1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - added get_all_slot_values method (Sartak)
6 - added tests for this (Sartak)
8 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
10 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
13 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
14 - removed assumptions about the existence of
17 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
18 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
19 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
22 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
23 constant so that we can take advantage
24 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
27 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
28 optimize the &linearized_isa method
29 and avoid the hack/check for circular
30 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
31 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
32 - added tests for this
34 * Class::MOP::Immutable
35 - the immutable class now keeps track of
36 the transformer which immutablized it
38 * Class::MOP::Instance
39 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
40 - added tests for this
42 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
44 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
45 transformation arguments are saved
47 - added tests for this
49 * Class::MOP::Immutable
50 - fixed a bug (see above)
52 * Class::MOP::Attribute
55 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
56 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
57 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
60 - removed the dependency on B
61 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
62 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
63 the B fiddling we were doing with
64 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
65 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
66 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
67 be used to help manage method caching.
70 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
71 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
72 even more accurate caching information.
73 blblack++ for that stuff :)
76 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
77 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
78 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
79 track of when we need to re-fetch the
81 - Several small improvements to take advantage
82 of the new method map caching features
84 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
85 * Class::MOP::Attribute
86 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
87 HASH ref case, which makes the
88 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
89 - added more tests for this
91 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
92 * Class::MOP::Attribute
93 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
94 - added more tests for this
96 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
98 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
99 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
100 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
102 * Class::MOP::Attribute
103 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
104 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
105 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
107 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
108 * Class::MOP::Attribute
109 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
111 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
112 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
114 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
116 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
119 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
120 construct_class_instance (groditi)
121 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
122 call through (groditi)
124 * Class::MOP::Attribute
125 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
126 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
127 it is defined (groditi)
129 * Class::MOP::Instance
130 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
131 it is defined (groditi)
133 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
134 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
135 - removed the relevant attributes
137 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
138 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
139 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
140 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
142 - added tests for this
143 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
144 non-inlined constructors.
145 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
147 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
148 - added this class as an abstract base for the
149 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
150 - added tests for this
153 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
154 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
157 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
159 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
160 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
162 * Class::MOP::Package
163 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
166 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
168 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
170 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
171 it manually now so that people can use this
172 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
174 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
176 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
177 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
178 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
181 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
182 * Class::MOP::Immutable
183 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
184 - removed unused variable
185 - added create_immutable_transformer
186 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
187 - tests for this (groditi)
190 - Immutability can now be undone,
191 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
192 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
193 for details see comments next to make_immutable
194 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
195 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
196 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
197 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
198 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
199 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
201 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
202 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
204 * Class::MOP::Package
205 - we now deal with stub methods properly
206 - added tests for this
207 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
209 * Class::MOP::Attribute
210 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
211 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
213 - added tests and POD for this
216 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
217 handles undef values correctly.
218 - added tests for this
219 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
220 will not get reaped when instances still
221 exist which need to reference them. This is
222 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
223 obscure enough feature that there are not too
224 many work arounds out in the wild.
225 - added tests for this by groditi
226 - updated docs to explain this
229 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
230 - added tests for this behavior
232 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
233 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
236 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
237 - added tests and docs for these
239 * Class::MOP::Attribute
240 - default now checks the instance with defined to
241 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
245 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
251 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
252 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
253 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
254 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
257 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
259 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
260 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
261 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
264 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
265 immutable transformation instead of
266 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
268 + Class::MOP::Immutable
269 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
270 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
271 be coming eventually.
274 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
276 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
277 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
281 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
284 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
286 - constructor generation is now handled by
287 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
289 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
290 - created this to handle constructor generation
291 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
293 * Class::MOP::Attribute
295 - attributes now delegate to the
296 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
299 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
300 - all accessor generation functions from
301 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
303 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
305 * scripts/class_browser.pl
306 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
307 on this to come. Comments and patches are
311 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
312 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
313 they are aliased from the originals
314 - fixed tests to reflect
315 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
317 - adjusted tests for this
318 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
323 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
324 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
325 - adjusted tests to compensate
326 - adjusted docs for this
329 - changed how methods are dealt with to
330 encapsulate most of the work into the
331 &get_method_map method
332 - made several adjustments for the change
333 in Class::MOP::Method
334 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
335 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
336 old one before installing the new one
337 - added tests for this
338 - adjusted docs for this
340 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
341 - added caching of &get_method_map
342 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
343 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
345 * Class::MOP::Package
346 - added filtering capabilities to
347 &list_all_package_symbols
349 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
351 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
352 the $:version and such just actually goes
353 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
354 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
356 - The &create method now requires that all
357 but the package name now is passed in as
358 named parameters. See docs for more info.
