1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Anonymous classes were not destroyed properly when they went
7 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480 (Goro Fuji).
10 - Give method modifiers unique names as they are added so that
11 introspection of caller() gives you something more useful.
16 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
17 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
18 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
19 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
20 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
23 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
24 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
26 * Class::MOP::Instance
27 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
28 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
30 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
32 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
34 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
37 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
39 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
40 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
43 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
44 changed back in 0.82_01)
45 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
46 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
49 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
50 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
52 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
54 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
55 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
56 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
59 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
60 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
64 * Class::MOP::Attribute
65 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
67 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
68 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
69 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
72 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
75 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
76 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
77 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
78 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
79 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
82 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
85 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
87 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
91 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
92 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
93 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
94 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
98 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
101 * Class::MOP::Package
102 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
105 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
108 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
110 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
113 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
114 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
115 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
116 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
119 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
120 was removed in 0.82_01.
122 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
123 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
124 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
125 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
126 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
127 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
128 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
129 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
130 for the Moose compatibility handling code
131 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
133 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
135 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
136 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
138 * Class::MOP::Immutable
139 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
140 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
141 provides its own constructor (doy)
143 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
146 * Class::MOP::Instance
147 * Class::MOP::Attribute
148 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
149 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
150 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
151 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
154 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
155 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
157 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
159 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
160 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
162 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
163 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
164 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
165 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
166 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
169 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
170 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
171 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
172 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
173 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
174 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
175 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
177 - Class::MOP::Instance
178 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
182 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
183 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
184 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
186 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
187 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
188 when an object is constructed)
189 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
191 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
192 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
193 when an object is constructed)
194 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
195 - attributes => _attributes
196 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
198 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
200 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
201 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
202 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
205 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
206 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
207 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
210 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
211 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
212 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
213 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
217 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
218 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
219 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
220 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
221 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
222 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
224 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
225 * No changes from 0.78_02.
227 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
229 * Class::MOP::Immutable
230 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
231 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
232 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
233 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
237 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
238 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
241 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
242 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
243 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
245 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
247 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
248 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
251 * Class::MOP::Instance
252 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
253 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
254 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
255 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
257 * Class::MOP::Attribute
258 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
259 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
260 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
262 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
263 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
264 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
268 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
269 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
270 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
271 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
273 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
274 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
275 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
276 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
277 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
278 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
279 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
280 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
281 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
284 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
285 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
288 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
290 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
291 * No changes from 0.77_01
293 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
295 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
296 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
297 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
298 against the pure Perl version of this code.
300 * Class::MOP::Instance
301 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
302 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
305 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
307 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
311 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
312 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
316 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
317 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
319 * Class::MOP::Package
320 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
321 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
324 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
328 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
329 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
330 near future release. You've been warned.
332 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
333 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
334 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
335 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
337 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
338 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
341 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
342 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
345 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
348 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
349 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
351 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
353 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
354 sharing an immutable transformer object
355 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
356 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
358 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
360 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
361 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
362 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
363 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
365 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
366 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
368 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
370 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
371 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
373 * t/082_get_code_info.t
374 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
375 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
376 succeed in that case.
378 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
379 * Class::MOP::Package
380 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
383 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
384 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
386 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
387 * Class::MOP::Immutable
388 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
389 the constructor was inlined.
390 * Class::MOP::Package
391 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
392 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
393 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
395 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
396 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
398 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
400 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
401 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
402 * Class::MOP::Immutable
403 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
404 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
405 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
408 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
409 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
410 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
411 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
412 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
413 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
414 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
415 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
416 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
417 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
419 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
422 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
423 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
426 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
428 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
429 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
431 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
433 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
434 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
435 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
438 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
439 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
440 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
443 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
445 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
446 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
448 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
449 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
450 times in an eval. (t0m)
452 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
454 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
455 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
456 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
457 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
458 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
459 - added test for this
461 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
462 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
463 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
466 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
467 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
471 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
472 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
473 aliased methods and "real" methods.
475 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
476 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
477 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
478 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
481 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
482 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
485 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
486 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
487 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
488 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
489 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
490 for sad systems without a compiler.
