1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
4 * No changes from 0.78_02.
6 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
8 * Class::MOP::Immutable
9 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
10 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
11 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
12 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
16 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
17 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
20 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
21 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
22 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
24 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
26 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
27 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
30 * Class::MOP::Instance
31 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
32 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
33 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
34 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
36 * Class::MOP::Attribute
37 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
38 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
39 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
41 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
42 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
43 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
47 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
48 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
49 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
50 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
52 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
53 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
54 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
55 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
56 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
57 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
58 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
59 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
60 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
63 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
64 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
67 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
69 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
70 * No changes from 0.77_01
72 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
74 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
75 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
76 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
77 against the pure Perl version of this code.
79 * Class::MOP::Instance
80 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
81 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
84 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
86 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
90 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
91 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
95 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
96 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
99 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
100 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
103 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
107 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
108 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
109 near future release. You've been warned.
111 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
112 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
113 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
114 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
116 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
117 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
120 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
121 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
124 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
127 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
128 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
130 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
132 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
133 sharing an immutable transformer object
134 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
135 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
137 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
139 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
140 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
141 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
142 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
144 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
145 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
147 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
149 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
150 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
152 * t/082_get_code_info.t
153 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
154 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
155 succeed in that case.
157 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
158 * Class::MOP::Package
159 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
162 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
163 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
165 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
166 * Class::MOP::Immutable
167 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
168 the constructor was inlined.
169 * Class::MOP::Package
170 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
171 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
172 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
174 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
175 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
177 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
179 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
180 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
181 * Class::MOP::Immutable
182 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
183 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
184 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
187 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
188 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
189 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
190 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
191 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
192 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
193 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
194 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
195 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
196 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
198 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
201 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
202 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
205 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
207 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
208 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
210 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
212 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
213 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
214 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
217 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
218 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
219 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
222 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
224 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
225 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
227 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
228 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
229 times in an eval. (t0m)
231 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
233 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
234 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
235 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
236 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
237 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
238 - added test for this
240 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
241 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
242 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
245 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
246 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
250 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
251 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
252 aliased methods and "real" methods.
254 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
255 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
256 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
257 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
260 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
261 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
264 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
265 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
266 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
267 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
268 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
269 for sad systems without a compiler.
272 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
273 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
276 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
277 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
278 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
280 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
282 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
283 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
284 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
285 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
287 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
288 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
289 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
290 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
292 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
294 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
295 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
298 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
299 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
300 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
302 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
304 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
306 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
307 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
308 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
310 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
311 * Class::MOP::Package
312 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
313 releases. (nothingmuch)
316 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
318 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
319 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
320 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
323 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
326 * Class::MOP::Instance
327 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
329 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
331 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
332 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
333 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
334 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
337 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
338 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
342 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
343 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
344 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
345 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
346 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
349 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
350 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
351 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
354 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
355 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
356 consistency (nothingmuch)
357 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
359 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
360 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
361 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
362 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
365 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
366 * Class::MOP::Immutable
367 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
369 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
371 * Class::MOP::Instance
372 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
373 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
375 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
377 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
378 the class is already loaded (sartak)
379 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
380 instead of just 1 (sartak)
383 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
385 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
386 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
387 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
389 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
390 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
391 recognizes it correct this time.
393 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
394 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
397 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
398 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
401 - now stores the instance of the instance
402 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
403 and deletes it when the cache is blown
404 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
405 the options used to make it immutable as well as
406 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
408 * Class::MOP::Package
409 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
410 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
411 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
415 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
417 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
418 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
420 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
421 names now throw a more direct error in
423 - tests for this and other aspects of
429 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
430 Class::MOP::Attribute
431 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
434 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
435 (late night release engineering)--
437 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
438 changes in this release
440 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
441 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
442 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
445 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
446 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
447 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
450 * Class::MOP::Package
451 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
453 - inlining a few calls to &name with
454 direct HASH access key access
455 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
456 a HASH of items based on a type filter
457 similar to list_all_package_symbols
458 - added tests for this
461 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
462 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
463 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
464 - added more descriptive error message to help
465 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
466 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
468 * Class::MOP::Immutable
469 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
471 - added tests for this
473 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
475 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
476 function from MRO::Compat
477 - All XS based functionality now has a
478 Pure Perl alternative
479 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
480 can now be used to force non-XS versions
483 * Class::MOP::Attribute
484 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
485 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
486 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
488 - added tests for this
490 * Class::MOP::Immutable
491 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
492 making the class immutable
495 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
496 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
497 allow for it to work.
498 - added tests for this
500 * Class::MOP::Attribute
502 Class::MOP::Immutable
503 - any time a method meta object is constructed
504 we make sure to pass the correct package and
505 method name information
508 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
509 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
510 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
511 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
512 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
513 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
514 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
515 throw an error if these are not supplied.
