1 Also see Moose::Manual::Delta for more details of, and workarounds
2 for, noteworthy changes.
5 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
6 - Added the currying syntax for delegation from AttributeHelpers
7 to the existing delegation API. (hdp)
9 * Moose::AttributeHelpers
10 - Moved in from MooseX with API tweaks. See Moose::Manual::Delta for
11 details. (hdp, jhannah, rbuels)
13 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
14 - Clarify "is", include discussion of "bare". (Sartak)
16 * Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Conflicting
17 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
18 - For the first set of roles involved in a conflict, report all
19 unresolved method conflicts, not just the first method. Fixes #47210
20 reported by Ovid. (Sartak)
23 * Moose::Manual::Contributing
24 - Re-write the Moose::Manual::Contributing document to reflect
25 the new layout and methods of work for the Git repository. All
26 work now should be done in topic branches and reviewed by a
27 core committer before being applied to master. All releases
28 are done by a cabal member and merged from master to
29 stable. This plan was devised by Yuval, blame him. (perigrin)
32 - Create metaclass attributes for the different role application
35 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
36 - Allow applying roles to a meta role's role application
39 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
40 - Add weak_ref to allowed options for "has '+foo'" (mst)
42 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
43 - No longer uses inline_slot_access in accessors, to support
44 non-lvalue-based meta instances. (sorear)
47 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
48 - Once again allow class names as well as objects for
49 delegation. This was changed in 0.86.
52 * Moose::Meta::Class::Immutable::Trait
53 - Fixes to work with the latest Class::MOP.
55 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
56 - Delegation now dies with a more useful error message if the
57 attribute's accessor returns something defined but
60 0.85 Fri, Jun 26, 2009
61 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
62 - The warning for 'no associated methods' is now split out into
63 the _check_associated_methods method, so that extensions can
64 safely call 'after install_accessors => ...'. This fixes a
65 warning from MooseX::AttributeHelpers. (hdp)
67 0.84 Fri, Jun 26, 2009
69 - has now sets definition_context for attributes defined in
72 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
73 - When adding an attribute to a metaclass, if the attribute has
74 no associated methods, it will give a deprecation
76 - Methods generated by delegation were not being added to
77 associated_methods. (hdp)
78 - Attribute accessors (reader, writer, accessor, predicate,
79 clearer) now warn if they overwrite an existing method. (doy)
80 - Attribute constructors now warn very noisily about unknown (or
83 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
84 - Deprecated the totally useless Role type name, which just
85 checked if $object->can('does'). Note that this is _not_ the
86 same as a type created by calling role_type('RoleName').
88 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
89 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::DuckType
90 - Reify duck type from a regular subtype into an actual class
92 - Document this because Sartak did all my work for me
95 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
96 - Allow Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::DuckType in handles, since
97 it is just a list of methods (Sartak)
100 - The get_*_method_modifiers methods would die if the role had
101 no modifiers of the given type (Robert Buels).
103 0.83 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
105 - Fix _construct_instance not setting the special __MOP__ object
106 key in instances of anon classes. (doy)
108 0.82 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
109 * Moose::Manual::Types
110 - Mention MooseX::Types early to avoid users falling down the
111 string parsing rathole (mst)
113 * Moose::Manual::MooseX
114 - Add warnings about class-level extensions and mention considering
115 using plain objects instead
117 0.81 Sun, Jun 7, 2009
118 * Bumped our Class::MOP prereq to the latest version (0.85), since
121 0.80 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
123 - Add FAQ about the coercion change from 0.76 because it came up
124 three times today (perigrin)
125 - Win doy $10 dollars because Sartak didn't think anybody
126 would document this fast enough (perigrin)
128 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
129 - Inline a DESTROY method even if there are no DEMOLISH methods
130 to prevent unnecessary introspection in
131 Moose::Object::DEMOLISHALL
134 - A role's required methods are now represented by
135 Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Required objects. Conflicts are now
136 represented by Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Conflicting
137 objects. The benefit for end-users in that unresolved
138 conflicts generate different, more instructive, errors,
139 resolving Ovid's #44895. (Sartak)
142 - Improve the error message of "extends" as suggested by Adam
143 Kennedy and confound (Sartak)
144 - Link to Moose::Manual::Roles from Moose::Role as we now have
145 excellent documentation (Adam Kennedy)
148 - Update test suite for subname change in Class::MOP
150 - Add TODO test for infinite recursion in Moose::Meta::Class
153 0.79 Wed, May 13, 2009
155 - More fixes for Win32 problems. Reported by Robert Krimen.
158 - The DEMOLISHALL method could still blow up in some cases
159 during global destruction. This method has been made more
160 resilient in the face of global destruction's random garbage
164 - If you "also" a module that isn't loaded, the error message
165 now acknowledges that (Sartak)
168 - When your ->meta method does not return a Moose::Meta::Class,
169 the error message gave the wrong output (Sartak)
171 0.78 Tue, May 12, 2009
172 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ and Moose::Cookbook::WTF
173 - Merged these documents into what is now Moose::Manual::FAQ
176 - Moved to Moose::Manual::Unsweetened
178 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipes 9-12
179 - Renamed to be 8-11, since recipe 8 did not exist
182 - Make Moose::Exporter import strict and warnings into packages
186 - Fix DEMOLISHALL sometimes not being able to find DEMOLISH
187 methods during global destruction (doy)
190 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
191 - Track the Role::Application objects created during class-role
195 - Fix metaclass incompatibility errors when extending a vanilla perl
196 class which isa Moose class with a metaclass role applied (t0m)
199 - Add a role-combination hook, _role_for_combination, for the
200 benefit of MooseX::Role::Parameterized (Sartak)
203 - Some tests were failing on Win32 because they explicit checked
204 warning output for newlines. Reported by Nickolay Platonov.
206 0.77 Sat, May 2, 2009
208 - Add explicit use of Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
212 - Pass a boolean to DEMOLISHALL and DEMOLISH indicating whether
213 or not we are currently in global destruction (doy)
214 - Add explicit use of Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
217 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
218 - Reworked much of the existing content to be more useful to
219 modern Moose hackers (Sartak)
222 - Depend on Class::MOP 0.83 instead of 0.82_01.
224 0.76 Mon, April 27, 2009
225 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
226 - Do not run coercions in coerce() if the value already passes the type
229 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
230 - In validation error messages, specifically say that the value is not
231 an instance of the class. This should alleviate some frustrating
232 forgot-to-load-my-type bugs. rt.cpan.org #44639 (Sartak)
234 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
235 - Revert the class-overrides-role warning in favor of a solution outside
236 of the Moose core (Sartak)
239 - Make Test::Output optional again, since it's only used in a few files
242 0.75_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
243 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
244 - Moose now warns about each class overriding methods from roles it
248 - Warnings tests have standardized on Test::Output which is now an
249 unconditionally dependency (Sartak)
252 - Changes to immutabilization to work with Class::MOP 0.82_01+.
254 0.75 Mon, April 20, 2009
257 - Move validation of not inheriting from roles from Moose::extends to
258 Moose::Meta::Class::superclasses (doy)
261 - add ensure_all_roles() function to encapsulate the common "apply this
262 role unless the object already does it" pattern (hdp)
265 - Users can now select a different metaclass with the "-metaclass"
266 option to import, for classes and roles (Sartak)
269 - Make method_metaclass an attr so that it can accept a metarole
272 0.74 Tue, April 7, 2009
274 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
275 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings.
279 - Removed the long-deprecated _apply_all_roles method.
281 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
282 - Removed the long-deprecated union method.
285 0.73_02 Mon, April 6, 2009
286 * More deprecations and renamings
287 - Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
288 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
289 when an object is constructed)
292 - The DEMOLISHALL method could throw an exception during global
293 destruction, meaning that your class's DEMOLISH methods would
294 not be properly called. Reported by t0m.
296 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
297 - Destructor inlining was totally broken by the change to the
298 is_needed method in 0.72_01. Now there is a test for this
299 feature, and it works again.
302 - Bold the word 'not' in the POD for find_meta (t0m)
304 0.73_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
306 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
307 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
308 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
310 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
311 - If an attribute had a lazy default, and that value did not
312 pass the attribute's type constraint, it did not get the
313 message from the type constraint, instead using a generic
314 message. Test provided by perigrin.
316 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
317 - Add duck_type keyword. It's sugar over making sure an object
318 can() a list of methods. This is easier than jrockway's
319 suggestion to fork all of CPAN. (perigrin)
320 - add tests and documentation (perigrin)
323 - Document the fact that init_meta() returns the target class's
324 metaclass object. (hdp)
326 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
327 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
328 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
329 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
330 - Make init_meta() examples explicitly return the metaclass and
331 point out this fact. (hdp)
333 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe12
334 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-method class.
336 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe6
337 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-method class.
340 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
341 - Attribute triggers no longer receive the meta-attribute object
342 as an argument in any circumstance. Previously, triggers
343 called during instance construction were passed the
344 meta-attribute, but triggers called by normal accessors were
345 not. Fixes RT#44429, reported by Mark Swayne. (hdp)
347 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
348 - Remove references to triggers receving the meta-attribute object as an
351 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
352 - Remove recommendation for deprecated Moose::Policy and
353 Moose::Policy::FollowPBP; recommend MooseX::FollowPBP
356 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
357 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
358 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
359 subclasses or extensions to Moose should feel free to override
360 them, but they are not for "public" use.
