1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 * Class::MOP::Attribute
4 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
5 of {get,set}_value. These are meaningless in Class::MOP but diverge
10 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
11 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
12 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
13 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
14 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
16 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
17 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
18 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
21 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
22 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
24 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
25 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
26 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
28 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
30 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
33 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
36 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
37 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
38 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
41 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
42 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
47 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
50 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
51 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
53 * Class::MOP::Attribute
55 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
59 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
60 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
61 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
65 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
66 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
67 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
68 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
69 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
73 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
74 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
78 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
79 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
80 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
84 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
85 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
88 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
89 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
90 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
94 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
95 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
96 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
97 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
98 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
101 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
102 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
104 * Class::MOP::Instance
105 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
106 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
108 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
110 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
112 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
115 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
117 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
118 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
121 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
122 changed back in 0.82_01)
123 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
124 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
127 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
128 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
130 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
132 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
133 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
134 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
137 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
138 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
141 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
142 * Class::MOP::Attribute
143 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
145 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
146 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
147 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
150 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
153 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
154 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
155 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
156 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
157 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
160 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
163 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
165 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
169 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
170 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
171 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
172 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
176 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
179 * Class::MOP::Package
180 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
183 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
186 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
188 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
191 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
192 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
193 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
194 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
197 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
198 was removed in 0.82_01.
200 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
201 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
202 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
203 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
204 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
205 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
206 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
207 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
208 for the Moose compatibility handling code
209 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
211 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
213 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
214 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
216 * Class::MOP::Immutable
217 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
218 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
219 provides its own constructor (doy)
221 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
224 * Class::MOP::Instance
225 * Class::MOP::Attribute
226 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
227 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
228 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
229 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
232 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
233 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
235 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
237 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
238 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
240 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
241 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
242 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
243 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
244 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
247 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
248 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
249 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
250 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
251 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
252 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
253 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
255 - Class::MOP::Instance
256 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
260 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
261 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
262 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
264 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
265 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
266 when an object is constructed)
267 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
269 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
270 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
271 when an object is constructed)
272 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
273 - attributes => _attributes
274 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
276 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
278 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
279 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
280 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
283 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
284 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
285 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
288 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
289 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
290 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
291 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
295 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
296 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
297 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
298 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
299 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
300 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
302 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
303 * No changes from 0.78_02.
305 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
307 * Class::MOP::Immutable
308 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
309 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
310 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
311 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
315 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
316 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
319 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
320 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
321 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
323 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
325 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
326 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
329 * Class::MOP::Instance
330 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
331 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
332 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
333 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
335 * Class::MOP::Attribute
336 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
337 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
338 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
340 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
341 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
342 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
346 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
347 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
348 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
349 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
351 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
352 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
353 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
354 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
355 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
356 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
357 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
358 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
359 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
362 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
363 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
366 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
368 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
369 * No changes from 0.77_01
371 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
373 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
374 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
375 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
376 against the pure Perl version of this code.
378 * Class::MOP::Instance
379 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
380 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
383 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
385 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
389 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
390 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
394 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
395 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
397 * Class::MOP::Package
398 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
399 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
402 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
406 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
407 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
408 near future release. You've been warned.
410 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
411 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
412 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
413 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
415 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
416 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
419 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
420 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
423 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
426 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
427 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
429 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
431 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
432 sharing an immutable transformer object
433 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
434 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
436 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
438 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
439 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
440 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
441 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
443 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
444 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
446 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
448 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
449 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
451 * t/082_get_code_info.t
452 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
453 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
454 succeed in that case.
456 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
457 * Class::MOP::Package
458 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
461 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
462 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
464 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
465 * Class::MOP::Immutable
466 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
467 the constructor was inlined.
468 * Class::MOP::Package
469 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
470 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
471 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
473 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
474 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
476 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
478 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
479 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
480 * Class::MOP::Immutable
481 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
482 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
483 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
486 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
487 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
488 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
489 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
490 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
491 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
492 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
493 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
494 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
495 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
497 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
500 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
501 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
504 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
506 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
507 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
509 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
511 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
512 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
513 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
516 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
517 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
518 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
521 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
523 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
524 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
526 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
527 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
528 times in an eval. (t0m)
530 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
532 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
533 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
534 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
535 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
536 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
537 - added test for this
539 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
540 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
541 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
544 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
545 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
549 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
550 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
551 aliased methods and "real" methods.
