1 Also see Moose::Manual::Delta for more details of, and workarounds
2 for, noteworthy changes.
5 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve
6 startup performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements
7 may break backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using)
8 complex metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
9 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
11 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
12 - No longer uses inline_slot_access in accessors, to support
13 non-lvalue-based meta instances. (sorear)
15 * Moose::Manual::Contributing
16 - Re-write the Moose::Manual::Contributing document to reflect
17 the new layout and methods of work for the Git repository. All
18 work now should be done in topic branches and reviewed by a
19 core committer before being applied to master. All releases
20 are done by a cabal member and merged from master to
21 stable. This plan was devised by Yuval, blame him. (perigrin)
24 - Create metaclass attributes for the different role application
27 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
28 - Allow applying roles to a meta role's role application
31 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
32 - Add weak_ref to allowed options for "has '+foo'" (mst)
35 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
36 - Once again allow class names as well as objects for
37 delegation. This was changed in 0.86.
40 * Moose::Meta::Class::Immutable::Trait
41 - Fixes to work with the latest Class::MOP.
43 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
44 - Delegation now dies with a more useful error message if the
45 attribute's accessor returns something defined but
48 0.85 Fri, Jun 26, 2009
49 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
50 - The warning for 'no associated methods' is now split out into
51 the _check_associated_methods method, so that extensions can
52 safely call 'after install_accessors => ...'. This fixes a
53 warning from MooseX::AttributeHelpers. (hdp)
55 0.84 Fri, Jun 26, 2009
57 - has now sets definition_context for attributes defined in
60 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
61 - When adding an attribute to a metaclass, if the attribute has
62 no associated methods, it will give a deprecation
64 - Methods generated by delegation were not being added to
65 associated_methods. (hdp)
66 - Attribute accessors (reader, writer, accessor, predicate,
67 clearer) now warn if they overwrite an existing method. (doy)
68 - Attribute constructors now warn very noisily about unknown (or
71 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
72 - Deprecated the totally useless Role type name, which just
73 checked if $object->can('does'). Note that this is _not_ the
74 same as a type created by calling role_type('RoleName').
76 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
77 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::DuckType
78 - Reify duck type from a regular subtype into an actual class
80 - Document this because Sartak did all my work for me
83 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
84 - Allow Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::DuckType in handles, since
85 it is just a list of methods (Sartak)
88 - The get_*_method_modifiers methods would die if the role had
89 no modifiers of the given type (Robert Buels).
91 0.83 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
93 - Fix _construct_instance not setting the special __MOP__ object
94 key in instances of anon classes. (doy)
96 0.82 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
97 * Moose::Manual::Types
98 - Mention MooseX::Types early to avoid users falling down the
99 string parsing rathole (mst)
101 * Moose::Manual::MooseX
102 - Add warnings about class-level extensions and mention considering
103 using plain objects instead
105 0.81 Sun, Jun 7, 2009
106 * Bumped our Class::MOP prereq to the latest version (0.85), since
109 0.80 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
111 - Add FAQ about the coercion change from 0.76 because it came up
112 three times today (perigrin)
113 - Win doy $10 dollars because Sartak didn't think anybody
114 would document this fast enough (perigrin)
116 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
117 - Inline a DESTROY method even if there are no DEMOLISH methods
118 to prevent unnecessary introspection in
119 Moose::Object::DEMOLISHALL
122 - A role's required methods are now represented by
123 Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Required objects. Conflicts are now
124 represented by Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Conflicting
125 objects. The benefit for end-users in that unresolved
126 conflicts generate different, more instructive, errors,
127 resolving Ovid's #44895. (Sartak)
130 - Improve the error message of "extends" as suggested by Adam
131 Kennedy and confound (Sartak)
132 - Link to Moose::Manual::Roles from Moose::Role as we now have
133 excellent documentation (Adam Kennedy)
136 - Update test suite for subname change in Class::MOP
138 - Add TODO test for infinite recursion in Moose::Meta::Class
141 0.79 Wed, May 13, 2009
143 - More fixes for Win32 problems. Reported by Robert Krimen.
146 - The DEMOLISHALL method could still blow up in some cases
147 during global destruction. This method has been made more
148 resilient in the face of global destruction's random garbage
152 - If you "also" a module that isn't loaded, the error message
153 now acknowledges that (Sartak)
156 - When your ->meta method does not return a Moose::Meta::Class,
157 the error message gave the wrong output (Sartak)
159 0.78 Tue, May 12, 2009
160 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ and Moose::Cookbook::WTF
161 - Merged these documents into what is now Moose::Manual::FAQ
164 - Moved to Moose::Manual::Unsweetened
166 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipes 9-12
167 - Renamed to be 8-11, since recipe 8 did not exist
170 - Make Moose::Exporter import strict and warnings into packages
174 - Fix DEMOLISHALL sometimes not being able to find DEMOLISH
175 methods during global destruction (doy)
178 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
179 - Track the Role::Application objects created during class-role
183 - Fix metaclass incompatibility errors when extending a vanilla perl
184 class which isa Moose class with a metaclass role applied (t0m)
187 - Add a role-combination hook, _role_for_combination, for the
188 benefit of MooseX::Role::Parameterized (Sartak)
191 - Some tests were failing on Win32 because they explicit checked
192 warning output for newlines. Reported by Nickolay Platonov.
194 0.77 Sat, May 2, 2009
196 - Add explicit use of Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
200 - Pass a boolean to DEMOLISHALL and DEMOLISH indicating whether
201 or not we are currently in global destruction (doy)
202 - Add explicit use of Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
205 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
206 - Reworked much of the existing content to be more useful to
207 modern Moose hackers (Sartak)
210 - Depend on Class::MOP 0.83 instead of 0.82_01.
212 0.76 Mon, April 27, 2009
213 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
214 - Do not run coercions in coerce() if the value already passes the type
217 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
218 - In validation error messages, specifically say that the value is not
219 an instance of the class. This should alleviate some frustrating
220 forgot-to-load-my-type bugs. rt.cpan.org #44639 (Sartak)
222 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
223 - Revert the class-overrides-role warning in favor of a solution outside
224 of the Moose core (Sartak)
227 - Make Test::Output optional again, since it's only used in a few files
230 0.75_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
231 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
232 - Moose now warns about each class overriding methods from roles it
236 - Warnings tests have standardized on Test::Output which is now an
237 unconditionally dependency (Sartak)
240 - Changes to immutabilization to work with Class::MOP 0.82_01+.
242 0.75 Mon, April 20, 2009
245 - Move validation of not inheriting from roles from Moose::extends to
246 Moose::Meta::Class::superclasses (doy)
249 - add ensure_all_roles() function to encapsulate the common "apply this
250 role unless the object already does it" pattern (hdp)
253 - Users can now select a different metaclass with the "-metaclass"
254 option to import, for classes and roles (Sartak)
257 - Make method_metaclass an attr so that it can accept a metarole
260 0.74 Tue, April 7, 2009
262 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
263 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings.
267 - Removed the long-deprecated _apply_all_roles method.
269 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
270 - Removed the long-deprecated union method.