363 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
365 - Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
366 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
367 when an object is constructed)
368 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
370 - Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
371 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
372 when an object is constructed)
373 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
374 - attributes => _attributes (now inherited from parent)
375 - meta_instance => _meta_instance (now inherited from parent)
378 - alias_method is deprecated. Use add_method
380 0.73 Fri, March 29, 2009
381 * No changes from 0.72_01.
383 0.72_01 Thu, March 26, 2009
385 - Almost every module has complete API documentation. A few
386 methods (and even whole classes) have been intentionally
387 excluded pending some rethinking of their APIs.
389 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
390 - Calling subtype with a name as the only argument is now an
391 exception. If you want an anonymous subtype do:
393 my $subtype = subtype as 'Foo';
395 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe7
396 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-instance class.
398 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe5
399 - Fix various typos and mistakes. Includes a patch from Radu
402 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe9
403 - Link to this recipe from Moose.pm's builder blurb
406 - When wrapping a function with a prototype, Moose::Exporter now
407 makes sure the wrapped function still has the same
408 prototype. (Daisuke Maki)
410 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
411 - Allow a subclass to set lazy_build for an inherited
415 - Explicitly depend on Data::OptList. We already had this dependency
416 via Sub::Exporter, but since we're using it directly we're
417 better off with it listed. (Sartak)
419 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
420 - Make it easier to subclass the inlining behaviour. (Ash
423 * Moose::Manual::Delta
424 - Details significant changes in the history of Moose, along
425 with recommended workarounds.
427 * Moose::Manual::Contributing
428 - Contributor's guide to Moose.
430 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
431 - The long-deprecated intialize_body method has been removed
432 (yes, spelled like that).
434 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
435 - This is_needed method is now always a class method.
438 - Changes to the internals of how make_immutable works to match
439 changes in latest Class::MOP.
441 0.72 Mon, February 23, 2009
443 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
444 - A mutable class accepted Foo->new(undef) without complaint,
445 while an immutable class would blow up with an unhelpful
446 error. Now, in both cases we throw a helpful error
447 instead. Reported by doy.
449 0.71_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
451 - Hopefully fixed some POD errors in a few recipes that caused
452 them to display weird on search.cpan.org.
454 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
455 - Calling type or subtype without the sugar helpers (as, where,
456 message) is now deprecated.
457 - The subtype function tried hard to guess what you meant, but
458 often got it wrong. For example:
460 my $subtype = subtype as 'ArrayRef[Object]';
462 This caused an error in the past, but now works as you'd
466 - Make sure Moose.pm is loaded before calling
467 Moose->throw_error. This wasn't normally an issue, but could
468 bite you in weird cases.
470 0.71 Thu, February 19, 2009
471 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe11
472 - A new recipe which demonstrates the use of BUILDARGS and
475 * Moose::Cookbook::Roles::Recipe3
476 - A new recipe, applying a role to an object instance. (Dave
480 - Allow overriding specific keywords from "also" packages. (doy)
483 - Replace hardcoded cookbook tests with Test::Inline to ensure
484 the tests match the actual code in the recipes. (Dave Rolsky)
487 - Working on the above turned up a number of little bugs in the
488 recipe code. (Dave Rolsky)
490 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::Optimized
491 - Just use Class::MOP for the optimized ClassName check. (Dave
494 0.70 Sat, February 14, 2009
495 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
496 - Added the RoleName type (stevan)
497 - added tests for this (stevan)
499 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe3
500 - Updated the before qw[left right] sub to be a little more
501 defensive about what it accepts (stevan)
502 - added more tests to t/000_recipies/basics/003_binary_tree.t
506 - We now always call DEMOLISHALL, even if a class does not
507 define DEMOLISH. This makes sure that method modifiers on
508 DEMOLISHALL work as expected. (doy)
509 - added tests for this (EvanCarroll)
511 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
512 - Accept roles for the wrapped_method_metaclass (rafl)
513 - added tests for this (rafl)
515 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
516 - We no longer pass the meta-attribute object as a final
517 argument to triggers. This actually changed for inlined code a
518 while back, but the non-inlined version and the docs were
522 - Some tests tried to use Test::Warn 0.10, which had bugs. Now
523 they require 0.11. (Dave Rolsky)
526 - Lots of small changes to the manual, cookbook, and
527 elsewhere. These were based on feedback from various
528 users, too many to list here. (Dave Rolsky)
530 0.69 Thu, February 12, 2009
532 - Make some keyword errors use throw_error instead of croak
533 since Moose::Exporter wraps keywords now (Sartak)
536 - Revised every recipe for style and clarity. Also moved some
537 documentation out of cookbook recipes and into Moose::Manual
538 pages. This work was funded as part of the Moose docs grant
539 from TPF. (Dave Rolsky)
541 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
542 - If the attribute doing the delegation was not populated, the
543 error message did not specify the attribute name
546 0.68 Wed, February 4, 2009
548 - Many spelling, typo, and formatting fixes by daxim.
550 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
551 - The NAME section in the POD used "Attribute" so search.cpan
552 didn't resolve links from other documents properly.
554 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
555 - Now properly spelled as Overridden. Thanks to daxim for
558 0.67 Tue, February 3, 2009
560 - Lots of little typo fixes and a few clarifications. Several
561 pages didn't have proper titles, and so weren't actually
562 visible on search.cpan.org. Thanks to hanekomu for a variety
563 of fixes and formatting improvements.
565 0.66 Tue, February 3, 2009
567 - This is a brand new, extensive manual for Moose. This aims to
568 provide a complete introduction to all of Moose's
569 features. This work was funded as part of the Moose docs grant
570 from TPF. (Dave Rolsky)
572 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
573 - Added a delegation_metaclass method to replace a hard-coded
574 use of Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation. (Dave Rolsky)
576 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
577 - If you created a subtype and passed a parent that Moose didn't
578 know about, it simply ignored the parent. Now it automatically
579 creates the parent as a class type. This may not be what you
580 want, but is less broken than before. (Dave Rolsky)
582 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
583 - This module tried throw errors by calling Moose->throw_error,
584 but it did not ensure that Moose was loaded first. This could
585 cause very unhelpful errors when it tried to throw an error
586 before Moose was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
588 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
589 - You could declare a name with subtype such as "Foo!Bar" that
590 would be allowed, but if you used it in a parameterized type
591 such as "ArrayRef[Foo!Bar]" it wouldn't work. We now do some
592 vetting on names created via the sugar functions, so that they
593 can only contain alphanumerics, ":", and ".". (Dave Rolsky)
595 0.65 Thu, January 22, 2008
596 * Moose and Moose::Meta::Method::Overridden
597 - If an overridden method called super(), and then the
598 superclass's method (not overridden) _also_ called super(),
599 Moose went into an endless recursion loop. Test provided by
600 Chris Prather. (Dave Rolsky)
602 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
603 - All methods are now documented. (gphat)
605 * t/100_bugs/011_DEMOLISH_eats_exceptions.t
606 - Fixed some bogus failures that occurred because we tried to
607 validate filesystem paths in a very ad-hoc and
608 not-quite-correct way. (Dave Rolsky)
610 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
611 - Added maybe_type to exports. See docs for details. (rjbs)
614 - Added Moose::Util::TypeConstraints to the SEE ALSO
618 - Methods created via an attribute can now fulfill a "requires"
619 declaration for a role. (nothingmuch)
621 * Moose::Meta::Method::*
622 - Stack traces from inlined code will now report its line and
623 file as being in your class, as opposed to in Moose
626 0.64 Wed, December 31, 2008
627 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
628 - Always inline predicate and clearer methods (Sartak)
630 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
631 - Support for parameterized traits (Sartak)
632 - verify_against_type_constraint method to avoid duplication
633 and enhance extensibility (Sartak)
636 - Tests (but no support yet) for parameterized traits (Sartak)
639 - Require Class::MOP 0.75+, which has the side effect of making
640 sure we work on Win32. (Dave Rolsky)
642 0.63 Mon, December 8, 2008
644 - Some small grammar tweaks and bug fixes in non-Moose example
647 0.62_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
648 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
649 - When a class does not provide all of a role's required
650 methods, the error thrown now mentions all of the missing
651 methods, as opposed to just the first one found. Requested by
652 Curtis Poe (RT #41119). (Dave Rolsky)
654 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
655 - Moose will no longer inline a constructor for your class
656 unless it inherits its constructor from Moose::Object, and
657 will warn when it doesn't inline. If you want to force
658 inlining anyway, pass "replace_constructor => 1" to
659 make_immutable. Addresses RT #40968, reported by Jon
660 Swartz. (Dave Rolsky)
661 - The quoting of default values could be broken if the default
662 contained a single quote ('). Now we use quotemeta to escape
663 anything potentially dangerous in the defaults. (Dave Rolsky)
665 0.62_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
667 - use the method->execute API for BUILDALL
668 and DEMOLISHALL (Sartak)
670 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
671 - We now make all the type constraint meta classes immutable
672 before creating the default types provided by Moose. This
673 should make loading Moose a little faster. (Dave Rolsky)
675 0.62 Wed November 26, 2008
676 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
