1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
11 * Class::MOP::Attribute
12 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
13 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
14 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
16 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
17 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
18 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
22 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
23 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
24 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
25 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
27 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
28 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
29 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
30 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
31 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
32 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
33 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
34 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
35 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
38 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
39 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
42 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
44 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
45 * No changes from 0.77_01
47 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
49 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
50 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
51 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
52 against the pure Perl version of this code.
54 * Class::MOP::Instance
55 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
56 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
59 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
61 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
65 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
66 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
70 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
71 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
74 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
75 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
78 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
82 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
83 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
84 near future release. You've been warned.
86 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
87 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
88 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
89 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
91 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
92 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
95 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
96 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
99 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
102 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
103 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
105 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
107 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
108 sharing an immutable transformer object
109 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
110 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
112 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
114 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
115 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
116 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
117 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
119 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
120 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
122 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
124 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
125 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
127 * t/082_get_code_info.t
128 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
129 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
130 succeed in that case.
132 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
133 * Class::MOP::Package
134 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
137 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
138 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
140 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
141 * Class::MOP::Immutable
142 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
143 the constructor was inlined.
144 * Class::MOP::Package
145 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
146 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
147 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
149 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
150 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
152 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
154 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
155 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
156 * Class::MOP::Immutable
157 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
158 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
159 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
162 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
163 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
164 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
165 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
166 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
167 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
168 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
169 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
170 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
171 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
173 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
176 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
177 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
180 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
182 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
183 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
185 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
187 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
188 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
189 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
192 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
193 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
194 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
197 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
199 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
200 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
202 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
203 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
204 times in an eval. (t0m)
206 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
208 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
209 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
210 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
211 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
212 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
213 - added test for this
215 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
216 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
217 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
220 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
221 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
225 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
226 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
227 aliased methods and "real" methods.
229 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
230 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
231 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
232 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
235 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
236 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
239 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
240 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
241 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
242 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
243 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
244 for sad systems without a compiler.
247 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
248 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
251 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
252 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
253 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
255 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
257 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
258 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
259 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
260 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
262 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
263 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
264 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
265 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
267 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
269 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
270 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
273 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
274 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
275 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
277 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
279 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
281 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
282 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
283 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
285 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
286 * Class::MOP::Package
287 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
288 releases. (nothingmuch)
291 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
293 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
294 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
295 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
298 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
301 * Class::MOP::Instance
302 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
304 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
306 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
307 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
308 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
309 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
312 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
313 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
317 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
318 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
319 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
320 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
321 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
324 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
325 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
326 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
329 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
330 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
331 consistency (nothingmuch)
332 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
334 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
335 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
336 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
337 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
340 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
341 * Class::MOP::Immutable
342 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
344 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
346 * Class::MOP::Instance
347 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
348 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
350 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
352 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
353 the class is already loaded (sartak)
354 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
355 instead of just 1 (sartak)
358 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
360 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
361 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
362 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
364 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
365 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
366 recognizes it correct this time.
368 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
369 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
372 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
373 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
376 - now stores the instance of the instance
377 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
378 and deletes it when the cache is blown
379 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
380 the options used to make it immutable as well as
381 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
383 * Class::MOP::Package
384 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
385 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
386 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
390 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
392 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
393 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
395 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
396 names now throw a more direct error in
398 - tests for this and other aspects of
404 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
405 Class::MOP::Attribute
406 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
409 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
410 (late night release engineering)--
412 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
413 changes in this release
415 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
416 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
417 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
420 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
421 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
422 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
425 * Class::MOP::Package
426 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
428 - inlining a few calls to &name with
429 direct HASH access key access
430 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
431 a HASH of items based on a type filter
432 similar to list_all_package_symbols
433 - added tests for this
436 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
437 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
438 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
439 - added more descriptive error message to help
440 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
441 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
443 * Class::MOP::Immutable
444 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
446 - added tests for this
448 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
450 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
451 function from MRO::Compat
452 - All XS based functionality now has a
453 Pure Perl alternative
454 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
455 can now be used to force non-XS versions
458 * Class::MOP::Attribute
459 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
460 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
461 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
463 - added tests for this
465 * Class::MOP::Immutable
466 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
467 making the class immutable
470 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
471 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
472 allow for it to work.
473 - added tests for this
475 * Class::MOP::Attribute
477 Class::MOP::Immutable
478 - any time a method meta object is constructed
479 we make sure to pass the correct package and
480 method name information
483 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
484 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
485 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
486 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
487 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
488 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
489 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
490 throw an error if these are not supplied.
491 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
492 and now store the package_name and name attributes
495 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
496 Module::Install support has been removed
498 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
499 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
500 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
501 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
505 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
506 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
508 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
509 when it has no init_arg
510 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
511 to support c3 classes.