493 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
494 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
497 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
498 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
499 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
501 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
503 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
504 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
505 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
506 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
508 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
509 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
510 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
511 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
513 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
515 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
516 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
519 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
520 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
521 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
523 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
525 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
527 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
528 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
529 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
531 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
532 * Class::MOP::Package
533 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
534 releases. (nothingmuch)
537 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
539 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
540 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
541 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
544 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
547 * Class::MOP::Instance
548 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
550 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
552 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
553 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
554 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
555 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
558 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
559 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
563 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
564 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
565 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
566 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
567 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
570 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
571 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
572 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
575 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
576 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
577 consistency (nothingmuch)
578 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
580 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
581 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
582 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
583 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
586 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
587 * Class::MOP::Immutable
588 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
590 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
592 * Class::MOP::Instance
593 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
594 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
596 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
598 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
599 the class is already loaded (sartak)
600 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
601 instead of just 1 (sartak)
604 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
606 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
607 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
608 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
610 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
611 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
612 recognizes it correct this time.
614 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
615 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
618 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
619 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
622 - now stores the instance of the instance
623 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
624 and deletes it when the cache is blown
625 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
626 the options used to make it immutable as well as
627 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
629 * Class::MOP::Package
630 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
631 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
632 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
636 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
638 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
639 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
641 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
642 names now throw a more direct error in
644 - tests for this and other aspects of
650 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
651 Class::MOP::Attribute
652 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
655 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
656 (late night release engineering)--
658 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
659 changes in this release
661 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
662 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
663 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
666 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
667 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
668 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
671 * Class::MOP::Package
672 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
674 - inlining a few calls to &name with
675 direct HASH access key access
676 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
677 a HASH of items based on a type filter
678 similar to list_all_package_symbols
679 - added tests for this
682 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
683 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
684 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
685 - added more descriptive error message to help
686 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
687 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
689 * Class::MOP::Immutable
690 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
692 - added tests for this
694 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
696 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
697 function from MRO::Compat
698 - All XS based functionality now has a
699 Pure Perl alternative
700 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
701 can now be used to force non-XS versions
704 * Class::MOP::Attribute
705 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
706 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
707 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
709 - added tests for this
711 * Class::MOP::Immutable
712 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
713 making the class immutable
716 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
717 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
718 allow for it to work.
719 - added tests for this
721 * Class::MOP::Attribute
723 Class::MOP::Immutable
724 - any time a method meta object is constructed
725 we make sure to pass the correct package and
726 method name information
729 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
730 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
731 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
732 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
733 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
734 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
735 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
736 throw an error if these are not supplied.
737 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
738 and now store the package_name and name attributes
741 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
742 Module::Install support has been removed
744 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
745 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
746 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
747 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
751 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
752 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
754 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
755 when it has no init_arg
756 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
757 to support c3 classes.
759 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
762 - making sure that load_class never gets
763 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
764 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
767 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
769 - improved error handling in ->create method
770 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
771 will be used to populate values
772 - added tests for this
775 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
776 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
782 Class::MOP::Attribute
783 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
784 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
786 * Class::MOP::Instance
787 Class::MOP::Immutable
788 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
791 - fixed the filename length on several
792 test files so we install on VMS better
794 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
795 should be catfile (RT #32385)
797 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
798 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
801 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
802 Class::MOP::Attribute
803 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
804 to indicate that no constructor args can
805 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
806 - added tests for this
807 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
810 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
811 feature instead of the silly hack from
812 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
814 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
816 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
819 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
820 - removed assumptions about the existence of
823 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
824 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
825 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
828 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
829 constant so that we can take advantage
830 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
833 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
834 optimize the &linearized_isa method
835 and avoid the hack/check for circular
836 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
837 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
838 - added tests for this
840 * Class::MOP::Immutable
841 - the immutable class now keeps track of
842 the transformer which immutablized it
844 * Class::MOP::Instance
845 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
846 - added tests for this
848 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
850 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
851 transformation arguments are saved
853 - added tests for this
855 * Class::MOP::Immutable
856 - fixed a bug (see above)
858 * Class::MOP::Attribute
861 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
862 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
863 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
866 - removed the dependency on B
867 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
868 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
869 the B fiddling we were doing with
870 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
871 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
872 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
873 be used to help manage method caching.
