1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
5 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
8 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
9 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
10 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
11 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
14 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
15 was removed in 0.82_01.
17 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
18 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
19 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
20 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
21 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
22 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
23 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
24 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
25 for the Moose compatibility handling code
26 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
28 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
30 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
31 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
33 * Class::MOP::Immutable
34 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
35 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
36 provides its own constructor (doy)
38 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
41 * Class::MOP::Instance
42 * Class::MOP::Attribute
43 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
44 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
45 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
46 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
49 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
50 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
52 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
54 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
55 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
57 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
58 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
59 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
60 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
61 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
64 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
65 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
66 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
67 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
68 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
69 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
70 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
72 - Class::MOP::Instance
73 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
77 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
78 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
79 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
81 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
82 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
83 when an object is constructed)
84 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
86 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
87 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
88 when an object is constructed)
89 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
90 - attributes => _attributes
91 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
93 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
95 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
96 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
97 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
100 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
101 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
102 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
105 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
106 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
107 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
108 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
112 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
113 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
114 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
115 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
116 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
117 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
119 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
120 * No changes from 0.78_02.
122 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
124 * Class::MOP::Immutable
125 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
126 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
127 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
128 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
132 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
133 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
136 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
137 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
138 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
140 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
142 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
143 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
146 * Class::MOP::Instance
147 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
148 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
149 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
150 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
152 * Class::MOP::Attribute
153 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
154 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
155 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
157 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
158 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
159 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
163 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
164 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
165 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
166 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
168 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
169 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
170 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
171 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
172 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
173 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
174 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
175 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
176 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
179 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
180 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
183 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
185 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
186 * No changes from 0.77_01
188 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
190 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
191 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
192 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
193 against the pure Perl version of this code.
195 * Class::MOP::Instance
196 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
197 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
200 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
202 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
206 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
207 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
211 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
212 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
214 * Class::MOP::Package
215 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
216 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
219 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
223 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
224 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
225 near future release. You've been warned.
227 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
228 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
229 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
230 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
232 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
233 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
236 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
237 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
240 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
243 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
244 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
246 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
248 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
249 sharing an immutable transformer object
250 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
251 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
253 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
255 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
256 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
257 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
258 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
260 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
261 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
263 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
265 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
266 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
268 * t/082_get_code_info.t
269 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
270 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
271 succeed in that case.
273 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
274 * Class::MOP::Package
275 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
278 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
279 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
281 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
282 * Class::MOP::Immutable
283 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
284 the constructor was inlined.
285 * Class::MOP::Package
286 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
287 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
288 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
290 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
291 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
293 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
295 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
296 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
297 * Class::MOP::Immutable
298 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
299 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
300 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
303 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
304 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
305 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
306 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
307 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
308 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
309 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
310 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
311 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
312 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
314 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
317 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
318 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
321 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
323 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
324 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
326 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
328 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
329 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
330 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
333 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
334 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
335 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
338 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
340 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
341 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
343 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
344 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
345 times in an eval. (t0m)
347 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
349 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
350 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
351 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
352 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
353 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
354 - added test for this
356 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
357 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
358 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
361 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
362 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
366 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
367 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
368 aliased methods and "real" methods.
370 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
371 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
372 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
373 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
376 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
377 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
380 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
381 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
382 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
383 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
384 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
385 for sad systems without a compiler.
388 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
389 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
392 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
393 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
394 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
396 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
398 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
399 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
400 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
401 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
403 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
404 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
405 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
406 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
408 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
410 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
411 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
414 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
415 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
416 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
418 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
420 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
422 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
423 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
424 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
426 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
427 * Class::MOP::Package
428 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
429 releases. (nothingmuch)
432 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
434 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
435 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
436 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
439 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
442 * Class::MOP::Instance
443 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
445 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
447 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
448 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
449 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
450 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
453 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
454 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
458 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
459 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
460 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
461 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
462 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
465 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
466 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
467 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
470 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
471 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
472 consistency (nothingmuch)
473 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
475 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
476 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
477 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
478 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
481 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
482 * Class::MOP::Immutable
483 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
485 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
487 * Class::MOP::Instance
488 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
489 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
491 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
493 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
494 the class is already loaded (sartak)
495 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
496 instead of just 1 (sartak)
499 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
501 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
502 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
503 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
505 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
506 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
507 recognizes it correct this time.