513 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
516 - making sure that load_class never gets
517 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
518 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
521 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
523 - improved error handling in ->create method
524 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
525 will be used to populate values
526 - added tests for this
529 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
530 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
536 Class::MOP::Attribute
537 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
538 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
540 * Class::MOP::Instance
541 Class::MOP::Immutable
542 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
545 - fixed the filename length on several
546 test files so we install on VMS better
548 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
549 should be catfile (RT #32385)
551 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
552 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
555 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
556 Class::MOP::Attribute
557 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
558 to indicate that no constructor args can
559 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
560 - added tests for this
561 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
564 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
565 feature instead of the silly hack from
566 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
568 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
570 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
573 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
574 - removed assumptions about the existence of
577 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
578 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
579 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
582 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
583 constant so that we can take advantage
584 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
587 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
588 optimize the &linearized_isa method
589 and avoid the hack/check for circular
590 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
591 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
592 - added tests for this
594 * Class::MOP::Immutable
595 - the immutable class now keeps track of
596 the transformer which immutablized it
598 * Class::MOP::Instance
599 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
600 - added tests for this
602 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
604 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
605 transformation arguments are saved
607 - added tests for this
609 * Class::MOP::Immutable
610 - fixed a bug (see above)
612 * Class::MOP::Attribute
615 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
616 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
617 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
620 - removed the dependency on B
621 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
622 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
623 the B fiddling we were doing with
624 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
625 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
626 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
627 be used to help manage method caching.
630 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
631 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
632 even more accurate caching information.
633 blblack++ for that stuff :)
636 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
637 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
638 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
639 track of when we need to re-fetch the
641 - Several small improvements to take advantage
642 of the new method map caching features
644 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
645 * Class::MOP::Attribute
646 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
647 HASH ref case, which makes the
648 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
649 - added more tests for this
651 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
652 * Class::MOP::Attribute
653 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
654 - added more tests for this
656 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
658 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
659 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
660 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
662 * Class::MOP::Attribute
663 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
664 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
665 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
667 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
668 * Class::MOP::Attribute
669 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
671 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
672 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
674 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
676 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
679 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
680 construct_class_instance (groditi)
681 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
682 call through (groditi)
684 * Class::MOP::Attribute
685 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
686 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
687 it is defined (groditi)
689 * Class::MOP::Instance
690 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
691 it is defined (groditi)
693 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
694 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
695 - removed the relevant attributes
697 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
698 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
699 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
700 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
702 - added tests for this
703 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
704 non-inlined constructors.
705 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
707 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
708 - added this class as an abstract base for the
709 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
710 - added tests for this
713 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
714 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
717 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
719 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
720 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
722 * Class::MOP::Package
723 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
726 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
728 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
730 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
731 it manually now so that people can use this
732 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
734 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
736 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
737 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
738 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
741 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
742 * Class::MOP::Immutable
743 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
744 - removed unused variable
745 - added create_immutable_transformer
746 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
747 - tests for this (groditi)
750 - Immutability can now be undone,
751 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
752 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
753 for details see comments next to make_immutable
754 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
755 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
756 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
757 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
758 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
759 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
761 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
762 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
764 * Class::MOP::Package
765 - we now deal with stub methods properly
766 - added tests for this
767 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
769 * Class::MOP::Attribute
770 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
771 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
773 - added tests and POD for this
776 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
777 handles undef values correctly.
778 - added tests for this
779 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
780 will not get reaped when instances still
781 exist which need to reference them. This is
782 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
783 obscure enough feature that there are not too
784 many work arounds out in the wild.
785 - added tests for this by groditi
786 - updated docs to explain this
789 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
790 - added tests for this behavior
792 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
793 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
796 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
797 - added tests and docs for these
799 * Class::MOP::Attribute
800 - default now checks the instance with defined to
801 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
805 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
811 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
812 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
813 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
814 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
817 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
819 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
820 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
821 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
824 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
825 immutable transformation instead of
826 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
828 + Class::MOP::Immutable
829 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
830 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
831 be coming eventually.
834 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
836 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
837 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
841 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
844 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
846 - constructor generation is now handled by
847 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
849 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
850 - created this to handle constructor generation
851 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
853 * Class::MOP::Attribute
855 - attributes now delegate to the
856 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
859 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
860 - all accessor generation functions from
861 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
863 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
865 * scripts/class_browser.pl
866 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
867 on this to come. Comments and patches are
871 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
872 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
873 they are aliased from the originals
874 - fixed tests to reflect
875 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
877 - adjusted tests for this
878 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
883 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
884 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
885 - adjusted tests to compensate
886 - adjusted docs for this
889 - changed how methods are dealt with to
890 encapsulate most of the work into the
891 &get_method_map method
892 - made several adjustments for the change
893 in Class::MOP::Method
894 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
895 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
896 old one before installing the new one
897 - added tests for this
898 - adjusted docs for this
900 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
901 - added caching of &get_method_map
902 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
903 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
905 * Class::MOP::Package
906 - added filtering capabilities to
907 &list_all_package_symbols
909 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
911 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
912 the $:version and such just actually goes
913 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
914 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
916 - The &create method now requires that all
917 but the package name now is passed in as
918 named parameters. See docs for more info.
