1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
7 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
9 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
12 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
13 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
14 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
15 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
18 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
19 was removed in 0.82_01.
21 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
22 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
23 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
24 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
25 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
26 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
27 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
28 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
29 for the Moose compatibility handling code
30 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
32 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
34 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
35 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
37 * Class::MOP::Immutable
38 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
39 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
40 provides its own constructor (doy)
42 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
45 * Class::MOP::Instance
46 * Class::MOP::Attribute
47 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
48 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
49 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
50 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
53 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
54 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
56 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
58 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
59 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
61 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
62 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
63 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
64 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
65 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
68 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
69 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
70 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
71 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
72 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
73 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
74 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
76 - Class::MOP::Instance
77 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
81 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
82 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
83 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
85 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
86 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
87 when an object is constructed)
88 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
90 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
91 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
92 when an object is constructed)
93 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
94 - attributes => _attributes
95 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
97 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
99 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
100 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
101 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
104 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
105 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
106 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
109 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
110 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
111 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
112 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
116 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
117 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
118 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
119 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
120 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
121 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
123 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
124 * No changes from 0.78_02.
126 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
128 * Class::MOP::Immutable
129 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
130 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
131 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
132 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
136 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
137 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
140 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
141 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
142 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
144 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
146 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
147 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
150 * Class::MOP::Instance
151 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
152 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
153 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
154 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
156 * Class::MOP::Attribute
157 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
158 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
159 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
161 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
162 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
163 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
167 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
168 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
169 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
170 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
172 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
173 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
174 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
175 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
176 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
177 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
178 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
179 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
180 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
183 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
184 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
187 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
189 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
190 * No changes from 0.77_01
192 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
194 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
195 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
196 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
197 against the pure Perl version of this code.
199 * Class::MOP::Instance
200 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
201 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
204 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
206 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
210 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
211 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
215 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
216 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
218 * Class::MOP::Package
219 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
220 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
223 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
227 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
228 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
229 near future release. You've been warned.
231 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
232 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
233 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
234 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
236 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
237 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
240 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
241 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
244 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
247 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
248 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
250 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
252 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
253 sharing an immutable transformer object
254 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
255 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
257 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
259 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
260 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
261 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
262 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
264 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
265 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
267 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
269 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
270 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
272 * t/082_get_code_info.t
273 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
274 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
275 succeed in that case.
277 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
278 * Class::MOP::Package
279 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
282 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
283 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
285 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
286 * Class::MOP::Immutable
287 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
288 the constructor was inlined.
289 * Class::MOP::Package
290 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
291 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
292 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
294 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
295 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
297 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
299 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
300 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
301 * Class::MOP::Immutable
302 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
303 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
304 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
307 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
308 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
309 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
310 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
311 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
312 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
313 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
314 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
315 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
316 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
318 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
321 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
322 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
325 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
327 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
328 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
330 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
332 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
333 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
334 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
337 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
338 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
339 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
342 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
344 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
345 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
347 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
348 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
349 times in an eval. (t0m)
351 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
353 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
354 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
355 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
356 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
357 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
358 - added test for this
360 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
361 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
362 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
365 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
366 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
370 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
371 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
372 aliased methods and "real" methods.
374 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
375 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
376 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
377 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
380 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
381 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
384 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
385 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
386 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
387 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
388 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
389 for sad systems without a compiler.
392 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
393 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
396 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
397 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
398 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
400 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
402 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
403 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
404 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
405 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
407 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
408 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
409 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
410 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
412 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
414 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
415 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
418 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
419 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
420 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
422 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
424 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
426 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
427 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
428 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
430 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
431 * Class::MOP::Package
432 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
433 releases. (nothingmuch)
436 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
438 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
439 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
440 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
443 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
446 * Class::MOP::Instance
447 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
449 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
451 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
452 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
453 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
454 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
457 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
458 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
462 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
463 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
464 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
465 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
466 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
469 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
470 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
471 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
474 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
475 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
476 consistency (nothingmuch)
477 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
479 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
480 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
481 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
482 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
485 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
486 * Class::MOP::Immutable
487 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
489 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
491 * Class::MOP::Instance
492 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
493 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
495 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
497 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
498 the class is already loaded (sartak)
499 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
500 instead of just 1 (sartak)
503 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
505 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
506 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
507 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
509 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
510 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
511 recognizes it correct this time.
