 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
466 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
468 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
469 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
471 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
472 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
473 times in an eval. (t0m)
475 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
477 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
478 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
479 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
480 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
481 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
482 - added test for this
484 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
485 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
486 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
489 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
490 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
494 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
495 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
496 aliased methods and "real" methods.
498 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
499 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
500 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
501 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
504 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
505 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
508 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
509 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
510 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
511 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
512 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
513 for sad systems without a compiler.
516 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
517 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
520 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
521 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
522 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
524 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
526 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
527 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
528 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
529 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
531 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
532 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
533 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
534 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
536 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
538 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
539 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
542 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
543 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
544 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
546 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
548 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
550 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
551 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
552 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
554 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
555 * Class::MOP::Package
556 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
557 releases. (nothingmuch)
560 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
562 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
563 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
564 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
567 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
570 * Class::MOP::Instance
571 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
573 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
575 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
576 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
577 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
578 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
581 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
582 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
586 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
587 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
588 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
589 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
590 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
593 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
594 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
595 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
598 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
599 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
600 consistency (nothingmuch)
601 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
603 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
604 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
605 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
606 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
609 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
610 * Class::MOP::Immutable
611 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
613 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
615 * Class::MOP::Instance
616 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
617 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
619 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
621 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
622 the class is already loaded (sartak)
623 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
624 instead of just 1 (sartak)
627 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
629 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
630 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
631 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
633 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
634 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
635 recognizes it correct this time.
637 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
638 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
641 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
642 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
645 - now stores the instance of the instance
646 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
647 and deletes it when the cache is blown
648 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
649 the options used to make it immutable as well as
650 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
652 * Class::MOP::Package
653 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
654 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
655 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
659 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
661 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
662 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
664 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
665 names now throw a more direct error in
667 - tests for this and other aspects of
673 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
674 Class::MOP::Attribute
675 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
678 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
679 (late night release engineering)--
681 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
682 changes in this release
684 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
685 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
686 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
689 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
690 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
691 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
694 * Class::MOP::Package
695 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
697 - inlining a few calls to &name with
698 direct HASH access key access
699 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
700 a HASH of items based on a type filter
701 similar to list_all_package_symbols
702 - added tests for this
705 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
706 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
707 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
708 - added more descriptive error message to help
709 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
710 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
712 * Class::MOP::Immutable
713 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
715 - added tests for this
717 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
719 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
720 function from MRO::Compat
721 - All XS based functionality now has a
722 Pure Perl alternative
723 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
724 can now be used to force non-XS versions
727 * Class::MOP::Attribute
728 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
729 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
730 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
732 - added tests for this
734 * Class::MOP::Immutable
735 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
736 making the class immutable
739 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
740 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
741 allow for it to work.
742 - added tests for this
744 * Class::MOP::Attribute
746 Class::MOP::Immutable
747 - any time a method meta object is constructed
748 we make sure to pass the correct package and
749 method name information
752 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
753 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
754 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
755 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
756 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
757 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
758 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
759 throw an error if these are not supplied.
760 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
761 and now store the package_name and name attributes
764 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
765 Module::Install support has been removed
767 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
768 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
769 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
770 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
774 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
775 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
777 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
778 when it has no init_arg
779 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
780 to support c3 classes.
782 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
785 - making sure that load_class never gets
786 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
787 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
790 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
792 - improved error handling in ->create method
793 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
794 will be used to populate values
795 - added tests for this
798 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
799 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
805 Class::MOP::Attribute
806 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
807 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
809 * Class::MOP::Instance
810 Class::MOP::Immutable
811 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
814 - fixed the filename length on several
815 test files so we install on VMS better
817 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
818 should be catfile (RT #32385)
820 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
821 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
824 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
825 Class::MOP::Attribute
826 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
827 to indicate that no constructor args can
828 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
829 - added tests for this
830 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
833 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
834 feature instead of the silly hack from
835 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
837 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
839 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
842 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
843 - removed assumptions about the existence of
846 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
847 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
848 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
851 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
852 constant so that we can take advantage
853 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
856 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
857 optimize the &linearized_isa method
858 and avoid the hack/check for circular
859 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
860 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
861 - added tests for this
863 * Class::MOP::Immutable
864 - the immutable class now keeps track of
865 the transformer which immutablized it
867 * Class::MOP::Instance
868 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
869 - added tests for this
871 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
873 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
874 transformation arguments are saved
876 - added tests for this
878 * Class::MOP::Immutable
879 - fixed a bug (see above)
881 * Class::MOP::Attribute
884 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
885 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
886 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
889 - removed the dependency on B
890 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
891 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
892 the B fiddling we were doing with
893 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
894 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
895 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
896 be used to help manage method caching.