509 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
510 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
513 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
514 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
517 - now stores the instance of the instance
518 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
519 and deletes it when the cache is blown
520 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
521 the options used to make it immutable as well as
522 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
524 * Class::MOP::Package
525 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
526 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
527 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
531 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
533 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
534 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
536 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
537 names now throw a more direct error in
539 - tests for this and other aspects of
545 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
546 Class::MOP::Attribute
547 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
550 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
551 (late night release engineering)--
553 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
554 changes in this release
556 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
557 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
558 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
561 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
562 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
563 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
566 * Class::MOP::Package
567 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
569 - inlining a few calls to &name with
570 direct HASH access key access
571 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
572 a HASH of items based on a type filter
573 similar to list_all_package_symbols
574 - added tests for this
577 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
578 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
579 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
580 - added more descriptive error message to help
581 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
582 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
584 * Class::MOP::Immutable
585 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
587 - added tests for this
589 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
591 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
592 function from MRO::Compat
593 - All XS based functionality now has a
594 Pure Perl alternative
595 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
596 can now be used to force non-XS versions
599 * Class::MOP::Attribute
600 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
601 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
602 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
604 - added tests for this
606 * Class::MOP::Immutable
607 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
608 making the class immutable
611 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
612 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
613 allow for it to work.
614 - added tests for this
616 * Class::MOP::Attribute
618 Class::MOP::Immutable
619 - any time a method meta object is constructed
620 we make sure to pass the correct package and
621 method name information
624 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
625 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
626 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
627 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
628 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
629 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
630 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
631 throw an error if these are not supplied.
632 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
633 and now store the package_name and name attributes
636 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
637 Module::Install support has been removed
639 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
640 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
641 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
642 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
646 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
647 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
649 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
650 when it has no init_arg
651 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
652 to support c3 classes.
654 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
657 - making sure that load_class never gets
658 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
659 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
662 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
664 - improved error handling in ->create method
665 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
666 will be used to populate values
667 - added tests for this
670 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
671 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
677 Class::MOP::Attribute
678 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
679 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
681 * Class::MOP::Instance
682 Class::MOP::Immutable
683 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
686 - fixed the filename length on several
687 test files so we install on VMS better
689 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
690 should be catfile (RT #32385)
692 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
693 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
696 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
697 Class::MOP::Attribute
698 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
699 to indicate that no constructor args can
700 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
701 - added tests for this
702 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
705 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
706 feature instead of the silly hack from
707 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
709 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
711 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
714 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
715 - removed assumptions about the existence of
718 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
719 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
720 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
723 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
724 constant so that we can take advantage
725 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
728 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
729 optimize the &linearized_isa method
730 and avoid the hack/check for circular
731 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
732 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
733 - added tests for this
735 * Class::MOP::Immutable
736 - the immutable class now keeps track of
737 the transformer which immutablized it
739 * Class::MOP::Instance
740 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
741 - added tests for this
743 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
745 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
746 transformation arguments are saved
748 - added tests for this
750 * Class::MOP::Immutable
751 - fixed a bug (see above)
753 * Class::MOP::Attribute
756 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
757 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
758 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
761 - removed the dependency on B
762 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
763 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
764 the B fiddling we were doing with
765 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
766 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
767 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
768 be used to help manage method caching.
771 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
772 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
773 even more accurate caching information.