273 0.73_02 Mon, April 6, 2009
274 * More deprecations and renamings
275 - Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
276 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
277 when an object is constructed)
280 - The DEMOLISHALL method could throw an exception during global
281 destruction, meaning that your class's DEMOLISH methods would
282 not be properly called. Reported by t0m.
284 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
285 - Destructor inlining was totally broken by the change to the
286 is_needed method in 0.72_01. Now there is a test for this
287 feature, and it works again.
290 - Bold the word 'not' in the POD for find_meta (t0m)
292 0.73_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
294 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
295 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
296 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
298 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
299 - If an attribute had a lazy default, and that value did not
300 pass the attribute's type constraint, it did not get the
301 message from the type constraint, instead using a generic
302 message. Test provided by perigrin.
304 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
305 - Add duck_type keyword. It's sugar over making sure an object
306 can() a list of methods. This is easier than jrockway's
307 suggestion to fork all of CPAN. (perigrin)
308 - add tests and documentation (perigrin)
311 - Document the fact that init_meta() returns the target class's
312 metaclass object. (hdp)
314 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
315 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
316 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
317 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
318 - Make init_meta() examples explicitly return the metaclass and
319 point out this fact. (hdp)
321 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe12
322 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-method class.
324 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe6
325 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-method class.
328 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
329 - Attribute triggers no longer receive the meta-attribute object
330 as an argument in any circumstance. Previously, triggers
331 called during instance construction were passed the
332 meta-attribute, but triggers called by normal accessors were
333 not. Fixes RT#44429, reported by Mark Swayne. (hdp)
335 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
336 - Remove references to triggers receving the meta-attribute object as an
339 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
340 - Remove recommendation for deprecated Moose::Policy and
341 Moose::Policy::FollowPBP; recommend MooseX::FollowPBP
344 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
345 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
346 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
347 subclasses or extensions to Moose should feel free to override
348 them, but they are not for "public" use.
351 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
353 - Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
354 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
355 when an object is constructed)
356 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
358 - Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
359 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
360 when an object is constructed)
361 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
362 - attributes => _attributes (now inherited from parent)
363 - meta_instance => _meta_instance (now inherited from parent)
366 - alias_method is deprecated. Use add_method
368 0.73 Fri, March 29, 2009
369 * No changes from 0.72_01.
371 0.72_01 Thu, March 26, 2009
373 - Almost every module has complete API documentation. A few
374 methods (and even whole classes) have been intentionally
375 excluded pending some rethinking of their APIs.
377 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
378 - Calling subtype with a name as the only argument is now an
379 exception. If you want an anonymous subtype do:
381 my $subtype = subtype as 'Foo';
383 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe7
384 - A new recipe, creating a custom meta-instance class.
386 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe5
387 - Fix various typos and mistakes. Includes a patch from Radu
390 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe9
391 - Link to this recipe from Moose.pm's builder blurb
394 - When wrapping a function with a prototype, Moose::Exporter now
395 makes sure the wrapped function still has the same
396 prototype. (Daisuke Maki)
398 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
399 - Allow a subclass to set lazy_build for an inherited
403 - Explicitly depend on Data::OptList. We already had this dependency
404 via Sub::Exporter, but since we're using it directly we're
405 better off with it listed. (Sartak)
407 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
408 - Make it easier to subclass the inlining behaviour. (Ash
411 * Moose::Manual::Delta
412 - Details significant changes in the history of Moose, along
413 with recommended workarounds.
415 * Moose::Manual::Contributing
416 - Contributor's guide to Moose.
418 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
419 - The long-deprecated intialize_body method has been removed
420 (yes, spelled like that).
422 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
423 - This is_needed method is now always a class method.
426 - Changes to the internals of how make_immutable works to match
427 changes in latest Class::MOP.
429 0.72 Mon, February 23, 2009
431 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
432 - A mutable class accepted Foo->new(undef) without complaint,
433 while an immutable class would blow up with an unhelpful
434 error. Now, in both cases we throw a helpful error
435 instead. Reported by doy.
437 0.71_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
439 - Hopefully fixed some POD errors in a few recipes that caused
440 them to display weird on search.cpan.org.
442 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
443 - Calling type or subtype without the sugar helpers (as, where,
444 message) is now deprecated.
445 - The subtype function tried hard to guess what you meant, but
446 often got it wrong. For example:
448 my $subtype = subtype as 'ArrayRef[Object]';
450 This caused an error in the past, but now works as you'd
454 - Make sure Moose.pm is loaded before calling
455 Moose->throw_error. This wasn't normally an issue, but could
456 bite you in weird cases.
458 0.71 Thu, February 19, 2009
459 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe11
460 - A new recipe which demonstrates the use of BUILDARGS and
463 * Moose::Cookbook::Roles::Recipe3
464 - A new recipe, applying a role to an object instance. (Dave
468 - Allow overriding specific keywords from "also" packages. (doy)
471 - Replace hardcoded cookbook tests with Test::Inline to ensure
472 the tests match the actual code in the recipes. (Dave Rolsky)
475 - Working on the above turned up a number of little bugs in the
476 recipe code. (Dave Rolsky)
478 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::Optimized
479 - Just use Class::MOP for the optimized ClassName check. (Dave
482 0.70 Sat, February 14, 2009
483 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
484 - Added the RoleName type (stevan)
485 - added tests for this (stevan)
487 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe3
488 - Updated the before qw[left right] sub to be a little more
489 defensive about what it accepts (stevan)
490 - added more tests to t/000_recipies/basics/003_binary_tree.t
494 - We now always call DEMOLISHALL, even if a class does not
495 define DEMOLISH. This makes sure that method modifiers on
496 DEMOLISHALL work as expected. (doy)
497 - added tests for this (EvanCarroll)
499 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
500 - Accept roles for the wrapped_method_metaclass (rafl)
501 - added tests for this (rafl)
503 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
504 - We no longer pass the meta-attribute object as a final
505 argument to triggers. This actually changed for inlined code a
506 while back, but the non-inlined version and the docs were
510 - Some tests tried to use Test::Warn 0.10, which had bugs. Now
511 they require 0.11. (Dave Rolsky)
514 - Lots of small changes to the manual, cookbook, and
515 elsewhere. These were based on feedback from various
516 users, too many to list here. (Dave Rolsky)
518 0.69 Thu, February 12, 2009
520 - Make some keyword errors use throw_error instead of croak
521 since Moose::Exporter wraps keywords now (Sartak)
524 - Revised every recipe for style and clarity. Also moved some
525 documentation out of cookbook recipes and into Moose::Manual
526 pages. This work was funded as part of the Moose docs grant
527 from TPF. (Dave Rolsky)
529 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
530 - If the attribute doing the delegation was not populated, the
531 error message did not specify the attribute name
534 0.68 Wed, February 4, 2009
536 - Many spelling, typo, and formatting fixes by daxim.
538 * Moose::Manual::Attributes
539 - The NAME section in the POD used "Attribute" so search.cpan
540 didn't resolve links from other documents properly.
