1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
8 pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate. (doy)
10 * Reinitializing a metaclass no longer removes the existing method and
11 attribute objects (it instead fixes them so they are correct for the
12 reinitialized metaclass). (doy)
14 * All 'meta' methods created by Class::MOP are now of the class
15 Class::MOP::Method::Meta. This is overridable at the metaclass layer. (doy)
19 * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
20 preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
22 * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run all
23 tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
25 1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
29 * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
30 of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
32 1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
36 * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
37 "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
38 /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
41 1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
45 * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
46 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
47 _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
50 1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
54 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
55 for inlined code (doy).
57 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
59 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
63 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
64 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
65 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
66 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
67 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
74 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
76 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
80 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
81 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
85 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
87 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
88 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
89 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
95 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
96 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
100 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
101 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
102 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
104 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
106 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
108 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
110 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
114 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
116 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
120 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
121 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
123 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
127 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
128 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
130 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
131 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
133 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
135 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
136 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
137 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
139 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
141 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
143 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
144 modules (nothingmuch).
146 * Class::MOP::Package
147 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
151 * Class::MOP::Package
152 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
153 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
154 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
157 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
158 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
161 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
162 * Class::MOP::Attribute
163 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
164 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
165 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
166 attributes. (nothingmuch)
168 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
170 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
171 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
172 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
173 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
174 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
176 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
177 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
178 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
180 * Class::MOP::Package
181 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
182 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
184 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
185 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
186 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
188 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
189 * Class::MOP::Package
190 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
193 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
196 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
197 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
198 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
201 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
202 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
204 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
206 * Class::MOP::Package
207 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
210 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
211 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
213 * Class::MOP::Attribute
215 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
218 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
219 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
220 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
221 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
224 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
225 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
226 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
227 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
228 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
229 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
233 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
234 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
238 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
239 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
240 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
244 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
245 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
248 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
249 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
250 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
254 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
255 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
256 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
257 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
258 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
261 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
262 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
264 * Class::MOP::Instance
265 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
266 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
268 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
270 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
272 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
275 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
277 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
278 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
281 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
282 changed back in 0.82_01)
283 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
284 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
287 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
288 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
290 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
292 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
293 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
294 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
297 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
298 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
301 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
302 * Class::MOP::Attribute
303 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
305 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
306 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
307 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
310 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
313 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
314 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
315 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
316 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
317 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
320 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
323 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
325 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
329 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
330 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
331 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
332 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
336 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
339 * Class::MOP::Package
340 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
343 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
346 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
348 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
351 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
352 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
353 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
354 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
357 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
358 was removed in 0.82_01.
360 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
361 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
362 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
363 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
364 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
365 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
366 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
367 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
368 for the Moose compatibility handling code
369 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
371 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
373 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
374 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
376 * Class::MOP::Immutable
377 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
378 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
379 provides its own constructor (doy)
381 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
384 * Class::MOP::Instance
385 * Class::MOP::Attribute
386 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
387 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
388 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
389 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
392 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
393 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
395 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
397 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
398 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
400 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
401 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
402 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
403 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
404 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
407 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
408 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
409 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
410 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
411 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
412 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
413 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
415 - Class::MOP::Instance
416 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
420 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
421 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
422 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
424 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
425 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
426 when an object is constructed)
427 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
429 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
430 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
431 when an object is constructed)
432 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
433 - attributes => _attributes
434 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
436 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
438 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
439 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
440 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
443 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
444 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
445 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
448 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
449 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
450 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
451 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
455 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
456 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
457 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
458 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
459 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
460 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
462 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
463 * No changes from 0.78_02.
465 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
467 * Class::MOP::Immutable
468 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
469 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
470 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
471 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
475 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
476 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
479 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
480 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
481 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
483 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
485 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
486 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
489 * Class::MOP::Instance
490 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
491 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
492 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
493 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
495 * Class::MOP::Attribute
496 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
497 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
498 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
500 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
501 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
502 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
506 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
507 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
508 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
509 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
511 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
512 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
513 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
514 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
515 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
516 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
517 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
518 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
519 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
522 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
523 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
526 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
528 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
529 * No changes from 0.77_01
531 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
533 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
534 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
535 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
536 against the pure Perl version of this code.
538 * Class::MOP::Instance
539 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
540 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
543 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
545 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
549 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
550 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
554 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
555 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
557 * Class::MOP::Package
558 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
559 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
562 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
566 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
567 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
568 near future release. You've been warned.
