1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.75 Tue, December 31, 2008
5 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
6 sharing an immutable transformer object
7 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
8 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
10 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
12 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
13 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
14 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
15 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
17 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
18 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
20 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
22 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
23 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
25 * t/082_get_code_info.t
26 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
27 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
30 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
32 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
35 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
36 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
38 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
39 * Class::MOP::Immutable
40 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
41 the constructor was inlined.
43 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
44 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
45 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
47 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
48 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
50 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
52 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
53 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
54 * Class::MOP::Immutable
55 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
56 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
57 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
60 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
61 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
62 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
64 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
65 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
66 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
67 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
68 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
69 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
71 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
74 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
75 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
78 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
80 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
81 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
83 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
85 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
86 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
87 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
90 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
91 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
92 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
95 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
97 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
98 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
100 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
101 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
102 times in an eval. (t0m)
104 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
106 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
107 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
108 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
109 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
110 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
111 - added test for this
113 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
114 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
115 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
118 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
119 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
123 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
124 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
125 aliased methods and "real" methods.
127 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
128 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
129 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
130 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
133 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
134 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
137 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
138 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
139 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
140 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
141 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
142 for sad systems without a compiler.
145 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
146 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
149 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
150 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
151 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
153 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
155 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
156 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
157 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
158 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
160 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
161 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
162 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
163 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
165 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
167 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
168 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
171 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
172 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
173 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
175 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
177 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
179 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
180 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
181 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
183 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
184 * Class::MOP::Package
185 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
186 releases. (nothingmuch)
189 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
191 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
192 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
193 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
196 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
199 * Class::MOP::Instance
200 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
202 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
204 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
205 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
206 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
207 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
210 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
211 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
215 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
216 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
217 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
218 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
219 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
222 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
223 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
224 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
227 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
228 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
229 consistency (nothingmuch)
230 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
232 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
233 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
234 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
235 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
238 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
239 * Class::MOP::Immutable
240 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
242 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
244 * Class::MOP::Instance
245 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
246 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
248 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
250 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
251 the class is already loaded (sartak)
252 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
253 instead of just 1 (sartak)
256 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
258 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
259 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
260 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
262 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
263 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
264 recognizes it correct this time.
266 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
267 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
270 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
271 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
274 - now stores the instance of the instance
275 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
276 and deletes it when the cache is blown
277 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
278 the options used to make it immutable as well as
279 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
281 * Class::MOP::Package
282 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
283 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
284 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
288 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
290 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
291 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
293 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
294 names now throw a more direct error in
296 - tests for this and other aspects of
302 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
303 Class::MOP::Attribute
304 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
307 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
308 (late night release engineering)--
310 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
311 changes in this release
313 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
314 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
315 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
318 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
319 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
320 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
323 * Class::MOP::Package
324 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
326 - inlining a few calls to &name with
327 direct HASH access key access
328 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
329 a HASH of items based on a type filter
330 similar to list_all_package_symbols
331 - added tests for this
334 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
335 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
336 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
337 - added more descriptive error message to help
338 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
339 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
341 * Class::MOP::Immutable
342 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
344 - added tests for this
346 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
348 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
349 function from MRO::Compat
350 - All XS based functionality now has a
351 Pure Perl alternative
352 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
353 can now be used to force non-XS versions
356 * Class::MOP::Attribute
357 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
358 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
359 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
361 - added tests for this
363 * Class::MOP::Immutable
364 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
365 making the class immutable
368 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
369 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
370 allow for it to work.
371 - added tests for this
373 * Class::MOP::Attribute
375 Class::MOP::Immutable
376 - any time a method meta object is constructed
377 we make sure to pass the correct package and
378 method name information
381 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
382 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
383 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
384 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
385 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
386 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
387 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
388 throw an error if these are not supplied.
389 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
390 and now store the package_name and name attributes
393 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
394 Module::Install support has been removed
396 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
397 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
398 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
399 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
403 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
404 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
406 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
407 when it has no init_arg
408 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
409 to support c3 classes.