774 blblack++ for that stuff :)
777 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
778 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
779 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
780 track of when we need to re-fetch the
782 - Several small improvements to take advantage
783 of the new method map caching features
785 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
786 * Class::MOP::Attribute
787 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
788 HASH ref case, which makes the
789 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
790 - added more tests for this
792 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
793 * Class::MOP::Attribute
794 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
795 - added more tests for this
797 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
799 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
800 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
801 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
803 * Class::MOP::Attribute
804 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
805 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
806 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
808 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
809 * Class::MOP::Attribute
810 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
812 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
813 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
815 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
817 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
820 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
821 construct_class_instance (groditi)
822 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
823 call through (groditi)
825 * Class::MOP::Attribute
826 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
827 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
828 it is defined (groditi)
830 * Class::MOP::Instance
831 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
832 it is defined (groditi)
834 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
835 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
836 - removed the relevant attributes
838 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
839 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
840 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
841 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
843 - added tests for this
844 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
845 non-inlined constructors.
846 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
848 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
849 - added this class as an abstract base for the
850 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
851 - added tests for this
854 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
855 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
858 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
860 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
861 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
863 * Class::MOP::Package
864 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
867 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
869 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
871 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
872 it manually now so that people can use this
873 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
875 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
877 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
878 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
879 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
882 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
883 * Class::MOP::Immutable
884 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
885 - removed unused variable
886 - added create_immutable_transformer
887 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
888 - tests for this (groditi)
891 - Immutability can now be undone,
892 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
893 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
894 for details see comments next to make_immutable
895 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
896 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
897 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
898 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
899 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
900 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
902 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
903 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
905 * Class::MOP::Package
906 - we now deal with stub methods properly
907 - added tests for this
908 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
910 * Class::MOP::Attribute
911 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
912 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
914 - added tests and POD for this
917 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
918 handles undef values correctly.
919 - added tests for this
920 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
921 will not get reaped when instances still
922 exist which need to reference them. This is
923 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
924 obscure enough feature that there are not too
925 many work arounds out in the wild.
926 - added tests for this by groditi
927 - updated docs to explain this
930 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
931 - added tests for this behavior
933 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
934 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
937 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
938 - added tests and docs for these
940 * Class::MOP::Attribute
941 - default now checks the instance with defined to
942 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
946 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
952 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
953 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
954 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
955 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
958 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
960 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
961 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
962 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
965 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
966 immutable transformation instead of
967 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
969 + Class::MOP::Immutable
970 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
971 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
972 be coming eventually.
975 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
977 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
978 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
982 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
985 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
987 - constructor generation is now handled by
988 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
990 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
991 - created this to handle constructor generation
992 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
994 * Class::MOP::Attribute
996 - attributes now delegate to the
997 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1000 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1001 - all accessor generation functions from
1002 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1004 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1006 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1007 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1008 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1012 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1013 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1014 they are aliased from the originals
1015 - fixed tests to reflect
1016 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1018 - adjusted tests for this
1019 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1022 * Class::MOP::Method
1024 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1025 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1026 - adjusted tests to compensate
1027 - adjusted docs for this
1030 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1031 encapsulate most of the work into the
1032 &get_method_map method
1033 - made several adjustments for the change
1034 in Class::MOP::Method
1035 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1036 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1037 old one before installing the new one
1038 - added tests for this
1039 - adjusted docs for this
1041 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1042 - added caching of &get_method_map
1043 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1044 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1046 * Class::MOP::Package
1047 - added filtering capabilities to
1048 &list_all_package_symbols
1050 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1052 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1053 the $:version and such just actually goes
1054 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1055 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1057 - The &create method now requires that all
1058 but the package name now is passed in as
1059 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1060 - updated docs and tests for this
1062 * Class::MOP::Object
1063 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1067 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1068 which do not store things in the instance
1069 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1072 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1074 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1076 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1077 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1080 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1081 - fixed all tests for this
1083 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1084 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1085 are no longer allowed for defaults
1086 - added tests for this
1088 * Class::MOP::Package
1089 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1090 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1091 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1093 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1095 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1096 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1097 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1098 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1100 * Class::MOP::Package
1101 - refactored entire class, this is now
1102 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1103 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1104 - added many tests for this
1105 - this class is now a subclass of
1107 - added some tests to reflect this
1110 - refactored all symbol table access to
1111 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1113 * Class::MOP::Module
1114 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1115 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1116 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1117 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1118 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1119 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1120 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1121 - added tests for this
1123 * Class::MOP::Instance
1124 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1126 - added tests for this
1128 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1129 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1130 slots from an instance
1131 - added tests for this
1133 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1136 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1137 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1139 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1140 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1141 the value of the attribute for a particular
1144 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1145 ---------------------------------------
1146 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1147 to introduce the immutable features which
1148 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1149 This support should still be considered
1150 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1151 ---------------------------------------
1153 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1155 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1156 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1157 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1160 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1161 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1162 ::Package and now inherited
1163 - added tests for this
1165 * Class::MOP::Instance
1166 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1167 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1168 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1169 instance creation (of course)
1172 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1173 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1174 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1175 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1176 table manipulation methods.