677 Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToRole
678 - fixed issues where excluding and aliasing the
679 same methods for a single role did not work
680 right (worked just fine with multiple
682 - added test for this (stevan)
684 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::RoleSummation
685 - fixed the error message when trying to compose
686 a role with a role it excludes (Sartak)
689 - Catch another case where recursion caused the value
690 of $CALLER to be stamped on (t0m)
691 - added test for this (t0m)
694 - Remove the make_immutable keyword, which has been
695 deprecated since April. It breaks metaclasses that
696 use Moose without no Moose (Sartak)
698 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
699 - Removing an attribute from a class now also removes delegation
700 (handles) methods installed for that attribute (t0m)
701 - added test for this (t0m)
703 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
704 - An attribute with a default that looked like a number (but was
705 really a string) would accidentally be treated as a number
706 when the constructor was made immutable (perigrin)
707 - added test for this (perigrin)
710 - create method for constructing a role
712 - added test for this (Sartak)
713 - anonymous roles! (Sartak)
714 - added test for this (Sartak)
717 - more consistent error messages (Sartak)
719 * Moose::Cookbook::Roles::Recipe1
720 - attempt to explain why a role that just requires
721 methods is useful (Sartak)
723 0.61 Fri November 7, 2008
724 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
725 - When passing a role to handles, it will be loaded if necessary
729 - Method objects returned by get_method (and other methods)
730 Could end up being returned without an associated_metaclass
731 attribute. Removing get_method_map, which is provided by
732 Class::MOP::Class, fixed this. The Moose version did nothing
733 different from its parent except introduce a bug. (Dave Rolsky)
734 - added tests for this (jdv79)
737 - Added a $VERSION to all .pm files which didn't have one. Fixes
738 RT #40049, reported by Adam Kennedy. (Dave Rolsky)
740 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe4
741 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe6
742 - These files had spaces on the first line of the SYNOPSIS, as
743 opposed to a totally empty line. According to RT #40432, this
744 confuses POD parsers. (Dave Rolsky)
746 0.60 Fri October 24, 2008
748 - Passing "-traits" when loading Moose caused the Moose.pm
749 exports to be broken. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
750 - Tests for this bug. (t0m)
753 - Change resolve_metaclass alias to use the new
754 load_first_existing_class function. This makes it a lot
755 simpler, and also around 5 times faster. (t0m)
756 - Add caching to resolve_metaclass_alias, which gives an order
757 of magnitude speedup to things which repeatedly call the
758 Moose::Meta::Attribute->does method, notably MooseX::Storage
761 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
762 - Put back the changes for parameterized constraints that
763 shouldn't have been removed in 0.59. We still cannot parse
764 them, but MooseX modules can create them in some other
765 way. See the 0.58 changes for more details. (jnapiorkowski)
766 - Changed the way subtypes are created so that the job is
767 delegated to a type constraint parent. This clears up some
768 hardcoded checking and should allow correct subtypes of
769 Moose::Meta::Type::Constraint. Don't rely on this new API too
770 much (create_child_type) because it may go away in the
771 future. (jnapiorkowski)
773 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
774 - Type constraint names are sorted as strings, not numbers.
777 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
778 - New parameterize method. This can be used as a factory method
779 to make a new type constraint with a given parameterized
780 type. (jnapiorkowski)
781 - added tests (jnapiorkowski)
783 0.59 Tue October 14, 2008
785 - Add abridged documentation for builder/default/initializer/
786 predicate, and link to more details sections in
787 Class::MOP::Attribute. (t0m)
789 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
790 - removed prototypes from all but the &-based stuff (mst)
792 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
793 - Creating a anonymous subtype with both a constraint and a
794 message failed with a very unhelpful error, but should just
795 work. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
798 - Some tests that used Test::Warn if it was available failed
799 with older versions of Test::Warn. Reported by Fayland. (Dave
801 - Test firing behavior of triggers in relation to builder/default/
803 - Test behavior of equals/is_a_type_of/is_a_subtype_of for all
804 kinds of supported type. (t0m)
807 - In create(), do not pass "roles" option to the superclass
808 - added related test that creates an anon metaclass with
811 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
812 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
813 - Unify behavior of equals/is_a_type_of/is_a_subtype_of with
814 other types (as per change in 0.55_02). (t0m)
816 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
817 - Fix warning when dealing with unknown type names (t0m)
819 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
820 - Reverted changes from 0.58 related to handle parameterized
821 types. This caused random failures on BSD and Win32 systems,
822 apparently related to the regex engine. This means that Moose
823 can no longer parse structured type constraints like
824 ArrayRef[Int,Int] or HashRef[name=>Str]. This will be
825 supported in a slightly different way via MooseX::Types some
826 time in the future. (Dave Rolsky)
828 0.58 Sat September 20, 2008
829 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
830 !! how roles add methods to a class !!
832 * Roles and role application
833 ! Roles now add methods by calling add_method, not
834 alias_method. They make sure to always provide a method
835 object, which will be cloned internally. This means that it is
836 now possible to track the source of a method provided by a
837 role, and even follow its history through intermediate roles.
839 This means that methods added by a role now show up when
840 looking at a class's method list/map. (Dave Rolsky)
843 - From this release on, we'll try to maintain a list of
844 conflicting modules, and warn you if you have one
845 installed. For example, this release conflicts with ...
846 - MooseX::Singleton <= 0.11
847 - MooseX::Params::Validate <= 0.05
850 In general, we try to not break backwards compatibility for
851 most Moose users, but MooseX modules and other code which
852 extends Moose's metaclasses is often affected by very small
853 changes in the Moose internals.
855 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
856 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
857 - Delegation methods now have their own method class. (Dave
860 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
861 - Added a new method 'parameterize' which is basically a factory
862 for the containing constraint. This makes it easier to create
863 new types of parameterized constraints. (jnapiorkowski)
865 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
866 - Changed the way Union types canonicalize their names to follow
867 the normalized TC naming rules, which means we strip all
868 whitespace. (jnapiorkowski)
870 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
871 - Parameter and Union args are now sorted, this makes Int|Str
872 the same constraint as Str|Int. (jnapiorkowski)
873 - Changes to the way Union types are parsed to more correctly
874 stringify their names. (jnapiorkowski)
875 - When creating a parameterized type, we now use the new
876 parameterize method. (jnapiorkowski)
877 - Incoming type constraint strings are now normalized to remove
878 all whitespace differences. (jnapiorkowski)
879 - Changed the way we parse type constraint strings so that we now
880 match TC[Int,Int,...] and TC[name=>Str] as parameterized type
881 constraints. This lays the foundation for more flexible type
882 constraint implementations.
884 * Tests and docs for all the above. (jnapiorkowski)
888 - Moose::Exporter will no longer remove a subroutine that the
889 exporting package re-exports. Moose re-exports the
890 Carp::confess function, among others. The reasoning is that we
891 cannot know whether you have also explicitly imported those
892 functions for your own use, so we err on the safe side and
893 always keep them. (Dave Rolsky)
894 - added tests for this (rafl)
897 - Changes to how we fix metaclass compatibility that are much
898 too complicated to go into. The summary is that Moose is much
899 less likely to complain about metaclass incompatibility
900 now. In particular, if two metaclasses differ because
901 Moose::Util::MetaRole was used on the two corresponding
902 classes, then the difference in roles is reconciled for the
903 subclass's metaclass. (Dave Rolsky)
904 - Squashed an warning in _process_attribute (thepler)
907 - throw exceptions (sooner) for invalid attribute names (thepler)
908 - added tests for this (thepler)
910 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
911 - If you explicitly set a constructor or destructor class for a
912 metaclass object, and then applied roles to the metaclass,
913 that explicitly set class would be lost and replaced with the
917 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
918 * Moose::Meta::Method
921 * Moose::Error::Default
922 * Moose::Error::Croak
923 * Moose::Error::Confess
924 - All instances of confess() changed to use overridable
925 C<throw_error> method. This method ultimately calls a class
926 constructor, and you can change the class being called. In
927 addition, errors now pass more information than just a string.
928 The default C<error_class> behaves like C<Carp::confess>, so
929 the behavior is not visibly different for end users.
931 0.57 Wed September 3, 2008
933 - A new bit of doc intended to introduce folks familiar with
934 "standard" Perl 5 OO to Moose concepts. (Dave Rolsky)
937 - Shows examples of two classes, each done first with and then
938 without Moose. This makes a nice parallel to
939 Moose::Intro. (Dave Rolsky)
941 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
942 - Fixed a bug in find_or_parse_type_constraint so that it
943 accepts a Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint object as the parent
944 type, not just a name (jnapiorkowski)
945 - added tests (jnapiorkowski)
948 - If Sub::Name was not present, unimporting failed to actually
949 remove some sugar subs, causing test failures (Dave Rolsky)
951 0.56 Mon September 1, 2008
952 For those not following the series of dev releases, there are
953 several major changes in this release of Moose.
954 ! Moose::init_meta should now be called as a method. See the
957 - Major performance improvements by nothingmuch.
959 - New modules for extension writers, Moose::Exporter and
960 Moose::Util::MetaRole by Dave Rolsky.
962 - Lots of doc improvements and additions, especially in the
967 * Removed all references to the experimental-but-no-longer-needed
968 Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToMetaclassInstance.
