1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
10 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
11 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
14 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
15 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
16 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
17 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
18 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
22 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
23 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
27 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
28 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
29 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
33 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
34 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
37 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
38 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
39 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
43 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
44 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
45 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
46 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
47 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
50 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
51 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
53 * Class::MOP::Instance
54 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
55 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
57 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
59 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
61 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
64 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
66 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
67 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
70 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
71 changed back in 0.82_01)
72 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
73 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
76 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
77 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
79 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
81 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
82 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
83 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
86 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
87 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
91 * Class::MOP::Attribute
92 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
94 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
95 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
96 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
99 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
102 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
103 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
104 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
105 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
106 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
109 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
112 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
114 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
118 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
119 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
120 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
121 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
125 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
128 * Class::MOP::Package
129 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
132 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
135 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
137 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
140 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
141 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
142 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
143 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
146 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
147 was removed in 0.82_01.
149 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
150 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
151 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
152 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
153 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
154 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
155 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
156 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
157 for the Moose compatibility handling code
158 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
160 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
162 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
163 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
165 * Class::MOP::Immutable
166 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
167 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
168 provides its own constructor (doy)
170 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
173 * Class::MOP::Instance
174 * Class::MOP::Attribute
175 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
176 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
177 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
178 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
181 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
182 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
184 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
186 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
187 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
189 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
190 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
191 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
192 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
193 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
196 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
197 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
198 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
199 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
200 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
201 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
202 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
204 - Class::MOP::Instance
205 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
209 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
210 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
211 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
213 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
214 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
215 when an object is constructed)
216 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
218 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
219 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
220 when an object is constructed)
221 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
222 - attributes => _attributes
223 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
225 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
227 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
228 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
229 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
232 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
233 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
234 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
237 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
238 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
239 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
240 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
244 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
245 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
246 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
247 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
248 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
249 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
251 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
252 * No changes from 0.78_02.
254 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
256 * Class::MOP::Immutable
257 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
258 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
259 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
260 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
264 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
265 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
268 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
269 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
270 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
272 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
274 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
275 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
278 * Class::MOP::Instance
279 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
280 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
281 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
282 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
284 * Class::MOP::Attribute
285 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
286 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
287 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
289 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
290 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
291 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
295 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
296 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
297 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
298 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
300 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
301 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
302 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
303 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
304 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
305 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
306 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
307 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
308 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
311 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
312 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
315 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
317 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
318 * No changes from 0.77_01
320 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
322 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
323 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
324 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
325 against the pure Perl version of this code.
327 * Class::MOP::Instance
328 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
329 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
332 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
334 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
338 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
339 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
343 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
344 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
346 * Class::MOP::Package
347 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
348 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
351 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
355 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
356 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
357 near future release. You've been warned.
359 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
360 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
361 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
362 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
364 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
365 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
368 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
369 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
372 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
375 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
376 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
378 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
380 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
381 sharing an immutable transformer object
382 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
383 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
385 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
387 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
388 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
389 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
390 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
392 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
393 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
395 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
397 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
398 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
400 * t/082_get_code_info.t
401 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
402 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
403 succeed in that case.
405 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
406 * Class::MOP::Package
407 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
410 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
411 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
413 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
414 * Class::MOP::Immutable
415 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
416 the constructor was inlined.
417 * Class::MOP::Package
418 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
419 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
420 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
422 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
423 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
425 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
427 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
428 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
429 * Class::MOP::Immutable
430 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
431 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
432 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
435 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
436 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
437 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
438 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
439 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
440 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
441 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
442 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
443 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
444 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
446 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
449 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
450 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
453 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
455 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
456 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
458 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
460 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
461 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
462 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
465 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
466 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
467 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
470 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
472 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
473 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
475 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
476 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
477 times in an eval. (t0m)
479 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
481 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
482 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
483 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
484 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
485 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
486 - added test for this
488 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
489 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
490 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
493 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
494 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
498 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
499 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
500 aliased methods and "real" methods.
502 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
503 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
504 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
505 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
508 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
509 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
512 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
513 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
514 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
515 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
516 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
517 for sad systems without a compiler.