899 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
900 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
901 even more accurate caching information.
902 blblack++ for that stuff :)
905 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
906 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
907 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
908 track of when we need to re-fetch the
910 - Several small improvements to take advantage
911 of the new method map caching features
913 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
914 * Class::MOP::Attribute
915 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
916 HASH ref case, which makes the
917 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
918 - added more tests for this
920 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
921 * Class::MOP::Attribute
922 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
923 - added more tests for this
925 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
927 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
928 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
929 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
931 * Class::MOP::Attribute
932 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
933 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
934 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
936 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
937 * Class::MOP::Attribute
938 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
940 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
941 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
943 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
945 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
948 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
949 construct_class_instance (groditi)
950 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
951 call through (groditi)
953 * Class::MOP::Attribute
954 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
955 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
956 it is defined (groditi)
958 * Class::MOP::Instance
959 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
960 it is defined (groditi)
962 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
963 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
964 - removed the relevant attributes
966 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
967 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
968 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
969 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
971 - added tests for this
972 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
973 non-inlined constructors.
974 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
976 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
977 - added this class as an abstract base for the
978 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
979 - added tests for this
982 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
983 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
986 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
988 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
989 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
991 * Class::MOP::Package
992 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
995 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
997 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
999 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1000 it manually now so that people can use this
1001 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1003 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1005 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1006 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1007 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1010 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1011 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1012 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1013 - removed unused variable
1014 - added create_immutable_transformer
1015 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1016 - tests for this (groditi)
1019 - Immutability can now be undone,
1020 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1021 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1022 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1023 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1024 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1025 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1026 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1027 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1028 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1030 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1031 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1033 * Class::MOP::Package
1034 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1035 - added tests for this
1036 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1038 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1039 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1040 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1042 - added tests and POD for this
1045 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1046 handles undef values correctly.
1047 - added tests for this
1048 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1049 will not get reaped when instances still
1050 exist which need to reference them. This is
1051 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1052 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1053 many work arounds out in the wild.
1054 - added tests for this by groditi
1055 - updated docs to explain this
1058 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1059 - added tests for this behavior
1061 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1062 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1065 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1066 - added tests and docs for these
1068 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1069 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1070 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1074 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1079 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1080 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1081 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1082 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1083 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1086 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1088 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1089 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1090 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1093 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1094 immutable transformation instead of
1095 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1097 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1098 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1099 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1100 be coming eventually.
1103 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1105 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1106 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1110 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1113 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1115 - constructor generation is now handled by
1116 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1118 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1119 - created this to handle constructor generation
1120 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1122 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1124 - attributes now delegate to the
1125 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1128 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1129 - all accessor generation functions from
1130 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1132 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1134 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1135 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1136 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1140 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1141 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1142 they are aliased from the originals
1143 - fixed tests to reflect
1144 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1146 - adjusted tests for this
1147 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1150 * Class::MOP::Method
1152 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1153 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1154 - adjusted tests to compensate
1155 - adjusted docs for this
1158 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1159 encapsulate most of the work into the
1160 &get_method_map method
1161 - made several adjustments for the change
1162 in Class::MOP::Method
1163 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1164 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1165 old one before installing the new one
1166 - added tests for this
1167 - adjusted docs for this
1169 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1170 - added caching of &get_method_map
1171 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1172 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1174 * Class::MOP::Package
1175 - added filtering capabilities to
1176 &list_all_package_symbols
1178 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1180 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1181 the $:version and such just actually goes
1182 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1183 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1185 - The &create method now requires that all
1186 but the package name now is passed in as
1187 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1188 - updated docs and tests for this
1190 * Class::MOP::Object
1191 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1195 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1196 which do not store things in the instance
1197 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1200 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1202 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1204 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1205 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1208 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1209 - fixed all tests for this
1211 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1212 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1213 are no longer allowed for defaults
1214 - added tests for this
1216 * Class::MOP::Package
1217 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1218 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1219 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1221 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1223 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1224 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1225 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1226 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1228 * Class::MOP::Package
1229 - refactored entire class, this is now
1230 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1231 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1232 - added many tests for this
1233 - this class is now a subclass of
1235 - added some tests to reflect this
1238 - refactored all symbol table access to
1239 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1241 * Class::MOP::Module
1242 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1243 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1244 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1245 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1246 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1247 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1248 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1249 - added tests for this
1251 * Class::MOP::Instance
1252 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1254 - added tests for this
1256 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1257 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1258 slots from an instance
1259 - added tests for this
1261 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1264 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1265 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1267 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1268 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1269 the value of the attribute for a particular
1272 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1273 ---------------------------------------
1274 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1275 to introduce the immutable features which
1276 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1277 This support should still be considered
1278 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1279 ---------------------------------------
1281 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1283 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1284 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1285 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1288 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1289 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1290 ::Package and now inherited
1291 - added tests for this
1293 * Class::MOP::Instance
1294 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1295 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1296 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1297 instance creation (of course)
1300 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1301 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1302 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1303 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1304 table manipulation methods.