513 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
514 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
517 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
518 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
521 - now stores the instance of the instance
522 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
523 and deletes it when the cache is blown
524 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
525 the options used to make it immutable as well as
526 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
528 * Class::MOP::Package
529 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
530 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
531 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
535 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
537 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
538 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
540 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
541 names now throw a more direct error in
543 - tests for this and other aspects of
549 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
550 Class::MOP::Attribute
551 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
554 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
555 (late night release engineering)--
557 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
558 changes in this release
560 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
561 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
562 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
565 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
566 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
567 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
570 * Class::MOP::Package
571 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
573 - inlining a few calls to &name with
574 direct HASH access key access
575 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
576 a HASH of items based on a type filter
577 similar to list_all_package_symbols
578 - added tests for this
581 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
582 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
583 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
584 - added more descriptive error message to help
585 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
586 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
588 * Class::MOP::Immutable
589 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
591 - added tests for this
593 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
595 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
596 function from MRO::Compat
597 - All XS based functionality now has a
598 Pure Perl alternative
599 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
600 can now be used to force non-XS versions
603 * Class::MOP::Attribute
604 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
605 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
606 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
608 - added tests for this
610 * Class::MOP::Immutable
611 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
612 making the class immutable
615 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
616 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
617 allow for it to work.
618 - added tests for this
620 * Class::MOP::Attribute
622 Class::MOP::Immutable
623 - any time a method meta object is constructed
624 we make sure to pass the correct package and
625 method name information
628 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
629 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
630 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
631 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
632 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
633 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
634 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
635 throw an error if these are not supplied.
636 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
637 and now store the package_name and name attributes
640 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
641 Module::Install support has been removed
643 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
644 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
645 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
646 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
650 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
651 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
653 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
654 when it has no init_arg
655 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
656 to support c3 classes.
658 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
661 - making sure that load_class never gets
662 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
663 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
666 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
668 - improved error handling in ->create method
669 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
670 will be used to populate values
671 - added tests for this
674 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
675 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
681 Class::MOP::Attribute
682 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
683 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
685 * Class::MOP::Instance
686 Class::MOP::Immutable
687 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
690 - fixed the filename length on several
691 test files so we install on VMS better
693 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
694 should be catfile (RT #32385)
696 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
697 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
700 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
701 Class::MOP::Attribute
702 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
703 to indicate that no constructor args can
704 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
705 - added tests for this
706 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
709 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
710 feature instead of the silly hack from
711 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
713 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
715 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
718 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
719 - removed assumptions about the existence of
722 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
723 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
724 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
727 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
728 constant so that we can take advantage
729 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
732 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
733 optimize the &linearized_isa method
734 and avoid the hack/check for circular
735 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
736 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
737 - added tests for this
739 * Class::MOP::Immutable
740 - the immutable class now keeps track of
741 the transformer which immutablized it
743 * Class::MOP::Instance
744 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
745 - added tests for this
747 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
749 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
750 transformation arguments are saved
752 - added tests for this
754 * Class::MOP::Immutable
755 - fixed a bug (see above)
757 * Class::MOP::Attribute
760 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
761 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
762 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
765 - removed the dependency on B
766 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
767 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
768 the B fiddling we were doing with
769 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
770 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
771 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
772 be used to help manage method caching.
775 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
776 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
777 even more accurate caching information.
