1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
8 for inlined code (doy).
10 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
12 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
16 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
17 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
18 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
19 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
20 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
27 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
29 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
33 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
34 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
38 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
40 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
41 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
42 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
48 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
49 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
53 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
54 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
55 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
57 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
59 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
61 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
63 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
67 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
69 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
73 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
74 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
76 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
80 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
81 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
83 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
84 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
86 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
88 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
89 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
90 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
92 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
94 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
96 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
97 modules (nothingmuch).
100 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
104 * Class::MOP::Package
105 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
106 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
107 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
110 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
111 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
114 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
115 * Class::MOP::Attribute
116 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
117 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
118 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
119 attributes. (nothingmuch)
121 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
123 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
124 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
125 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
126 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
127 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
129 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
130 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
131 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
133 * Class::MOP::Package
134 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
135 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
137 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
138 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
139 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
141 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
142 * Class::MOP::Package
143 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
146 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
149 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
150 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
151 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
154 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
155 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
157 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
159 * Class::MOP::Package
160 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
163 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
164 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
166 * Class::MOP::Attribute
168 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
171 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
172 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
173 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
174 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
177 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
178 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
179 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
180 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
181 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
182 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
186 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
187 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
191 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
192 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
193 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
197 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
198 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
201 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
202 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
203 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
207 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
208 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
209 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
210 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
211 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
214 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
215 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
217 * Class::MOP::Instance
218 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
219 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
221 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
223 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
225 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
228 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
230 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
231 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
234 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
235 changed back in 0.82_01)
236 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
237 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
240 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
241 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
243 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
245 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
246 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
247 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
250 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
251 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
254 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
255 * Class::MOP::Attribute
256 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
258 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
259 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
260 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
263 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
266 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
267 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
268 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
269 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
270 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
273 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
276 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
278 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
282 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
283 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
284 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
285 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
289 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
292 * Class::MOP::Package
293 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
296 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
299 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
301 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
304 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
305 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
306 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
307 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
310 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
311 was removed in 0.82_01.
313 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
314 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
315 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
316 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
317 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
318 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
319 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
320 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
321 for the Moose compatibility handling code
322 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
324 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
326 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
327 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
329 * Class::MOP::Immutable
330 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
331 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
332 provides its own constructor (doy)
334 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
337 * Class::MOP::Instance
338 * Class::MOP::Attribute
339 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
340 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
341 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
342 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
345 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
346 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
348 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
350 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
351 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
353 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
354 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
355 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
356 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
357 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
360 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
361 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
362 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
363 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
364 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
365 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
366 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
368 - Class::MOP::Instance
369 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
373 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
374 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
375 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
377 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
378 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
379 when an object is constructed)
380 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
382 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
383 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
384 when an object is constructed)
385 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
386 - attributes => _attributes
387 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
389 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
391 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
392 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
393 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
396 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
397 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
398 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
401 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
402 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
403 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
404 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
408 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
409 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
410 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
411 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
412 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
413 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
415 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
416 * No changes from 0.78_02.
418 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
420 * Class::MOP::Immutable
421 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
422 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
423 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
424 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
428 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
429 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
432 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
433 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
434 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
436 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
438 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
439 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
442 * Class::MOP::Instance
443 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
444 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
445 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
446 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
448 * Class::MOP::Attribute
449 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
450 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
451 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
453 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
454 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
455 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
459 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
460 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
461 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
462 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
464 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
465 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
466 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
467 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
468 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
469 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
470 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
471 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
472 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
475 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
476 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
479 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
481 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
482 * No changes from 0.77_01
484 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
486 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
487 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
488 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
489 against the pure Perl version of this code.
491 * Class::MOP::Instance
492 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
493 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
496 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
498 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
502 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
503 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
507 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
508 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
510 * Class::MOP::Package
511 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
512 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
515 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
519 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
520 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
521 near future release. You've been warned.
523 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
524 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
525 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
526 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
528 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
529 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
532 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
533 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
536 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
539 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
540 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
542 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
544 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
545 sharing an immutable transformer object
546 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
547 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
549 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
551 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
552 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
553 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
554 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
556 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
557 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
559 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
561 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
562 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
564 * t/082_get_code_info.t
565 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
566 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
567 succeed in that case.