970 * Require Class::MOP 0.65.
972 0.55_04 Sat August 30, 2008
973 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
974 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
975 - This simplifies the application of roles to any meta class, as
976 well as the base object class. Reimplemented metaclass traits
977 using this module. (Dave Rolsky)
979 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
980 - This a new recipe, an overview of various ways to write Moose
981 extensions (Dave Rolsky)
983 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
984 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
985 - These used to be Extending::Recipe1 and Extending::Recipe2,
988 0.55_03 Fri August 29, 2008
989 * No changes from 0.55_02 except increasing the Class::MOP
990 dependency to 0.64_07.
992 0.55_02 Fri August 29, 2008
993 * Makefile.PL and Moose.pm
994 - explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
996 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
997 - Fix warnings from find_type_constraint if the type is not
1000 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1001 - Predicate methods (equals/is_a_type_of/is_subtype_of) now
1002 return false if the type you specify cannot be found in the
1003 type registry, rather than throwing an unhelpful and
1004 coincidental exception. (t0m).
1005 - added docs & test for this (t0m)
1007 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
1008 - add_type_constraint now throws an exception if a parameter is
1010 - added docs & test for this (t0m)
1012 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
1013 - Added a faq entry on the difference between "role" and "trait"
1017 - Fixed a bug that caused role composition to not see a required
1018 method when that method was provided by another role being
1019 composed at the same time. (Dave Rolsky)
1020 - test and bug finding (tokuhirom)
1022 0.55_01 Wed August 20, 2008
1024 !! Calling Moose::init_meta as a function is now !!
1025 !! deprecated. Please see the Moose.pm docs for details. !!
1027 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1028 - Fix inlined constructor so that values produced by default
1029 or builder methods are coerced as required. (t0m)
1030 - added test for this (t0m)
1032 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1033 - A lazy attribute with a default or builder did not attempt to
1034 coerce the default value. The immutable code _did_
1036 - added test for this (t0m)
1039 - This is a new helper module for writing "Moose-alike"
1040 modules. This should make the lives of MooseX module authors
1041 much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
1044 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe5
1045 - Implemented metaclass traits (and wrote a recipe for it):
1047 use Moose -traits => 'Foo'
1049 This should make writing small Moose extensions a little
1050 easier (Dave Rolsky)
1052 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
1053 - Removed any examples of direct hashref access, and applied an
1054 editorial axe to reduce verbosity. (Dave Rolsky)
1056 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
1057 - Also applied an editorial axe here. (Dave Rolsky)
1060 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
1061 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
1062 - Rewrote extending and embedding moose documentation and
1063 recipes to use Moose::Exporter (Dave Rolsky)
1067 - These two modules now warn when you load them from the main
1068 package "main" package, because we will not export sugar to
1069 main. Previously it just did nothing. (Dave Rolsky)
1072 - Now provide an init_meta method just like Moose.pm, and you
1073 can call this to provide an alternate role metaclass. (Dave
1074 Rolsky and nothingmuch)
1075 - get_method_map now respects the package cache flag (nothingmuch)
1078 - Two new methods - add_method and wrap_method_body
1082 - Optimizations including allowing constructors to accept hash
1083 refs, making many more classes immutable, and making
1084 constructors immutable. (nothingmuch)
1086 0.55 Sun August 3, 2008
1087 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1088 - breaking down the way 'handles' methods are
1089 created so that the process can be more easily
1090 overridden by subclasses (stevan)
1092 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1093 - fixing what is passed into a ->message with
1094 the type constraints (RT #37569)
1095 - added tests for this (Charles Alderman)
1097 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1098 - fix coerce to accept anon types like subtype can (mst)
1101 - reorganized the recipes into sections - Basics, Roles, Meta,
1102 Extending - and wrote abstracts for each section (Dave Rolsky)
1104 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe10
1105 - A new recipe that demonstrates operator overloading
1106 in combination with Moose. (bluefeet)
1108 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe1
1109 - an introduction to what meta is and why you'd want to make
1110 your own metaclass extensions (Dave Rolsky)
1112 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe4
1113 - a very simple metaclass example (Dave Rolsky)
1115 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
1116 - how to write a Moose-alike module to use your own object base
1119 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
1120 - how to write modules with an API just like C<Moose.pm> (Dave
1124 - Tons of fixes, both syntactical and grammatical (Dave
1125 Rolsky, Paul Fenwick)
1127 0.54 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1128 ... this is not my day today ...
1130 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1131 - fixed legal_options_for_inheritance such that
1132 clone_and_inherit options still works for
1133 Class::MOP::Attribute objects and therefore
1134 does not break MooseX::AttributeHelpers
1137 0.53 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1138 * Whoops, I guess I should run 'make manifest' before
1139 actually releasing the module. No actual changes
1140 in this release, except the fact that it includes
1141 the changes that I didn't include in the last
1144 0.52 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1146 - added "FEATURE REQUESTS" section to the Moose docs
1147 to properly direct people (stevan) (RT #34333)
1148 - making 'extends' croak if it is passed a Role since
1149 this is not ever something you want to do
1150 (fixed by stevan, found by obra)
1151 - added tests for this (stevan)
1154 - adding support for DOES (as in UNIVERSAL::DOES)
1156 - added test for this
1158 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1159 - added legal_options_for_inheritance (wreis)
1160 - added tests for this (wreis)
1162 * Moose::Cookbook::Snacks::*
1163 - removed some of the unfinished snacks that should
1164 not have been released yet. Added some more examples
1165 to the 'Keywords' snack. (stevan)
1167 * Moose::Cookbook::Style
1168 - added general Moose "style guide" of sorts to the
1169 cookbook (nothingmuch) (RT #34335)
1172 - added more BUILDARGS tests (stevan)
1174 0.51 Thurs. Jun 26, 2008
1176 - add unimport so "no Moose::Role" actually does
1179 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToRole
1180 - when RoleA did RoleB, and RoleA aliased a method from RoleB in
1181 order to provide its own implementation, that method still got
1182 added to the list of required methods for consumers of
1183 RoleB. Now an aliased method is only added to the list of
1184 required methods if the role doing the aliasing does not
1185 provide its own implementation. See Recipe 11 for an example
1186 of all this. (Dave Rolsky)
1187 - added tests for this
1189 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1190 - when a single argument that wasn't a hashref was provided to
1191 an immutabilized constructor, the error message was very
1192 unhelpful, as opposed to the non-immutable error. Reported by
1194 - added test for this (Dave Rolsky)
1196 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1197 - added support for meta_attr->does("ShortAlias") (sartak)
1198 - added tests for this (sartak)
1199 - moved the bulk of the `handles` handling to the new
1200 install_delegation method (Stevan)
1203 - Added BUILDARGS, a new step in new()
1205 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::RoleSummation
1206 - fix typos no one ever sees (sartak)
1208 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1209 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1210 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1211 - Attempt to work around the ??{ } vs. threads issue
1213 - Some null_constraint optimizations
1215 0.50 Thurs. Jun 11, 2008
1216 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
1219 0.49 Thurs. Jun 11, 2008
1220 !! This version now approx. 20-25% !!
1221 !! faster with new Class::MOP 0.59 !!
1223 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1224 - fixed how the is => (ro|rw) works with
1225 custom defined reader, writer and accessor
1227 - added docs for this (TODO).
1228 - added tests for this (Thanks to Penfold)
1229 - added the custom attribute alias for regular
1230 Moose attributes which is "Moose"
1231 - fix builder and default both being used
1236 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1238 Moose::Meta::Role::Composite
1239 Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1240 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
1244 - changing add_package_symbol to use the new
1248 - fixed how DEMOLISHALL is called so that it
1249 can be overrided in subclasses (thanks to Sartak)
1250 - added test for this (thanks to Sartak)
1252 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1253 - move the ClassName type check code to
1254 Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (thanks to Sartak)
1256 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe11
1257 - add tests for this (thanks to tokuhirom)
1259 0.48 Thurs. May 29, 2008
1260 (early morning release engineering)--
1262 - fixing the version in Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1263 which was causing the indexer to choke
1265 0.47 Thurs. May 29, 2008
1266 (late night release engineering)--
1268 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
1269 changes in this release
1271 0.46 Wed. May 28, 2008
1272 !! This version now approx. 20-25% !!
1273 !! faster with new Class::MOP 0.57 !!
1275 * Moose::Meta::Class
1276 - some optimizations of the &initialize method
1277 since it is called so often by &meta
1279 * Moose::Meta::Class
1281 - now use the get_all_package_symbols from the
1282 updated Class::MOP, test suite is now 10 seconds
1285 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1286 - is_needed can now also be called as a class
1287 method for immutablization to check if the
1288 destructor object even needs to be created
1291 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1292 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1293 - added more descriptive error message to help
1294 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
1295 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
1297 0.45 Saturday, May 24, 2008
1299 - Because of work in Class::MOP 0.57, all
1300 XS based functionality is now optional
1301 and a Pure Perl version is supplied
1302 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
1303 can now be used to force non-XS versions
1305 - several of the packages have been tweaked
1306 to take care of this, mostly we added
1307 support for the package_name and name
1308 variables in all the Method metaclasses
1309 - before/around/after method modifiers now
1310 support regexp matching of names
1311 (thanks to Takatoshi Kitano)
1312 - tests added for this
1313 - NOTE: this only works for classes, it
1314 is currently not supported in roles,
1315 but, ... patches welcome
1316 - All usage of Carp::confess have been replaced
1317 by Carp::croak in the "keyword" functions since
1318 the stack trace is usually not helpful
1321 - All usage of Carp::confess have been replaced
1322 by Carp::croak in the "keyword" functions since
1323 the stack trace is usually not helpful
1324 - The 'has' keyword for roles now accepts the
1325 same array ref form that Moose.pm does
1326 (has [qw/foo bar/] => (is => 'rw', ...))