520 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
521 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
524 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
525 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
526 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
528 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
530 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
531 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
532 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
533 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
535 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
536 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
537 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
538 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
540 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
542 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
543 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
546 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
547 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
548 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
550 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
552 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
554 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
555 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
556 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
558 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
559 * Class::MOP::Package
560 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
561 releases. (nothingmuch)
564 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
566 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
567 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
568 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
571 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
574 * Class::MOP::Instance
575 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
577 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
579 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
580 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
581 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
582 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
585 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
586 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
590 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
591 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
592 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
593 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
594 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
597 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
598 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
599 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
602 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
603 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
604 consistency (nothingmuch)
605 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
607 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
608 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
609 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
610 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
613 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
614 * Class::MOP::Immutable
615 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
617 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
619 * Class::MOP::Instance
620 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
621 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
623 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
625 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
626 the class is already loaded (sartak)
627 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
628 instead of just 1 (sartak)
631 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
633 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
634 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
635 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
637 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
638 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
639 recognizes it correct this time.
641 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
642 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
645 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
646 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
649 - now stores the instance of the instance
650 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
651 and deletes it when the cache is blown
652 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
653 the options used to make it immutable as well as
654 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
656 * Class::MOP::Package
657 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
658 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
659 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
663 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
665 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
666 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
668 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
669 names now throw a more direct error in
671 - tests for this and other aspects of
677 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
678 Class::MOP::Attribute
679 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
682 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
683 (late night release engineering)--
685 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
686 changes in this release
688 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
689 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
690 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
693 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
694 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
695 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
698 * Class::MOP::Package
699 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
701 - inlining a few calls to &name with
702 direct HASH access key access
703 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
704 a HASH of items based on a type filter
705 similar to list_all_package_symbols
706 - added tests for this
709 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
710 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
711 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
712 - added more descriptive error message to help
713 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
714 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
716 * Class::MOP::Immutable
717 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
719 - added tests for this
721 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
723 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
724 function from MRO::Compat
725 - All XS based functionality now has a
726 Pure Perl alternative
727 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
728 can now be used to force non-XS versions
731 * Class::MOP::Attribute
732 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
733 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
734 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
736 - added tests for this
738 * Class::MOP::Immutable
739 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
740 making the class immutable
743 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
744 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
745 allow for it to work.
746 - added tests for this
748 * Class::MOP::Attribute
750 Class::MOP::Immutable
751 - any time a method meta object is constructed
752 we make sure to pass the correct package and
753 method name information
756 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
757 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
758 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
759 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
760 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
761 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
762 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
763 throw an error if these are not supplied.
764 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
765 and now store the package_name and name attributes
768 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
769 Module::Install support has been removed
771 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
772 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
773 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
774 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
778 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
779 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
781 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
782 when it has no init_arg
783 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
784 to support c3 classes.
786 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
789 - making sure that load_class never gets
790 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
791 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
794 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
796 - improved error handling in ->create method
797 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
798 will be used to populate values
799 - added tests for this
802 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
803 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
809 Class::MOP::Attribute
810 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
811 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
813 * Class::MOP::Instance
814 Class::MOP::Immutable
815 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
818 - fixed the filename length on several
819 test files so we install on VMS better
821 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
822 should be catfile (RT #32385)
824 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
825 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
828 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
829 Class::MOP::Attribute
830 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
831 to indicate that no constructor args can
832 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
833 - added tests for this
834 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
837 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
838 feature instead of the silly hack from
839 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
841 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
843 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
846 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
847 - removed assumptions about the existence of
850 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
851 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
852 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
855 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
856 constant so that we can take advantage
857 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
860 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
861 optimize the &linearized_isa method
862 and avoid the hack/check for circular
863 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
864 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
865 - added tests for this
867 * Class::MOP::Immutable
868 - the immutable class now keeps track of
869 the transformer which immutablized it
871 * Class::MOP::Instance
872 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
873 - added tests for this
875 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
877 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
878 transformation arguments are saved
880 - added tests for this
882 * Class::MOP::Immutable
883 - fixed a bug (see above)
885 * Class::MOP::Attribute
888 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
889 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
890 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
893 - removed the dependency on B
894 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
895 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
896 the B fiddling we were doing with
897 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
898 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
899 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
900 be used to help manage method caching.
