1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
5 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
9 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
12 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
13 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
16 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
19 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2008
20 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
21 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
22 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
24 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
25 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
28 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
29 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
32 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
35 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
36 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
38 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
40 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
41 sharing an immutable transformer object
42 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
43 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
45 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
47 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
48 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
49 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
50 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
52 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
53 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
55 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
57 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
58 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
60 * t/082_get_code_info.t
61 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
62 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
65 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
67 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
70 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
71 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
73 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
74 * Class::MOP::Immutable
75 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
76 the constructor was inlined.
78 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
79 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
80 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
82 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
83 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
85 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
87 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
88 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
89 * Class::MOP::Immutable
90 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
91 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
92 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
95 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
96 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
97 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
99 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
100 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
101 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
102 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
103 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
104 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
106 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
109 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
110 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
113 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
115 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
116 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
118 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
120 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
121 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
122 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
125 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
126 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
127 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
130 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
132 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
133 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
135 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
136 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
137 times in an eval. (t0m)
139 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
141 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
142 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
143 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
144 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
145 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
146 - added test for this
148 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
149 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
150 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
153 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
154 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
158 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
159 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
160 aliased methods and "real" methods.
162 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
163 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
164 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
165 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
168 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
169 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
172 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
173 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
174 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
175 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
176 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
177 for sad systems without a compiler.
180 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
181 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
184 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
185 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
186 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
188 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
190 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
191 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
192 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
193 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
195 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
196 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
197 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
198 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
200 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
202 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
203 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
206 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
207 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
208 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
210 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
212 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
214 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
215 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
216 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
218 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
219 * Class::MOP::Package
220 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
221 releases. (nothingmuch)
224 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
226 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
227 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
228 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
231 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
234 * Class::MOP::Instance
235 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
237 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
239 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
240 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
241 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
242 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
245 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
246 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
250 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
251 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
252 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
253 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
254 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
257 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
258 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
259 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
262 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
263 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
264 consistency (nothingmuch)
265 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
267 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
268 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
269 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
270 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
273 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
274 * Class::MOP::Immutable
275 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
277 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
279 * Class::MOP::Instance
280 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
281 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
283 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
285 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
286 the class is already loaded (sartak)
287 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
288 instead of just 1 (sartak)
291 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
293 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
294 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
295 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
297 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
298 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
299 recognizes it correct this time.
301 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
302 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
305 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
306 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
309 - now stores the instance of the instance
310 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
311 and deletes it when the cache is blown
312 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
313 the options used to make it immutable as well as
314 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
316 * Class::MOP::Package
317 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
318 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
319 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
323 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
325 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
326 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
328 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
329 names now throw a more direct error in
331 - tests for this and other aspects of
337 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
338 Class::MOP::Attribute
339 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
342 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
343 (late night release engineering)--
345 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
346 changes in this release
348 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
349 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
350 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
353 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
354 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
355 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
358 * Class::MOP::Package
359 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
361 - inlining a few calls to &name with
362 direct HASH access key access
363 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
364 a HASH of items based on a type filter
365 similar to list_all_package_symbols
366 - added tests for this
369 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
370 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
371 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
372 - added more descriptive error message to help
373 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
374 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
376 * Class::MOP::Immutable
377 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
379 - added tests for this
381 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
383 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
384 function from MRO::Compat
385 - All XS based functionality now has a
386 Pure Perl alternative
387 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
388 can now be used to force non-XS versions
391 * Class::MOP::Attribute
392 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
393 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
394 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
396 - added tests for this
398 * Class::MOP::Immutable
399 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
400 making the class immutable
403 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
404 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
405 allow for it to work.
406 - added tests for this
408 * Class::MOP::Attribute
410 Class::MOP::Immutable
411 - any time a method meta object is constructed
412 we make sure to pass the correct package and
413 method name information
416 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
417 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
418 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
419 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
420 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
421 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
422 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
423 throw an error if these are not supplied.
424 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
425 and now store the package_name and name attributes
428 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
429 Module::Install support has been removed
431 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
432 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
433 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
434 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
438 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
439 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
441 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
442 when it has no init_arg
443 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
444 to support c3 classes.
