1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
12 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
13 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
14 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
15 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
17 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
18 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
19 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
20 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
21 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
22 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
23 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
26 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
27 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
30 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
32 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
33 * No changes from 0.77_01
35 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
37 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
38 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
39 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
40 against the pure Perl version of this code.
42 * Class::MOP::Instance
43 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
44 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
47 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
49 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
53 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
54 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
58 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
59 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
62 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
63 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
66 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
70 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
71 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
72 near future release. You've been warned.
74 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
75 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
76 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
77 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
79 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
80 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
83 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
84 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
87 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
90 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
91 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
93 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
95 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
96 sharing an immutable transformer object
97 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
98 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
100 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
102 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
103 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
104 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
105 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
107 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
108 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
110 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
112 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
113 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
115 * t/082_get_code_info.t
116 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
117 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
118 succeed in that case.
120 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
121 * Class::MOP::Package
122 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
125 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
126 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
128 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
129 * Class::MOP::Immutable
130 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
131 the constructor was inlined.
132 * Class::MOP::Package
133 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
134 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
135 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
137 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
138 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
140 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
142 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
143 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
144 * Class::MOP::Immutable
145 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
146 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
147 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
150 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
151 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
152 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
153 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
154 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
155 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
156 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
157 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
158 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
159 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
161 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
164 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
165 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
168 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
170 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
171 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
173 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
175 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
176 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
177 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
180 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
181 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
182 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
185 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
187 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
188 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
190 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
191 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
192 times in an eval. (t0m)
194 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
196 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
197 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
198 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
199 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
200 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
201 - added test for this
203 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
204 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
205 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
208 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
209 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
213 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
214 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
215 aliased methods and "real" methods.
217 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
218 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
219 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
220 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
223 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
224 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
227 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
228 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
229 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
230 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
231 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
232 for sad systems without a compiler.
235 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
236 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
239 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
240 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
241 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
243 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
245 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
246 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
247 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
248 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
250 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
251 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
252 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
253 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
255 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
257 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
258 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
261 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
262 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
263 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
265 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
267 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
269 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
270 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
271 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
273 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
274 * Class::MOP::Package
275 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
276 releases. (nothingmuch)
279 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
281 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
282 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
283 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
286 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
289 * Class::MOP::Instance
290 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
292 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
294 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
295 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
296 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
297 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
300 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
301 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
305 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
306 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
307 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
308 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
309 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
312 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
313 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
314 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
317 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
318 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
319 consistency (nothingmuch)
320 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
322 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
323 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
324 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
325 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
328 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
329 * Class::MOP::Immutable
330 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
332 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
334 * Class::MOP::Instance
335 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
336 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
338 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
340 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
341 the class is already loaded (sartak)
342 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
343 instead of just 1 (sartak)
346 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
348 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
349 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
350 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
352 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
353 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
354 recognizes it correct this time.
356 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
357 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
360 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
361 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
364 - now stores the instance of the instance
365 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
366 and deletes it when the cache is blown
367 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
368 the options used to make it immutable as well as
369 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
371 * Class::MOP::Package
372 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
373 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
374 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
378 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
380 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
381 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
383 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
384 names now throw a more direct error in
386 - tests for this and other aspects of
392 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
393 Class::MOP::Attribute
394 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
397 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
398 (late night release engineering)--
400 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
401 changes in this release
403 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
404 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
405 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
408 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
409 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
410 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
413 * Class::MOP::Package
414 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
416 - inlining a few calls to &name with
417 direct HASH access key access
418 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
419 a HASH of items based on a type filter
420 similar to list_all_package_symbols
421 - added tests for this
424 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
425 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
426 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
427 - added more descriptive error message to help
428 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
429 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
431 * Class::MOP::Immutable
432 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
434 - added tests for this
436 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
438 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
439 function from MRO::Compat
440 - All XS based functionality now has a
441 Pure Perl alternative
442 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
443 can now be used to force non-XS versions
446 * Class::MOP::Attribute
447 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
448 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
449 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
451 - added tests for this
453 * Class::MOP::Immutable
454 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
455 making the class immutable
458 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
459 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
460 allow for it to work.
461 - added tests for this
463 * Class::MOP::Attribute
465 Class::MOP::Immutable
466 - any time a method meta object is constructed
467 we make sure to pass the correct package and
468 method name information
471 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
472 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
473 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
474 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
475 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
476 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
477 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
478 throw an error if these are not supplied.
479 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
480 and now store the package_name and name attributes
483 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
484 Module::Install support has been removed
486 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
487 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
488 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
489 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
493 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
494 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
496 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
497 when it has no init_arg
498 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
499 to support c3 classes.