1178 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1179 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1181 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1182 properly when inherited
1183 - small fix to &clone_instance
1185 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1186 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1187 - This release works in combination with
1188 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1189 because it introduces a new instance
1190 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1194 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1195 - added tests for this
1196 - improved method modifier wrapping
1198 * Class::MOP::Instance
1199 - added new instance protocol
1200 - added tests for this
1201 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1203 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1207 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1208 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1210 - updated tests for this
1213 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1214 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1216 - added tests for this
1217 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1218 new instance protocol
1219 - added more tests for this
1221 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1223 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1224 - added tests and docs for this
1225 - some small optimizations
1227 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1228 - some small optimizations
1230 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1232 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1233 - added tests for this
1234 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1235 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1236 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1237 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1238 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1239 delegates appropriately
1241 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1242 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1243 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1244 called initialize_instance_slot
1247 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1248 initialize_instance_slot method
1250 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1252 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1253 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1255 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1257 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1258 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1260 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1261 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1262 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1264 - added tests for this
1265 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1267 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1269 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1270 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1271 - added test case for this
1273 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1275 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1276 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1277 available in DESTORY calls
1279 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1280 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1281 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1283 * Class::MOP::Method
1284 - added &package_name, &name and
1285 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1286 which were formerly private subs in
1289 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1290 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1291 before, after and around modifiers
1292 - added tests and docs for this feature
1295 - improved &get_package_symbol
1296 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1297 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1299 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1300 - &add_before_method_modifier
1301 - &add_after_method_modifier
1302 - &add_around_method_modifier
1303 - added tests and docs for these
1304 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1305 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1307 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1308 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1312 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1313 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1314 the test skip if it is not installed
1316 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1318 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1321 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1322 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1323 - added docs and tests
1325 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1326 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1327 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1328 be considered "ready to use".
1330 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1331 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1332 - test coverage is now at 99%
1335 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1336 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1337 metaclass pragma instead.
1340 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1341 error/edge-case tests
1343 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1344 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1345 error/edge-case tests
1348 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1350 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1352 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1353 metaclass a little more straightforward
1356 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1357 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1358 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1359 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1363 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1364 is now more useful for subclasses
1365 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1366 hash of attribute meta objects
1367 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1368 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1369 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1370 attribute meta-object itself
1371 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1372 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1373 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1374 - added docs & tests for this
1375 - added Clone as a dependency
1376 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1377 return blessed new or cloned instances
1378 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1379 - added docs & tests for this
1380 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1381 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1382 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1383 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1384 - added tests and docs for this
1387 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1389 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1391 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1393 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1394 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1395 attributes/methods respectively
1398 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1401 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1402 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1403 - added new example:
1406 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1408 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1410 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1411 - improved error messages
1414 - added new examples:
1415 - AttributesWithHistory
1416 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1418 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1419 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1421 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1422 - refactored method generation code
1423 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1426 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1427 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1428 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1429 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1430 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1432 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1433 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1434 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1436 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006