553 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
554 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
555 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
556 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
559 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
560 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
563 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
564 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
565 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
566 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
567 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
568 for sad systems without a compiler.
571 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
572 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
575 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
576 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
577 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
579 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
581 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
582 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
583 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
584 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
586 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
587 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
588 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
589 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
591 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
593 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
594 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
597 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
598 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
599 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
601 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
603 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
605 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
606 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
607 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
609 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
610 * Class::MOP::Package
611 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
612 releases. (nothingmuch)
615 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
617 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
618 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
619 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
622 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
625 * Class::MOP::Instance
626 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
628 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
630 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
631 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
632 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
633 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
636 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
637 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
641 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
642 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
643 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
644 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
645 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
648 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
649 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
650 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
653 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
654 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
655 consistency (nothingmuch)
656 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
658 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
659 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
660 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
661 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
664 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
665 * Class::MOP::Immutable
666 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
668 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
670 * Class::MOP::Instance
671 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
672 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
674 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
676 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
677 the class is already loaded (sartak)
678 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
679 instead of just 1 (sartak)
682 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
684 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
685 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
686 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
688 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
689 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
690 recognizes it correct this time.
692 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
693 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
696 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
697 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
700 - now stores the instance of the instance
701 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
702 and deletes it when the cache is blown
703 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
704 the options used to make it immutable as well as
705 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
707 * Class::MOP::Package
708 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
709 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
710 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
714 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
716 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
717 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
719 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
720 names now throw a more direct error in
722 - tests for this and other aspects of
728 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
729 Class::MOP::Attribute
730 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
733 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
734 (late night release engineering)--
736 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
737 changes in this release
739 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
740 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
741 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
744 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
745 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
746 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
749 * Class::MOP::Package
750 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
752 - inlining a few calls to &name with
753 direct HASH access key access
754 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
755 a HASH of items based on a type filter
756 similar to list_all_package_symbols
757 - added tests for this
760 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
761 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
762 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
763 - added more descriptive error message to help
764 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
765 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
767 * Class::MOP::Immutable
768 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
770 - added tests for this
772 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
774 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
775 function from MRO::Compat
776 - All XS based functionality now has a
777 Pure Perl alternative
778 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
779 can now be used to force non-XS versions
782 * Class::MOP::Attribute
783 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
784 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
785 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
787 - added tests for this
789 * Class::MOP::Immutable
790 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
791 making the class immutable
794 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
795 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
796 allow for it to work.
797 - added tests for this
799 * Class::MOP::Attribute
801 Class::MOP::Immutable
802 - any time a method meta object is constructed
803 we make sure to pass the correct package and
804 method name information
807 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
808 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
809 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
810 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
811 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
812 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
813 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
814 throw an error if these are not supplied.
815 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
816 and now store the package_name and name attributes
819 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
820 Module::Install support has been removed
822 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
823 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
824 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
825 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
829 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
830 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
832 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
833 when it has no init_arg
834 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
835 to support c3 classes.
837 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
840 - making sure that load_class never gets
841 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
842 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
845 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
847 - improved error handling in ->create method
848 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
849 will be used to populate values
850 - added tests for this
853 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
854 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
860 Class::MOP::Attribute
861 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
862 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
864 * Class::MOP::Instance
865 Class::MOP::Immutable
866 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
869 - fixed the filename length on several
870 test files so we install on VMS better
872 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
873 should be catfile (RT #32385)
875 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
876 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
879 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
880 Class::MOP::Attribute
881 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
882 to indicate that no constructor args can
883 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
884 - added tests for this
885 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
888 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
889 feature instead of the silly hack from
890 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
892 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
894 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
897 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
898 - removed assumptions about the existence of
901 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
902 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
903 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
906 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
907 constant so that we can take advantage
908 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
911 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
912 optimize the &linearized_isa method
913 and avoid the hack/check for circular
914 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
915 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
916 - added tests for this
918 * Class::MOP::Immutable
919 - the immutable class now keeps track of
920 the transformer which immutablized it
922 * Class::MOP::Instance
923 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
924 - added tests for this
926 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
928 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
929 transformation arguments are saved
931 - added tests for this
933 * Class::MOP::Immutable
934 - fixed a bug (see above)
936 * Class::MOP::Attribute
939 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
940 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
941 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
944 - removed the dependency on B
945 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
946 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
947 the B fiddling we were doing with
948 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
949 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
950 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
951 be used to help manage method caching.