542 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
543 - Now properly spelled as Overridden. Thanks to daxim for
546 0.67 Tue, February 3, 2009
548 - Lots of little typo fixes and a few clarifications. Several
549 pages didn't have proper titles, and so weren't actually
550 visible on search.cpan.org. Thanks to hanekomu for a variety
551 of fixes and formatting improvements.
553 0.66 Tue, February 3, 2009
555 - This is a brand new, extensive manual for Moose. This aims to
556 provide a complete introduction to all of Moose's
557 features. This work was funded as part of the Moose docs grant
558 from TPF. (Dave Rolsky)
560 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
561 - Added a delegation_metaclass method to replace a hard-coded
562 use of Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation. (Dave Rolsky)
564 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
565 - If you created a subtype and passed a parent that Moose didn't
566 know about, it simply ignored the parent. Now it automatically
567 creates the parent as a class type. This may not be what you
568 want, but is less broken than before. (Dave Rolsky)
570 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
571 - This module tried throw errors by calling Moose->throw_error,
572 but it did not ensure that Moose was loaded first. This could
573 cause very unhelpful errors when it tried to throw an error
574 before Moose was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
576 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
577 - You could declare a name with subtype such as "Foo!Bar" that
578 would be allowed, but if you used it in a parameterized type
579 such as "ArrayRef[Foo!Bar]" it wouldn't work. We now do some
580 vetting on names created via the sugar functions, so that they
581 can only contain alphanumerics, ":", and ".". (Dave Rolsky)
583 0.65 Thu, January 22, 2008
584 * Moose and Moose::Meta::Method::Overridden
585 - If an overridden method called super(), and then the
586 superclass's method (not overridden) _also_ called super(),
587 Moose went into an endless recursion loop. Test provided by
588 Chris Prather. (Dave Rolsky)
590 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
591 - All methods are now documented. (gphat)
593 * t/100_bugs/011_DEMOLISH_eats_exceptions.t
594 - Fixed some bogus failures that occurred because we tried to
595 validate filesystem paths in a very ad-hoc and
596 not-quite-correct way. (Dave Rolsky)
598 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
599 - Added maybe_type to exports. See docs for details. (rjbs)
602 - Added Moose::Util::TypeConstraints to the SEE ALSO
606 - Methods created via an attribute can now fulfill a "requires"
607 declaration for a role. (nothingmuch)
609 * Moose::Meta::Method::*
610 - Stack traces from inlined code will now report its line and
611 file as being in your class, as opposed to in Moose
614 0.64 Wed, December 31, 2008
615 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
616 - Always inline predicate and clearer methods (Sartak)
618 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
619 - Support for parameterized traits (Sartak)
620 - verify_against_type_constraint method to avoid duplication
621 and enhance extensibility (Sartak)
624 - Tests (but no support yet) for parameterized traits (Sartak)
627 - Require Class::MOP 0.75+, which has the side effect of making
628 sure we work on Win32. (Dave Rolsky)
630 0.63 Mon, December 8, 2008
632 - Some small grammar tweaks and bug fixes in non-Moose example
635 0.62_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
636 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
637 - When a class does not provide all of a role's required
638 methods, the error thrown now mentions all of the missing
639 methods, as opposed to just the first one found. Requested by
640 Curtis Poe (RT #41119). (Dave Rolsky)
642 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
643 - Moose will no longer inline a constructor for your class
644 unless it inherits its constructor from Moose::Object, and
645 will warn when it doesn't inline. If you want to force
646 inlining anyway, pass "replace_constructor => 1" to
647 make_immutable. Addresses RT #40968, reported by Jon
648 Swartz. (Dave Rolsky)
649 - The quoting of default values could be broken if the default
650 contained a single quote ('). Now we use quotemeta to escape
651 anything potentially dangerous in the defaults. (Dave Rolsky)
653 0.62_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
655 - use the method->execute API for BUILDALL
656 and DEMOLISHALL (Sartak)
658 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
659 - We now make all the type constraint meta classes immutable
660 before creating the default types provided by Moose. This
661 should make loading Moose a little faster. (Dave Rolsky)
663 0.62 Wed November 26, 2008
664 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass
665 Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToRole
666 - fixed issues where excluding and aliasing the
667 same methods for a single role did not work
668 right (worked just fine with multiple
670 - added test for this (stevan)
672 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::RoleSummation
673 - fixed the error message when trying to compose
674 a role with a role it excludes (Sartak)
677 - Catch another case where recursion caused the value
678 of $CALLER to be stamped on (t0m)
679 - added test for this (t0m)
682 - Remove the make_immutable keyword, which has been
683 deprecated since April. It breaks metaclasses that
684 use Moose without no Moose (Sartak)
686 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
687 - Removing an attribute from a class now also removes delegation
688 (handles) methods installed for that attribute (t0m)
689 - added test for this (t0m)
691 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
692 - An attribute with a default that looked like a number (but was
693 really a string) would accidentally be treated as a number
694 when the constructor was made immutable (perigrin)
695 - added test for this (perigrin)
698 - create method for constructing a role
700 - added test for this (Sartak)
701 - anonymous roles! (Sartak)
702 - added test for this (Sartak)
705 - more consistent error messages (Sartak)
707 * Moose::Cookbook::Roles::Recipe1
708 - attempt to explain why a role that just requires
709 methods is useful (Sartak)
711 0.61 Fri November 7, 2008
712 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
713 - When passing a role to handles, it will be loaded if necessary
717 - Method objects returned by get_method (and other methods)
718 Could end up being returned without an associated_metaclass
719 attribute. Removing get_method_map, which is provided by
720 Class::MOP::Class, fixed this. The Moose version did nothing
721 different from its parent except introduce a bug. (Dave Rolsky)
722 - added tests for this (jdv79)
725 - Added a $VERSION to all .pm files which didn't have one. Fixes
726 RT #40049, reported by Adam Kennedy. (Dave Rolsky)
728 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe4
729 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe6
730 - These files had spaces on the first line of the SYNOPSIS, as
731 opposed to a totally empty line. According to RT #40432, this
732 confuses POD parsers. (Dave Rolsky)
734 0.60 Fri October 24, 2008
736 - Passing "-traits" when loading Moose caused the Moose.pm
737 exports to be broken. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
738 - Tests for this bug. (t0m)
741 - Change resolve_metaclass alias to use the new
742 load_first_existing_class function. This makes it a lot
743 simpler, and also around 5 times faster. (t0m)
744 - Add caching to resolve_metaclass_alias, which gives an order
745 of magnitude speedup to things which repeatedly call the
746 Moose::Meta::Attribute->does method, notably MooseX::Storage
749 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
750 - Put back the changes for parameterized constraints that
751 shouldn't have been removed in 0.59. We still cannot parse
752 them, but MooseX modules can create them in some other
753 way. See the 0.58 changes for more details. (jnapiorkowski)
754 - Changed the way subtypes are created so that the job is
755 delegated to a type constraint parent. This clears up some
756 hardcoded checking and should allow correct subtypes of
757 Moose::Meta::Type::Constraint. Don't rely on this new API too
758 much (create_child_type) because it may go away in the
759 future. (jnapiorkowski)
761 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
762 - Type constraint names are sorted as strings, not numbers.