778 blblack++ for that stuff :)
781 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
782 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
783 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
784 track of when we need to re-fetch the
786 - Several small improvements to take advantage
787 of the new method map caching features
789 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
790 * Class::MOP::Attribute
791 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
792 HASH ref case, which makes the
793 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
794 - added more tests for this
796 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
797 * Class::MOP::Attribute
798 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
799 - added more tests for this
801 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
803 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
804 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
805 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
807 * Class::MOP::Attribute
808 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
809 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
810 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
812 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
813 * Class::MOP::Attribute
814 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
816 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
817 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
819 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
821 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
824 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
825 construct_class_instance (groditi)
826 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
827 call through (groditi)
829 * Class::MOP::Attribute
830 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
831 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
832 it is defined (groditi)
834 * Class::MOP::Instance
835 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
836 it is defined (groditi)
838 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
839 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
840 - removed the relevant attributes
842 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
843 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
844 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
845 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
847 - added tests for this
848 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
849 non-inlined constructors.
850 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
852 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
853 - added this class as an abstract base for the
854 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
855 - added tests for this
858 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
859 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
862 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
864 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
865 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
867 * Class::MOP::Package
868 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
871 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
873 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
875 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
876 it manually now so that people can use this
877 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
879 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
881 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
882 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
883 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
886 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
887 * Class::MOP::Immutable
888 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
889 - removed unused variable
890 - added create_immutable_transformer
891 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
892 - tests for this (groditi)
895 - Immutability can now be undone,
896 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
897 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
898 for details see comments next to make_immutable
899 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
900 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
901 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
902 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
903 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
904 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
906 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
907 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
909 * Class::MOP::Package
910 - we now deal with stub methods properly
911 - added tests for this
912 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
914 * Class::MOP::Attribute
915 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
916 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
918 - added tests and POD for this
921 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
922 handles undef values correctly.
923 - added tests for this
924 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
925 will not get reaped when instances still
926 exist which need to reference them. This is
927 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
928 obscure enough feature that there are not too
929 many work arounds out in the wild.
930 - added tests for this by groditi
931 - updated docs to explain this
934 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
935 - added tests for this behavior
937 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
938 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
941 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
942 - added tests and docs for these
944 * Class::MOP::Attribute
945 - default now checks the instance with defined to
946 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
950 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
956 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
957 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
958 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
959 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
962 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
964 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
965 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
966 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
969 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
970 immutable transformation instead of
971 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
973 + Class::MOP::Immutable
974 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
975 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
976 be coming eventually.
979 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
981 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
982 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
986 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
989 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
991 - constructor generation is now handled by
992 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
994 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
995 - created this to handle constructor generation
996 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
998 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1000 - attributes now delegate to the
1001 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1004 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1005 - all accessor generation functions from
1006 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1008 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1010 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1011 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1012 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1016 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1017 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1018 they are aliased from the originals
1019 - fixed tests to reflect
1020 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1022 - adjusted tests for this
1023 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1026 * Class::MOP::Method
1028 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1029 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1030 - adjusted tests to compensate
1031 - adjusted docs for this
1034 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1035 encapsulate most of the work into the
1036 &get_method_map method
1037 - made several adjustments for the change
1038 in Class::MOP::Method
1039 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1040 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1041 old one before installing the new one
1042 - added tests for this
1043 - adjusted docs for this
1045 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1046 - added caching of &get_method_map
1047 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1048 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1050 * Class::MOP::Package
1051 - added filtering capabilities to
1052 &list_all_package_symbols
1054 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1056 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1057 the $:version and such just actually goes
1058 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1059 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1061 - The &create method now requires that all
1062 but the package name now is passed in as
1063 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1064 - updated docs and tests for this
1066 * Class::MOP::Object
1067 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1071 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1072 which do not store things in the instance
1073 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1076 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1078 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1080 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1081 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1084 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1085 - fixed all tests for this
1087 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1088 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1089 are no longer allowed for defaults
1090 - added tests for this
1092 * Class::MOP::Package
1093 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1094 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1095 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1097 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1099 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1100 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1101 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1102 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1104 * Class::MOP::Package
1105 - refactored entire class, this is now
1106 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1107 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1108 - added many tests for this
1109 - this class is now a subclass of
1111 - added some tests to reflect this
1114 - refactored all symbol table access to
1115 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1117 * Class::MOP::Module
1118 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1119 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1120 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1121 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1122 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1123 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1124 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1125 - added tests for this
1127 * Class::MOP::Instance
1128 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1130 - added tests for this
1132 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1133 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1134 slots from an instance
1135 - added tests for this
1137 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1140 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1141 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1143 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1144 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1145 the value of the attribute for a particular
1148 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1149 ---------------------------------------
1150 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1151 to introduce the immutable features which
1152 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1153 This support should still be considered
1154 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1155 ---------------------------------------
1157 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1159 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1160 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1161 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1164 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1165 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1166 ::Package and now inherited
1167 - added tests for this
1169 * Class::MOP::Instance
1170 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1171 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1172 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1173 instance creation (of course)
1176 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1177 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1178 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1179 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1180 table manipulation methods.