1327 - added test for this
1329 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1330 - trigger on a ro-attribute is no longer an
1331 error, as it's useful to trigger off of the
1334 * Moose::Meta::Class
1335 - added same 'add_package_symbol' fix as in
1339 - does_role now handles non-Moose classes
1341 - added tests for this
1342 - added the 'add_method_modifier' function
1343 (thanks to Takatoshi Kitano)
1345 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1346 - subtypes of parameterizable types now are
1347 themselves parameterizable types
1349 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1350 - fixed bug where trigger was not being
1351 called by the inlined immutable
1353 - added test for this (thanks to Caelum)
1355 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToInstance
1356 - now uses the metaclass of the instance
1357 (if possible) to create the anon-class
1358 (thanks Jonathan Rockway)
1360 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe22
1361 - added the meta-attribute trait recipe
1365 - fixed hash-ordering test bug that was
1366 causing occasional cpantester failures
1367 - renamed the t/000_recipe/*.t tests to be
1368 more descriptive (thanks to Sartak)
1370 0.44 Sat. May 10, 2008
1372 - made make_immutable warning cluck to
1373 show where the error is (thanks mst)
1376 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL now call
1377 ->body when looping through the
1378 methods, to avoid the overloaded
1380 - fixed issue where DEMOLISHALL was
1381 eating the $@ values, and so not
1382 working correctly, it still kind of
1383 eats them, but so does vanilla perl
1384 - added tests for this
1386 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe7
1387 - added new recipe for immutable
1388 functionality (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1390 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe9
1391 - added new recipe for builder and
1392 lazy_build (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1394 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe11
1395 - added new recipe for method aliasing
1396 and exclusion with Roles (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1399 - fixed Win32 test failure (thanks spicyjack)
1401 ~ removed Build.PL and Module::Build compat
1402 since Module::Install has done that.
1404 0.43 Wed. April, 30, 2008
1406 drink more coffee before
1407 doing release engineering
1409 - whoops, forgot to do the smolder tests,
1410 and we broke some of the custom meta-attr
1411 modules. This fixes that.
1413 0.42 Mon. April 28, 2008
1414 - some bad tests slipped by, nothing else
1415 changed in this release (cpantesters++)
1417 - upped the Class::MOP dependency to 0.55
1418 since we have tests which need the C3
1421 0.41 Mon. April 28, 2008
1422 ~~ numerous documentation updates ~~
1424 - Changed all usage of die to Carp::croak for better
1425 error reporting (initial patch by Tod Hagan)
1427 ** IMPORTANT NOTE **
1428 - the make_immutable keyword is now deprecated, don't
1429 use it in any new code and please fix your old code
1430 as well. There will be 2 releases, and then it will
1436 - refactored the way inner and super work to avoid
1437 any method/@ISA cache penalty (nothingmuch)
1439 * Moose::Meta::Class
1440 - fixing &new_object to make sure trigger gets the
1441 coerced value (spotted by Charles Alderman on the
1443 - added test for this
1445 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1446 - immutable classes which had non-lazy attributes were calling
1447 the default generating sub twice in the constructor. (bug
1448 found by Jesse Luehrs, fixed by Dave Rolsky)
1449 - added tests for this (Dave Rolsky)
1450 - fix typo in initialize_body method (nothingmuch)
1452 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1453 - fix typo in initialize_body method (nothingmuch)
1455 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
1456 Moose::Meta::Method::Augmented
1457 - moved the logic for these into their own
1458 classes (nothingmuch)
1460 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1461 - inherited attributes may now be extended without
1462 restriction on the type ('isa', 'does') (Sartak)
1463 - added tests for this (Sartak)
1464 - when an attribute property is malformed (such as lazy without
1465 a default), give the name of the attribute in the error
1467 - added the &applied_traits and &has_applied_traits methods
1468 to allow introspection of traits
1469 - added tests for this
1470 - moved 'trait' and 'metaclass' argument handling to here from
1472 - clone_and_inherit_options now handles 'trait' and 'metaclass' (has
1473 '+foo' syntax) (nothingmuch)
1474 - added tests for this (t0m)
1477 - localize $@ inside DEMOLISHALL to avoid it
1478 eating $@ (found by Ernesto)
1479 - added test for this (thanks to Ernesto)
1481 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1482 - &find_type_constraint now DWIMs when given an
1483 type constraint object or name (nothingmuch)
1484 - &find_or_create_type_constraint superseded with a number of more
1486 - find_or_create_{isa,does}_type_constraint
1487 - find_or_parse_type_constraint
1489 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1490 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
1491 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
1492 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum
1493 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1494 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1495 - added the &equals method for comparing two type
1496 constraints (nothingmuch)
1497 - added tests for this (nothingmuch)
1499 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1500 - add the &parents method, which is just an alias to &parent.
1501 Useful for polymorphism with TC::{Class,Role,Union} (nothingmuch)
1503 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
1504 - added the class attribute for introspection purposes
1506 - added tests for this
1508 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum
1509 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
1510 - broke these out into their own classes (nothingmuch)
1512 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe*
1513 - fixed references to test file locations in the POD
1514 and updated up some text for new Moose features
1518 - Added &resolve_metaclass_alias, a helper function for finding an actual
1519 class for a short name (e.g. in the traits list)
1521 0.40 Fri. March 14, 2008
1522 - I hate Pod::Coverage
1524 0.39 Fri. March 14, 2008
1526 - documenting the use of '+name' with attributes
1527 that come from recently composed roles. It makes
1528 sense, people are using it, and so why not just
1529 officially support it.
1530 - fixing the 'extends' keyword so that it will not
1531 trigger Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1534 - added the perl -Moose=+Class::Name feature to allow
1535 monkeypatching of classes in one liners
1538 - fixing the 'apply_all_roles' keyword so that it will not
1539 trigger Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1541 * Moose::Meta::Class
1542 - added ->create method which now supports roles (thanks to jrockway)
1543 - added tests for this
1544 - added ->create_anon_class which now supports roles and caching of
1545 the results (thanks to jrockway)
1546 - added tests for this
1547 - made ->does_role a little more forgiving when it is
1548 checking a Class::MOP era metaclasses.
1550 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToInstance
1551 - it is now possible to pass extra params to be used when
1552 a role is applied to an the instance (rebless_params)
1553 - added tests for this
1555 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1556 - class_type now accepts an optional second argument for a
1557 custom message. POD anotated accordingly (groditi)
1558 - added tests for this
1559 - it is now possible to make anon-enums by passing 'enum' an
1560 ARRAY ref instead of the $name => @values. Everything else
1562 - added tests for this
1565 - making test for using '+name' on attributes consumed
1566 from a role, it works and makes sense too.
1568 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1569 - fix handles so that it doesn't return nothing
1570 when the method cannot be found, not sure why
1571 it ever did this originally, this means we now
1572 have slightly better support for AUTOLOADed
1574 - added more delegation tests
1575 - adding ->does method to this so as to better
1576 support traits and their introspection.
1577 - added tests for this
1580 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1581 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1582 - made ->does a little more forgiving when it is
1583 passed Class::MOP era metaclasses.
1585 0.38 Fri. Feb. 15, 2008
1586 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1587 - fixed initializer to correctly do
1588 type checking and coercion in the
1590 - added tests for this
1593 - fixed some finicky tests (thanks to konobi)
1595 0.37 Thurs. Feb. 14, 2008
1597 - fixed some details in Moose::init_meta
1598 and its superclass handling (thanks thepler)
1599 - added tests for this (thanks thepler)
1600 - 'has' now dies if you don't pass in name
1602 - added the 'make_immutable' keyword as a shortcut
1605 * Moose::Meta::Class
1606 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1607 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1608 - making (init_arg => undef) work here too
1609 (thanks to nothingmuch)
1611 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1612 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1613 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1614 - make lazy attributes respect attr initializers (rjbs)
1615 - added tests for this
1617 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1618 Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints
1619 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraints
1620 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1621 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1622 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1623 - making type errors use the
1624 assigned message (thanks to Sartak)
1625 - added tests for this
1627 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1628 - making sure DESTROY gets inlined properly
1629 with successive DEMOLISH calls (thanks to manito)
1631 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1632 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1633 - fixed handling of undef with type constraints
1635 - added tests for this
1638 - added &get_all_init_args and &get_all_attribute_values
1639 (thanks to Sartak and nothingmuch)
1641 0.36 Sat. Jan. 26, 2008
1643 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1644 - role type tests now support when roles are
1645 applied to non-Moose classes (found by ash)
1646 - added tests for this (thanks to ash)
1647 - couple extra tests to boost code coverage
1649 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1650 - improved fix for handling Class::MOP attributes
1651 - added test for this
1653 * Moose::Meta::Class
1654 - handled the add_attribute($attribute_meta_object)
1656 - added test for this
1658 0.35 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1659 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1660 - fix to make sure even Class::MOP attributes
1661 are handled correctly (Thanks to Dave Rolsky)
1662 - added test for this (also Dave Rolsky)
1664 * Moose::Meta::Class
1665 - improved error message on _apply_all_roles,
1666 you should now use Moose::Util::apply_all_roles
1667 and you shouldnt have been using a _ prefixed
1668 method in the first place ;)
1670 0.34 Mon. Jan. 21, 2008
1671 ~~~ more misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1672 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1674 Moose is now a postmodern object system :)
1675 - (see the POD for details)
1677 * <<Role System Refactoring>>
1678 - this release contains a major reworking and
1679 cleanup of the role system
1680 - 100% backwards compat.