765 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
766 - New parameterize method. This can be used as a factory method
767 to make a new type constraint with a given parameterized
768 type. (jnapiorkowski)
769 - added tests (jnapiorkowski)
771 0.59 Tue October 14, 2008
773 - Add abridged documentation for builder/default/initializer/
774 predicate, and link to more details sections in
775 Class::MOP::Attribute. (t0m)
777 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
778 - removed prototypes from all but the &-based stuff (mst)
780 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
781 - Creating a anonymous subtype with both a constraint and a
782 message failed with a very unhelpful error, but should just
783 work. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
786 - Some tests that used Test::Warn if it was available failed
787 with older versions of Test::Warn. Reported by Fayland. (Dave
789 - Test firing behavior of triggers in relation to builder/default/
791 - Test behavior of equals/is_a_type_of/is_a_subtype_of for all
792 kinds of supported type. (t0m)
795 - In create(), do not pass "roles" option to the superclass
796 - added related test that creates an anon metaclass with
799 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
800 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
801 - Unify behavior of equals/is_a_type_of/is_a_subtype_of with
802 other types (as per change in 0.55_02). (t0m)
804 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
805 - Fix warning when dealing with unknown type names (t0m)
807 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
808 - Reverted changes from 0.58 related to handle parameterized
809 types. This caused random failures on BSD and Win32 systems,
810 apparently related to the regex engine. This means that Moose
811 can no longer parse structured type constraints like
812 ArrayRef[Int,Int] or HashRef[name=>Str]. This will be
813 supported in a slightly different way via MooseX::Types some
814 time in the future. (Dave Rolsky)
816 0.58 Sat September 20, 2008
817 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
818 !! how roles add methods to a class !!
820 * Roles and role application
821 ! Roles now add methods by calling add_method, not
822 alias_method. They make sure to always provide a method
823 object, which will be cloned internally. This means that it is
824 now possible to track the source of a method provided by a
825 role, and even follow its history through intermediate roles.
827 This means that methods added by a role now show up when
828 looking at a class's method list/map. (Dave Rolsky)
831 - From this release on, we'll try to maintain a list of
832 conflicting modules, and warn you if you have one
833 installed. For example, this release conflicts with ...
834 - MooseX::Singleton <= 0.11
835 - MooseX::Params::Validate <= 0.05
838 In general, we try to not break backwards compatibility for
839 most Moose users, but MooseX modules and other code which
840 extends Moose's metaclasses is often affected by very small
841 changes in the Moose internals.
843 * Moose::Meta::Method::Delegation
844 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
845 - Delegation methods now have their own method class. (Dave
848 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
849 - Added a new method 'parameterize' which is basically a factory
850 for the containing constraint. This makes it easier to create
851 new types of parameterized constraints. (jnapiorkowski)
853 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
854 - Changed the way Union types canonicalize their names to follow
855 the normalized TC naming rules, which means we strip all
856 whitespace. (jnapiorkowski)
858 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
859 - Parameter and Union args are now sorted, this makes Int|Str
860 the same constraint as Str|Int. (jnapiorkowski)
861 - Changes to the way Union types are parsed to more correctly
862 stringify their names. (jnapiorkowski)
863 - When creating a parameterized type, we now use the new
864 parameterize method. (jnapiorkowski)
865 - Incoming type constraint strings are now normalized to remove
866 all whitespace differences. (jnapiorkowski)
867 - Changed the way we parse type constraint strings so that we now
868 match TC[Int,Int,...] and TC[name=>Str] as parameterized type
869 constraints. This lays the foundation for more flexible type
870 constraint implementations.
872 * Tests and docs for all the above. (jnapiorkowski)
876 - Moose::Exporter will no longer remove a subroutine that the
877 exporting package re-exports. Moose re-exports the
878 Carp::confess function, among others. The reasoning is that we
879 cannot know whether you have also explicitly imported those
880 functions for your own use, so we err on the safe side and
881 always keep them. (Dave Rolsky)
882 - added tests for this (rafl)
885 - Changes to how we fix metaclass compatibility that are much
886 too complicated to go into. The summary is that Moose is much
887 less likely to complain about metaclass incompatibility
888 now. In particular, if two metaclasses differ because
889 Moose::Util::MetaRole was used on the two corresponding
890 classes, then the difference in roles is reconciled for the
891 subclass's metaclass. (Dave Rolsky)
892 - Squashed an warning in _process_attribute (thepler)
895 - throw exceptions (sooner) for invalid attribute names (thepler)
896 - added tests for this (thepler)
898 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
899 - If you explicitly set a constructor or destructor class for a
900 metaclass object, and then applied roles to the metaclass,
901 that explicitly set class would be lost and replaced with the
905 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
906 * Moose::Meta::Method
909 * Moose::Error::Default
910 * Moose::Error::Croak
911 * Moose::Error::Confess
912 - All instances of confess() changed to use overridable
913 C<throw_error> method. This method ultimately calls a class
914 constructor, and you can change the class being called. In
915 addition, errors now pass more information than just a string.
916 The default C<error_class> behaves like C<Carp::confess>, so
917 the behavior is not visibly different for end users.
919 0.57 Wed September 3, 2008
921 - A new bit of doc intended to introduce folks familiar with
922 "standard" Perl 5 OO to Moose concepts. (Dave Rolsky)
925 - Shows examples of two classes, each done first with and then
926 without Moose. This makes a nice parallel to
927 Moose::Intro. (Dave Rolsky)
929 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
930 - Fixed a bug in find_or_parse_type_constraint so that it
931 accepts a Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint object as the parent
932 type, not just a name (jnapiorkowski)
933 - added tests (jnapiorkowski)
936 - If Sub::Name was not present, unimporting failed to actually
937 remove some sugar subs, causing test failures (Dave Rolsky)
939 0.56 Mon September 1, 2008
940 For those not following the series of dev releases, there are
941 several major changes in this release of Moose.
942 ! Moose::init_meta should now be called as a method. See the
945 - Major performance improvements by nothingmuch.
947 - New modules for extension writers, Moose::Exporter and
948 Moose::Util::MetaRole by Dave Rolsky.
950 - Lots of doc improvements and additions, especially in the
955 * Removed all references to the experimental-but-no-longer-needed
956 Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToMetaclassInstance.
958 * Require Class::MOP 0.65.
960 0.55_04 Sat August 30, 2008
961 * Moose::Util::MetaRole
962 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
963 - This simplifies the application of roles to any meta class, as
964 well as the base object class. Reimplemented metaclass traits
965 using this module. (Dave Rolsky)
967 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
968 - This a new recipe, an overview of various ways to write Moose
969 extensions (Dave Rolsky)
971 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
972 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
973 - These used to be Extending::Recipe1 and Extending::Recipe2,
976 0.55_03 Fri August 29, 2008
977 * No changes from 0.55_02 except increasing the Class::MOP
978 dependency to 0.64_07.