569 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
570 * Class::MOP::Package
571 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
574 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
575 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
577 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
578 * Class::MOP::Immutable
579 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
580 the constructor was inlined.
581 * Class::MOP::Package
582 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
583 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
584 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
586 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
587 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
589 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
591 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
592 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
593 * Class::MOP::Immutable
594 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
595 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
596 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
599 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
600 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
601 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
602 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
603 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
604 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
605 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
606 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
607 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
608 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
610 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
613 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
614 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
617 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
619 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
620 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
622 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
624 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
625 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
626 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
629 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
630 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
631 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
634 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
636 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
637 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
639 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
640 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
641 times in an eval. (t0m)
643 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
645 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
646 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
647 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
648 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
649 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
650 - added test for this
652 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
653 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
654 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
657 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
658 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
662 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
663 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
664 aliased methods and "real" methods.
666 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
667 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
668 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
669 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
672 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
673 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
676 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
677 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
678 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
679 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
680 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
681 for sad systems without a compiler.
684 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
685 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
688 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
689 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
690 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
692 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
694 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
695 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
696 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
697 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
699 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
700 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
701 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
702 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
704 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
706 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
707 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
710 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
711 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
712 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
714 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
716 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
718 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
719 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
720 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
722 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
723 * Class::MOP::Package
724 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
725 releases. (nothingmuch)
728 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
730 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
731 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
732 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
735 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
738 * Class::MOP::Instance
739 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
741 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
743 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
744 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
745 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
746 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
749 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
750 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
754 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
755 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
756 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
757 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
758 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
761 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
762 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
763 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
766 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
767 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
768 consistency (nothingmuch)
769 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
771 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
772 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
773 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
774 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
777 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
778 * Class::MOP::Immutable
779 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
781 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
783 * Class::MOP::Instance
784 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
785 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
787 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
789 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
790 the class is already loaded (sartak)
791 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
792 instead of just 1 (sartak)
795 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
797 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
798 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
799 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
801 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
802 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
803 recognizes it correct this time.
805 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
806 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
809 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
810 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
813 - now stores the instance of the instance
814 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
815 and deletes it when the cache is blown
816 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
817 the options used to make it immutable as well as
818 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
820 * Class::MOP::Package
821 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
822 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
823 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
827 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
829 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
830 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
832 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
833 names now throw a more direct error in
835 - tests for this and other aspects of
841 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
842 Class::MOP::Attribute
843 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
846 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
847 (late night release engineering)--
849 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
850 changes in this release
852 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
853 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
854 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
857 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
858 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
859 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
862 * Class::MOP::Package
863 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
865 - inlining a few calls to &name with
866 direct HASH access key access
867 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
868 a HASH of items based on a type filter
869 similar to list_all_package_symbols
870 - added tests for this
873 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
874 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
875 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
876 - added more descriptive error message to help
877 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
878 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
880 * Class::MOP::Immutable
881 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
883 - added tests for this
885 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
887 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
888 function from MRO::Compat
889 - All XS based functionality now has a
890 Pure Perl alternative
891 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
892 can now be used to force non-XS versions
895 * Class::MOP::Attribute
896 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
897 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
898 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
900 - added tests for this
902 * Class::MOP::Immutable
903 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
904 making the class immutable
907 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
908 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
909 allow for it to work.
910 - added tests for this
912 * Class::MOP::Attribute
914 Class::MOP::Immutable
915 - any time a method meta object is constructed
916 we make sure to pass the correct package and
917 method name information
920 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
921 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
922 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
923 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
924 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
925 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
926 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
927 throw an error if these are not supplied.
928 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
929 and now store the package_name and name attributes
932 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
933 Module::Install support has been removed
935 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
936 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
937 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
938 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
942 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
943 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
945 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
946 when it has no init_arg
947 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
948 to support c3 classes.