876 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
877 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
878 even more accurate caching information.
879 blblack++ for that stuff :)
882 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
883 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
884 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
885 track of when we need to re-fetch the
887 - Several small improvements to take advantage
888 of the new method map caching features
890 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
891 * Class::MOP::Attribute
892 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
893 HASH ref case, which makes the
894 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
895 - added more tests for this
897 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
898 * Class::MOP::Attribute
899 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
900 - added more tests for this
902 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
904 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
905 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
906 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
908 * Class::MOP::Attribute
909 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
910 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
911 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
913 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
914 * Class::MOP::Attribute
915 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
917 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
918 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
920 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
922 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
925 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
926 construct_class_instance (groditi)
927 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
928 call through (groditi)
930 * Class::MOP::Attribute
931 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
932 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
933 it is defined (groditi)
935 * Class::MOP::Instance
936 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
937 it is defined (groditi)
939 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
940 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
941 - removed the relevant attributes
943 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
944 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
945 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
946 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
948 - added tests for this
949 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
950 non-inlined constructors.
951 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
953 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
954 - added this class as an abstract base for the
955 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
956 - added tests for this
959 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
960 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
963 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
965 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
966 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
968 * Class::MOP::Package
969 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
972 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
974 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
976 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
977 it manually now so that people can use this
978 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
980 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
982 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
983 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
984 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
987 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
988 * Class::MOP::Immutable
989 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
990 - removed unused variable
991 - added create_immutable_transformer
992 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
993 - tests for this (groditi)
996 - Immutability can now be undone,
997 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
998 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
999 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1000 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1001 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1002 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1003 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1004 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1005 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1007 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1008 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1010 * Class::MOP::Package
1011 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1012 - added tests for this
1013 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1015 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1016 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1017 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1019 - added tests and POD for this
1022 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1023 handles undef values correctly.
1024 - added tests for this
1025 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1026 will not get reaped when instances still
1027 exist which need to reference them. This is
1028 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1029 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1030 many work arounds out in the wild.
1031 - added tests for this by groditi
1032 - updated docs to explain this
1035 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1036 - added tests for this behavior
1038 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1039 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1042 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1043 - added tests and docs for these
1045 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1046 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1047 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1051 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1056 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1057 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1058 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1059 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1060 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1063 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1065 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1066 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1067 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1070 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1071 immutable transformation instead of
1072 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1074 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1075 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1076 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1077 be coming eventually.
1080 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1082 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1083 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1087 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1090 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1092 - constructor generation is now handled by
1093 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1095 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1096 - created this to handle constructor generation
1097 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1099 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1101 - attributes now delegate to the
1102 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1105 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1106 - all accessor generation functions from
1107 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1109 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1111 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1112 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1113 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1117 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1118 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1119 they are aliased from the originals
1120 - fixed tests to reflect
1121 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1123 - adjusted tests for this
1124 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1127 * Class::MOP::Method
1129 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1130 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1131 - adjusted tests to compensate
1132 - adjusted docs for this
1135 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1136 encapsulate most of the work into the
1137 &get_method_map method
1138 - made several adjustments for the change
1139 in Class::MOP::Method
1140 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1141 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1142 old one before installing the new one
1143 - added tests for this
1144 - adjusted docs for this
1146 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1147 - added caching of &get_method_map
1148 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1149 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1151 * Class::MOP::Package
1152 - added filtering capabilities to
1153 &list_all_package_symbols
1155 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1157 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1158 the $:version and such just actually goes
1159 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1160 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1162 - The &create method now requires that all
1163 but the package name now is passed in as
1164 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1165 - updated docs and tests for this
1167 * Class::MOP::Object
1168 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1172 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1173 which do not store things in the instance
1174 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1177 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1179 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1181 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1182 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1185 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1186 - fixed all tests for this
1188 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1189 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1190 are no longer allowed for defaults
1191 - added tests for this
1193 * Class::MOP::Package
1194 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1195 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1196 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1198 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1200 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1201 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1202 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1203 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1205 * Class::MOP::Package
1206 - refactored entire class, this is now
1207 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1208 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1209 - added many tests for this
1210 - this class is now a subclass of
1212 - added some tests to reflect this
1215 - refactored all symbol table access to
1216 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1218 * Class::MOP::Module
1219 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1220 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1221 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1222 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1223 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1224 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1225 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1226 - added tests for this
1228 * Class::MOP::Instance
1229 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1231 - added tests for this
1233 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1234 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1235 slots from an instance
1236 - added tests for this
1238 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1241 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1242 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1244 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1245 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1246 the value of the attribute for a particular
1249 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1250 ---------------------------------------
1251 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1252 to introduce the immutable features which
1253 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1254 This support should still be considered
1255 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1256 ---------------------------------------
1258 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1260 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1261 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1262 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1265 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1266 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1267 ::Package and now inherited
1268 - added tests for this
1270 * Class::MOP::Instance
1271 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1272 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1273 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1274 instance creation (of course)
1277 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1278 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1279 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1280 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1281 table manipulation methods.