980 0.55_02 Fri August 29, 2008
981 * Makefile.PL and Moose.pm
982 - explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
984 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
985 - Fix warnings from find_type_constraint if the type is not
988 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
989 - Predicate methods (equals/is_a_type_of/is_subtype_of) now
990 return false if the type you specify cannot be found in the
991 type registry, rather than throwing an unhelpful and
992 coincidental exception. (t0m).
993 - added docs & test for this (t0m)
995 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
996 - add_type_constraint now throws an exception if a parameter is
998 - added docs & test for this (t0m)
1000 * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
1001 - Added a faq entry on the difference between "role" and "trait"
1005 - Fixed a bug that caused role composition to not see a required
1006 method when that method was provided by another role being
1007 composed at the same time. (Dave Rolsky)
1008 - test and bug finding (tokuhirom)
1010 0.55_01 Wed August 20, 2008
1012 !! Calling Moose::init_meta as a function is now !!
1013 !! deprecated. Please see the Moose.pm docs for details. !!
1015 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1016 - Fix inlined constructor so that values produced by default
1017 or builder methods are coerced as required. (t0m)
1018 - added test for this (t0m)
1020 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1021 - A lazy attribute with a default or builder did not attempt to
1022 coerce the default value. The immutable code _did_
1024 - added test for this (t0m)
1027 - This is a new helper module for writing "Moose-alike"
1028 modules. This should make the lives of MooseX module authors
1029 much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
1032 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe5
1033 - Implemented metaclass traits (and wrote a recipe for it):
1035 use Moose -traits => 'Foo'
1037 This should make writing small Moose extensions a little
1038 easier (Dave Rolsky)
1040 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
1041 - Removed any examples of direct hashref access, and applied an
1042 editorial axe to reduce verbosity. (Dave Rolsky)
1044 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
1045 - Also applied an editorial axe here. (Dave Rolsky)
1048 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
1049 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
1050 - Rewrote extending and embedding moose documentation and
1051 recipes to use Moose::Exporter (Dave Rolsky)
1055 - These two modules now warn when you load them from the main
1056 package "main" package, because we will not export sugar to
1057 main. Previously it just did nothing. (Dave Rolsky)
1060 - Now provide an init_meta method just like Moose.pm, and you
1061 can call this to provide an alternate role metaclass. (Dave
1062 Rolsky and nothingmuch)
1063 - get_method_map now respects the package cache flag (nothingmuch)
1066 - Two new methods - add_method and wrap_method_body
1070 - Optimizations including allowing constructors to accept hash
1071 refs, making many more classes immutable, and making
1072 constructors immutable. (nothingmuch)
1074 0.55 Sun August 3, 2008
1075 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1076 - breaking down the way 'handles' methods are
1077 created so that the process can be more easily
1078 overridden by subclasses (stevan)
1080 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1081 - fixing what is passed into a ->message with
1082 the type constraints (RT #37569)
1083 - added tests for this (Charles Alderman)
1085 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1086 - fix coerce to accept anon types like subtype can (mst)
1089 - reorganized the recipes into sections - Basics, Roles, Meta,
1090 Extending - and wrote abstracts for each section (Dave Rolsky)
1092 * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe10
1093 - A new recipe that demonstrates operator overloading
1094 in combination with Moose. (bluefeet)
1096 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe1
1097 - an introduction to what meta is and why you'd want to make
1098 your own metaclass extensions (Dave Rolsky)
1100 * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe4
1101 - a very simple metaclass example (Dave Rolsky)
1103 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
1104 - how to write a Moose-alike module to use your own object base
1107 * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
1108 - how to write modules with an API just like C<Moose.pm> (Dave
1112 - Tons of fixes, both syntactical and grammatical (Dave
1113 Rolsky, Paul Fenwick)
1115 0.54 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1116 ... this is not my day today ...
1118 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1119 - fixed legal_options_for_inheritance such that
1120 clone_and_inherit options still works for
1121 Class::MOP::Attribute objects and therefore
1122 does not break MooseX::AttributeHelpers
1125 0.53 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1126 * Whoops, I guess I should run 'make manifest' before
1127 actually releasing the module. No actual changes
1128 in this release, except the fact that it includes
1129 the changes that I didn't include in the last
1132 0.52 Thurs. July 3, 2008
1134 - added "FEATURE REQUESTS" section to the Moose docs
1135 to properly direct people (stevan) (RT #34333)
1136 - making 'extends' croak if it is passed a Role since
1137 this is not ever something you want to do
1138 (fixed by stevan, found by obra)
1139 - added tests for this (stevan)
1142 - adding support for DOES (as in UNIVERSAL::DOES)
1144 - added test for this
1146 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1147 - added legal_options_for_inheritance (wreis)
1148 - added tests for this (wreis)
1150 * Moose::Cookbook::Snacks::*
1151 - removed some of the unfinished snacks that should
1152 not have been released yet. Added some more examples
1153 to the 'Keywords' snack. (stevan)
1155 * Moose::Cookbook::Style
1156 - added general Moose "style guide" of sorts to the
1157 cookbook (nothingmuch) (RT #34335)
1160 - added more BUILDARGS tests (stevan)
1162 0.51 Thurs. Jun 26, 2008
1164 - add unimport so "no Moose::Role" actually does
1167 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToRole
1168 - when RoleA did RoleB, and RoleA aliased a method from RoleB in
1169 order to provide its own implementation, that method still got
1170 added to the list of required methods for consumers of
1171 RoleB. Now an aliased method is only added to the list of
1172 required methods if the role doing the aliasing does not
1173 provide its own implementation. See Recipe 11 for an example
1174 of all this. (Dave Rolsky)
1175 - added tests for this
1177 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1178 - when a single argument that wasn't a hashref was provided to
1179 an immutabilized constructor, the error message was very
1180 unhelpful, as opposed to the non-immutable error. Reported by
1182 - added test for this (Dave Rolsky)
1184 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1185 - added support for meta_attr->does("ShortAlias") (sartak)
1186 - added tests for this (sartak)
1187 - moved the bulk of the `handles` handling to the new
1188 install_delegation method (Stevan)
1191 - Added BUILDARGS, a new step in new()
1193 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::RoleSummation
1194 - fix typos no one ever sees (sartak)
1196 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1197 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1198 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1199 - Attempt to work around the ??{ } vs. threads issue
1201 - Some null_constraint optimizations
1203 0.50 Thurs. Jun 11, 2008
1204 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
1207 0.49 Thurs. Jun 11, 2008
1208 !! This version now approx. 20-25% !!
1209 !! faster with new Class::MOP 0.59 !!
1211 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1212 - fixed how the is => (ro|rw) works with
1213 custom defined reader, writer and accessor
1215 - added docs for this (TODO).