516 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
517 and now store the package_name and name attributes
520 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
521 Module::Install support has been removed
523 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
524 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
525 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
526 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
530 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
531 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
533 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
534 when it has no init_arg
535 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
536 to support c3 classes.
538 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
541 - making sure that load_class never gets
542 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
543 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
546 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
548 - improved error handling in ->create method
549 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
550 will be used to populate values
551 - added tests for this
554 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
555 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
561 Class::MOP::Attribute
562 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
563 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
565 * Class::MOP::Instance
566 Class::MOP::Immutable
567 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
570 - fixed the filename length on several
571 test files so we install on VMS better
573 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
574 should be catfile (RT #32385)
576 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
577 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
580 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
581 Class::MOP::Attribute
582 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
583 to indicate that no constructor args can
584 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
585 - added tests for this
586 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
589 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
590 feature instead of the silly hack from
591 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
593 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
595 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
598 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
599 - removed assumptions about the existence of
602 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
603 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
604 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
607 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
608 constant so that we can take advantage
609 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
612 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
613 optimize the &linearized_isa method
614 and avoid the hack/check for circular
615 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
616 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
617 - added tests for this
619 * Class::MOP::Immutable
620 - the immutable class now keeps track of
621 the transformer which immutablized it
623 * Class::MOP::Instance
624 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
625 - added tests for this
627 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
629 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
630 transformation arguments are saved
632 - added tests for this
634 * Class::MOP::Immutable
635 - fixed a bug (see above)
637 * Class::MOP::Attribute
640 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
641 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
642 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
645 - removed the dependency on B
646 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
647 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
648 the B fiddling we were doing with
649 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
650 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
651 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
652 be used to help manage method caching.
655 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
656 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
657 even more accurate caching information.
658 blblack++ for that stuff :)
661 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
662 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
663 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
664 track of when we need to re-fetch the
666 - Several small improvements to take advantage
667 of the new method map caching features
669 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
670 * Class::MOP::Attribute
671 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
672 HASH ref case, which makes the
673 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
674 - added more tests for this
676 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
677 * Class::MOP::Attribute
678 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
679 - added more tests for this
681 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
683 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
684 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
685 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
687 * Class::MOP::Attribute
688 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
689 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
690 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
692 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
693 * Class::MOP::Attribute
694 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
696 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
697 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
699 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
701 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
704 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
705 construct_class_instance (groditi)
706 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
707 call through (groditi)
709 * Class::MOP::Attribute
710 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
711 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
712 it is defined (groditi)
714 * Class::MOP::Instance
715 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
716 it is defined (groditi)
718 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
719 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
720 - removed the relevant attributes
722 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
723 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
724 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
725 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
727 - added tests for this
728 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
729 non-inlined constructors.
730 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
732 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
733 - added this class as an abstract base for the
734 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
735 - added tests for this
738 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
739 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
742 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
744 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
745 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
747 * Class::MOP::Package
748 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
751 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
753 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
755 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
756 it manually now so that people can use this
757 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
759 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
761 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
762 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
763 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
766 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
767 * Class::MOP::Immutable
768 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
769 - removed unused variable
770 - added create_immutable_transformer
771 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
772 - tests for this (groditi)
775 - Immutability can now be undone,
776 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
777 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
778 for details see comments next to make_immutable
779 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
780 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
781 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
782 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
783 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
784 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
786 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
787 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
789 * Class::MOP::Package
790 - we now deal with stub methods properly
791 - added tests for this
792 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
794 * Class::MOP::Attribute
795 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
796 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
798 - added tests and POD for this
801 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
802 handles undef values correctly.
803 - added tests for this
804 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
805 will not get reaped when instances still
806 exist which need to reference them. This is
807 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
808 obscure enough feature that there are not too
809 many work arounds out in the wild.
810 - added tests for this by groditi
811 - updated docs to explain this
814 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
815 - added tests for this behavior
817 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
818 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
821 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
822 - added tests and docs for these
824 * Class::MOP::Attribute
825 - default now checks the instance with defined to
826 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
830 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
836 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
837 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
838 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
839 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
842 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
844 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
845 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
846 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
849 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
850 immutable transformation instead of
851 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
853 + Class::MOP::Immutable
854 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
855 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
856 be coming eventually.
859 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
861 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
862 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
866 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
869 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
871 - constructor generation is now handled by
872 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
874 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
875 - created this to handle constructor generation
876 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
878 * Class::MOP::Attribute
880 - attributes now delegate to the
881 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
884 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
885 - all accessor generation functions from
886 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
888 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
890 * scripts/class_browser.pl
891 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
892 on this to come. Comments and patches are
896 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
897 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
898 they are aliased from the originals
899 - fixed tests to reflect
900 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
902 - adjusted tests for this
903 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
908 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
909 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
910 - adjusted tests to compensate
911 - adjusted docs for this
914 - changed how methods are dealt with to
915 encapsulate most of the work into the
916 &get_method_map method
917 - made several adjustments for the change
918 in Class::MOP::Method
919 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
920 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
921 old one before installing the new one
922 - added tests for this
923 - adjusted docs for this
925 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
926 - added caching of &get_method_map
927 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
928 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
930 * Class::MOP::Package
931 - added filtering capabilities to
932 &list_all_package_symbols
934 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
936 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
937 the $:version and such just actually goes
938 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
939 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
941 - The &create method now requires that all
942 but the package name now is passed in as
943 named parameters. See docs for more info.