411 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
414 - making sure that load_class never gets
415 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
416 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
419 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
421 - improved error handling in ->create method
422 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
423 will be used to populate values
424 - added tests for this
427 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
428 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
434 Class::MOP::Attribute
435 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
436 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
438 * Class::MOP::Instance
439 Class::MOP::Immutable
440 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
443 - fixed the filename length on several
444 test files so we install on VMS better
446 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
447 should be catfile (RT #32385)
449 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
450 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
453 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
454 Class::MOP::Attribute
455 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
456 to indicate that no constructor args can
457 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
458 - added tests for this
459 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
462 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
463 feature instead of the silly hack from
464 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
466 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
468 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
471 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
472 - removed assumptions about the existence of
475 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
476 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
477 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
480 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
481 constant so that we can take advantage
482 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
485 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
486 optimize the &linearized_isa method
487 and avoid the hack/check for circular
488 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
489 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
490 - added tests for this
492 * Class::MOP::Immutable
493 - the immutable class now keeps track of
494 the transformer which immutablized it
496 * Class::MOP::Instance
497 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
498 - added tests for this
500 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
502 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
503 transformation arguments are saved
505 - added tests for this
507 * Class::MOP::Immutable
508 - fixed a bug (see above)
510 * Class::MOP::Attribute
513 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
514 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
515 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
518 - removed the dependency on B
519 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
520 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
521 the B fiddling we were doing with
522 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
523 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
524 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
525 be used to help manage method caching.
528 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
529 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
530 even more accurate caching information.
531 blblack++ for that stuff :)
534 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
535 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
536 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
537 track of when we need to re-fetch the
539 - Several small improvements to take advantage
540 of the new method map caching features
542 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
543 * Class::MOP::Attribute
544 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
545 HASH ref case, which makes the
546 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
547 - added more tests for this
549 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
550 * Class::MOP::Attribute
551 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
552 - added more tests for this
554 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
556 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
557 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
558 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
560 * Class::MOP::Attribute
561 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
562 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
563 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
565 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
566 * Class::MOP::Attribute
567 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
569 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
570 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
572 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
574 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
577 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
578 construct_class_instance (groditi)
579 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
580 call through (groditi)
582 * Class::MOP::Attribute
583 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
584 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
585 it is defined (groditi)
587 * Class::MOP::Instance
588 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
589 it is defined (groditi)
591 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
592 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
593 - removed the relevant attributes
595 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
596 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
597 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
598 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
600 - added tests for this
601 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
602 non-inlined constructors.
603 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
605 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
606 - added this class as an abstract base for the
607 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
608 - added tests for this
611 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
612 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
615 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
617 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
618 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
620 * Class::MOP::Package
621 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
624 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
626 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
628 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
629 it manually now so that people can use this
630 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
632 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
634 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
635 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
636 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
639 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
640 * Class::MOP::Immutable
641 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
642 - removed unused variable
643 - added create_immutable_transformer
644 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
645 - tests for this (groditi)
648 - Immutability can now be undone,
649 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
650 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
651 for details see comments next to make_immutable
652 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
653 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
654 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
655 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
656 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
657 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
659 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
660 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
662 * Class::MOP::Package
663 - we now deal with stub methods properly
664 - added tests for this
665 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
667 * Class::MOP::Attribute
668 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
669 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
671 - added tests and POD for this
674 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
675 handles undef values correctly.
676 - added tests for this
677 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
678 will not get reaped when instances still
679 exist which need to reference them. This is
680 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
681 obscure enough feature that there are not too
682 many work arounds out in the wild.
683 - added tests for this by groditi
684 - updated docs to explain this
687 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
688 - added tests for this behavior
690 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
691 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
694 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
695 - added tests and docs for these
697 * Class::MOP::Attribute
698 - default now checks the instance with defined to
699 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
703 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
709 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
710 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
711 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
712 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
715 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
717 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
718 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
719 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
722 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
723 immutable transformation instead of
724 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
726 + Class::MOP::Immutable
727 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
728 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
729 be coming eventually.
732 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
734 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
735 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
739 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
742 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
744 - constructor generation is now handled by
745 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
747 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
748 - created this to handle constructor generation
749 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
751 * Class::MOP::Attribute
753 - attributes now delegate to the
754 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
757 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
758 - all accessor generation functions from
759 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
761 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
763 * scripts/class_browser.pl
764 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
765 on this to come. Comments and patches are
769 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
770 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
771 they are aliased from the originals
772 - fixed tests to reflect
773 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
775 - adjusted tests for this
776 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
781 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
782 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
783 - adjusted tests to compensate
784 - adjusted docs for this
787 - changed how methods are dealt with to
788 encapsulate most of the work into the
789 &get_method_map method
790 - made several adjustments for the change
791 in Class::MOP::Method
792 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
793 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
794 old one before installing the new one
795 - added tests for this
796 - adjusted docs for this
798 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
799 - added caching of &get_method_map
800 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
801 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
803 * Class::MOP::Package
804 - added filtering capabilities to
805 &list_all_package_symbols
807 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
809 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
810 the $:version and such just actually goes
811 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
812 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
814 - The &create method now requires that all
815 but the package name now is passed in as
816 named parameters. See docs for more info.