954 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
955 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
956 even more accurate caching information.
957 blblack++ for that stuff :)
960 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
961 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
962 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
963 track of when we need to re-fetch the
965 - Several small improvements to take advantage
966 of the new method map caching features
968 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
969 * Class::MOP::Attribute
970 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
971 HASH ref case, which makes the
972 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
973 - added more tests for this
975 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
976 * Class::MOP::Attribute
977 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
978 - added more tests for this
980 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
982 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
983 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
984 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
986 * Class::MOP::Attribute
987 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
988 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
989 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
991 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
992 * Class::MOP::Attribute
993 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
995 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
996 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
998 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1000 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1003 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1004 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1005 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1006 call through (groditi)
1008 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1009 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1010 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1011 it is defined (groditi)
1013 * Class::MOP::Instance
1014 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1015 it is defined (groditi)
1017 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1018 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1019 - removed the relevant attributes
1021 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1022 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1023 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1024 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1026 - added tests for this
1027 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1028 non-inlined constructors.
1029 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1031 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1032 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1033 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1034 - added tests for this
1037 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1038 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1041 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1043 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1044 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1046 * Class::MOP::Package
1047 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1050 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1052 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1054 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1055 it manually now so that people can use this
1056 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1058 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1060 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1061 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1062 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1065 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1066 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1067 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1068 - removed unused variable
1069 - added create_immutable_transformer
1070 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1071 - tests for this (groditi)
1074 - Immutability can now be undone,
1075 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1076 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1077 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1078 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1079 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1080 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1081 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1082 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1083 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1085 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1086 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1088 * Class::MOP::Package
1089 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1090 - added tests for this
1091 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1093 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1094 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1095 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1097 - added tests and POD for this
1100 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1101 handles undef values correctly.
1102 - added tests for this
1103 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1104 will not get reaped when instances still
1105 exist which need to reference them. This is
1106 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1107 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1108 many work arounds out in the wild.
1109 - added tests for this by groditi
1110 - updated docs to explain this
1113 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1114 - added tests for this behavior
1116 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1117 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1120 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1121 - added tests and docs for these
1123 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1124 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1125 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1129 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1134 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1135 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1136 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1137 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1138 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1141 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1143 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1144 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1145 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1148 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1149 immutable transformation instead of
1150 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1152 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1153 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1154 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1155 be coming eventually.
1158 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1160 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1161 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1165 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1168 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1170 - constructor generation is now handled by
1171 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1173 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1174 - created this to handle constructor generation
1175 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1177 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1179 - attributes now delegate to the
1180 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1183 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1184 - all accessor generation functions from
1185 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1187 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1189 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1190 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1191 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1195 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1196 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1197 they are aliased from the originals
1198 - fixed tests to reflect
1199 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1201 - adjusted tests for this
1202 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1205 * Class::MOP::Method
1207 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1208 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1209 - adjusted tests to compensate
1210 - adjusted docs for this
1213 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1214 encapsulate most of the work into the
1215 &get_method_map method
1216 - made several adjustments for the change
1217 in Class::MOP::Method
1218 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1219 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1220 old one before installing the new one
1221 - added tests for this
1222 - adjusted docs for this
1224 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1225 - added caching of &get_method_map
1226 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1227 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1229 * Class::MOP::Package
1230 - added filtering capabilities to
1231 &list_all_package_symbols
1233 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1235 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1236 the $:version and such just actually goes
1237 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1238 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1240 - The &create method now requires that all
1241 but the package name now is passed in as
1242 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1243 - updated docs and tests for this
1245 * Class::MOP::Object
1246 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1250 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1251 which do not store things in the instance
1252 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1255 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1257 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1259 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1260 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1263 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1264 - fixed all tests for this
1266 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1267 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1268 are no longer allowed for defaults
1269 - added tests for this
1271 * Class::MOP::Package
1272 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1273 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1274 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1276 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1278 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1279 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1280 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1281 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1283 * Class::MOP::Package
1284 - refactored entire class, this is now
1285 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1286 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1287 - added many tests for this
1288 - this class is now a subclass of
1290 - added some tests to reflect this
1293 - refactored all symbol table access to
1294 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1296 * Class::MOP::Module
1297 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1298 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1299 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1300 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1301 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1302 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1303 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1304 - added tests for this
1306 * Class::MOP::Instance
1307 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1309 - added tests for this
1311 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1312 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1313 slots from an instance
1314 - added tests for this
1316 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1319 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1320 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1322 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1323 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1324 the value of the attribute for a particular
1327 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1328 ---------------------------------------
1329 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1330 to introduce the immutable features which
1331 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1332 This support should still be considered
1333 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1334 ---------------------------------------
1336 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1338 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1339 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1340 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1343 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1344 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1345 ::Package and now inherited
1346 - added tests for this
1348 * Class::MOP::Instance
1349 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1350 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1351 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1352 instance creation (of course)
1355 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1356 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1357 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1358 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1359 table manipulation methods.