1216 - added tests for this (Thanks to Penfold)
1217 - added the custom attribute alias for regular
1218 Moose attributes which is "Moose"
1219 - fix builder and default both being used
1224 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1226 Moose::Meta::Role::Composite
1227 Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1228 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
1232 - changing add_package_symbol to use the new
1236 - fixed how DEMOLISHALL is called so that it
1237 can be overrided in subclasses (thanks to Sartak)
1238 - added test for this (thanks to Sartak)
1240 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1241 - move the ClassName type check code to
1242 Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (thanks to Sartak)
1244 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe11
1245 - add tests for this (thanks to tokuhirom)
1247 0.48 Thurs. May 29, 2008
1248 (early morning release engineering)--
1250 - fixing the version in Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1251 which was causing the indexer to choke
1253 0.47 Thurs. May 29, 2008
1254 (late night release engineering)--
1256 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
1257 changes in this release
1259 0.46 Wed. May 28, 2008
1260 !! This version now approx. 20-25% !!
1261 !! faster with new Class::MOP 0.57 !!
1263 * Moose::Meta::Class
1264 - some optimizations of the &initialize method
1265 since it is called so often by &meta
1267 * Moose::Meta::Class
1269 - now use the get_all_package_symbols from the
1270 updated Class::MOP, test suite is now 10 seconds
1273 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1274 - is_needed can now also be called as a class
1275 method for immutablization to check if the
1276 destructor object even needs to be created
1279 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1280 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1281 - added more descriptive error message to help
1282 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
1283 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
1285 0.45 Saturday, May 24, 2008
1287 - Because of work in Class::MOP 0.57, all
1288 XS based functionality is now optional
1289 and a Pure Perl version is supplied
1290 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
1291 can now be used to force non-XS versions
1293 - several of the packages have been tweaked
1294 to take care of this, mostly we added
1295 support for the package_name and name
1296 variables in all the Method metaclasses
1297 - before/around/after method modifiers now
1298 support regexp matching of names
1299 (thanks to Takatoshi Kitano)
1300 - tests added for this
1301 - NOTE: this only works for classes, it
1302 is currently not supported in roles,
1303 but, ... patches welcome
1304 - All usage of Carp::confess have been replaced
1305 by Carp::croak in the "keyword" functions since
1306 the stack trace is usually not helpful
1309 - All usage of Carp::confess have been replaced
1310 by Carp::croak in the "keyword" functions since
1311 the stack trace is usually not helpful
1312 - The 'has' keyword for roles now accepts the
1313 same array ref form that Moose.pm does
1314 (has [qw/foo bar/] => (is => 'rw', ...))
1315 - added test for this
1317 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1318 - trigger on a ro-attribute is no longer an
1319 error, as it's useful to trigger off of the
1322 * Moose::Meta::Class
1323 - added same 'add_package_symbol' fix as in
1327 - does_role now handles non-Moose classes
1329 - added tests for this
1330 - added the 'add_method_modifier' function
1331 (thanks to Takatoshi Kitano)
1333 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1334 - subtypes of parameterizable types now are
1335 themselves parameterizable types
1337 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1338 - fixed bug where trigger was not being
1339 called by the inlined immutable
1341 - added test for this (thanks to Caelum)
1343 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToInstance
1344 - now uses the metaclass of the instance
1345 (if possible) to create the anon-class
1346 (thanks Jonathan Rockway)
1348 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe22
1349 - added the meta-attribute trait recipe
1353 - fixed hash-ordering test bug that was
1354 causing occasional cpantester failures
1355 - renamed the t/000_recipe/*.t tests to be
1356 more descriptive (thanks to Sartak)
1358 0.44 Sat. May 10, 2008
1360 - made make_immutable warning cluck to
1361 show where the error is (thanks mst)
1364 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL now call
1365 ->body when looping through the
1366 methods, to avoid the overloaded
1368 - fixed issue where DEMOLISHALL was
1369 eating the $@ values, and so not
1370 working correctly, it still kind of
1371 eats them, but so does vanilla perl
1372 - added tests for this
1374 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe7
1375 - added new recipe for immutable
1376 functionality (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1378 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe9
1379 - added new recipe for builder and
1380 lazy_build (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1382 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe11
1383 - added new recipe for method aliasing
1384 and exclusion with Roles (thanks Dave Rolsky)
1387 - fixed Win32 test failure (thanks spicyjack)
1389 ~ removed Build.PL and Module::Build compat
1390 since Module::Install has done that.
1392 0.43 Wed. April, 30, 2008
1394 drink more coffee before
1395 doing release engineering
1397 - whoops, forgot to do the smolder tests,
1398 and we broke some of the custom meta-attr
1399 modules. This fixes that.
1401 0.42 Mon. April 28, 2008
1402 - some bad tests slipped by, nothing else
1403 changed in this release (cpantesters++)
1405 - upped the Class::MOP dependency to 0.55
1406 since we have tests which need the C3
1409 0.41 Mon. April 28, 2008
1410 ~~ numerous documentation updates ~~
1412 - Changed all usage of die to Carp::croak for better
1413 error reporting (initial patch by Tod Hagan)
1415 ** IMPORTANT NOTE **
1416 - the make_immutable keyword is now deprecated, don't
1417 use it in any new code and please fix your old code
1418 as well. There will be 2 releases, and then it will
1424 - refactored the way inner and super work to avoid
1425 any method/@ISA cache penalty (nothingmuch)
1427 * Moose::Meta::Class
1428 - fixing &new_object to make sure trigger gets the
1429 coerced value (spotted by Charles Alderman on the
1431 - added test for this
1433 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1434 - immutable classes which had non-lazy attributes were calling
1435 the default generating sub twice in the constructor. (bug
1436 found by Jesse Luehrs, fixed by Dave Rolsky)
1437 - added tests for this (Dave Rolsky)
1438 - fix typo in initialize_body method (nothingmuch)
1440 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1441 - fix typo in initialize_body method (nothingmuch)
1443 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
1444 Moose::Meta::Method::Augmented
1445 - moved the logic for these into their own
1446 classes (nothingmuch)
1448 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1449 - inherited attributes may now be extended without
1450 restriction on the type ('isa', 'does') (Sartak)
1451 - added tests for this (Sartak)
1452 - when an attribute property is malformed (such as lazy without
1453 a default), give the name of the attribute in the error
1455 - added the &applied_traits and &has_applied_traits methods
1456 to allow introspection of traits
1457 - added tests for this
1458 - moved 'trait' and 'metaclass' argument handling to here from
1460 - clone_and_inherit_options now handles 'trait' and 'metaclass' (has
1461 '+foo' syntax) (nothingmuch)
1462 - added tests for this (t0m)
1465 - localize $@ inside DEMOLISHALL to avoid it
1466 eating $@ (found by Ernesto)
1467 - added test for this (thanks to Ernesto)
1469 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1470 - &find_type_constraint now DWIMs when given an
1471 type constraint object or name (nothingmuch)
1472 - &find_or_create_type_constraint superseded with a number of more
1474 - find_or_create_{isa,does}_type_constraint
1475 - find_or_parse_type_constraint
1477 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1478 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
1479 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
1480 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum
1481 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1482 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1483 - added the &equals method for comparing two type
1484 constraints (nothingmuch)
1485 - added tests for this (nothingmuch)
1487 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1488 - add the &parents method, which is just an alias to &parent.