570 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
571 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
572 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
573 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
575 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
576 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
579 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
580 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
583 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
586 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
587 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
589 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
591 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
592 sharing an immutable transformer object
593 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
594 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
596 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
598 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
599 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
600 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
601 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
603 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
604 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
606 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
608 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
609 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
611 * t/082_get_code_info.t
612 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
613 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
614 succeed in that case.
616 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
617 * Class::MOP::Package
618 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
621 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
622 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
624 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
625 * Class::MOP::Immutable
626 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
627 the constructor was inlined.
628 * Class::MOP::Package
629 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
630 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
631 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
633 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
634 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
636 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
638 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
639 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
640 * Class::MOP::Immutable
641 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
642 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
643 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
646 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
647 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
648 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
649 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
650 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
651 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
652 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
653 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
654 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
655 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
657 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
660 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
661 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
664 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
666 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
667 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
669 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
671 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
672 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
673 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
676 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
677 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
678 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
681 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
683 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
684 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
686 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
687 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
688 times in an eval. (t0m)
690 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
692 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
693 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
694 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
695 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
696 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
697 - added test for this
699 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
700 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
701 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
704 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
705 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
709 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
710 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
711 aliased methods and "real" methods.
713 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
714 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
715 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
716 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
719 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
720 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
723 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
724 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
725 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
726 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
727 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
728 for sad systems without a compiler.
731 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
732 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
735 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
736 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
737 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
739 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
741 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
742 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
743 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
744 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
746 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
747 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
748 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
749 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
751 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
753 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
754 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
757 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
758 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
759 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
761 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
763 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
765 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
766 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
767 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
769 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
770 * Class::MOP::Package
771 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
772 releases. (nothingmuch)
775 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
777 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
778 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
779 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
782 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
785 * Class::MOP::Instance
786 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
788 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
790 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
791 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
792 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
793 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
796 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
797 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
801 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
802 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
803 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
804 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
805 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
808 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
809 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
810 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
813 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
814 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
815 consistency (nothingmuch)
816 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
818 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
819 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
820 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
821 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
824 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
825 * Class::MOP::Immutable
826 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
828 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
830 * Class::MOP::Instance
831 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
832 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
834 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
836 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
837 the class is already loaded (sartak)
838 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
839 instead of just 1 (sartak)
842 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
844 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
845 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
846 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
848 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
849 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
850 recognizes it correct this time.
852 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
853 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
856 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
857 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
860 - now stores the instance of the instance
861 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
862 and deletes it when the cache is blown
863 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
864 the options used to make it immutable as well as
865 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
867 * Class::MOP::Package
868 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
869 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
870 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
874 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
876 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
877 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
879 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
880 names now throw a more direct error in
882 - tests for this and other aspects of
888 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
889 Class::MOP::Attribute
890 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
893 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
894 (late night release engineering)--
896 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
897 changes in this release
899 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
900 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
901 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
904 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
905 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
906 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
909 * Class::MOP::Package
910 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
912 - inlining a few calls to &name with
913 direct HASH access key access
914 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
915 a HASH of items based on a type filter
916 similar to list_all_package_symbols
917 - added tests for this
920 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
921 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
922 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
923 - added more descriptive error message to help
924 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
925 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
927 * Class::MOP::Immutable
928 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
930 - added tests for this
932 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
934 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
935 function from MRO::Compat
936 - All XS based functionality now has a
937 Pure Perl alternative
938 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
939 can now be used to force non-XS versions
942 * Class::MOP::Attribute
943 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
944 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
945 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
947 - added tests for this
949 * Class::MOP::Immutable
950 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
951 making the class immutable
954 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
955 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
956 allow for it to work.
957 - added tests for this
959 * Class::MOP::Attribute
961 Class::MOP::Immutable
962 - any time a method meta object is constructed
963 we make sure to pass the correct package and
964 method name information
967 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
968 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
969 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
970 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
971 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
972 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
973 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
974 throw an error if these are not supplied.
975 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
976 and now store the package_name and name attributes
979 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
980 Module::Install support has been removed
982 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
983 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
984 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
985 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
989 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
990 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
992 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
993 when it has no init_arg
994 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
995 to support c3 classes.
