1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
6 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
7 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
10 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
11 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
12 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
15 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
16 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
17 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
18 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
22 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
23 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
24 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
25 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
26 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
27 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
29 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
30 * No changes from 0.78_02.
32 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
34 * Class::MOP::Immutable
35 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
36 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
37 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
38 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
42 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
43 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
46 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
47 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
48 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
50 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
52 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
53 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
56 * Class::MOP::Instance
57 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
58 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
59 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
60 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
62 * Class::MOP::Attribute
63 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
64 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
65 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
67 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
68 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
69 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
73 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
74 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
75 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
76 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
78 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
79 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
80 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
81 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
82 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
83 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
84 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
85 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
86 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
89 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
90 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
93 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
95 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
96 * No changes from 0.77_01
98 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
100 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
101 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
102 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
103 against the pure Perl version of this code.
105 * Class::MOP::Instance
106 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
107 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
110 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
112 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
116 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
117 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
121 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
122 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
124 * Class::MOP::Package
125 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
126 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
129 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
133 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
134 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
135 near future release. You've been warned.
137 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
138 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
139 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
140 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
142 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
143 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
146 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
147 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
150 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
153 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
154 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
156 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
158 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
159 sharing an immutable transformer object
160 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
161 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
163 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
165 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
166 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
167 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
168 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
170 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
171 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
173 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
175 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
176 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
178 * t/082_get_code_info.t
179 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
180 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
181 succeed in that case.
183 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
184 * Class::MOP::Package
185 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
188 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
189 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
191 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
192 * Class::MOP::Immutable
193 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
194 the constructor was inlined.
195 * Class::MOP::Package
196 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
197 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
198 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
200 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
201 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
203 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
205 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
206 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
207 * Class::MOP::Immutable
208 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
209 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
210 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
213 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
214 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
215 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
216 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
217 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
218 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
219 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
220 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
221 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
222 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
224 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
227 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
228 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
231 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
233 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
234 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
236 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
238 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
239 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
240 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
243 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
244 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
245 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
248 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
250 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
251 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
253 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
254 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
255 times in an eval. (t0m)
257 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
259 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
260 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
261 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
262 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
263 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
264 - added test for this
266 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
267 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
268 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
271 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
272 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
276 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
277 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
278 aliased methods and "real" methods.
280 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
281 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
282 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
283 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
286 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
287 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
290 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
291 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
292 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
293 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
294 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
295 for sad systems without a compiler.
298 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
299 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
302 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
303 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
304 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
306 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
308 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
309 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
310 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
311 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
313 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
314 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
315 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
316 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
318 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
320 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
321 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
324 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
325 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
326 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
328 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
330 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
332 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
333 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
334 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
336 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
337 * Class::MOP::Package
338 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
339 releases. (nothingmuch)
342 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
344 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
345 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
346 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
349 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
352 * Class::MOP::Instance
353 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
355 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
357 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
358 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
359 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
360 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
363 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
364 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
368 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
369 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
370 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
371 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
372 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
375 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
376 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
377 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
380 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
381 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
382 consistency (nothingmuch)
383 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
385 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
386 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
387 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
388 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
391 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
392 * Class::MOP::Immutable
393 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
395 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
397 * Class::MOP::Instance
398 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
399 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
401 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
403 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
404 the class is already loaded (sartak)
405 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
406 instead of just 1 (sartak)
409 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
411 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
412 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
413 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
415 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
416 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
417 recognizes it correct this time.
419 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
420 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
423 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
424 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
427 - now stores the instance of the instance
428 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
429 and deletes it when the cache is blown
430 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
431 the options used to make it immutable as well as
432 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
434 * Class::MOP::Package
435 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
436 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
437 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
441 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
443 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
444 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
446 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
447 names now throw a more direct error in
449 - tests for this and other aspects of
455 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
456 Class::MOP::Attribute
457 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
460 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
461 (late night release engineering)--
463 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
464 changes in this release
466 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
467 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
468 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
471 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
472 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
473 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
476 * Class::MOP::Package
477 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
479 - inlining a few calls to &name with
480 direct HASH access key access
481 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
482 a HASH of items based on a type filter
483 similar to list_all_package_symbols
484 - added tests for this
487 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
488 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
489 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
490 - added more descriptive error message to help
491 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
492 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
494 * Class::MOP::Immutable
495 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
497 - added tests for this
499 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
501 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
502 function from MRO::Compat
503 - All XS based functionality now has a
504 Pure Perl alternative
505 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
506 can now be used to force non-XS versions
509 * Class::MOP::Attribute
510 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
511 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
512 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
514 - added tests for this
516 * Class::MOP::Immutable
517 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
518 making the class immutable
521 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
522 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
523 allow for it to work.
524 - added tests for this
526 * Class::MOP::Attribute
528 Class::MOP::Immutable
529 - any time a method meta object is constructed
530 we make sure to pass the correct package and
531 method name information
534 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
535 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
536 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
537 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
538 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
539 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
540 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
541 throw an error if these are not supplied.