1361 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1362 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1364 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1365 properly when inherited
1366 - small fix to &clone_instance
1368 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1369 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1370 - This release works in combination with
1371 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1372 because it introduces a new instance
1373 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1377 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1378 - added tests for this
1379 - improved method modifier wrapping
1381 * Class::MOP::Instance
1382 - added new instance protocol
1383 - added tests for this
1384 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1386 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1390 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1391 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1393 - updated tests for this
1396 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1397 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1399 - added tests for this
1400 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1401 new instance protocol
1402 - added more tests for this
1404 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1406 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1407 - added tests and docs for this
1408 - some small optimizations
1410 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1411 - some small optimizations
1413 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1415 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1416 - added tests for this
1417 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1418 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1419 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1420 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1421 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1422 delegates appropriately
1424 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1425 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1426 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1427 called initialize_instance_slot
1430 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1431 initialize_instance_slot method
1433 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1435 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1436 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1438 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1440 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1441 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1443 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1444 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1445 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1447 - added tests for this
1448 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1450 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1452 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1453 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1454 - added test case for this
1456 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1458 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1459 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1460 available in DESTORY calls
1462 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1463 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1464 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1466 * Class::MOP::Method
1467 - added &package_name, &name and
1468 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1469 which were formerly private subs in
1472 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1473 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1474 before, after and around modifiers
1475 - added tests and docs for this feature
1478 - improved &get_package_symbol
1479 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1480 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1482 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1483 - &add_before_method_modifier
1484 - &add_after_method_modifier
1485 - &add_around_method_modifier
1486 - added tests and docs for these
1487 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1488 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1490 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1491 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1495 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1496 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1497 the test skip if it is not installed
1499 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1501 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1504 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1505 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1506 - added docs and tests
1508 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1509 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1510 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1511 be considered "ready to use".
1513 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1514 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1515 - test coverage is now at 99%
1518 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1519 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1520 metaclass pragma instead.
1523 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1524 error/edge-case tests
1526 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1527 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1528 error/edge-case tests
1531 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1533 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1535 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1536 metaclass a little more straightforward
1539 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1540 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1541 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1542 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1546 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1547 is now more useful for subclasses
1548 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1549 hash of attribute meta objects
1550 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1551 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1552 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1553 attribute meta-object itself
1554 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1555 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1556 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1557 - added docs & tests for this
1558 - added Clone as a dependency
1559 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1560 return blessed new or cloned instances
1561 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1562 - added docs & tests for this
1563 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1564 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1565 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1566 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1567 - added tests and docs for this
1570 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1572 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1574 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1576 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1577 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1578 attributes/methods respectively
1581 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1584 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1585 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1586 - added new example:
1589 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1591 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1593 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1594 - improved error messages
1597 - added new examples:
1598 - AttributesWithHistory
1599 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1601 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1602 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1604 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1605 - refactored method generation code
1606 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1609 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1610 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1611 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1612 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1613 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1615 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1616 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1617 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1619 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006