1681 - Role application now restructured into seperate
1682 classes based on type of applicants
1683 - Role summation (combining of more than one role)
1684 is much cleaner and anon-classes are no longer
1685 used in this process
1686 - new Composite role metaclass
1687 - runtime application of roles to instances
1688 is now more efficient and re-uses generated
1689 classes when applicable
1691 * <<New Role composition features>>
1692 - methods can now be excluded from a given role
1694 - methods can now be aliased to another name (and
1695 still retain the original as well)
1697 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints
1698 - added this module (see above)
1700 * Moose::Meta::Class
1701 - fixed the &_process_attribute method to be called
1702 by &add_attribute, so that the API is now correct
1704 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1705 - fixed bug when passing a list of values to
1706 an accessor would get (incorrectly) ignored.
1707 Thanks to Sartak for finding this ;)
1708 - added tests for this (Sartak again)
1710 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1711 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1712 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1713 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1714 Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1715 - lots of cleanup of such things as:
1717 - type constraint handling
1718 - error handling/messages
1719 (thanks to nothingmuch)
1721 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
1722 - added this module to support the refactor
1723 in Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1725 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1726 - refactored how these types are handled so they
1727 are more generic and not confined to ArrayRef
1731 - shortened some file names for better VMS support (RT #32381)
1733 0.33 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1734 !! Moose now loads 2 x faster !!
1735 !! with new Class::MOP 0.49 !!
1737 ++ new oose.pm module to make command line
1738 Moose-ness easier (see POD docs for more)
1740 * Moose::Meta::Class
1742 - several tweaks to take advantage of the
1743 new method map caching in Class::MOP
1745 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1746 - allow subtypes of ArrayRef and HashRef to
1747 be used as a container (sartak)
1748 - added tests for this
1749 - basic support for coercion to ArrayRef and
1750 HashRef for containers (sartak)
1751 - added tests for this
1753 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1754 - coercions will now create subtypes as needed
1755 so you can now add coercions to parameterized
1756 types without having to explictly define them
1757 - added tests for this
1759 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1760 - allow subclasses to decide whether we need
1761 to copy the value into a new variable (sartak)
1763 0.32 Tues. Dec. 4, 2007
1764 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1765 - fixing how subtype aliases of unions work
1766 they should inherit the parent's coercion
1767 - added tests for this
1768 - you can now define multiple coercions on
1769 a single type at different times instead of
1770 having to do it all in one place
1771 - added tests for this
1773 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1774 - there is now a default constraint of sub { 1 }
1775 instead of Moose::Util::TypeConstraints setting
1778 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1779 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion::Union
1780 - added the &has_coercion_for_type and
1781 &add_type_coercions methods to support the
1782 new features above (although you cannot add
1783 more type coercions for Union types)
1785 0.31 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1786 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1787 - made the +attr syntax handle extending types with
1788 parameters. So "has '+foo' => (isa => 'ArrayRef[Int]')"
1789 now works if the original foo is an ArrayRef.
1790 - added tests for this.
1791 - delegation now works even if the attribute does not
1792 have a reader method using the get_read_method_ref
1793 method from Class::MOP::Attribute.
1794 - added tests for this
1795 - added docs for this
1797 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1798 - passing no "additional attribute info" to
1799 &find_or_create_type_constraint will no longer
1800 attempt to create an __ANON__ type for you,
1801 instead it will just return undef.
1802 - added docs for this
1804 0.30 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1805 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1806 -builder related bug in inlined constructor. (groditi)
1808 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1809 - genereate unnecessary calls to predicates and refactor
1810 code generation for runtime speed (groditi)
1812 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1813 - fix ClassName constraint to introspect symbol table (mst)
1814 - added more tests for this (mst)
1815 - fixed it so that subtype 'Foo' => as 'HashRef[Int]' ...
1816 with work correctly.
1817 - added tests for this
1820 - adding the link to Recipie 11 (written by Sartak)
1821 - adding test for SYNOPSIS code
1824 - New tests for builder bug. Upon instantiation, if an
1825 attribute had a builder, no value and was not lazy the
1826 builder default was not getting run, oops. (groditi)
1828 0.29 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
1829 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1830 - Fix error message on missing builder method (groditi)
1832 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1833 - Fix error message on missing builder method (groditi)
1836 - Add test to check for the correct error message when
1837 builder method is missing (groditi)
1839 0.28 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
1840 - 0.27 packaged incorrectly (groditi)
1842 0.27 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
1843 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1844 - Added support for the new builder option (groditi)
1845 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
1846 - Changed slot initialization for predicate changes (groditi)
1848 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1849 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
1850 - Fix inline methods to work with corrected predicate
1853 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1854 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
1857 - tests for builder and lazy_build (groditi)
1859 * fixing some misc. bits in the docs that
1860 got mentioned on CPAN Forum & perlmonks
1863 - fixed how required methods are handled
1864 when they encounter overriden or modified
1865 methods from a class (thanks to confound).
1866 - added tests for this
1868 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
1869 - fixed the type notation parser so that
1870 the | always creates a union and so is
1871 no longer a valid type char (thanks to
1872 konobi, mugwump and #moose for working
1874 - added more tests for this
1876 0.26 Thurs. Sept. 27, 2007
1879 * Parameterized Types
1880 We now support parameterized collection types, such as:
1881 ArrayRef[Int] # array or integers
1882 HashRef[Object] # a hash with object values
1883 They can also be nested:
1884 ArrayRef[HashRef[RegexpRef]] # an array of hashes with regex values
1885 And work with the type unions as well:
1886 ArrayRef[Int | Str] # array of integers of strings
1888 * Better Framework Extendability
1889 Moose.pm is now "extendable" such that it is now much
1890 easier to extend the framework and add your own keywords
1891 and customizations. See the "EXTENDING AND EMBEDDING MOOSE"
1892 section of the Moose.pm docs.
1895 In an effort to begin documenting some of the various
1896 details of Moose as well as some common idioms, we have
1897 created Moose::Cookbook::Snacks as a place to find
1898 small (easily digestable) nuggets of Moose code.
1901 ~ Several doc updates/cleanup thanks to castaway ~
1903 - converted build system to use Module::Install instead of
1904 Module::Build (thanks to jrockway)
1907 - added all the meta classes to the immutable list and
1908 set it to inline the accessors
1909 - fix import to allow Sub::Exporter like { into => }
1910 and { into_level => } (perigrin)
1911 - exposed and documented init_meta() to allow better
1912 embedding and extending of Moose (perigrin)
1915 - complete re-organization of the test suite
1916 - added some new tests as well
1917 - finally re-enabled the Moose::POOP test since
1918 the new version of DBM::Deep now works again
1921 * Moose::Meta::Class
1922 - fixed very odd and very nasty recursion bug with
1924 - added tests for this (eilara)
1926 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1927 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1928 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1929 - fixed issue with overload::Overloaded getting called
1930 on non-blessed items. (RT #29269)
1931 - added tests for this
1933 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1934 - fixed issue with generated accessor code making
1935 assumptions about hash based classes (thanks to dexter)
1937 * Moose::Coookbook::Snacks
1938 - these are bits of documentation, not quite as big as
1939 Recipes but which have no clear place in the module docs.
1940 So they are Snacks! (horray for castaway++)
1942 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe4
1943 - updated it to use the new ArrayRef[MyType] construct
1944 - updated the accompanying test as well
1946 +++ Major Refactor of the Type Constraint system +++
1947 +++ with new features added as well +++
1949 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
1950 - no longer uses package variable to keep track of
1951 the type constraints, now uses the an instance of
1952 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry to do it
1953 - added more sophisticated type notation parsing
1955 - added tests for this
1957 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1958 - some minor adjustments to make subclassing easier
1959 - added the package_defined_in attribute so that we
1960 can track where the type constraints are created
1962 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1963 - this is now been refactored to be a subclass of
1964 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1966 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion::Union
1967 - this has been added to service the newly refactored
1968 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union and is itself
1969 a subclass of Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1971 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1972 - added this module (taken from MooseX::AttributeHelpers)
1973 to help construct nested collection types
1974 - added tests for this
1976 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
1977 - added this class to keep track of type constraints
1979 0.25 Mon. Aug. 13, 2007
1981 - Documentation update to reference Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1982 under 'isa' in 'has' for how to define a new type
1983 (thanks to shlomif).