1489 Useful for polymorphism with TC::{Class,Role,Union} (nothingmuch)
1491 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class
1492 - added the class attribute for introspection purposes
1494 - added tests for this
1496 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum
1497 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Role
1498 - broke these out into their own classes (nothingmuch)
1500 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe*
1501 - fixed references to test file locations in the POD
1502 and updated up some text for new Moose features
1506 - Added &resolve_metaclass_alias, a helper function for finding an actual
1507 class for a short name (e.g. in the traits list)
1509 0.40 Fri. March 14, 2008
1510 - I hate Pod::Coverage
1512 0.39 Fri. March 14, 2008
1514 - documenting the use of '+name' with attributes
1515 that come from recently composed roles. It makes
1516 sense, people are using it, and so why not just
1517 officially support it.
1518 - fixing the 'extends' keyword so that it will not
1519 trigger Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1522 - added the perl -Moose=+Class::Name feature to allow
1523 monkeypatching of classes in one liners
1526 - fixing the 'apply_all_roles' keyword so that it will not
1527 trigger Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1529 * Moose::Meta::Class
1530 - added ->create method which now supports roles (thanks to jrockway)
1531 - added tests for this
1532 - added ->create_anon_class which now supports roles and caching of
1533 the results (thanks to jrockway)
1534 - added tests for this
1535 - made ->does_role a little more forgiving when it is
1536 checking a Class::MOP era metaclasses.
1538 * Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToInstance
1539 - it is now possible to pass extra params to be used when
1540 a role is applied to an the instance (rebless_params)
1541 - added tests for this
1543 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1544 - class_type now accepts an optional second argument for a
1545 custom message. POD anotated accordingly (groditi)
1546 - added tests for this
1547 - it is now possible to make anon-enums by passing 'enum' an
1548 ARRAY ref instead of the $name => @values. Everything else
1550 - added tests for this
1553 - making test for using '+name' on attributes consumed
1554 from a role, it works and makes sense too.
1556 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1557 - fix handles so that it doesn't return nothing
1558 when the method cannot be found, not sure why
1559 it ever did this originally, this means we now
1560 have slightly better support for AUTOLOADed
1562 - added more delegation tests
1563 - adding ->does method to this so as to better
1564 support traits and their introspection.
1565 - added tests for this
1568 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1569 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1570 - made ->does a little more forgiving when it is
1571 passed Class::MOP era metaclasses.
1573 0.38 Fri. Feb. 15, 2008
1574 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1575 - fixed initializer to correctly do
1576 type checking and coercion in the
1578 - added tests for this
1581 - fixed some finicky tests (thanks to konobi)
1583 0.37 Thurs. Feb. 14, 2008
1585 - fixed some details in Moose::init_meta
1586 and its superclass handling (thanks thepler)
1587 - added tests for this (thanks thepler)
1588 - 'has' now dies if you don't pass in name
1590 - added the 'make_immutable' keyword as a shortcut
1593 * Moose::Meta::Class
1594 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1595 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1596 - making (init_arg => undef) work here too
1597 (thanks to nothingmuch)
1599 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1600 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1601 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1602 - make lazy attributes respect attr initializers (rjbs)
1603 - added tests for this
1605 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1606 Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints
1607 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraints
1608 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1609 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1610 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1611 - making type errors use the
1612 assigned message (thanks to Sartak)
1613 - added tests for this
1615 * Moose::Meta::Method::Destructor
1616 - making sure DESTROY gets inlined properly
1617 with successive DEMOLISH calls (thanks to manito)
1619 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1620 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1621 - fixed handling of undef with type constraints
1623 - added tests for this
1626 - added &get_all_init_args and &get_all_attribute_values
1627 (thanks to Sartak and nothingmuch)
1629 0.36 Sat. Jan. 26, 2008
1631 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1632 - role type tests now support when roles are
1633 applied to non-Moose classes (found by ash)
1634 - added tests for this (thanks to ash)
1635 - couple extra tests to boost code coverage
1637 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1638 - improved fix for handling Class::MOP attributes
1639 - added test for this
1641 * Moose::Meta::Class
1642 - handled the add_attribute($attribute_meta_object)
1644 - added test for this
1646 0.35 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1647 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1648 - fix to make sure even Class::MOP attributes
1649 are handled correctly (Thanks to Dave Rolsky)
1650 - added test for this (also Dave Rolsky)
1652 * Moose::Meta::Class
1653 - improved error message on _apply_all_roles,
1654 you should now use Moose::Util::apply_all_roles
1655 and you shouldnt have been using a _ prefixed
1656 method in the first place ;)
1658 0.34 Mon. Jan. 21, 2008
1659 ~~~ more misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1660 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1662 Moose is now a postmodern object system :)
1663 - (see the POD for details)
1665 * <<Role System Refactoring>>
1666 - this release contains a major reworking and
1667 cleanup of the role system
1668 - 100% backwards compat.
1669 - Role application now restructured into seperate
1670 classes based on type of applicants
1671 - Role summation (combining of more than one role)
1672 is much cleaner and anon-classes are no longer
1673 used in this process
1674 - new Composite role metaclass
1675 - runtime application of roles to instances
1676 is now more efficient and re-uses generated
1677 classes when applicable
1679 * <<New Role composition features>>
1680 - methods can now be excluded from a given role
1682 - methods can now be aliased to another name (and
1683 still retain the original as well)
1685 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints
1686 - added this module (see above)
1688 * Moose::Meta::Class
1689 - fixed the &_process_attribute method to be called
1690 by &add_attribute, so that the API is now correct
1692 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1693 - fixed bug when passing a list of values to
1694 an accessor would get (incorrectly) ignored.
1695 Thanks to Sartak for finding this ;)
1696 - added tests for this (Sartak again)
1698 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1699 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1700 Moose::Meta::Attribute
1701 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1702 Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1703 - lots of cleanup of such things as:
1705 - type constraint handling
1706 - error handling/messages
1707 (thanks to nothingmuch)
1709 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterizable
1710 - added this module to support the refactor
1711 in Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1713 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1714 - refactored how these types are handled so they
1715 are more generic and not confined to ArrayRef
1719 - shortened some file names for better VMS support (RT #32381)
1721 0.33 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1722 !! Moose now loads 2 x faster !!
1723 !! with new Class::MOP 0.49 !!
1725 ++ new oose.pm module to make command line
1726 Moose-ness easier (see POD docs for more)
1728 * Moose::Meta::Class
1730 - several tweaks to take advantage of the
1731 new method map caching in Class::MOP
1733 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1734 - allow subtypes of ArrayRef and HashRef to
1735 be used as a container (sartak)
1736 - added tests for this
1737 - basic support for coercion to ArrayRef and
1738 HashRef for containers (sartak)
1739 - added tests for this
1741 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1742 - coercions will now create subtypes as needed
1743 so you can now add coercions to parameterized
1744 types without having to explictly define them
1745 - added tests for this
1747 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1748 - allow subclasses to decide whether we need
1749 to copy the value into a new variable (sartak)
1751 0.32 Tues. Dec. 4, 2007
1752 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1753 - fixing how subtype aliases of unions work
1754 they should inherit the parent's coercion
1755 - added tests for this
1756 - you can now define multiple coercions on
1757 a single type at different times instead of
1758 having to do it all in one place
1759 - added tests for this
1761 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1762 - there is now a default constraint of sub { 1 }
1763 instead of Moose::Util::TypeConstraints setting
1766 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1767 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion::Union
1768 - added the &has_coercion_for_type and
1769 &add_type_coercions methods to support the
1770 new features above (although you cannot add
1771 more type coercions for Union types)
1773 0.31 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1774 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1775 - made the +attr syntax handle extending types with
1776 parameters. So "has '+foo' => (isa => 'ArrayRef[Int]')"
1777 now works if the original foo is an ArrayRef.