359 - updated docs and tests for this
362 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
366 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
367 which do not store things in the instance
368 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
371 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
373 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
375 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
376 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
379 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
380 - fixed all tests for this
382 * Class::MOP::Attribute
383 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
384 are no longer allowed for defaults
385 - added tests for this
387 * Class::MOP::Package
388 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
389 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
390 always reloaded from the symbol table.
392 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
394 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
395 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
396 metamodel is more complete (and closer
397 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
399 * Class::MOP::Package
400 - refactored entire class, this is now
401 the primary gateway between the metaclass
402 and the Perl 5 symbol table
403 - added many tests for this
404 - this class is now a subclass of
406 - added some tests to reflect this
409 - refactored all symbol table access to
410 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
413 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
414 so that Module has a version as an attribute
415 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
416 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
417 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
418 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
419 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
420 - added tests for this
422 * Class::MOP::Instance
423 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
425 - added tests for this
427 * Class::MOP::Attribute
428 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
429 slots from an instance
430 - added tests for this
432 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
435 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
436 anywhere within the class hierarchy
438 * Class::MOP::Attribute
439 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
440 the value of the attribute for a particular
443 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
444 ---------------------------------------
445 This is the first version of Class::MOP
446 to introduce the immutable features which
447 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
448 This support should still be considered
449 experimental, but moving towards stability.
450 ---------------------------------------
452 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
454 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
455 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
456 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
459 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
460 - several methods moved to ::Module and
461 ::Package and now inherited
462 - added tests for this
464 * Class::MOP::Instance
465 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
466 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
467 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
468 instance creation (of course)
471 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
472 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
473 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
474 because they are now more general purpose symbol
475 table manipulation methods.
477 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
478 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
480 - small change in &create so that it behaves
481 properly when inherited
482 - small fix to &clone_instance
484 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
485 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
486 - This release works in combination with
487 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
488 because it introduces a new instance
489 sub-protocol and has not yet been
493 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
494 - added tests for this
495 - improved method modifier wrapping
497 * Class::MOP::Instance
498 - added new instance protocol
499 - added tests for this
500 - changed all relevant modules and examples
502 - Class::MOP::Attribute
506 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
507 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
509 - updated tests for this
512 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
513 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
515 - added tests for this
516 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
517 new instance protocol
518 - added more tests for this
520 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
522 - added find_attribute_by_name method
523 - added tests and docs for this
524 - some small optimizations
526 * Class::MOP::Attribute
527 - some small optimizations
529 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
531 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
532 - added tests for this
533 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
534 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
535 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
536 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
537 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
538 delegates appropriately
540 * Class::MOP::Attribute
541 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
542 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
543 called initialize_instance_slot
546 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
547 initialize_instance_slot method
549 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
551 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
552 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
554 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
556 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
557 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
559 * Class::MOP::Attribute
560 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
561 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
563 - added tests for this
564 - adjusted all /example files to comply
566 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
568 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
569 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
570 - added test case for this
572 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
574 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
575 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
576 available in DESTORY calls
578 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
579 - removed the dependency for Clone since
580 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
583 - added &package_name, &name and
584 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
585 which were formerly private subs in
588 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
589 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
590 before, after and around modifiers
591 - added tests and docs for this feature
594 - improved &get_package_symbol
595 - &version and &superclasses now use it
596 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
598 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
599 - &add_before_method_modifier
600 - &add_after_method_modifier
601 - &add_around_method_modifier
602 - added tests and docs for these
603 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
604 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
606 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
607 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
611 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
612 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
613 the test skip if it is not installed
615 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
617 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
620 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
621 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
622 - added docs and tests
624 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
625 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
626 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
627 be considered "ready to use".
629 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
630 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
631 - test coverage is now at 99%
634 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
635 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
636 metaclass pragma instead.
639 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
640 error/edge-case tests
642 * Class::MOP::Attribute
643 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
644 error/edge-case tests
647 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
649 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
651 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
652 metaclass a little more straightforward
655 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
656 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
657 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
658 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
662 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
663 is now more useful for subclasses
664 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
665 hash of attribute meta objects
666 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
667 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
668 since all the same info can be gotten from the
669 attribute meta-object itself
670 - updated docs & tests to reflect
671 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
672 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
673 - added docs & tests for this
674 - added Clone as a dependency
675 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
676 return blessed new or cloned instances
677 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
678 - added docs & tests for this
679 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
680 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
681 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
682 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
683 - added tests and docs for this
686 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
688 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
690 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
692 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
693 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
694 attributes/methods respectively
697 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
700 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
701 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
705 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
707 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
709 * Class::MOP::Attribute
710 - improved error messages
713 - added new examples:
714 - AttributesWithHistory
715 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
717 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
718 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
720 * Class::MOP::Attribute
721 - refactored method generation code
722 - attributes are now associated with class directly
725 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
726 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
727 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
728 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
729 namespaces really, they are just examples)
731 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
732 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
733 - adding POD documentation to the examples
735 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006