1985 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1986 - required attributes now will no longer accept undef
1987 from the constructor, even if there is a default and lazy
1988 - added tests for this
1989 - default subroutines must return a value which passes the
1991 - added tests for this
1993 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1994 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1995 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1996 - type-constraint tests now handle overloaded objects correctly
1997 in the error message
1998 - added tests for this (thanks to EvanCarroll)
2000 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2001 - added (has_)hand_optimized_constraint to this class so that
2002 it behaves as the regular Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint does.
2005 - large refactoring of this code
2006 - added several more tests
2007 - tests for subtle conflict resolition issues
2008 added, but not currently running
2011 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe7
2012 - added new recipe for augment/inner functionality
2014 - added test for this
2017 - a formal definition of roles (still in progress)
2020 - utilities for easier working with Moose classes
2021 - added tests for these
2024 - This contains Moose specific test functions
2025 - added tests for these
2027 0.24 Tues. July 3, 2007
2028 ~ Some doc updates/cleanup ~
2030 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2031 - added support for roles to be given as parameters
2032 to the 'handles' option.
2033 - added tests and docs for this
2034 - the has '+foo' attribute form now accepts changes to
2035 the lazy option, and the addition of a handles option
2036 (but not changing the handles option)
2037 - added tests and docs for this
2040 - required methods are now fetched using find_method_by_name
2041 so that required methods can come from superclasses
2042 - adjusted tests for this
2044 0.23 Mon. June 18, 2007
2045 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2046 - fix inlined constructor for hierarchy with multiple BUILD methods (mst)
2047 * Moose::Meta::Class
2048 - Modify make_immutable to work with the new Class::MOP immutable
2049 mechanism + POD + very basic test (groditi)
2050 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2051 - Fix handles to use goto() so that caller() comes out properly on
2052 the other side (perigrin)
2054 0.22 Thurs. May 31, 2007
2055 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2056 - fix for prototype undeclared issue when Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2057 loaded before consumers (e.g. Moose::Meta::Attribute) by predeclaring
2058 prototypes for functions
2059 - added the ClassName type constraint, this checks for strings
2060 which will respond true to ->isa(UNIVERSAL).
2061 - added tests and docs for this
2062 - subtyping just in name now works correctly by making the
2063 default for where be { 1 }
2064 - added test for this
2066 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2067 - coerce and lazy now work together correctly, thanks to
2068 merlyn for finding this bug
2069 - tests added for this
2070 - fix reader presedence bug in Moose::Meta::Attribute + tests
2073 - Foo->new(undef) now gets ignored, it is assumed you meant to pass
2074 a HASH-ref and missed. This produces better error messages then
2075 having it die cause undef is not a HASH.
2076 - added tests for this
2078 0.21 Thursday, May 2nd, 2007
2080 - added SUPER_SLOT and INNER_SLOT class hashes to support unimport
2081 - modified unimport to remove super and inner along with the rest
2082 - altered unimport tests to handle this
2085 - altered super export to populate SUPER_SLOT
2087 * Moose::Meta::Class
2088 - altered augment and override modifier application to use *_SLOT
2089 - modified tests for these to unimport one test class each to test
2092 - fixed issue where custom attribute metaclasses
2093 where not handled correctly in roles
2094 - added tests for this
2096 * Moose::Meta::Class
2097 - fixed issue where extending metaclasses with
2098 roles would blow up. Thanks to Aankhen`` for
2099 finding this insidious error, and it's solution.
2101 ~~ lots of spelling and grammer fixes in the docs,
2102 many many thanks to rlb3 and Aankhen for these :)
2104 0.20 Friday, April 6th, 2007
2105 >> I messed up the SKIP logic in one test
2106 so this release is just to fix that.
2109 - 'has' now also accepts an ARRAY ref
2110 to create multiple attrs (see docs)
2111 (thanks to konobi for this)
2112 - added tests and docs
2114 0.19 Thurs. April 5th, 2007
2115 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
2117 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2118 - 'type' now supports messages as well
2119 thanks to phaylon for finding this
2120 - added tests for this
2121 - added &list_all_type_constraints and
2122 &list_all_builtin_type_constraints
2123 functions to facilitate introspection.
2125 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2126 - fixed regexp 'handles' declarations
2127 to build the list of delegated methods
2128 correctly (and not override important
2129 things like &new) thanks to ashleyb
2131 - added tests and docs for this
2132 - added the 'documentation' attributes
2133 so that you can actually document your
2134 attributes and inspect them through the
2136 - added tests and docs for this
2138 * Moose::Meta::Class
2139 - when loading custom attribute metaclasses
2140 it will first look in for the class in the
2141 Moose::Meta::Attribute::Custom::$name, and
2142 then default to just loading $name.
2143 - added tests and docs for this
2145 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2146 - type constraints now stringify to their names.
2147 - added test for this
2150 - added tests to assure we work with Module::Refresh
2151 - added stricter test skip logic in the Moose POOP
2152 test, ask Rob Kinyon why.
2153 - *cough* DBM::Deep 1.0 backwards compatibility sucks *cough* ;)
2155 0.18 Sat. March 10, 2007
2156 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
2159 - We now use Class::MOP::load_class to
2161 - added tests to show types and subtypes
2162 working with Declare::Constraints::Simple
2163 and Test::Deep as constraint engines.
2166 !! You must have Class::MOP 0.37_001 !!
2167 !! for this developer release to work !!
2169 This release was primarily adding the immutable
2170 feature to Moose. An immutable class is one which
2171 you promise not to alter. When you set the class
2172 as immutable it will perform various bits of
2173 memoization and inline certain part of the code
2174 (constructors, destructors and accessors). This
2175 minimizes (and in some cases totally eliminates)
2176 one of Moose's biggest performance hits. This
2177 feature is not on by default, and is 100% optional.
2178 It has several configurable bits as well, so you
2179 can pick and choose to your specific needs.
2181 The changes involved in this were fairly wide and
2182 highly specific, but 100% backwards compatible, so
2183 I am not going to enumerate them here. If you are
2184 truely interested in what was changed, please do
2187 0.17 Tues. Nov. 14, 2006
2188 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2189 - bugfix for read-only accessors which
2190 are have a type constraint and lazy.
2191 Thanks to chansen for finding it.
2193 0.16 Tues. Nov. 14, 2006
2195 There are some speed improvements in this release,
2196 but they are only the begining, so stay tuned.
2199 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL no longer get
2200 called unless they actually need to be.
2201 This gave us a signifigant speed boost
2202 for the cases when there is no BUILD or
2203 DEMOLISH method present.
2205 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2206 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2207 - added an 'optimize_as' option to the
2208 type constraint, which allows for a
2209 hand optimized version of the type
2210 constraint to be used when possible.
2211 - Any internally created type constraints
2212 now provide an optimized version as well.
2214 0.15 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
2216 This version of Moose *must* have Class::MOP 0.36 in order
2217 to work correctly. A number of small internal tweaks have
2218 been made in order to be compatible with that release.
2220 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2221 - added &unimport so that you can clean out
2222 your class namespace of these exported
2225 * Moose::Meta::Class
2226 - fixed minor issue which occasionally
2227 comes up during global destruction
2229 - moved Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden into
2233 - moved Moose::Meta::Role::Method into
2236 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2237 - changed how we do type checks so that
2238 we reduce the overall cost, but still
2241 - moved accessor generation methods to
2242 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor to
2243 conform to the API changes from
2246 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2247 - changed how constraints are compiled
2248 so that we do less recursion and more
2249 iteration. This makes the type check
2251 - moved Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2254 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2255 - created this from methods formerly found in
2256 Moose::Meta::Attribute
2258 * Moose::Meta::Role::Method
2259 - moved this from Moose::Meta::Role
2261 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
2262 - moved this from Moose::Meta::Class
2264 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2265 - moved this from Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2267 0.14 Mon. Oct. 9, 2006
2269 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2270 - fixed lazy attributes which were not getting
2271 checked with the type constraint (thanks ashley)
2272 - added tests for this
2273 - removed the over-enthusiastic DWIMery of the
2274 automatic ArrayRef and HashRef defaults, it
2275 broke predicates in an ugly way.
2276 - removed tests for this
2278 0.13 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
2280 This version of Moose *must* have Class::MOP 0.35 in order
2281 to work correctly. A number of small internal tweaks have
2282 been made in order to be compatible with that release.
2285 - Removed the use of UNIVERSAL::require to be a better
2286 symbol table citizen and remove a dependency
2287 (thanks Adam Kennedy)
2289 **~~ removed experimental & undocumented feature ~~**
2290 - commented out the 'method' and 'self' keywords, see the
2291 comments for more info.
2294 - added a FAQ and WTF files to document frequently
2295 asked questions and common problems
2297 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2298 - added GlobRef and FileHandle type constraint
2299 - added tests for this
2301 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2302 - if your attribute 'isa' ArrayRef of HashRef, and you have
2303 not explicitly set a default, then make the default DWIM.
2304 This will also work for subtypes of ArrayRef and HashRef
2306 - you can now auto-deref subtypes of ArrayRef or HashRef too.