501 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
504 - making sure that load_class never gets
505 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
506 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
509 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
511 - improved error handling in ->create method
512 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
513 will be used to populate values
514 - added tests for this
517 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
518 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
524 Class::MOP::Attribute
525 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
526 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
528 * Class::MOP::Instance
529 Class::MOP::Immutable
530 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
533 - fixed the filename length on several
534 test files so we install on VMS better
536 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
537 should be catfile (RT #32385)
539 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
540 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
543 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
544 Class::MOP::Attribute
545 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
546 to indicate that no constructor args can
547 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
548 - added tests for this
549 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
552 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
553 feature instead of the silly hack from
554 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
556 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
558 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
561 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
562 - removed assumptions about the existence of
565 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
566 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
567 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
570 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
571 constant so that we can take advantage
572 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
575 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
576 optimize the &linearized_isa method
577 and avoid the hack/check for circular
578 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
579 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
580 - added tests for this
582 * Class::MOP::Immutable
583 - the immutable class now keeps track of
584 the transformer which immutablized it
586 * Class::MOP::Instance
587 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
588 - added tests for this
590 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
592 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
593 transformation arguments are saved
595 - added tests for this
597 * Class::MOP::Immutable
598 - fixed a bug (see above)
600 * Class::MOP::Attribute
603 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
604 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
605 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
608 - removed the dependency on B
609 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
610 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
611 the B fiddling we were doing with
612 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
613 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
614 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
615 be used to help manage method caching.
618 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
619 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
620 even more accurate caching information.
621 blblack++ for that stuff :)
624 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
625 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
626 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
627 track of when we need to re-fetch the
629 - Several small improvements to take advantage
630 of the new method map caching features
632 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
633 * Class::MOP::Attribute
634 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
635 HASH ref case, which makes the
636 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
637 - added more tests for this
639 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
640 * Class::MOP::Attribute
641 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
642 - added more tests for this
644 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
646 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
647 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
648 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
650 * Class::MOP::Attribute
651 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
652 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
653 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
655 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
656 * Class::MOP::Attribute
657 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
659 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
660 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
662 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
664 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
667 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
668 construct_class_instance (groditi)
669 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
670 call through (groditi)
672 * Class::MOP::Attribute
673 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
674 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
675 it is defined (groditi)
677 * Class::MOP::Instance
678 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
679 it is defined (groditi)
681 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
682 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
683 - removed the relevant attributes
685 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
686 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
687 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
688 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
690 - added tests for this
691 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
692 non-inlined constructors.
693 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
695 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
696 - added this class as an abstract base for the
697 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
698 - added tests for this
701 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
702 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
705 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
707 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
708 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
710 * Class::MOP::Package
711 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
714 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
716 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
718 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
719 it manually now so that people can use this
720 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
722 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
724 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
725 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
726 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
729 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
730 * Class::MOP::Immutable
731 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
732 - removed unused variable
733 - added create_immutable_transformer
734 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
735 - tests for this (groditi)
738 - Immutability can now be undone,
739 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
740 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
741 for details see comments next to make_immutable
742 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
743 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
744 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
745 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
746 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
747 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
749 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
750 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
752 * Class::MOP::Package
753 - we now deal with stub methods properly
754 - added tests for this
755 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
757 * Class::MOP::Attribute
758 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
759 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
761 - added tests and POD for this
764 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
765 handles undef values correctly.
766 - added tests for this
767 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
768 will not get reaped when instances still
769 exist which need to reference them. This is
770 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
771 obscure enough feature that there are not too
772 many work arounds out in the wild.
773 - added tests for this by groditi
774 - updated docs to explain this
777 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
778 - added tests for this behavior
780 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
781 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
784 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
785 - added tests and docs for these
787 * Class::MOP::Attribute
788 - default now checks the instance with defined to
789 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
793 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
799 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
800 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
801 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
802 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
805 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
807 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
808 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
809 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
812 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
813 immutable transformation instead of
814 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
816 + Class::MOP::Immutable
817 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
818 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
819 be coming eventually.
822 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
824 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
825 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
829 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
832 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
834 - constructor generation is now handled by
835 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
837 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
838 - created this to handle constructor generation
839 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
841 * Class::MOP::Attribute
843 - attributes now delegate to the
844 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
847 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
848 - all accessor generation functions from
849 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
851 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
853 * scripts/class_browser.pl
854 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
855 on this to come. Comments and patches are
859 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
860 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
861 they are aliased from the originals
862 - fixed tests to reflect
863 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
865 - adjusted tests for this
866 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
871 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
872 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
873 - adjusted tests to compensate
874 - adjusted docs for this
877 - changed how methods are dealt with to
878 encapsulate most of the work into the
879 &get_method_map method
880 - made several adjustments for the change
881 in Class::MOP::Method
882 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
883 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
884 old one before installing the new one
885 - added tests for this
886 - adjusted docs for this
888 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
889 - added caching of &get_method_map
890 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
891 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
893 * Class::MOP::Package
894 - added filtering capabilities to
895 &list_all_package_symbols
897 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
899 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
900 the $:version and such just actually goes
901 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
902 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
904 - The &create method now requires that all
905 but the package name now is passed in as
906 named parameters. See docs for more info.