950 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
953 - making sure that load_class never gets
954 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
955 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
958 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
960 - improved error handling in ->create method
961 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
962 will be used to populate values
963 - added tests for this
966 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
967 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
973 Class::MOP::Attribute
974 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
975 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
977 * Class::MOP::Instance
978 Class::MOP::Immutable
979 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
982 - fixed the filename length on several
983 test files so we install on VMS better
985 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
986 should be catfile (RT #32385)
988 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
989 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
992 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
993 Class::MOP::Attribute
994 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
995 to indicate that no constructor args can
996 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
997 - added tests for this
998 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1001 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1002 feature instead of the silly hack from
1003 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1005 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1007 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1010 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1011 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1014 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1015 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1016 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1019 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1020 constant so that we can take advantage
1021 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1024 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1025 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1026 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1027 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1028 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1029 - added tests for this
1031 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1032 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1033 the transformer which immutablized it
1035 * Class::MOP::Instance
1036 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1037 - added tests for this
1039 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1041 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1042 transformation arguments are saved
1044 - added tests for this
1046 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1047 - fixed a bug (see above)
1049 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1052 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1053 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1054 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1057 - removed the dependency on B
1058 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1059 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1060 the B fiddling we were doing with
1061 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1062 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1063 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1064 be used to help manage method caching.
1067 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1068 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1069 even more accurate caching information.
1070 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1073 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1074 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1075 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1076 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1078 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1079 of the new method map caching features
1081 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1082 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1083 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1084 HASH ref case, which makes the
1085 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1086 - added more tests for this
1088 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1089 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1090 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1091 - added more tests for this
1093 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1095 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1096 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1097 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1099 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1100 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1101 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1102 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1104 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1105 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1106 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1108 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1109 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1111 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1113 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1116 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1117 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1118 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1119 call through (groditi)
1121 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1122 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1123 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1124 it is defined (groditi)
1126 * Class::MOP::Instance
1127 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1128 it is defined (groditi)
1130 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1131 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1132 - removed the relevant attributes
1134 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1135 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1136 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1137 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1139 - added tests for this
1140 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1141 non-inlined constructors.
1142 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1144 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1145 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1146 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1147 - added tests for this
1150 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1151 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1154 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1156 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1157 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1159 * Class::MOP::Package
1160 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1163 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1165 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1167 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1168 it manually now so that people can use this
1169 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1171 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1173 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1174 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1175 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1178 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1179 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1180 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1181 - removed unused variable
1182 - added create_immutable_transformer
1183 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1184 - tests for this (groditi)
1187 - Immutability can now be undone,
1188 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1189 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1190 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1191 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1192 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1193 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1194 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1195 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1196 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1198 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1199 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1201 * Class::MOP::Package
1202 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1203 - added tests for this
1204 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1206 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1207 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1208 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1210 - added tests and POD for this
1213 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1214 handles undef values correctly.
1215 - added tests for this
1216 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1217 will not get reaped when instances still
1218 exist which need to reference them. This is
1219 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1220 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1221 many work arounds out in the wild.
1222 - added tests for this by groditi
1223 - updated docs to explain this
1226 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1227 - added tests for this behavior
1229 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1230 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1233 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1234 - added tests and docs for these
1236 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1237 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1238 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1242 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1247 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1248 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1249 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1250 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1251 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1254 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1256 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1257 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1258 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1261 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1262 immutable transformation instead of
1263 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1265 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1266 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1267 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1268 be coming eventually.
1271 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1273 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1274 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1278 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1281 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1283 - constructor generation is now handled by
1284 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1286 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1287 - created this to handle constructor generation
1288 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1290 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1292 - attributes now delegate to the
1293 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1296 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1297 - all accessor generation functions from
1298 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1300 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1302 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1303 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1304 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1308 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1309 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1310 they are aliased from the originals
1311 - fixed tests to reflect
1312 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1314 - adjusted tests for this
1315 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1318 * Class::MOP::Method
1320 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1321 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1322 - adjusted tests to compensate
1323 - adjusted docs for this
1326 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1327 encapsulate most of the work into the
1328 &get_method_map method
1329 - made several adjustments for the change
1330 in Class::MOP::Method
1331 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1332 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1333 old one before installing the new one
1334 - added tests for this
1335 - adjusted docs for this
1337 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1338 - added caching of &get_method_map
1339 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1340 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1342 * Class::MOP::Package
