1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
6 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
8 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
9 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
10 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
11 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
12 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
15 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
16 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
17 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
18 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
19 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
20 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
21 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
23 - Class::MOP::Instance
24 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
28 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
29 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
30 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
32 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
33 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
34 when an object is constructed)
35 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
37 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
38 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
39 when an object is constructed)
40 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
41 - attributes => _attributes
42 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
44 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
46 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
47 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
48 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
51 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
52 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
53 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
56 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
57 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
58 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
59 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
63 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
64 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
65 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
66 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
67 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
68 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
70 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
71 * No changes from 0.78_02.
73 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
75 * Class::MOP::Immutable
76 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
77 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
78 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
79 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
83 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
84 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
87 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
88 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
89 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
91 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
93 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
94 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
97 * Class::MOP::Instance
98 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
99 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
100 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
101 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
104 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
105 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
106 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
108 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
109 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
110 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
114 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
115 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
116 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
117 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
119 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
120 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
121 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
122 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
123 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
124 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
125 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
126 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
127 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
130 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
131 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
134 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
136 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
137 * No changes from 0.77_01
139 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
141 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
142 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
143 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
144 against the pure Perl version of this code.
146 * Class::MOP::Instance
147 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
148 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
151 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
153 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
157 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
158 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
162 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
163 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
165 * Class::MOP::Package
166 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
167 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
170 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
174 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
175 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
176 near future release. You've been warned.
178 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
179 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
180 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
181 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
183 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
184 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
187 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
188 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
191 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
194 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
195 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
197 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
199 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
200 sharing an immutable transformer object
201 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
202 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
204 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
206 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
207 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
208 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
209 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
211 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
212 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
214 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
216 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
217 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
219 * t/082_get_code_info.t
220 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
221 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
222 succeed in that case.
224 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
225 * Class::MOP::Package
226 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
229 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
230 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
232 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
233 * Class::MOP::Immutable
234 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
235 the constructor was inlined.
236 * Class::MOP::Package
237 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
238 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
239 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
241 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
242 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
244 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
246 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
247 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
248 * Class::MOP::Immutable
249 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
250 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
251 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
254 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
255 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
256 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
257 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
258 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
259 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
260 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
261 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
262 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
263 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
265 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
268 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
269 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
272 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
274 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
275 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
277 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
279 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
280 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
281 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
284 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
285 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
286 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
289 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
291 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
292 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
294 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
295 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
296 times in an eval. (t0m)
298 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
300 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
301 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
302 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
303 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
304 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
305 - added test for this
307 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
308 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
309 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
312 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
313 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
317 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
318 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
319 aliased methods and "real" methods.
321 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
322 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
323 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
324 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
327 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
328 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
331 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
332 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
333 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
334 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
335 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
336 for sad systems without a compiler.
339 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
340 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
343 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
344 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
345 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
347 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
349 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
350 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
351 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
352 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
354 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
355 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
356 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
357 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
359 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
361 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
362 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
365 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
366 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
367 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
369 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
371 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
373 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
374 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
375 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
377 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
378 * Class::MOP::Package
379 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
380 releases. (nothingmuch)
383 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
385 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
386 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
387 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
390 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
393 * Class::MOP::Instance
394 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
396 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
398 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
399 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
400 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
401 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
404 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
405 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
409 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
410 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
411 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
412 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
413 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
416 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
417 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
418 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
421 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
422 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
423 consistency (nothingmuch)
424 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
426 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
427 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
428 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
429 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
432 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
433 * Class::MOP::Immutable
434 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
436 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
438 * Class::MOP::Instance
439 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
440 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
442 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
444 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
445 the class is already loaded (sartak)
446 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
447 instead of just 1 (sartak)
450 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
452 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
453 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
454 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
456 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
457 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
458 recognizes it correct this time.
460 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
461 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
464 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
465 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
468 - now stores the instance of the instance
469 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
470 and deletes it when the cache is blown
471 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
472 the options used to make it immutable as well as
473 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
475 * Class::MOP::Package
476 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
477 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
478 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
482 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
484 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
485 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
487 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
488 names now throw a more direct error in
490 - tests for this and other aspects of
496 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
497 Class::MOP::Attribute
498 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
501 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
502 (late night release engineering)--
504 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
505 changes in this release
507 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
508 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
509 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
512 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
513 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
514 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
517 * Class::MOP::Package
518 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
520 - inlining a few calls to &name with
521 direct HASH access key access
522 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
523 a HASH of items based on a type filter
524 similar to list_all_package_symbols
525 - added tests for this
528 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
529 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
530 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
531 - added more descriptive error message to help
532 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
533 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
535 * Class::MOP::Immutable
536 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
538 - added tests for this
540 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
542 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
543 function from MRO::Compat
544 - All XS based functionality now has a
545 Pure Perl alternative
546 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
547 can now be used to force non-XS versions
550 * Class::MOP::Attribute
551 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
552 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
553 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
555 - added tests for this
557 * Class::MOP::Immutable
558 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
559 making the class immutable
562 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
563 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
564 allow for it to work.
