1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
9 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
10 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
12 * Class::MOP::Attribute
14 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
18 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
19 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
20 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
24 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
25 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
26 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
27 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
28 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
32 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
33 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
37 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
38 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
39 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
43 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
44 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
47 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
48 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
49 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
53 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
54 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
55 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
56 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
57 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
60 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
61 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
63 * Class::MOP::Instance
64 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
65 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
67 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
69 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
71 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
74 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
76 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
77 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
80 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
81 changed back in 0.82_01)
82 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
83 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
86 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
87 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
89 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
91 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
92 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
93 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
96 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
97 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
100 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
101 * Class::MOP::Attribute
102 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
104 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
105 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
106 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
109 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
112 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
113 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
114 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
115 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
116 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
119 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
122 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
124 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
128 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
129 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
130 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
131 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
135 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
138 * Class::MOP::Package
139 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
142 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
145 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
147 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
150 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
151 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
152 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
153 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
156 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
157 was removed in 0.82_01.
159 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
160 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
161 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
162 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
163 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
164 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
165 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
166 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
167 for the Moose compatibility handling code
168 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
170 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
172 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
173 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
175 * Class::MOP::Immutable
176 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
177 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
178 provides its own constructor (doy)
180 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
183 * Class::MOP::Instance
184 * Class::MOP::Attribute
185 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
186 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
187 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
188 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
191 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
192 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
194 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
196 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
197 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
199 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
200 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
201 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
202 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
203 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
206 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
207 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
208 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
209 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
210 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
211 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
212 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
214 - Class::MOP::Instance
215 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
219 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
220 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
221 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
223 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
224 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
225 when an object is constructed)
226 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
228 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
229 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
230 when an object is constructed)
231 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
232 - attributes => _attributes
233 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
235 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
237 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
238 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
239 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
242 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
243 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
244 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
247 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
248 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
249 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
250 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
254 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
255 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
256 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
257 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
258 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
259 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
261 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
262 * No changes from 0.78_02.
264 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
266 * Class::MOP::Immutable
267 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
268 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
269 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
270 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
274 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
275 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
278 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
279 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
280 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
282 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
284 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
285 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
288 * Class::MOP::Instance
289 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
290 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
291 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
292 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
294 * Class::MOP::Attribute
295 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
296 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
297 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
299 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
300 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
301 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
305 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
306 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
307 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
308 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
310 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
311 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
312 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
313 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
314 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
315 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
316 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
317 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
318 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
321 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
322 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
325 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
327 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
328 * No changes from 0.77_01
330 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
332 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
333 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
334 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
335 against the pure Perl version of this code.
337 * Class::MOP::Instance
338 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
339 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
342 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
344 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
348 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
349 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
353 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
354 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
356 * Class::MOP::Package
357 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
358 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
361 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
365 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
366 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
367 near future release. You've been warned.
369 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
370 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
371 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
372 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
374 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
375 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
378 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
379 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
382 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
385 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
386 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
388 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
390 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
391 sharing an immutable transformer object
392 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
393 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
395 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
397 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
398 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
399 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
400 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
402 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
403 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
405 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
407 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
408 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
410 * t/082_get_code_info.t
411 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
412 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
413 succeed in that case.
415 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
416 * Class::MOP::Package
417 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
420 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
421 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
423 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
424 * Class::MOP::Immutable
425 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
426 the constructor was inlined.
427 * Class::MOP::Package
428 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
429 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
430 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
432 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
433 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
435 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
437 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
438 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
439 * Class::MOP::Immutable
440 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
441 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
442 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
445 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
446 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
447 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
448 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
449 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
450 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
451 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
452 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
453 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
454 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
456 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
459 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
460 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
463 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
465 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
466 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
468 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
470 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
471 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
472 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
475 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
476 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
477 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
480 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
482 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
483 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
485 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
486 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
487 times in an eval. (t0m)
489 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
491 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
492 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
493 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
494 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
495 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
496 - added test for this
498 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
499 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
500 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
503 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
504 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
508 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
509 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
510 aliased methods and "real" methods.