903 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
904 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
905 even more accurate caching information.
906 blblack++ for that stuff :)
909 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
910 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
911 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
912 track of when we need to re-fetch the
914 - Several small improvements to take advantage
915 of the new method map caching features
917 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
918 * Class::MOP::Attribute
919 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
920 HASH ref case, which makes the
921 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
922 - added more tests for this
924 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
925 * Class::MOP::Attribute
926 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
927 - added more tests for this
929 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
931 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
932 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
933 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
935 * Class::MOP::Attribute
936 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
937 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
938 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
940 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
941 * Class::MOP::Attribute
942 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
944 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
945 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
947 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
949 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
952 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
953 construct_class_instance (groditi)
954 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
955 call through (groditi)
957 * Class::MOP::Attribute
958 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
959 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
960 it is defined (groditi)
962 * Class::MOP::Instance
963 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
964 it is defined (groditi)
966 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
967 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
968 - removed the relevant attributes
970 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
971 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
972 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
973 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
975 - added tests for this
976 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
977 non-inlined constructors.
978 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
980 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
981 - added this class as an abstract base for the
982 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
983 - added tests for this
986 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
987 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
990 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
992 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
993 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
995 * Class::MOP::Package
996 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
999 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1001 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1003 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1004 it manually now so that people can use this
1005 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1007 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1009 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1010 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1011 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1014 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1015 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1016 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1017 - removed unused variable
1018 - added create_immutable_transformer
1019 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1020 - tests for this (groditi)
1023 - Immutability can now be undone,
1024 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1025 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1026 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1027 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1028 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1029 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1030 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1031 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1032 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1034 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1035 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1037 * Class::MOP::Package
1038 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1039 - added tests for this
1040 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1042 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1043 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1044 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1046 - added tests and POD for this
1049 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1050 handles undef values correctly.
1051 - added tests for this
1052 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1053 will not get reaped when instances still
1054 exist which need to reference them. This is
1055 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1056 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1057 many work arounds out in the wild.
1058 - added tests for this by groditi
1059 - updated docs to explain this
1062 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1063 - added tests for this behavior
1065 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1066 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1069 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1070 - added tests and docs for these
1072 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1073 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1074 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1078 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1083 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1084 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1085 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1086 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1087 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1090 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1092 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1093 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1094 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1097 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1098 immutable transformation instead of
1099 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1101 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1102 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1103 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1104 be coming eventually.
1107 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1109 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1110 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1114 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1117 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1119 - constructor generation is now handled by
1120 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1122 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1123 - created this to handle constructor generation
1124 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1126 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1128 - attributes now delegate to the
1129 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1132 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1133 - all accessor generation functions from
1134 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1136 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1138 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1139 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1140 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1144 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1145 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1146 they are aliased from the originals
1147 - fixed tests to reflect
1148 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1150 - adjusted tests for this
1151 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1154 * Class::MOP::Method
1156 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1157 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1158 - adjusted tests to compensate
1159 - adjusted docs for this
1162 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1163 encapsulate most of the work into the
1164 &get_method_map method
1165 - made several adjustments for the change
1166 in Class::MOP::Method
1167 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1168 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1169 old one before installing the new one
1170 - added tests for this
1171 - adjusted docs for this
1173 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1174 - added caching of &get_method_map
1175 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1176 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1178 * Class::MOP::Package
1179 - added filtering capabilities to
1180 &list_all_package_symbols
1182 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1184 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1185 the $:version and such just actually goes
1186 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1187 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1189 - The &create method now requires that all
1190 but the package name now is passed in as
1191 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1192 - updated docs and tests for this
1194 * Class::MOP::Object
1195 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1199 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1200 which do not store things in the instance
1201 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1204 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1206 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1208 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1209 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1212 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1213 - fixed all tests for this
1215 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1216 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1217 are no longer allowed for defaults
1218 - added tests for this
1220 * Class::MOP::Package
1221 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1222 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1223 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1225 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1227 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1228 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1229 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1230 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1232 * Class::MOP::Package
1233 - refactored entire class, this is now
1234 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1235 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1236 - added many tests for this
1237 - this class is now a subclass of
1239 - added some tests to reflect this
1242 - refactored all symbol table access to
1243 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1245 * Class::MOP::Module
1246 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1247 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1248 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1249 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1250 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1251 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1252 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1253 - added tests for this
1255 * Class::MOP::Instance
1256 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1258 - added tests for this
1260 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1261 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1262 slots from an instance
1263 - added tests for this
1265 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1268 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1269 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1271 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1272 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1273 the value of the attribute for a particular
1276 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1277 ---------------------------------------
1278 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1279 to introduce the immutable features which
1280 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1281 This support should still be considered
1282 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1283 ---------------------------------------
1285 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1287 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1288 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1289 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1292 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1293 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1294 ::Package and now inherited
1295 - added tests for this
1297 * Class::MOP::Instance
1298 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1299 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1300 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1301 instance creation (of course)
1304 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1305 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1306 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1307 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1308 table manipulation methods.