446 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
449 - making sure that load_class never gets
450 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
451 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
454 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
456 - improved error handling in ->create method
457 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
458 will be used to populate values
459 - added tests for this
462 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
463 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
469 Class::MOP::Attribute
470 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
471 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
473 * Class::MOP::Instance
474 Class::MOP::Immutable
475 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
478 - fixed the filename length on several
479 test files so we install on VMS better
481 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
482 should be catfile (RT #32385)
484 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
485 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
488 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
489 Class::MOP::Attribute
490 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
491 to indicate that no constructor args can
492 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
493 - added tests for this
494 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
497 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
498 feature instead of the silly hack from
499 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
501 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
503 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
506 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
507 - removed assumptions about the existence of
510 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
511 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
512 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
515 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
516 constant so that we can take advantage
517 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
520 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
521 optimize the &linearized_isa method
522 and avoid the hack/check for circular
523 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
524 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
525 - added tests for this
527 * Class::MOP::Immutable
528 - the immutable class now keeps track of
529 the transformer which immutablized it
531 * Class::MOP::Instance
532 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
533 - added tests for this
535 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
537 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
538 transformation arguments are saved
540 - added tests for this
542 * Class::MOP::Immutable
543 - fixed a bug (see above)
545 * Class::MOP::Attribute
548 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
549 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
550 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
553 - removed the dependency on B
554 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
555 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
556 the B fiddling we were doing with
557 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
558 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
559 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
560 be used to help manage method caching.
563 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
564 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
565 even more accurate caching information.
566 blblack++ for that stuff :)
569 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
570 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
571 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
572 track of when we need to re-fetch the
574 - Several small improvements to take advantage
575 of the new method map caching features
577 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
578 * Class::MOP::Attribute
579 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
580 HASH ref case, which makes the
581 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
582 - added more tests for this
584 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
585 * Class::MOP::Attribute
586 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
587 - added more tests for this
589 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
591 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
592 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
593 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
595 * Class::MOP::Attribute
596 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
597 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
598 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
600 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
601 * Class::MOP::Attribute
602 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
604 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
605 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
607 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
609 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
612 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
613 construct_class_instance (groditi)
614 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
615 call through (groditi)
617 * Class::MOP::Attribute
618 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
619 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
620 it is defined (groditi)
622 * Class::MOP::Instance
623 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
624 it is defined (groditi)
626 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
627 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
628 - removed the relevant attributes
630 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
631 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
632 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
633 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
635 - added tests for this
636 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
637 non-inlined constructors.
638 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
640 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
641 - added this class as an abstract base for the
642 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
643 - added tests for this
646 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
647 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
650 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
652 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
653 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
655 * Class::MOP::Package
656 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
659 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
661 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
663 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
664 it manually now so that people can use this
665 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
667 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
669 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
670 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
671 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
674 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
675 * Class::MOP::Immutable
676 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
677 - removed unused variable
678 - added create_immutable_transformer
679 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
680 - tests for this (groditi)
683 - Immutability can now be undone,
684 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
685 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
686 for details see comments next to make_immutable
687 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
688 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
689 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
690 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
691 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
692 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
694 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
695 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
697 * Class::MOP::Package
698 - we now deal with stub methods properly
699 - added tests for this
700 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
702 * Class::MOP::Attribute
703 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
704 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
706 - added tests and POD for this
709 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
710 handles undef values correctly.
711 - added tests for this
712 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
713 will not get reaped when instances still
714 exist which need to reference them. This is
715 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
716 obscure enough feature that there are not too
717 many work arounds out in the wild.
718 - added tests for this by groditi
719 - updated docs to explain this
722 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
723 - added tests for this behavior
725 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
726 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
729 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
730 - added tests and docs for these
732 * Class::MOP::Attribute
733 - default now checks the instance with defined to
734 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
738 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
744 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
745 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
746 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
747 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
750 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
752 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
753 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
754 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
757 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
758 immutable transformation instead of
759 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
761 + Class::MOP::Immutable
762 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
763 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
764 be coming eventually.
767 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
769 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
770 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
774 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
777 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
779 - constructor generation is now handled by
780 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
782 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
783 - created this to handle constructor generation
784 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
786 * Class::MOP::Attribute
788 - attributes now delegate to the
789 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
792 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
793 - all accessor generation functions from
794 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
796 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
798 * scripts/class_browser.pl
799 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
800 on this to come. Comments and patches are
804 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
805 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
806 they are aliased from the originals
807 - fixed tests to reflect
808 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
810 - adjusted tests for this
811 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
816 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
817 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
818 - adjusted tests to compensate
819 - adjusted docs for this
822 - changed how methods are dealt with to
823 encapsulate most of the work into the
824 &get_method_map method
825 - made several adjustments for the change
826 in Class::MOP::Method
827 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
828 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
829 old one before installing the new one
830 - added tests for this
831 - adjusted docs for this
833 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
834 - added caching of &get_method_map
835 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
836 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
838 * Class::MOP::Package
839 - added filtering capabilities to
840 &list_all_package_symbols
842 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
844 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
845 the $:version and such just actually goes
846 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
847 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
849 - The &create method now requires that all
850 but the package name now is passed in as
851 named parameters. See docs for more info.