512 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
513 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
514 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
515 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
518 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
519 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
522 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
523 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
524 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
525 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
526 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
527 for sad systems without a compiler.
530 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
531 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
534 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
535 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
536 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
538 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
540 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
541 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
542 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
543 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
545 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
546 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
547 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
548 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
550 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
552 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
553 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
556 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
557 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
558 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
560 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
562 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
564 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
565 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
566 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
568 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
569 * Class::MOP::Package
570 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
571 releases. (nothingmuch)
574 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
576 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
577 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
578 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
581 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
584 * Class::MOP::Instance
585 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
587 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
589 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
590 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
591 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
592 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
595 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
596 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
600 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
601 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
602 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
603 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
604 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
607 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
608 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
609 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
612 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
613 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
614 consistency (nothingmuch)
615 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
617 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
618 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
619 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
620 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
623 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
624 * Class::MOP::Immutable
625 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
627 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
629 * Class::MOP::Instance
630 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
631 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
633 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
635 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
636 the class is already loaded (sartak)
637 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
638 instead of just 1 (sartak)
641 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
643 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
644 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
645 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
647 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
648 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
649 recognizes it correct this time.
651 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
652 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
655 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
656 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
659 - now stores the instance of the instance
660 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
661 and deletes it when the cache is blown
662 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
663 the options used to make it immutable as well as
664 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
666 * Class::MOP::Package
667 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
668 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
669 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
673 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
675 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
676 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
678 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
679 names now throw a more direct error in
681 - tests for this and other aspects of
687 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
688 Class::MOP::Attribute
689 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
692 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
693 (late night release engineering)--
695 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
696 changes in this release
698 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
699 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
700 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
703 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
704 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
705 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
708 * Class::MOP::Package
709 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
711 - inlining a few calls to &name with
712 direct HASH access key access
713 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
714 a HASH of items based on a type filter
715 similar to list_all_package_symbols
716 - added tests for this
719 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
720 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
721 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
722 - added more descriptive error message to help
723 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
724 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
726 * Class::MOP::Immutable
727 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
729 - added tests for this
731 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
733 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
734 function from MRO::Compat
735 - All XS based functionality now has a
736 Pure Perl alternative
737 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
738 can now be used to force non-XS versions
741 * Class::MOP::Attribute
742 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
743 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
744 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
746 - added tests for this
748 * Class::MOP::Immutable
749 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
750 making the class immutable
753 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
754 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
755 allow for it to work.
756 - added tests for this
758 * Class::MOP::Attribute
760 Class::MOP::Immutable
761 - any time a method meta object is constructed
762 we make sure to pass the correct package and
763 method name information
766 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
767 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
768 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
769 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
770 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
771 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
772 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
773 throw an error if these are not supplied.
774 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
775 and now store the package_name and name attributes
778 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
779 Module::Install support has been removed
781 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
782 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
783 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
784 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
788 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
789 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
791 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
792 when it has no init_arg
793 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
794 to support c3 classes.
796 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
799 - making sure that load_class never gets
800 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
801 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
804 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
806 - improved error handling in ->create method
807 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
808 will be used to populate values
809 - added tests for this
812 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
813 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
819 Class::MOP::Attribute
820 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
821 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
823 * Class::MOP::Instance
824 Class::MOP::Immutable
825 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
828 - fixed the filename length on several
829 test files so we install on VMS better
831 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
832 should be catfile (RT #32385)
834 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
835 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
838 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
839 Class::MOP::Attribute
840 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
841 to indicate that no constructor args can
842 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
843 - added tests for this
844 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
847 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
848 feature instead of the silly hack from
849 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
851 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
853 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
856 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
857 - removed assumptions about the existence of
860 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
861 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
862 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
865 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
866 constant so that we can take advantage
867 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
870 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
871 optimize the &linearized_isa method
872 and avoid the hack/check for circular
873 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
874 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
875 - added tests for this
877 * Class::MOP::Immutable
878 - the immutable class now keeps track of
879 the transformer which immutablized it
881 * Class::MOP::Instance
882 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
883 - added tests for this
885 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
887 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
888 transformation arguments are saved
890 - added tests for this
892 * Class::MOP::Immutable
893 - fixed a bug (see above)
895 * Class::MOP::Attribute
898 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
899 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
900 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
903 - removed the dependency on B
904 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
905 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
906 the B fiddling we were doing with
907 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
908 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
909 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
910 be used to help manage method caching.