919 - updated docs and tests for this
922 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
926 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
927 which do not store things in the instance
928 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
931 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
933 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
935 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
936 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
939 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
940 - fixed all tests for this
942 * Class::MOP::Attribute
943 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
944 are no longer allowed for defaults
945 - added tests for this
947 * Class::MOP::Package
948 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
949 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
950 always reloaded from the symbol table.
952 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
954 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
955 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
956 metamodel is more complete (and closer
957 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
959 * Class::MOP::Package
960 - refactored entire class, this is now
961 the primary gateway between the metaclass
962 and the Perl 5 symbol table
963 - added many tests for this
964 - this class is now a subclass of
966 - added some tests to reflect this
969 - refactored all symbol table access to
970 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
973 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
974 so that Module has a version as an attribute
975 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
976 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
977 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
978 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
979 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
980 - added tests for this
982 * Class::MOP::Instance
983 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
985 - added tests for this
987 * Class::MOP::Attribute
988 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
989 slots from an instance
990 - added tests for this
992 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
995 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
996 anywhere within the class hierarchy
998 * Class::MOP::Attribute
999 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1000 the value of the attribute for a particular
1003 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1004 ---------------------------------------
1005 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1006 to introduce the immutable features which
1007 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1008 This support should still be considered
1009 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1010 ---------------------------------------
1012 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1014 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1015 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1016 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1019 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1020 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1021 ::Package and now inherited
1022 - added tests for this
1024 * Class::MOP::Instance
1025 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1026 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1027 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1028 instance creation (of course)
1031 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1032 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1033 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1034 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1035 table manipulation methods.
1037 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1038 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1040 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1041 properly when inherited
1042 - small fix to &clone_instance
1044 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1045 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1046 - This release works in combination with
1047 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1048 because it introduces a new instance
1049 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1053 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1054 - added tests for this
1055 - improved method modifier wrapping
1057 * Class::MOP::Instance
1058 - added new instance protocol
1059 - added tests for this
1060 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1062 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1066 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1067 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1069 - updated tests for this
1072 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1073 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1075 - added tests for this
1076 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1077 new instance protocol
1078 - added more tests for this
1080 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1082 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1083 - added tests and docs for this
1084 - some small optimizations
1086 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1087 - some small optimizations
1089 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1091 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1092 - added tests for this
1093 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1094 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1095 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1096 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1097 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1098 delegates appropriately
1100 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1101 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1102 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1103 called initialize_instance_slot
1106 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1107 initialize_instance_slot method
1109 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1111 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1112 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1114 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1116 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1117 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1119 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1120 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1121 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1123 - added tests for this
1124 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1126 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1128 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1129 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1130 - added test case for this
1132 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1134 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1135 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1136 available in DESTORY calls
1138 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1139 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1140 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1142 * Class::MOP::Method
1143 - added &package_name, &name and
1144 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1145 which were formerly private subs in
1148 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1149 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1150 before, after and around modifiers
1151 - added tests and docs for this feature
1154 - improved &get_package_symbol
1155 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1156 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1158 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1159 - &add_before_method_modifier
1160 - &add_after_method_modifier
1161 - &add_around_method_modifier
1162 - added tests and docs for these
1163 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1164 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1166 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1167 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1171 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1172 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1173 the test skip if it is not installed
1175 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1177 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1180 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1181 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1182 - added docs and tests
1184 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1185 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1186 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1187 be considered "ready to use".
1189 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1190 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1191 - test coverage is now at 99%
1194 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1195 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1196 metaclass pragma instead.
1199 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1200 error/edge-case tests
1202 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1203 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1204 error/edge-case tests
1207 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1209 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1211 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1212 metaclass a little more straightforward
1215 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1216 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1217 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1218 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1222 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1223 is now more useful for subclasses
1224 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1225 hash of attribute meta objects
1226 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1227 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1228 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1229 attribute meta-object itself
1230 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1231 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1232 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1233 - added docs & tests for this
1234 - added Clone as a dependency
1235 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1236 return blessed new or cloned instances
1237 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1238 - added docs & tests for this
1239 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1240 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1241 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1242 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1243 - added tests and docs for this
1246 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1248 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1250 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1252 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1253 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1254 attributes/methods respectively
1257 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1260 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1261 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1262 - added new example:
1265 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1267 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1269 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1270 - improved error messages
1273 - added new examples:
1274 - AttributesWithHistory
1275 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1277 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1278 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1280 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1281 - refactored method generation code
1282 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1285 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1286 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1287 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1288 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1289 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1291 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1292 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1293 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1295 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006