1283 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1284 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1286 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1287 properly when inherited
1288 - small fix to &clone_instance
1290 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1291 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1292 - This release works in combination with
1293 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1294 because it introduces a new instance
1295 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1299 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1300 - added tests for this
1301 - improved method modifier wrapping
1303 * Class::MOP::Instance
1304 - added new instance protocol
1305 - added tests for this
1306 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1308 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1312 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1313 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1315 - updated tests for this
1318 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1319 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1321 - added tests for this
1322 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1323 new instance protocol
1324 - added more tests for this
1326 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1328 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1329 - added tests and docs for this
1330 - some small optimizations
1332 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1333 - some small optimizations
1335 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1337 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1338 - added tests for this
1339 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1340 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1341 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1342 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1343 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1344 delegates appropriately
1346 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1347 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1348 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1349 called initialize_instance_slot
1352 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1353 initialize_instance_slot method
1355 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1357 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1358 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1360 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1362 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1363 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1365 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1366 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1367 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1369 - added tests for this
1370 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1372 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1374 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1375 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1376 - added test case for this
1378 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1380 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1381 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1382 available in DESTORY calls
1384 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1385 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1386 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1388 * Class::MOP::Method
1389 - added &package_name, &name and
1390 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1391 which were formerly private subs in
1394 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1395 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1396 before, after and around modifiers
1397 - added tests and docs for this feature
1400 - improved &get_package_symbol
1401 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1402 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1404 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1405 - &add_before_method_modifier
1406 - &add_after_method_modifier
1407 - &add_around_method_modifier
1408 - added tests and docs for these
1409 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1410 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1412 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1413 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1417 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1418 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1419 the test skip if it is not installed
1421 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1423 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1426 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1427 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1428 - added docs and tests
1430 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1431 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1432 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1433 be considered "ready to use".
1435 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1436 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1437 - test coverage is now at 99%
1440 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1441 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1442 metaclass pragma instead.
1445 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1446 error/edge-case tests
1448 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1449 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1450 error/edge-case tests
1453 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1455 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1457 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1458 metaclass a little more straightforward
1461 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1462 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1463 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1464 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1468 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1469 is now more useful for subclasses
1470 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1471 hash of attribute meta objects
1472 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1473 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1474 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1475 attribute meta-object itself
1476 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1477 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1478 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1479 - added docs & tests for this
1480 - added Clone as a dependency
1481 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1482 return blessed new or cloned instances
1483 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1484 - added docs & tests for this
1485 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1486 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1487 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1488 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1489 - added tests and docs for this
1492 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1494 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1496 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1498 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1499 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1500 attributes/methods respectively
1503 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1506 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1507 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1508 - added new example:
1511 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1513 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1515 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1516 - improved error messages
1519 - added new examples:
1520 - AttributesWithHistory
1521 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1523 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1524 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1526 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1527 - refactored method generation code
1528 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1531 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1532 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1533 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1534 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1535 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1537 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1538 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1539 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1541 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006