913 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
914 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
915 even more accurate caching information.
916 blblack++ for that stuff :)
919 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
920 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
921 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
922 track of when we need to re-fetch the
924 - Several small improvements to take advantage
925 of the new method map caching features
927 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
928 * Class::MOP::Attribute
929 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
930 HASH ref case, which makes the
931 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
932 - added more tests for this
934 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
935 * Class::MOP::Attribute
936 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
937 - added more tests for this
939 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
941 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
942 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
943 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
945 * Class::MOP::Attribute
946 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
947 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
948 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
950 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
951 * Class::MOP::Attribute
952 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
954 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
955 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
957 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
959 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
962 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
963 construct_class_instance (groditi)
964 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
965 call through (groditi)
967 * Class::MOP::Attribute
968 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
969 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
970 it is defined (groditi)
972 * Class::MOP::Instance
973 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
974 it is defined (groditi)
976 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
977 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
978 - removed the relevant attributes
980 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
981 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
982 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
983 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
985 - added tests for this
986 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
987 non-inlined constructors.
988 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
990 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
991 - added this class as an abstract base for the
992 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
993 - added tests for this
996 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
997 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1000 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1002 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1003 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1005 * Class::MOP::Package
1006 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1009 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1011 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1013 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1014 it manually now so that people can use this
1015 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1017 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1019 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1020 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1021 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1024 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1025 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1026 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1027 - removed unused variable
1028 - added create_immutable_transformer
1029 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1030 - tests for this (groditi)
1033 - Immutability can now be undone,
1034 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1035 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1036 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1037 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1038 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1039 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1040 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1041 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1042 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1044 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1045 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1047 * Class::MOP::Package
1048 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1049 - added tests for this
1050 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1052 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1053 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1054 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1056 - added tests and POD for this
1059 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1060 handles undef values correctly.
1061 - added tests for this
1062 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1063 will not get reaped when instances still
1064 exist which need to reference them. This is
1065 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1066 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1067 many work arounds out in the wild.
1068 - added tests for this by groditi
1069 - updated docs to explain this
1072 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1073 - added tests for this behavior
1075 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1076 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1079 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1080 - added tests and docs for these
1082 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1083 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1084 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1088 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1093 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1094 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1095 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1096 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1097 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1100 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1102 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1103 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1104 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1107 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1108 immutable transformation instead of
1109 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1111 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1112 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1113 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1114 be coming eventually.
1117 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1119 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1120 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1124 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1127 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1129 - constructor generation is now handled by
1130 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1132 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1133 - created this to handle constructor generation
1134 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1136 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1138 - attributes now delegate to the
1139 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1142 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1143 - all accessor generation functions from
1144 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1146 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1148 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1149 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1150 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1154 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1155 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1156 they are aliased from the originals
1157 - fixed tests to reflect
1158 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1160 - adjusted tests for this
1161 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1164 * Class::MOP::Method
1166 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1167 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1168 - adjusted tests to compensate
1169 - adjusted docs for this
1172 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1173 encapsulate most of the work into the
1174 &get_method_map method
1175 - made several adjustments for the change
1176 in Class::MOP::Method
1177 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1178 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1179 old one before installing the new one
1180 - added tests for this
1181 - adjusted docs for this
1183 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1184 - added caching of &get_method_map
1185 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1186 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1188 * Class::MOP::Package
1189 - added filtering capabilities to
1190 &list_all_package_symbols
1192 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1194 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1195 the $:version and such just actually goes
1196 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1197 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1199 - The &create method now requires that all
1200 but the package name now is passed in as
1201 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1202 - updated docs and tests for this
1204 * Class::MOP::Object
1205 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1209 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1210 which do not store things in the instance
1211 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1214 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1216 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1218 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1219 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1222 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1223 - fixed all tests for this
1225 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1226 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1227 are no longer allowed for defaults
1228 - added tests for this
1230 * Class::MOP::Package
1231 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1232 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1233 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1235 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1237 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1238 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1239 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1240 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1242 * Class::MOP::Package
1243 - refactored entire class, this is now
1244 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1245 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1246 - added many tests for this
1247 - this class is now a subclass of
1249 - added some tests to reflect this
1252 - refactored all symbol table access to
1253 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1255 * Class::MOP::Module
1256 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1257 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1258 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1259 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1260 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1261 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1262 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1263 - added tests for this
1265 * Class::MOP::Instance
1266 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1268 - added tests for this
1270 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1271 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1272 slots from an instance
1273 - added tests for this
1275 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1278 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1279 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1281 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1282 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1283 the value of the attribute for a particular
1286 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1287 ---------------------------------------
1288 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1289 to introduce the immutable features which
1290 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1291 This support should still be considered
1292 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1293 ---------------------------------------
1295 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1297 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1298 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1299 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1302 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1303 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1304 ::Package and now inherited
1305 - added tests for this
1307 * Class::MOP::Instance
1308 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1309 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1310 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1311 instance creation (of course)
1314 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1315 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1316 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1317 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1318 table manipulation methods.