565 - added tests for this
567 * Class::MOP::Attribute
569 Class::MOP::Immutable
570 - any time a method meta object is constructed
571 we make sure to pass the correct package and
572 method name information
575 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
576 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
577 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
578 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
579 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
580 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
581 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
582 throw an error if these are not supplied.
583 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
584 and now store the package_name and name attributes
587 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
588 Module::Install support has been removed
590 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
591 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
592 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
593 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
597 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
598 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
600 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
601 when it has no init_arg
602 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
603 to support c3 classes.
605 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
608 - making sure that load_class never gets
609 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
610 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
613 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
615 - improved error handling in ->create method
616 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
617 will be used to populate values
618 - added tests for this
621 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
622 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
628 Class::MOP::Attribute
629 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
630 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
632 * Class::MOP::Instance
633 Class::MOP::Immutable
634 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
637 - fixed the filename length on several
638 test files so we install on VMS better
640 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
641 should be catfile (RT #32385)
643 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
644 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
647 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
648 Class::MOP::Attribute
649 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
650 to indicate that no constructor args can
651 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
652 - added tests for this
653 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
656 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
657 feature instead of the silly hack from
658 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
660 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
662 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
665 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
666 - removed assumptions about the existence of
669 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
670 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
671 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
674 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
675 constant so that we can take advantage
676 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
679 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
680 optimize the &linearized_isa method
681 and avoid the hack/check for circular
682 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
683 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
684 - added tests for this
686 * Class::MOP::Immutable
687 - the immutable class now keeps track of
688 the transformer which immutablized it
690 * Class::MOP::Instance
691 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
692 - added tests for this
694 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
696 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
697 transformation arguments are saved
699 - added tests for this
701 * Class::MOP::Immutable
702 - fixed a bug (see above)
704 * Class::MOP::Attribute
707 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
708 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
709 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
712 - removed the dependency on B
713 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
714 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
715 the B fiddling we were doing with
716 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
717 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
718 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
719 be used to help manage method caching.
722 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
723 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
724 even more accurate caching information.
725 blblack++ for that stuff :)
728 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
729 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
730 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
731 track of when we need to re-fetch the
733 - Several small improvements to take advantage
734 of the new method map caching features
736 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
737 * Class::MOP::Attribute
738 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
739 HASH ref case, which makes the
740 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
741 - added more tests for this
743 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
744 * Class::MOP::Attribute
745 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
746 - added more tests for this
748 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
750 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
751 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
752 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
754 * Class::MOP::Attribute
755 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
756 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
757 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
759 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
760 * Class::MOP::Attribute
761 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
763 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
764 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
766 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
768 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
771 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
772 construct_class_instance (groditi)
773 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
774 call through (groditi)
776 * Class::MOP::Attribute
777 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
778 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
779 it is defined (groditi)
781 * Class::MOP::Instance
782 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
783 it is defined (groditi)
785 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
786 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
787 - removed the relevant attributes
789 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
790 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
791 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
792 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
794 - added tests for this
795 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
796 non-inlined constructors.
797 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
799 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
800 - added this class as an abstract base for the
801 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
802 - added tests for this
805 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
806 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
809 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
811 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
812 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
814 * Class::MOP::Package
815 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
818 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
820 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
822 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
823 it manually now so that people can use this
824 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
826 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
828 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
829 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
830 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
833 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
834 * Class::MOP::Immutable
835 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
836 - removed unused variable
837 - added create_immutable_transformer
838 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
839 - tests for this (groditi)
842 - Immutability can now be undone,
843 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
844 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
845 for details see comments next to make_immutable
846 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
847 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
848 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
849 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
850 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
851 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
853 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
854 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
856 * Class::MOP::Package
857 - we now deal with stub methods properly
858 - added tests for this
859 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
861 * Class::MOP::Attribute
862 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
863 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
865 - added tests and POD for this
868 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
869 handles undef values correctly.
870 - added tests for this
871 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
872 will not get reaped when instances still
873 exist which need to reference them. This is
874 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
875 obscure enough feature that there are not too
876 many work arounds out in the wild.
877 - added tests for this by groditi
878 - updated docs to explain this
881 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
882 - added tests for this behavior
884 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
885 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
888 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
889 - added tests and docs for these
891 * Class::MOP::Attribute
892 - default now checks the instance with defined to
893 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
897 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
903 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
904 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
905 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
906 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
909 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
911 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
912 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
913 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
916 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
917 immutable transformation instead of
918 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
920 + Class::MOP::Immutable
921 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
922 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
923 be coming eventually.