907 - updated docs and tests for this
910 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
914 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
915 which do not store things in the instance
916 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
919 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
921 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
923 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
924 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
927 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
928 - fixed all tests for this
930 * Class::MOP::Attribute
931 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
932 are no longer allowed for defaults
933 - added tests for this
935 * Class::MOP::Package
936 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
937 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
938 always reloaded from the symbol table.
940 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
942 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
943 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
944 metamodel is more complete (and closer
945 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
947 * Class::MOP::Package
948 - refactored entire class, this is now
949 the primary gateway between the metaclass
950 and the Perl 5 symbol table
951 - added many tests for this
952 - this class is now a subclass of
954 - added some tests to reflect this
957 - refactored all symbol table access to
958 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
961 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
962 so that Module has a version as an attribute
963 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
964 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
965 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
966 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
967 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
968 - added tests for this
970 * Class::MOP::Instance
971 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
973 - added tests for this
975 * Class::MOP::Attribute
976 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
977 slots from an instance
978 - added tests for this
980 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
983 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
984 anywhere within the class hierarchy
986 * Class::MOP::Attribute
987 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
988 the value of the attribute for a particular
991 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
992 ---------------------------------------
993 This is the first version of Class::MOP
994 to introduce the immutable features which
995 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
996 This support should still be considered
997 experimental, but moving towards stability.
998 ---------------------------------------
1000 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1002 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1003 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1004 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1007 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1008 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1009 ::Package and now inherited
1010 - added tests for this
1012 * Class::MOP::Instance
1013 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1014 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1015 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1016 instance creation (of course)
1019 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1020 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1021 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1022 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1023 table manipulation methods.
1025 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1026 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1028 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1029 properly when inherited
1030 - small fix to &clone_instance
1032 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1033 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1034 - This release works in combination with
1035 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1036 because it introduces a new instance
1037 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1041 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1042 - added tests for this
1043 - improved method modifier wrapping
1045 * Class::MOP::Instance
1046 - added new instance protocol
1047 - added tests for this
1048 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1050 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1054 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1055 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1057 - updated tests for this
1060 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1061 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1063 - added tests for this
1064 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1065 new instance protocol
1066 - added more tests for this
1068 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1070 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1071 - added tests and docs for this
1072 - some small optimizations
1074 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1075 - some small optimizations
1077 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1079 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1080 - added tests for this
1081 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1082 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1083 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1084 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1085 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1086 delegates appropriately
1088 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1089 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1090 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1091 called initialize_instance_slot
1094 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1095 initialize_instance_slot method
1097 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1099 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1100 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1102 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1104 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1105 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1107 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1108 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1109 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1111 - added tests for this
1112 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1114 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1116 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1117 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1118 - added test case for this
1120 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1122 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1123 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1124 available in DESTORY calls
1126 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1127 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1128 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1130 * Class::MOP::Method
1131 - added &package_name, &name and
1132 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1133 which were formerly private subs in
1136 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1137 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1138 before, after and around modifiers
1139 - added tests and docs for this feature
1142 - improved &get_package_symbol
1143 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1144 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1146 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1147 - &add_before_method_modifier
1148 - &add_after_method_modifier
1149 - &add_around_method_modifier
1150 - added tests and docs for these
1151 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1152 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1154 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1155 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1159 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1160 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1161 the test skip if it is not installed
1163 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1165 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1168 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1169 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1170 - added docs and tests
1172 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1173 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1174 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1175 be considered "ready to use".
1177 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1178 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1179 - test coverage is now at 99%
1182 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1183 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1184 metaclass pragma instead.
1187 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1188 error/edge-case tests
1190 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1191 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1192 error/edge-case tests
1195 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1197 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1199 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1200 metaclass a little more straightforward
1203 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1204 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1205 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1206 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1210 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1211 is now more useful for subclasses
1212 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1213 hash of attribute meta objects
1214 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1215 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1216 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1217 attribute meta-object itself
1218 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1219 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1220 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1221 - added docs & tests for this
1222 - added Clone as a dependency
1223 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1224 return blessed new or cloned instances
1225 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1226 - added docs & tests for this
1227 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1228 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1229 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1230 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1231 - added tests and docs for this
1234 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1236 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1238 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1240 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1241 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1242 attributes/methods respectively
1245 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1248 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1249 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1250 - added new example:
1253 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1255 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1257 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1258 - improved error messages
1261 - added new examples:
1262 - AttributesWithHistory
1263 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1265 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1266 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1268 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1269 - refactored method generation code
1270 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1273 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1274 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1275 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1276 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1277 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1279 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1280 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1281 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1283 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006