542 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
543 and now store the package_name and name attributes
546 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
547 Module::Install support has been removed
549 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
550 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
551 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
552 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
556 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
557 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
559 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
560 when it has no init_arg
561 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
562 to support c3 classes.
564 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
567 - making sure that load_class never gets
568 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
569 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
572 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
574 - improved error handling in ->create method
575 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
576 will be used to populate values
577 - added tests for this
580 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
581 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
587 Class::MOP::Attribute
588 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
589 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
591 * Class::MOP::Instance
592 Class::MOP::Immutable
593 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
596 - fixed the filename length on several
597 test files so we install on VMS better
599 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
600 should be catfile (RT #32385)
602 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
603 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
606 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
607 Class::MOP::Attribute
608 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
609 to indicate that no constructor args can
610 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
611 - added tests for this
612 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
615 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
616 feature instead of the silly hack from
617 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
619 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
621 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
624 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
625 - removed assumptions about the existence of
628 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
629 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
630 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
633 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
634 constant so that we can take advantage
635 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
638 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
639 optimize the &linearized_isa method
640 and avoid the hack/check for circular
641 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
642 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
643 - added tests for this
645 * Class::MOP::Immutable
646 - the immutable class now keeps track of
647 the transformer which immutablized it
649 * Class::MOP::Instance
650 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
651 - added tests for this
653 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
655 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
656 transformation arguments are saved
658 - added tests for this
660 * Class::MOP::Immutable
661 - fixed a bug (see above)
663 * Class::MOP::Attribute
666 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
667 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
668 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
671 - removed the dependency on B
672 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
673 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
674 the B fiddling we were doing with
675 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
676 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
677 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
678 be used to help manage method caching.
681 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
682 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
683 even more accurate caching information.
684 blblack++ for that stuff :)
687 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
688 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
689 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
690 track of when we need to re-fetch the
692 - Several small improvements to take advantage
693 of the new method map caching features
695 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
696 * Class::MOP::Attribute
697 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
698 HASH ref case, which makes the
699 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
700 - added more tests for this
702 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
703 * Class::MOP::Attribute
704 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
705 - added more tests for this
707 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
709 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
710 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
711 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
713 * Class::MOP::Attribute
714 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
715 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
716 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
718 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
719 * Class::MOP::Attribute
720 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
722 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
723 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
725 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
727 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
730 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
731 construct_class_instance (groditi)
732 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
733 call through (groditi)
735 * Class::MOP::Attribute
736 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
737 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
738 it is defined (groditi)
740 * Class::MOP::Instance
741 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
742 it is defined (groditi)
744 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
745 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
746 - removed the relevant attributes
748 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
749 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
750 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
751 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
753 - added tests for this
754 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
755 non-inlined constructors.
756 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
758 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
759 - added this class as an abstract base for the
760 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
761 - added tests for this
764 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
765 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
768 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
770 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
771 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
773 * Class::MOP::Package
774 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
777 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
779 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
781 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
782 it manually now so that people can use this
783 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
785 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
787 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
788 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
789 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
792 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
793 * Class::MOP::Immutable
794 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
795 - removed unused variable
796 - added create_immutable_transformer
797 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
798 - tests for this (groditi)
801 - Immutability can now be undone,
802 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
803 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
804 for details see comments next to make_immutable
805 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
806 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
807 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
808 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
809 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
810 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
812 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
813 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
815 * Class::MOP::Package
816 - we now deal with stub methods properly
817 - added tests for this
818 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
820 * Class::MOP::Attribute
821 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
822 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
824 - added tests and POD for this
827 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
828 handles undef values correctly.
829 - added tests for this
830 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
831 will not get reaped when instances still
832 exist which need to reference them. This is
833 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
834 obscure enough feature that there are not too
835 many work arounds out in the wild.
836 - added tests for this by groditi
837 - updated docs to explain this
840 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
841 - added tests for this behavior
843 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
844 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
847 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
848 - added tests and docs for these
850 * Class::MOP::Attribute
851 - default now checks the instance with defined to
852 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
856 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
862 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
863 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
864 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
865 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
868 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
870 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
871 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
872 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
875 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
876 immutable transformation instead of
877 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
879 + Class::MOP::Immutable
880 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
881 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
882 be coming eventually.
885 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
887 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
888 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
892 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
895 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
897 - constructor generation is now handled by
898 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
900 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
901 - created this to handle constructor generation
902 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
904 * Class::MOP::Attribute
906 - attributes now delegate to the
907 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
910 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
911 - all accessor generation functions from
912 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
914 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
916 * scripts/class_browser.pl
917 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
918 on this to come. Comments and patches are
922 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
923 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
924 they are aliased from the originals
925 - fixed tests to reflect
926 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
928 - adjusted tests for this
929 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
934 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
935 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
936 - adjusted tests to compensate
937 - adjusted docs for this
940 - changed how methods are dealt with to
941 encapsulate most of the work into the
942 &get_method_map method
943 - made several adjustments for the change
944 in Class::MOP::Method
945 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
946 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
947 old one before installing the new one
948 - added tests for this
949 - adjusted docs for this
951 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
952 - added caching of &get_method_map
953 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
954 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
956 * Class::MOP::Package
957 - added filtering capabilities to
958 &list_all_package_symbols
960 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
962 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
963 the $:version and such just actually goes
964 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
965 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
967 - The &create method now requires that all
968 but the package name now is passed in as
969 named parameters. See docs for more info.