944 - updated docs and tests for this
947 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
951 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
952 which do not store things in the instance
953 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
956 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
958 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
960 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
961 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
964 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
965 - fixed all tests for this
967 * Class::MOP::Attribute
968 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
969 are no longer allowed for defaults
970 - added tests for this
972 * Class::MOP::Package
973 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
974 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
975 always reloaded from the symbol table.
977 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
979 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
980 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
981 metamodel is more complete (and closer
982 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
984 * Class::MOP::Package
985 - refactored entire class, this is now
986 the primary gateway between the metaclass
987 and the Perl 5 symbol table
988 - added many tests for this
989 - this class is now a subclass of
991 - added some tests to reflect this
994 - refactored all symbol table access to
995 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
998 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
999 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1000 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1001 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1002 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1003 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1004 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1005 - added tests for this
1007 * Class::MOP::Instance
1008 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1010 - added tests for this
1012 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1013 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1014 slots from an instance
1015 - added tests for this
1017 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1020 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1021 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1023 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1024 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1025 the value of the attribute for a particular
1028 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1029 ---------------------------------------
1030 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1031 to introduce the immutable features which
1032 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1033 This support should still be considered
1034 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1035 ---------------------------------------
1037 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1039 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1040 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1041 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1044 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1045 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1046 ::Package and now inherited
1047 - added tests for this
1049 * Class::MOP::Instance
1050 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1051 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1052 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1053 instance creation (of course)
1056 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1057 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1058 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1059 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1060 table manipulation methods.
1062 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1063 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1065 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1066 properly when inherited
1067 - small fix to &clone_instance
1069 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1070 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1071 - This release works in combination with
1072 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1073 because it introduces a new instance
1074 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1078 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1079 - added tests for this
1080 - improved method modifier wrapping
1082 * Class::MOP::Instance
1083 - added new instance protocol
1084 - added tests for this
1085 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1087 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1091 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1092 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1094 - updated tests for this
1097 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1098 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1100 - added tests for this
1101 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1102 new instance protocol
1103 - added more tests for this
1105 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1107 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1108 - added tests and docs for this
1109 - some small optimizations
1111 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1112 - some small optimizations
1114 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1116 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1117 - added tests for this
1118 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1119 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1120 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1121 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1122 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1123 delegates appropriately
1125 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1126 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1127 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1128 called initialize_instance_slot
1131 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1132 initialize_instance_slot method
1134 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1136 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1137 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1139 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1141 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1142 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1144 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1145 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1146 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1148 - added tests for this
1149 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1151 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1153 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1154 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1155 - added test case for this
1157 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1159 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1160 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1161 available in DESTORY calls
1163 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1164 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1165 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1167 * Class::MOP::Method
1168 - added &package_name, &name and
1169 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1170 which were formerly private subs in
1173 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1174 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1175 before, after and around modifiers
1176 - added tests and docs for this feature
1179 - improved &get_package_symbol
1180 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1181 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1183 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1184 - &add_before_method_modifier
1185 - &add_after_method_modifier
1186 - &add_around_method_modifier
1187 - added tests and docs for these
1188 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1189 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1191 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1192 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1196 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1197 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1198 the test skip if it is not installed
1200 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1202 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1205 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1206 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1207 - added docs and tests
1209 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1210 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1211 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1212 be considered "ready to use".
1214 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1215 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1216 - test coverage is now at 99%
1219 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1220 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1221 metaclass pragma instead.
1224 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1225 error/edge-case tests
1227 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1228 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1229 error/edge-case tests
1232 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1234 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1236 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1237 metaclass a little more straightforward
1240 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1241 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1242 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1243 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1247 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1248 is now more useful for subclasses
1249 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1250 hash of attribute meta objects
1251 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1252 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1253 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1254 attribute meta-object itself
1255 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1256 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1257 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1258 - added docs & tests for this
1259 - added Clone as a dependency
1260 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1261 return blessed new or cloned instances
1262 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1263 - added docs & tests for this
1264 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1265 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1266 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1267 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1268 - added tests and docs for this
1271 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1273 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1275 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1277 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1278 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1279 attributes/methods respectively
1282 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1285 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1286 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1287 - added new example:
1290 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1292 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1294 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1295 - improved error messages
1298 - added new examples:
1299 - AttributesWithHistory
1300 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1302 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1303 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1305 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1306 - refactored method generation code
1307 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1310 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1311 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1312 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1313 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1314 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1316 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1317 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1318 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1320 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006