1306 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1307 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1309 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1310 properly when inherited
1311 - small fix to &clone_instance
1313 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1314 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1315 - This release works in combination with
1316 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1317 because it introduces a new instance
1318 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1322 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1323 - added tests for this
1324 - improved method modifier wrapping
1326 * Class::MOP::Instance
1327 - added new instance protocol
1328 - added tests for this
1329 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1331 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1335 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1336 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1338 - updated tests for this
1341 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1342 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1344 - added tests for this
1345 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1346 new instance protocol
1347 - added more tests for this
1349 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1351 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1352 - added tests and docs for this
1353 - some small optimizations
1355 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1356 - some small optimizations
1358 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1360 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1361 - added tests for this
1362 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1363 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1364 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1365 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1366 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1367 delegates appropriately
1369 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1370 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1371 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1372 called initialize_instance_slot
1375 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1376 initialize_instance_slot method
1378 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1380 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1381 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1383 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1385 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1386 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1388 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1389 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1390 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1392 - added tests for this
1393 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1395 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1397 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1398 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1399 - added test case for this
1401 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1403 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1404 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1405 available in DESTORY calls
1407 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1408 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1409 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1411 * Class::MOP::Method
1412 - added &package_name, &name and
1413 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1414 which were formerly private subs in
1417 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1418 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1419 before, after and around modifiers
1420 - added tests and docs for this feature
1423 - improved &get_package_symbol
1424 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1425 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1427 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1428 - &add_before_method_modifier
1429 - &add_after_method_modifier
1430 - &add_around_method_modifier
1431 - added tests and docs for these
1432 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1433 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1435 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1436 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1440 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1441 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1442 the test skip if it is not installed
1444 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1446 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1449 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1450 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1451 - added docs and tests
1453 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1454 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1455 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1456 be considered "ready to use".
1458 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1459 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1460 - test coverage is now at 99%
1463 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1464 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1465 metaclass pragma instead.
1468 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1469 error/edge-case tests
1471 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1472 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1473 error/edge-case tests
1476 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1478 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1480 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1481 metaclass a little more straightforward
1484 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1485 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1486 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1487 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1491 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1492 is now more useful for subclasses
1493 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1494 hash of attribute meta objects
1495 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1496 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1497 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1498 attribute meta-object itself
1499 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1500 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1501 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1502 - added docs & tests for this
1503 - added Clone as a dependency
1504 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1505 return blessed new or cloned instances
1506 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1507 - added docs & tests for this
1508 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1509 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1510 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1511 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1512 - added tests and docs for this
1515 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1517 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1519 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1521 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1522 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1523 attributes/methods respectively
1526 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1529 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1530 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1531 - added new example:
1534 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1536 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1538 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1539 - improved error messages
1542 - added new examples:
1543 - AttributesWithHistory
1544 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1546 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1547 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1549 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1550 - refactored method generation code
1551 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1554 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1555 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1556 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1557 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1558 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1560 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1561 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1562 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1564 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006