997 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
1000 - making sure that load_class never gets
1001 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
1002 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1005 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
1006 (cause Sartak asked)
1007 - improved error handling in ->create method
1008 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
1009 will be used to populate values
1010 - added tests for this
1012 * Class::MOP::Object
1013 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1014 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1020 Class::MOP::Attribute
1021 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
1022 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1024 * Class::MOP::Instance
1025 Class::MOP::Immutable
1026 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1029 - fixed the filename length on several
1030 test files so we install on VMS better
1032 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
1033 should be catfile (RT #32385)
1035 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
1036 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
1039 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1040 Class::MOP::Attribute
1041 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
1042 to indicate that no constructor args can
1043 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
1044 - added tests for this
1045 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1048 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1049 feature instead of the silly hack from
1050 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1052 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1054 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1057 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1058 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1061 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1062 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1063 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1066 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1067 constant so that we can take advantage
1068 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1071 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1072 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1073 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1074 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1075 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1076 - added tests for this
1078 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1079 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1080 the transformer which immutablized it
1082 * Class::MOP::Instance
1083 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1084 - added tests for this
1086 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1088 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1089 transformation arguments are saved
1091 - added tests for this
1093 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1094 - fixed a bug (see above)
1096 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1099 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1100 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1101 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1104 - removed the dependency on B
1105 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1106 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1107 the B fiddling we were doing with
1108 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1109 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1110 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1111 be used to help manage method caching.
1114 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1115 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1116 even more accurate caching information.
1117 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1120 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1121 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1122 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1123 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1125 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1126 of the new method map caching features
1128 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1129 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1130 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1131 HASH ref case, which makes the
1132 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1133 - added more tests for this
1135 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1136 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1137 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1138 - added more tests for this
1140 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1142 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1143 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1144 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1146 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1147 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1148 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1149 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1151 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1152 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1153 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1155 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1156 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1158 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1160 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1163 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1164 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1165 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1166 call through (groditi)
1168 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1169 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1170 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1171 it is defined (groditi)
1173 * Class::MOP::Instance
1174 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1175 it is defined (groditi)
1177 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1178 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1179 - removed the relevant attributes
1181 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1182 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1183 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1184 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1186 - added tests for this
1187 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1188 non-inlined constructors.
1189 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1191 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1192 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1193 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1194 - added tests for this
1197 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1198 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1201 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1203 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1204 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1206 * Class::MOP::Package
1207 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1210 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1212 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1214 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1215 it manually now so that people can use this
1216 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1218 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1220 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1221 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1222 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1225 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1226 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1227 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1228 - removed unused variable
1229 - added create_immutable_transformer
1230 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1231 - tests for this (groditi)
1234 - Immutability can now be undone,
1235 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1236 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1237 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1238 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1239 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1240 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1241 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1242 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1243 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1245 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1246 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1248 * Class::MOP::Package
1249 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1250 - added tests for this
1251 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1253 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1254 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1255 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1257 - added tests and POD for this
1260 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1261 handles undef values correctly.
1262 - added tests for this
1263 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1264 will not get reaped when instances still
1265 exist which need to reference them. This is
1266 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1267 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1268 many work arounds out in the wild.
1269 - added tests for this by groditi
1270 - updated docs to explain this
1273 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1274 - added tests for this behavior
1276 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1277 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1280 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1281 - added tests and docs for these
1283 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1284 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1285 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1289 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1294 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1295 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1296 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1297 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1298 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1301 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1303 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1304 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1305 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1308 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1309 immutable transformation instead of
1310 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1312 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1313 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1314 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1315 be coming eventually.