926 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
928 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
929 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
933 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
936 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
938 - constructor generation is now handled by
939 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
941 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
942 - created this to handle constructor generation
943 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
945 * Class::MOP::Attribute
947 - attributes now delegate to the
948 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
951 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
952 - all accessor generation functions from
953 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
955 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
957 * scripts/class_browser.pl
958 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
959 on this to come. Comments and patches are
963 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
964 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
965 they are aliased from the originals
966 - fixed tests to reflect
967 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
969 - adjusted tests for this
970 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
975 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
976 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
977 - adjusted tests to compensate
978 - adjusted docs for this
981 - changed how methods are dealt with to
982 encapsulate most of the work into the
983 &get_method_map method
984 - made several adjustments for the change
985 in Class::MOP::Method
986 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
987 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
988 old one before installing the new one
989 - added tests for this
990 - adjusted docs for this
992 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
993 - added caching of &get_method_map
994 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
995 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
997 * Class::MOP::Package
998 - added filtering capabilities to
999 &list_all_package_symbols
1001 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1003 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1004 the $:version and such just actually goes
1005 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1006 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1008 - The &create method now requires that all
1009 but the package name now is passed in as
1010 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1011 - updated docs and tests for this
1013 * Class::MOP::Object
1014 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1018 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1019 which do not store things in the instance
1020 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1023 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1025 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1027 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1028 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1031 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1032 - fixed all tests for this
1034 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1035 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1036 are no longer allowed for defaults
1037 - added tests for this
1039 * Class::MOP::Package
1040 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1041 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1042 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1044 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1046 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1047 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1048 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1049 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1051 * Class::MOP::Package
1052 - refactored entire class, this is now
1053 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1054 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1055 - added many tests for this
1056 - this class is now a subclass of
1058 - added some tests to reflect this
1061 - refactored all symbol table access to
1062 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1064 * Class::MOP::Module
1065 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1066 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1067 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1068 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1069 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1070 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1071 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1072 - added tests for this
1074 * Class::MOP::Instance
1075 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1077 - added tests for this
1079 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1080 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1081 slots from an instance
1082 - added tests for this
1084 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1087 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1088 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1090 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1091 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1092 the value of the attribute for a particular
1095 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1096 ---------------------------------------
1097 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1098 to introduce the immutable features which
1099 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1100 This support should still be considered
1101 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1102 ---------------------------------------
1104 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1106 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1107 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1108 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1111 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1112 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1113 ::Package and now inherited
1114 - added tests for this
1116 * Class::MOP::Instance
1117 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1118 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1119 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1120 instance creation (of course)
1123 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1124 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1125 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1126 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1127 table manipulation methods.
1129 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1130 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1132 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1133 properly when inherited
1134 - small fix to &clone_instance
1136 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1137 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1138 - This release works in combination with
1139 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1140 because it introduces a new instance
1141 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1145 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1146 - added tests for this
1147 - improved method modifier wrapping
1149 * Class::MOP::Instance
1150 - added new instance protocol
1151 - added tests for this
1152 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1154 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1158 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1159 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1161 - updated tests for this
1164 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1165 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1167 - added tests for this
1168 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1169 new instance protocol
1170 - added more tests for this
1172 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1174 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1175 - added tests and docs for this
1176 - some small optimizations
1178 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1179 - some small optimizations
1181 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1183 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1184 - added tests for this
1185 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1186 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1187 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1188 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1189 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1190 delegates appropriately
1192 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1193 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1194 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1195 called initialize_instance_slot
1198 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1199 initialize_instance_slot method
1201 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1203 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1204 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1206 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1208 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1209 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1211 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1212 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1213 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1215 - added tests for this
1216 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1218 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1220 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1221 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1222 - added test case for this
1224 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1226 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1227 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1228 available in DESTORY calls
1230 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1231 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1232 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1234 * Class::MOP::Method
1235 - added &package_name, &name and
1236 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1237 which were formerly private subs in
1240 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1241 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1242 before, after and around modifiers
1243 - added tests and docs for this feature
1246 - improved &get_package_symbol
1247 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1248 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1250 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1251 - &add_before_method_modifier
1252 - &add_after_method_modifier
1253 - &add_around_method_modifier
1254 - added tests and docs for these
1255 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1256 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1258 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1259 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1263 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1264 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1265 the test skip if it is not installed
1267 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1269 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1272 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1273 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1274 - added docs and tests
1276 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1277 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1278 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1279 be considered "ready to use".
1281 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1282 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1283 - test coverage is now at 99%
1286 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1287 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1288 metaclass pragma instead.
1291 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1292 error/edge-case tests
1294 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1295 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1296 error/edge-case tests
1299 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1301 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1303 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1304 metaclass a little more straightforward
1307 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1308 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1309 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1310 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1314 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1315 is now more useful for subclasses
1316 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1317 hash of attribute meta objects
1318 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1319 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1320 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1321 attribute meta-object itself
1322 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1323 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1324 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1325 - added docs & tests for this
1326 - added Clone as a dependency
1327 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1328 return blessed new or cloned instances
1329 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1330 - added docs & tests for this
1331 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1332 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1333 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1334 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1335 - added tests and docs for this
1338 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1340 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1342 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1344 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1345 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1346 attributes/methods respectively
1349 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1352 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1353 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1354 - added new example:
1357 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1359 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1361 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1362 - improved error messages
1365 - added new examples:
1366 - AttributesWithHistory
1367 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1369 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1370 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1372 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1373 - refactored method generation code
1374 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1377 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1378 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1379 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1380 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1381 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1383 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1384 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1385 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1387 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006