1182 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1183 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1185 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1186 properly when inherited
1187 - small fix to &clone_instance
1189 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1190 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1191 - This release works in combination with
1192 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1193 because it introduces a new instance
1194 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1198 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1199 - added tests for this
1200 - improved method modifier wrapping
1202 * Class::MOP::Instance
1203 - added new instance protocol
1204 - added tests for this
1205 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1207 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1211 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1212 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1214 - updated tests for this
1217 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1218 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1220 - added tests for this
1221 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1222 new instance protocol
1223 - added more tests for this
1225 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1227 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1228 - added tests and docs for this
1229 - some small optimizations
1231 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1232 - some small optimizations
1234 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1236 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1237 - added tests for this
1238 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1239 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1240 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1241 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1242 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1243 delegates appropriately
1245 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1246 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1247 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1248 called initialize_instance_slot
1251 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1252 initialize_instance_slot method
1254 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1256 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1257 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1259 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1261 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1262 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1264 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1265 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1266 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1268 - added tests for this
1269 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1271 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1273 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1274 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1275 - added test case for this
1277 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1279 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1280 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1281 available in DESTORY calls
1283 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1284 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1285 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1287 * Class::MOP::Method
1288 - added &package_name, &name and
1289 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1290 which were formerly private subs in
1293 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1294 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1295 before, after and around modifiers
1296 - added tests and docs for this feature
1299 - improved &get_package_symbol
1300 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1301 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1303 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1304 - &add_before_method_modifier
1305 - &add_after_method_modifier
1306 - &add_around_method_modifier
1307 - added tests and docs for these
1308 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1309 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1311 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1312 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1316 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1317 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1318 the test skip if it is not installed
1320 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1322 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1325 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1326 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1327 - added docs and tests
1329 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1330 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1331 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1332 be considered "ready to use".
1334 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1335 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1336 - test coverage is now at 99%
1339 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1340 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1341 metaclass pragma instead.
1344 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1345 error/edge-case tests
1347 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1348 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1349 error/edge-case tests
1352 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1354 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1356 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1357 metaclass a little more straightforward
1360 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1361 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1362 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1363 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1367 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1368 is now more useful for subclasses
1369 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1370 hash of attribute meta objects
1371 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1372 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1373 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1374 attribute meta-object itself
1375 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1376 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1377 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1378 - added docs & tests for this
1379 - added Clone as a dependency
1380 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1381 return blessed new or cloned instances
1382 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1383 - added docs & tests for this
1384 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1385 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1386 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1387 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1388 - added tests and docs for this
1391 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1393 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1395 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1397 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1398 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1399 attributes/methods respectively
1402 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1405 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1406 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1407 - added new example:
1410 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1412 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1414 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1415 - improved error messages
1418 - added new examples:
1419 - AttributesWithHistory
1420 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1422 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1423 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1425 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1426 - refactored method generation code
1427 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1430 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1431 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1432 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1433 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1434 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1436 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1437 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1438 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1440 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006