1343 - added filtering capabilities to
1344 &list_all_package_symbols
1346 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1348 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1349 the $:version and such just actually goes
1350 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1351 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1353 - The &create method now requires that all
1354 but the package name now is passed in as
1355 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1356 - updated docs and tests for this
1358 * Class::MOP::Object
1359 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1363 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1364 which do not store things in the instance
1365 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1368 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1370 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1372 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1373 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1376 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1377 - fixed all tests for this
1379 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1380 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1381 are no longer allowed for defaults
1382 - added tests for this
1384 * Class::MOP::Package
1385 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1386 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1387 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1389 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1391 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1392 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1393 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1394 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1396 * Class::MOP::Package
1397 - refactored entire class, this is now
1398 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1399 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1400 - added many tests for this
1401 - this class is now a subclass of
1403 - added some tests to reflect this
1406 - refactored all symbol table access to
1407 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1409 * Class::MOP::Module
1410 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1411 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1412 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1413 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1414 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1415 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1416 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1417 - added tests for this
1419 * Class::MOP::Instance
1420 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1422 - added tests for this
1424 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1425 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1426 slots from an instance
1427 - added tests for this
1429 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1432 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1433 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1435 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1436 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1437 the value of the attribute for a particular
1440 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1441 ---------------------------------------
1442 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1443 to introduce the immutable features which
1444 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1445 This support should still be considered
1446 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1447 ---------------------------------------
1449 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1451 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1452 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1453 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1456 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1457 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1458 ::Package and now inherited
1459 - added tests for this
1461 * Class::MOP::Instance
1462 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1463 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1464 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1465 instance creation (of course)
1468 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1469 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1470 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1471 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1472 table manipulation methods.
1474 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1475 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1477 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1478 properly when inherited
1479 - small fix to &clone_instance
1481 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1482 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1483 - This release works in combination with
1484 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1485 because it introduces a new instance
1486 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1490 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1491 - added tests for this
1492 - improved method modifier wrapping
1494 * Class::MOP::Instance
1495 - added new instance protocol
1496 - added tests for this
1497 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1499 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1503 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1504 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1506 - updated tests for this
1509 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1510 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1512 - added tests for this
1513 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1514 new instance protocol
1515 - added more tests for this
1517 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1519 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1520 - added tests and docs for this
1521 - some small optimizations
1523 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1524 - some small optimizations
1526 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1528 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1529 - added tests for this
1530 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1531 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1532 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1533 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1534 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1535 delegates appropriately
1537 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1538 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1539 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1540 called initialize_instance_slot
1543 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1544 initialize_instance_slot method
1546 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1548 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1549 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1551 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1553 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1554 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1556 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1557 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1558 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1560 - added tests for this
1561 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1563 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1565 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1566 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1567 - added test case for this
1569 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1571 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1572 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1573 available in DESTORY calls
1575 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1576 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1577 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1579 * Class::MOP::Method
1580 - added &package_name, &name and
1581 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1582 which were formerly private subs in
1585 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1586 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1587 before, after and around modifiers
1588 - added tests and docs for this feature
1591 - improved &get_package_symbol
1592 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1593 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1595 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1596 - &add_before_method_modifier
1597 - &add_after_method_modifier
1598 - &add_around_method_modifier
1599 - added tests and docs for these
1600 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1601 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1603 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1604 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1608 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1609 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1610 the test skip if it is not installed
1612 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1614 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1617 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1618 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1619 - added docs and tests
1621 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1622 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1623 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1624 be considered "ready to use".
1626 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1627 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1628 - test coverage is now at 99%
1631 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1632 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1633 metaclass pragma instead.
1636 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1637 error/edge-case tests
1639 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1640 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1641 error/edge-case tests
1644 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1646 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1648 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1649 metaclass a little more straightforward
1652 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1653 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1654 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1655 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1659 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1660 is now more useful for subclasses
1661 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1662 hash of attribute meta objects
1663 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1664 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1665 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1666 attribute meta-object itself
1667 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1668 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1669 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1670 - added docs & tests for this
1671 - added Clone as a dependency
1672 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1673 return blessed new or cloned instances
1674 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1675 - added docs & tests for this
1676 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1677 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1678 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1679 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1680 - added tests and docs for this
1683 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1685 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1687 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1689 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1690 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1691 attributes/methods respectively
1694 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1697 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1698 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1699 - added new example:
1702 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1704 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1706 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1707 - improved error messages
1710 - added new examples:
1711 - AttributesWithHistory
1712 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1714 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1715 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1717 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1718 - refactored method generation code
1719 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1722 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1723 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1724 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1725 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1726 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1728 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1729 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1730 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1732 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006