1318 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1320 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1321 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1325 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1328 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1330 - constructor generation is now handled by
1331 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1333 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1334 - created this to handle constructor generation
1335 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1337 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1339 - attributes now delegate to the
1340 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1343 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1344 - all accessor generation functions from
1345 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1347 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1349 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1350 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1351 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1355 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1356 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1357 they are aliased from the originals
1358 - fixed tests to reflect
1359 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1361 - adjusted tests for this
1362 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1365 * Class::MOP::Method
1367 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1368 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1369 - adjusted tests to compensate
1370 - adjusted docs for this
1373 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1374 encapsulate most of the work into the
1375 &get_method_map method
1376 - made several adjustments for the change
1377 in Class::MOP::Method
1378 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1379 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1380 old one before installing the new one
1381 - added tests for this
1382 - adjusted docs for this
1384 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1385 - added caching of &get_method_map
1386 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1387 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1389 * Class::MOP::Package
1390 - added filtering capabilities to
1391 &list_all_package_symbols
1393 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1395 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1396 the $:version and such just actually goes
1397 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1398 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1400 - The &create method now requires that all
1401 but the package name now is passed in as
1402 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1403 - updated docs and tests for this
1405 * Class::MOP::Object
1406 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1410 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1411 which do not store things in the instance
1412 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1415 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1417 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1419 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1420 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1423 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1424 - fixed all tests for this
1426 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1427 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1428 are no longer allowed for defaults
1429 - added tests for this
1431 * Class::MOP::Package
1432 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1433 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1434 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1436 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1438 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1439 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1440 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1441 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1443 * Class::MOP::Package
1444 - refactored entire class, this is now
1445 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1446 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1447 - added many tests for this
1448 - this class is now a subclass of
1450 - added some tests to reflect this
1453 - refactored all symbol table access to
1454 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1456 * Class::MOP::Module
1457 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1458 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1459 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1460 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1461 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1462 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1463 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1464 - added tests for this
1466 * Class::MOP::Instance
1467 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1469 - added tests for this
1471 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1472 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1473 slots from an instance
1474 - added tests for this
1476 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1479 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1480 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1482 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1483 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1484 the value of the attribute for a particular
1487 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1488 ---------------------------------------
1489 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1490 to introduce the immutable features which
1491 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1492 This support should still be considered
1493 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1494 ---------------------------------------
1496 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1498 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1499 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1500 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1503 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1504 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1505 ::Package and now inherited
1506 - added tests for this
1508 * Class::MOP::Instance
1509 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1510 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1511 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1512 instance creation (of course)
1515 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1516 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1517 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1518 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1519 table manipulation methods.
1521 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1522 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1524 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1525 properly when inherited
1526 - small fix to &clone_instance
1528 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1529 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1530 - This release works in combination with
1531 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1532 because it introduces a new instance
1533 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1537 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1538 - added tests for this
1539 - improved method modifier wrapping
1541 * Class::MOP::Instance
1542 - added new instance protocol
1543 - added tests for this
1544 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1546 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1550 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1551 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1553 - updated tests for this
1556 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1557 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1559 - added tests for this
1560 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1561 new instance protocol
1562 - added more tests for this
1564 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1566 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1567 - added tests and docs for this
1568 - some small optimizations
1570 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1571 - some small optimizations
1573 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1575 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1576 - added tests for this
1577 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1578 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1579 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1580 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1581 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1582 delegates appropriately
1584 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1585 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1586 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1587 called initialize_instance_slot
1590 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1591 initialize_instance_slot method
1593 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1595 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1596 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1598 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1600 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1601 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1603 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1604 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1605 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1607 - added tests for this
1608 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1610 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1612 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1613 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1614 - added test case for this
1616 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1618 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1619 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1620 available in DESTORY calls
1622 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1623 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1624 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1626 * Class::MOP::Method
1627 - added &package_name, &name and
1628 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1629 which were formerly private subs in
1632 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1633 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1634 before, after and around modifiers
1635 - added tests and docs for this feature
1638 - improved &get_package_symbol
1639 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1640 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1642 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1643 - &add_before_method_modifier
1644 - &add_after_method_modifier
1645 - &add_around_method_modifier
1646 - added tests and docs for these
1647 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1648 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1650 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1651 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1655 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1656 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1657 the test skip if it is not installed
1659 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1661 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1664 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1665 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1666 - added docs and tests
1668 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1669 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1670 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1671 be considered "ready to use".
1673 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1674 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1675 - test coverage is now at 99%
1678 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1679 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1680 metaclass pragma instead.
1683 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1684 error/edge-case tests
1686 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1687 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1688 error/edge-case tests
1691 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1693 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1695 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1696 metaclass a little more straightforward
1699 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1700 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1701 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1702 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1706 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1707 is now more useful for subclasses
1708 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1709 hash of attribute meta objects
1710 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1711 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1712 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1713 attribute meta-object itself
1714 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1715 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1716 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1717 - added docs & tests for this
1718 - added Clone as a dependency
1719 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1720 return blessed new or cloned instances
1721 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1722 - added docs & tests for this
1723 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1724 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1725 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1726 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1727 - added tests and docs for this
1730 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1732 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1734 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1736 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1737 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1738 attributes/methods respectively
1741 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1744 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1745 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1746 - added new example:
1749 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1751 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1753 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1754 - improved error messages
1757 - added new examples:
1758 - AttributesWithHistory
1759 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1761 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1762 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1764 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1765 - refactored method generation code
1766 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1769 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1770 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1771 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1772 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1773 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1775 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1776 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1777 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1779 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006