1320 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1321 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1323 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1324 properly when inherited
1325 - small fix to &clone_instance
1327 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1328 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1329 - This release works in combination with
1330 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1331 because it introduces a new instance
1332 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1336 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1337 - added tests for this
1338 - improved method modifier wrapping
1340 * Class::MOP::Instance
1341 - added new instance protocol
1342 - added tests for this
1343 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1345 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1349 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1350 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1352 - updated tests for this
1355 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1356 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1358 - added tests for this
1359 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1360 new instance protocol
1361 - added more tests for this
1363 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1365 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1366 - added tests and docs for this
1367 - some small optimizations
1369 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1370 - some small optimizations
1372 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1374 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1375 - added tests for this
1376 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1377 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1378 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1379 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1380 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1381 delegates appropriately
1383 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1384 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1385 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1386 called initialize_instance_slot
1389 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1390 initialize_instance_slot method
1392 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1394 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1395 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1397 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1399 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1400 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1402 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1403 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1404 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1406 - added tests for this
1407 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1409 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1411 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1412 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1413 - added test case for this
1415 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1417 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1418 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1419 available in DESTORY calls
1421 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1422 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1423 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1425 * Class::MOP::Method
1426 - added &package_name, &name and
1427 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1428 which were formerly private subs in
1431 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1432 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1433 before, after and around modifiers
1434 - added tests and docs for this feature
1437 - improved &get_package_symbol
1438 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1439 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1441 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1442 - &add_before_method_modifier
1443 - &add_after_method_modifier
1444 - &add_around_method_modifier
1445 - added tests and docs for these
1446 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1447 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1449 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1450 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1454 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1455 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1456 the test skip if it is not installed
1458 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1460 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1463 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1464 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1465 - added docs and tests
1467 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1468 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1469 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1470 be considered "ready to use".
1472 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1473 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1474 - test coverage is now at 99%
1477 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1478 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1479 metaclass pragma instead.
1482 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1483 error/edge-case tests
1485 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1486 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1487 error/edge-case tests
1490 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1492 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1494 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1495 metaclass a little more straightforward
1498 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1499 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1500 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1501 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1505 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1506 is now more useful for subclasses
1507 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1508 hash of attribute meta objects
1509 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1510 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1511 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1512 attribute meta-object itself
1513 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1514 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1515 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1516 - added docs & tests for this
1517 - added Clone as a dependency
1518 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1519 return blessed new or cloned instances
1520 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1521 - added docs & tests for this
1522 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1523 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1524 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1525 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1526 - added tests and docs for this
1529 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1531 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1533 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1535 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1536 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1537 attributes/methods respectively
1540 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1543 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1544 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1545 - added new example:
1548 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1550 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1552 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1553 - improved error messages
1556 - added new examples:
1557 - AttributesWithHistory
1558 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1560 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1561 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1563 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1564 - refactored method generation code
1565 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1568 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1569 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1570 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1571 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1572 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1574 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1575 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1576 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1578 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006