2307 - new test added for this (thanks to ashley)
2310 - added basic support for runtime role composition
2311 but this is still *highly experimental*, so feedback
2312 is much appreciated :)
2313 - added tests for this
2315 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2316 - the type constraint now handles the coercion process
2317 through delegation, this is to support the coercion
2320 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2321 - it is now possible for coercions to be performed
2323 - added tests for this (thanks to konobi)
2325 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2326 - properly capturing error when type constraint
2330 - Scalar::Util 1.18 is bad on Win32, so temporarily
2331 only require version 1.17 for Win32 and cygwin.
2332 (thanks Adam Kennedy)
2334 0.12 Sat. Sept. 1, 2006
2336 - Recipe5 (subtypes & coercion) has been written
2339 - fixed "bad meta" error message to be more descriptive
2340 - fixed &unimport to not remove the &inner and &super
2341 keywords because we need to localize them.
2342 - fixed number of spelling/grammer issues, thanks Theory :)
2344 **~~ experimental & undocumented feature ~~**
2345 - added the method and self keywords, they are basically
2346 just sugar, and they may not stay around.
2349 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
2352 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2353 - added the &is_a_type_of method to check both the current
2354 and the subtype of a method (similar to &isa with classes)
2357 - this is now a subclass of Class::MOP::Module, and no longer
2358 creates the _role_meta ugliness of before.
2359 - fixed tests to reflect this change
2361 0.11 Wed. July 12, 2006
2363 - added an &unimport method to remove all the keywords
2364 that Moose will import, simply add 'no Moose' to the
2365 bottom of your class file.
2368 - fixed some test failures caused by a forgotten test
2371 0.10 Thurs. July 6, 2006
2373 - improved error message when loading modules so
2374 it is less confusing when you load a role.
2375 - added &calculate_all_roles method to
2376 Moose::Meta::Class and Moose::Meta::Role
2379 This module has been tested against Class::MOP 0.30
2380 but it does not yet utilize the optimizations
2381 it makes available. Stay tuned for that ;)
2383 0.09_03 Fri. June 23, 2006
2384 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2386 - 'use strict' and 'use warnings' are no longer
2387 needed in Moose classes, Moose itself will
2388 turn them on for you.
2389 - added tests for this
2390 - moved code from exported subs to private methods
2391 in Moose::Meta::Class
2394 - as with Moose, strict and warnings are
2395 automatically turned on for you.
2396 - added tests for this
2399 - now handles an edge case for override errors
2400 - added tests for this
2401 - added some more edge case tests
2403 0.09_02 Tues. May 16, 2006
2404 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2406 - added prototypes to the exported subs
2410 - added prototypes to the exported subs
2413 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2414 - cleaned up prototypes for the subs
2417 0.09_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
2418 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2419 - This release works in combination with
2420 Class::MOP 0.29_01, it is a developer
2421 release because it uses the a new
2422 instance sub-protocol and a fairly
2423 complete Role implementation. It has
2424 not yet been optimized, so it slower
2425 the the previous CPAN version. This
2426 release also lacks good updated docs,
2427 the official release will have updated docs.
2430 - refactored the keyword exports
2431 - 'with' now checks Role validaity and
2432 accepts more than one Role at a time
2433 - 'extends' makes metaclass adjustments as
2434 needed to ensure metaclass compatibility
2437 - refactored the keyword exports
2438 - 'with' now checks Role validaity and
2439 accepts more than one Role at a time
2441 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2442 - added the 'enum' keyword for simple
2443 string enumerations which can be used as
2445 - see example of usage in t/202_example.t
2448 - more careful checking of params to new()
2451 - much work done on the role composition
2452 - many new tests for conflict detection
2453 and composition edge cases
2454 - not enough documentation, I suggest
2455 looking at the tests
2457 * Moose::Meta::Instance
2458 - added new Instance metaclass to support
2459 the new Class::MOP instance protocol
2461 * Moose::Meta::Class
2462 - some small changes to support the new
2464 - some small additions to support Roles
2466 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2467 - some improvements to the accessor generation code
2469 - some small changes to support the new
2471 - (still somewhat) experimental delegation support
2472 with the 'handles' option
2473 - added several tests for this
2474 - no docs for this yet
2476 0.05 Thurs. April 27, 2006
2478 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2479 thanks to chansen for this commit
2480 - has keyword now takes a 'metaclass' option
2481 to support custom attribute meta-classes
2482 on a per-attribute basis
2483 - added tests for this
2484 - the 'has' keyword not accepts inherited slot
2485 specifications (has '+foo'). This is still an
2486 experimental feature and probably not finished
2487 see t/038_attribute_inherited_slot_specs.t for
2488 more details, or ask about it on #moose
2489 - added tests for this
2492 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2494 * Moose::Utils::TypeConstraints
2495 - reorganized the type constraint hierarchy, thanks
2496 to nothingmuch and chansen for his help and advice
2498 - added some tests for this
2499 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2500 thanks to chansen for this commit
2502 * Moose::Meta::Class
2503 - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to change
2504 construct_instance (for the better)
2506 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2507 - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to add the
2508 initialize_instance_slot method (it's a good thing)
2510 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2511 - added type constraint unions
2512 - added tests for this
2513 - added the is_subtype_of predicate method
2514 - added tests for this
2516 0.04 Sun. April 16th, 2006
2518 - Roles can now consume other roles
2519 - added tests for this
2520 - Roles can specify required methods now with
2521 the requires() keyword
2522 - added tests for this
2525 - ripped out much of it's guts ,.. much cleaner now
2526 - added required methods and correct handling of
2527 them in apply() for both classes and roles
2528 - added tests for this
2529 - no longer adds a does() method to consuming classes
2530 it relys on the one in Moose::Object
2531 - added roles attribute and some methods to support
2532 roles consuming roles
2534 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2535 - added support for triggers on attributes
2536 - added tests for this
2537 - added support for does option on an attribute
2538 - added tests for this
2540 * Moose::Meta::Class
2541 - added support for attribute triggers in the
2543 - added tests for this
2546 - Moose no longer creates a subtype for your class
2547 if a subtype of the same name already exists, this
2548 should DWIM in 99.9999% of all cases
2550 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2551 - fixed bug where incorrect subtype conflicts were
2553 - added test for this
2556 - this class can now be extended with 'use base' if
2557 you need it, it properly loads the metaclass class now
2558 - added test for this
2560 0.03_02 Wed. April 12, 2006
2562 - you must now explictly use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2563 it no longer gets exported for you automatically
2566 - new() now accepts hash-refs as well as key/value lists
2567 - added does() method to check for Roles
2568 - added tests for this
2570 * Moose::Meta::Class
2571 - added roles attribute along with the add_role() and
2573 - added tests for this
2576 - now adds a does() method to consuming classes
2577 which tests the class's hierarchy for roles
2578 - added tests for this
2580 0.03_01 Mon. April 10, 2006
2582 - added new Role recipe (no content yet, only code)
2585 - added 'with' keyword for Role support
2586 - added test and docs for this
2587 - fixed subtype quoting bug
2588 - added test for this
2592 - added test and docs
2594 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2595 - added the message keyword to add custom
2596 error messages to type constraints
2599 - the meta role to support Moose::Role
2600 - added tests and docs
2602 * Moose::Meta::Class
2603 - moved a number of things from Moose.pm
2604 to here, they should have been here
2607 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2608 - moved the attribute option macros here
2609 instead of putting them in Moose.pm
2611 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2612 - added the message attributes and the
2614 - added tests and docs for this
2616 0.03 Thurs. March 30, 2006
2618 - added the Moose::Cookbook with 5 recipes,
2619 describing all the stuff Moose can do.
2622 - fixed an issue with &extends super class loading
2623 it now captures errors and deals with inline
2624 packages correctly (bug found by mst, solution
2626 - added super/override & inner/augment features
2627 - added tests and docs for these
2630 - BUILDALL now takes a reference of the %params
2631 that are passed to &new, and passes that to
2634 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2635 - Type constraints now survive runtime reloading
2636 - added test for this
2638 * Moose::Meta::Class
2639 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
2640 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
2642 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2643 - read-only attributes now actually enforce their
2644 read-only-ness (this corrected in Class::MOP as
2647 0.02 Tues. March 21, 2006
2649 - many more tests, fixing some bugs and
2651 - &extends now loads the base module with
2653 - added UNIVERSAL::require to the
2656 - each new Moose class will also create
2657 and register a subtype of Object which
2658 correspond to the new Moose class.
2659 - the 'isa' option in &has now only
2660 accepts strings, and will DWIM in
2663 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2664 - added type coercion features
2665 - added tests for this
2666 - added support for this in attributes
2667 and instance construction
2669 - type construction no longer creates a
2670 function, it registers the type instead.
2671 - added several functions to get the
2675 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL were broken
2676 because of a mis-named hash key, Whoops :)
2678 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2679 - adding support for coercion in the
2680 autogenerated accessors
2682 * Moose::Meta::Class
2683 - adding support for coercion in the
2684 instance construction
2686 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2687 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2688 - type constraints and coercions are now
2689 full fledges meta-objects
2691 0.01 Wed. March 15, 2006
2692 - Moooooooooooooooooose!!!