852 - updated docs and tests for this
855 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
859 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
860 which do not store things in the instance
861 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
864 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
866 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
868 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
869 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
872 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
873 - fixed all tests for this
875 * Class::MOP::Attribute
876 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
877 are no longer allowed for defaults
878 - added tests for this
880 * Class::MOP::Package
881 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
882 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
883 always reloaded from the symbol table.
885 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
887 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
888 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
889 metamodel is more complete (and closer
890 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
892 * Class::MOP::Package
893 - refactored entire class, this is now
894 the primary gateway between the metaclass
895 and the Perl 5 symbol table
896 - added many tests for this
897 - this class is now a subclass of
899 - added some tests to reflect this
902 - refactored all symbol table access to
903 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
906 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
907 so that Module has a version as an attribute
908 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
909 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
910 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
911 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
912 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
913 - added tests for this
915 * Class::MOP::Instance
916 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
918 - added tests for this
920 * Class::MOP::Attribute
921 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
922 slots from an instance
923 - added tests for this
925 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
928 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
929 anywhere within the class hierarchy
931 * Class::MOP::Attribute
932 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
933 the value of the attribute for a particular
936 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
937 ---------------------------------------
938 This is the first version of Class::MOP
939 to introduce the immutable features which
940 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
941 This support should still be considered
942 experimental, but moving towards stability.
943 ---------------------------------------
945 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
947 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
948 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
949 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
952 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
953 - several methods moved to ::Module and
954 ::Package and now inherited
955 - added tests for this
957 * Class::MOP::Instance
958 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
959 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
960 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
961 instance creation (of course)
964 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
965 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
966 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
967 because they are now more general purpose symbol
968 table manipulation methods.
970 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
971 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
973 - small change in &create so that it behaves
974 properly when inherited
975 - small fix to &clone_instance
977 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
978 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
979 - This release works in combination with
980 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
981 because it introduces a new instance
982 sub-protocol and has not yet been
986 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
987 - added tests for this
988 - improved method modifier wrapping
990 * Class::MOP::Instance
991 - added new instance protocol
992 - added tests for this
993 - changed all relevant modules and examples
995 - Class::MOP::Attribute
999 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1000 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1002 - updated tests for this
1005 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1006 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1008 - added tests for this
1009 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1010 new instance protocol
1011 - added more tests for this
1013 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1015 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1016 - added tests and docs for this
1017 - some small optimizations
1019 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1020 - some small optimizations
1022 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1024 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1025 - added tests for this
1026 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1027 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1028 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1029 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1030 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1031 delegates appropriately
1033 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1034 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1035 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1036 called initialize_instance_slot
1039 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1040 initialize_instance_slot method
1042 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1044 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1045 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1047 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1049 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1050 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1052 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1053 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1054 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1056 - added tests for this
1057 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1059 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1061 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1062 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1063 - added test case for this
1065 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1067 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1068 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1069 available in DESTORY calls
1071 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1072 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1073 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1075 * Class::MOP::Method
1076 - added &package_name, &name and
1077 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1078 which were formerly private subs in
1081 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1082 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1083 before, after and around modifiers
1084 - added tests and docs for this feature
1087 - improved &get_package_symbol
1088 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1089 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1091 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1092 - &add_before_method_modifier
1093 - &add_after_method_modifier
1094 - &add_around_method_modifier
1095 - added tests and docs for these
1096 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1097 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1099 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1100 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1104 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1105 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1106 the test skip if it is not installed
1108 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1110 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1113 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1114 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1115 - added docs and tests
1117 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1118 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1119 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1120 be considered "ready to use".
1122 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1123 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1124 - test coverage is now at 99%
1127 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1128 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1129 metaclass pragma instead.
1132 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1133 error/edge-case tests
1135 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1136 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1137 error/edge-case tests
1140 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1142 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1144 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1145 metaclass a little more straightforward
1148 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1149 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1150 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1151 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1155 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1156 is now more useful for subclasses
1157 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1158 hash of attribute meta objects
1159 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1160 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1161 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1162 attribute meta-object itself
1163 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1164 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1165 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1166 - added docs & tests for this
1167 - added Clone as a dependency
1168 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1169 return blessed new or cloned instances
1170 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1171 - added docs & tests for this
1172 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1173 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1174 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1175 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1176 - added tests and docs for this
1179 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1181 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1183 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1185 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1186 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1187 attributes/methods respectively
1190 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1193 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1194 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1195 - added new example:
1198 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1200 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1202 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1203 - improved error messages
1206 - added new examples:
1207 - AttributesWithHistory
1208 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1210 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1211 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1213 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1214 - refactored method generation code
1215 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1218 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1219 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1220 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1221 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1222 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1224 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1225 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1226 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1228 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006