1310 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1311 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1313 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1314 properly when inherited
1315 - small fix to &clone_instance
1317 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1318 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1319 - This release works in combination with
1320 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1321 because it introduces a new instance
1322 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1326 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1327 - added tests for this
1328 - improved method modifier wrapping
1330 * Class::MOP::Instance
1331 - added new instance protocol
1332 - added tests for this
1333 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1335 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1339 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1340 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1342 - updated tests for this
1345 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1346 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1348 - added tests for this
1349 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1350 new instance protocol
1351 - added more tests for this
1353 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1355 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1356 - added tests and docs for this
1357 - some small optimizations
1359 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1360 - some small optimizations
1362 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1364 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1365 - added tests for this
1366 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1367 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1368 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1369 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1370 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1371 delegates appropriately
1373 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1374 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1375 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1376 called initialize_instance_slot
1379 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1380 initialize_instance_slot method
1382 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1384 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1385 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1387 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1389 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1390 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1392 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1393 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1394 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1396 - added tests for this
1397 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1399 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1401 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1402 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1403 - added test case for this
1405 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1407 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1408 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1409 available in DESTORY calls
1411 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1412 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1413 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1415 * Class::MOP::Method
1416 - added &package_name, &name and
1417 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1418 which were formerly private subs in
1421 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1422 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1423 before, after and around modifiers
1424 - added tests and docs for this feature
1427 - improved &get_package_symbol
1428 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1429 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1431 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1432 - &add_before_method_modifier
1433 - &add_after_method_modifier
1434 - &add_around_method_modifier
1435 - added tests and docs for these
1436 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1437 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1439 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1440 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1444 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1445 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1446 the test skip if it is not installed
1448 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1450 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1453 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1454 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1455 - added docs and tests
1457 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1458 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1459 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1460 be considered "ready to use".
1462 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1463 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1464 - test coverage is now at 99%
1467 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1468 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1469 metaclass pragma instead.
1472 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1473 error/edge-case tests
1475 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1476 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1477 error/edge-case tests
1480 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1482 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1484 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1485 metaclass a little more straightforward
1488 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1489 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1490 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1491 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1495 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1496 is now more useful for subclasses
1497 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1498 hash of attribute meta objects
1499 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1500 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1501 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1502 attribute meta-object itself
1503 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1504 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1505 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1506 - added docs & tests for this
1507 - added Clone as a dependency
1508 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1509 return blessed new or cloned instances
1510 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1511 - added docs & tests for this
1512 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1513 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1514 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1515 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1516 - added tests and docs for this
1519 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1521 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1523 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1525 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1526 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1527 attributes/methods respectively
1530 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1533 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1534 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1535 - added new example:
1538 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1540 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1542 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1543 - improved error messages
1546 - added new examples:
1547 - AttributesWithHistory
1548 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1550 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1551 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1553 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1554 - refactored method generation code
1555 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1558 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1559 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1560 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1561 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1562 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1564 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1565 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1566 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1568 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006