817 - updated docs and tests for this
820 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
824 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
825 which do not store things in the instance
826 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
829 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
831 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
833 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
834 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
837 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
838 - fixed all tests for this
840 * Class::MOP::Attribute
841 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
842 are no longer allowed for defaults
843 - added tests for this
845 * Class::MOP::Package
846 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
847 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
848 always reloaded from the symbol table.
850 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
852 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
853 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
854 metamodel is more complete (and closer
855 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
857 * Class::MOP::Package
858 - refactored entire class, this is now
859 the primary gateway between the metaclass
860 and the Perl 5 symbol table
861 - added many tests for this
862 - this class is now a subclass of
864 - added some tests to reflect this
867 - refactored all symbol table access to
868 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
871 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
872 so that Module has a version as an attribute
873 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
874 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
875 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
876 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
877 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
878 - added tests for this
880 * Class::MOP::Instance
881 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
883 - added tests for this
885 * Class::MOP::Attribute
886 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
887 slots from an instance
888 - added tests for this
890 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
893 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
894 anywhere within the class hierarchy
896 * Class::MOP::Attribute
897 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
898 the value of the attribute for a particular
901 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
902 ---------------------------------------
903 This is the first version of Class::MOP
904 to introduce the immutable features which
905 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
906 This support should still be considered
907 experimental, but moving towards stability.
908 ---------------------------------------
910 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
912 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
913 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
914 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
917 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
918 - several methods moved to ::Module and
919 ::Package and now inherited
920 - added tests for this
922 * Class::MOP::Instance
923 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
924 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
925 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
926 instance creation (of course)
929 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
930 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
931 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
932 because they are now more general purpose symbol
933 table manipulation methods.
935 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
936 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
938 - small change in &create so that it behaves
939 properly when inherited
940 - small fix to &clone_instance
942 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
943 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
944 - This release works in combination with
945 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
946 because it introduces a new instance
947 sub-protocol and has not yet been
951 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
952 - added tests for this
953 - improved method modifier wrapping
955 * Class::MOP::Instance
956 - added new instance protocol
957 - added tests for this
958 - changed all relevant modules and examples
960 - Class::MOP::Attribute
964 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
965 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
967 - updated tests for this
970 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
971 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
973 - added tests for this
974 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
975 new instance protocol
976 - added more tests for this
978 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
980 - added find_attribute_by_name method
981 - added tests and docs for this
982 - some small optimizations
984 * Class::MOP::Attribute
985 - some small optimizations
987 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
989 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
990 - added tests for this
991 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
992 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
993 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
994 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
995 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
996 delegates appropriately
998 * Class::MOP::Attribute
999 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1000 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1001 called initialize_instance_slot
1004 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1005 initialize_instance_slot method
1007 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1009 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1010 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1012 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1014 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1015 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1017 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1018 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1019 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1021 - added tests for this
1022 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1024 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1026 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1027 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1028 - added test case for this
1030 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1032 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1033 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1034 available in DESTORY calls
1036 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1037 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1038 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1040 * Class::MOP::Method
1041 - added &package_name, &name and
1042 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1043 which were formerly private subs in
1046 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1047 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1048 before, after and around modifiers
1049 - added tests and docs for this feature
1052 - improved &get_package_symbol
1053 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1054 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1056 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1057 - &add_before_method_modifier
1058 - &add_after_method_modifier
1059 - &add_around_method_modifier
1060 - added tests and docs for these
1061 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1062 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1064 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1065 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1069 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1070 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1071 the test skip if it is not installed
1073 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1075 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1078 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1079 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1080 - added docs and tests
1082 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1083 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1084 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1085 be considered "ready to use".
1087 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1088 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1089 - test coverage is now at 99%
1092 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1093 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1094 metaclass pragma instead.
1097 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1098 error/edge-case tests
1100 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1101 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1102 error/edge-case tests
1105 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1107 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1109 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1110 metaclass a little more straightforward
1113 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1114 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1115 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1116 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1120 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1121 is now more useful for subclasses
1122 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1123 hash of attribute meta objects
1124 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1125 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1126 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1127 attribute meta-object itself
1128 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1129 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1130 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1131 - added docs & tests for this
1132 - added Clone as a dependency
1133 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1134 return blessed new or cloned instances
1135 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1136 - added docs & tests for this
1137 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1138 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1139 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1140 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1141 - added tests and docs for this
1144 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1146 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1148 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1150 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1151 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1152 attributes/methods respectively
1155 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1158 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1159 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1160 - added new example:
1163 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1165 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1167 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1168 - improved error messages
1171 - added new examples:
1172 - AttributesWithHistory
1173 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1175 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1176 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1178 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1179 - refactored method generation code
1180 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1183 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1184 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1185 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1186 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1187 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1189 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1190 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1191 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1193 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006