970 - updated docs and tests for this
973 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
977 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
978 which do not store things in the instance
979 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
982 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
984 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
986 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
987 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
990 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
991 - fixed all tests for this
993 * Class::MOP::Attribute
994 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
995 are no longer allowed for defaults
996 - added tests for this
998 * Class::MOP::Package
999 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1000 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1001 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1003 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1005 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1006 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1007 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1008 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1010 * Class::MOP::Package
1011 - refactored entire class, this is now
1012 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1013 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1014 - added many tests for this
1015 - this class is now a subclass of
1017 - added some tests to reflect this
1020 - refactored all symbol table access to
1021 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1023 * Class::MOP::Module
1024 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1025 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1026 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1027 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1028 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1029 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1030 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1031 - added tests for this
1033 * Class::MOP::Instance
1034 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1036 - added tests for this
1038 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1039 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1040 slots from an instance
1041 - added tests for this
1043 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1046 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1047 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1049 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1050 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1051 the value of the attribute for a particular
1054 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1055 ---------------------------------------
1056 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1057 to introduce the immutable features which
1058 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1059 This support should still be considered
1060 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1061 ---------------------------------------
1063 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1065 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1066 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1067 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1070 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1071 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1072 ::Package and now inherited
1073 - added tests for this
1075 * Class::MOP::Instance
1076 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1077 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1078 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1079 instance creation (of course)
1082 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1083 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1084 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1085 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1086 table manipulation methods.
1088 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1089 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1091 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1092 properly when inherited
1093 - small fix to &clone_instance
1095 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1096 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1097 - This release works in combination with
1098 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1099 because it introduces a new instance
1100 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1104 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1105 - added tests for this
1106 - improved method modifier wrapping
1108 * Class::MOP::Instance
1109 - added new instance protocol
1110 - added tests for this
1111 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1113 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1117 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1118 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1120 - updated tests for this
1123 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1124 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1126 - added tests for this
1127 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1128 new instance protocol
1129 - added more tests for this
1131 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1133 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1134 - added tests and docs for this
1135 - some small optimizations
1137 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1138 - some small optimizations
1140 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1142 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1143 - added tests for this
1144 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1145 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1146 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1147 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1148 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1149 delegates appropriately
1151 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1152 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1153 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1154 called initialize_instance_slot
1157 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1158 initialize_instance_slot method
1160 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1162 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1163 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1165 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1167 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1168 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1170 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1171 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1172 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1174 - added tests for this
1175 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1177 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1179 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1180 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1181 - added test case for this
1183 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1185 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1186 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1187 available in DESTORY calls
1189 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1190 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1191 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1193 * Class::MOP::Method
1194 - added &package_name, &name and
1195 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1196 which were formerly private subs in
1199 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1200 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1201 before, after and around modifiers
1202 - added tests and docs for this feature
1205 - improved &get_package_symbol
1206 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1207 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1209 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1210 - &add_before_method_modifier
1211 - &add_after_method_modifier
1212 - &add_around_method_modifier
1213 - added tests and docs for these
1214 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1215 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1217 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1218 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1222 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1223 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1224 the test skip if it is not installed
1226 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1228 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1231 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1232 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1233 - added docs and tests
1235 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1236 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1237 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1238 be considered "ready to use".
1240 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1241 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1242 - test coverage is now at 99%
1245 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1246 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1247 metaclass pragma instead.
1250 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1251 error/edge-case tests
1253 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1254 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1255 error/edge-case tests
1258 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1260 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1262 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1263 metaclass a little more straightforward
1266 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1267 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1268 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1269 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1273 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1274 is now more useful for subclasses
1275 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1276 hash of attribute meta objects
1277 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1278 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1279 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1280 attribute meta-object itself
1281 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1282 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1283 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1284 - added docs & tests for this
1285 - added Clone as a dependency
1286 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1287 return blessed new or cloned instances
1288 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1289 - added docs & tests for this
1290 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1291 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1292 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1293 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1294 - added tests and docs for this
1297 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1299 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1301 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1303 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1304 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1305 attributes/methods respectively
1308 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1311 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1312 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1313 - added new example:
1316 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1318 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1320 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1321 - improved error messages
1324 - added new examples:
1325 - AttributesWithHistory
1326 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1328 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1329 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1331 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1332 - refactored method generation code
1333 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1336 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1337 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1338 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1339 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1340 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1342 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1343 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1344 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1346 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006