1778 - added tests for this.
1779 - delegation now works even if the attribute does not
1780 have a reader method using the get_read_method_ref
1781 method from Class::MOP::Attribute.
1782 - added tests for this
1783 - added docs for this
1785 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1786 - passing no "additional attribute info" to
1787 &find_or_create_type_constraint will no longer
1788 attempt to create an __ANON__ type for you,
1789 instead it will just return undef.
1790 - added docs for this
1792 0.30 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1793 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1794 -builder related bug in inlined constructor. (groditi)
1796 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1797 - genereate unnecessary calls to predicates and refactor
1798 code generation for runtime speed (groditi)
1800 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1801 - fix ClassName constraint to introspect symbol table (mst)
1802 - added more tests for this (mst)
1803 - fixed it so that subtype 'Foo' => as 'HashRef[Int]' ...
1804 with work correctly.
1805 - added tests for this
1808 - adding the link to Recipie 11 (written by Sartak)
1809 - adding test for SYNOPSIS code
1812 - New tests for builder bug. Upon instantiation, if an
1813 attribute had a builder, no value and was not lazy the
1814 builder default was not getting run, oops. (groditi)
1816 0.29 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
1817 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1818 - Fix error message on missing builder method (groditi)
1820 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1821 - Fix error message on missing builder method (groditi)
1824 - Add test to check for the correct error message when
1825 builder method is missing (groditi)
1827 0.28 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
1828 - 0.27 packaged incorrectly (groditi)
1830 0.27 Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
1831 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1832 - Added support for the new builder option (groditi)
1833 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
1834 - Changed slot initialization for predicate changes (groditi)
1836 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1837 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
1838 - Fix inline methods to work with corrected predicate
1841 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1842 - Added support for lazy_build option (groditi)
1845 - tests for builder and lazy_build (groditi)
1847 * fixing some misc. bits in the docs that
1848 got mentioned on CPAN Forum & perlmonks
1851 - fixed how required methods are handled
1852 when they encounter overriden or modified
1853 methods from a class (thanks to confound).
1854 - added tests for this
1856 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
1857 - fixed the type notation parser so that
1858 the | always creates a union and so is
1859 no longer a valid type char (thanks to
1860 konobi, mugwump and #moose for working
1862 - added more tests for this
1864 0.26 Thurs. Sept. 27, 2007
1867 * Parameterized Types
1868 We now support parameterized collection types, such as:
1869 ArrayRef[Int] # array or integers
1870 HashRef[Object] # a hash with object values
1871 They can also be nested:
1872 ArrayRef[HashRef[RegexpRef]] # an array of hashes with regex values
1873 And work with the type unions as well:
1874 ArrayRef[Int | Str] # array of integers of strings
1876 * Better Framework Extendability
1877 Moose.pm is now "extendable" such that it is now much
1878 easier to extend the framework and add your own keywords
1879 and customizations. See the "EXTENDING AND EMBEDDING MOOSE"
1880 section of the Moose.pm docs.
1883 In an effort to begin documenting some of the various
1884 details of Moose as well as some common idioms, we have
1885 created Moose::Cookbook::Snacks as a place to find
1886 small (easily digestable) nuggets of Moose code.
1889 ~ Several doc updates/cleanup thanks to castaway ~
1891 - converted build system to use Module::Install instead of
1892 Module::Build (thanks to jrockway)
1895 - added all the meta classes to the immutable list and
1896 set it to inline the accessors
1897 - fix import to allow Sub::Exporter like { into => }
1898 and { into_level => } (perigrin)
1899 - exposed and documented init_meta() to allow better
1900 embedding and extending of Moose (perigrin)
1903 - complete re-organization of the test suite
1904 - added some new tests as well
1905 - finally re-enabled the Moose::POOP test since
1906 the new version of DBM::Deep now works again
1909 * Moose::Meta::Class
1910 - fixed very odd and very nasty recursion bug with
1912 - added tests for this (eilara)
1914 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1915 Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1916 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1917 - fixed issue with overload::Overloaded getting called
1918 on non-blessed items. (RT #29269)
1919 - added tests for this
1921 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1922 - fixed issue with generated accessor code making
1923 assumptions about hash based classes (thanks to dexter)
1925 * Moose::Coookbook::Snacks
1926 - these are bits of documentation, not quite as big as
1927 Recipes but which have no clear place in the module docs.
1928 So they are Snacks! (horray for castaway++)
1930 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe4
1931 - updated it to use the new ArrayRef[MyType] construct
1932 - updated the accompanying test as well
1934 +++ Major Refactor of the Type Constraint system +++
1935 +++ with new features added as well +++
1937 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraint
1938 - no longer uses package variable to keep track of
1939 the type constraints, now uses the an instance of
1940 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry to do it
1941 - added more sophisticated type notation parsing
1943 - added tests for this
1945 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1946 - some minor adjustments to make subclassing easier
1947 - added the package_defined_in attribute so that we
1948 can track where the type constraints are created
1950 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1951 - this is now been refactored to be a subclass of
1952 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
1954 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion::Union
1955 - this has been added to service the newly refactored
1956 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union and is itself
1957 a subclass of Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
1959 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Parameterized
1960 - added this module (taken from MooseX::AttributeHelpers)
1961 to help construct nested collection types
1962 - added tests for this
1964 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
1965 - added this class to keep track of type constraints
1967 0.25 Mon. Aug. 13, 2007
1969 - Documentation update to reference Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
1970 under 'isa' in 'has' for how to define a new type
1971 (thanks to shlomif).
1973 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1974 - required attributes now will no longer accept undef
1975 from the constructor, even if there is a default and lazy
1976 - added tests for this
1977 - default subroutines must return a value which passes the
1979 - added tests for this
1981 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
1982 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
1983 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
1984 - type-constraint tests now handle overloaded objects correctly
1985 in the error message
1986 - added tests for this (thanks to EvanCarroll)
1988 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
1989 - added (has_)hand_optimized_constraint to this class so that
1990 it behaves as the regular Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint does.
1993 - large refactoring of this code
1994 - added several more tests
1995 - tests for subtle conflict resolition issues
1996 added, but not currently running
1999 * Moose::Cookbook::Recipe7
2000 - added new recipe for augment/inner functionality
2002 - added test for this
2005 - a formal definition of roles (still in progress)
2008 - utilities for easier working with Moose classes
2009 - added tests for these
2012 - This contains Moose specific test functions
2013 - added tests for these
2015 0.24 Tues. July 3, 2007
2016 ~ Some doc updates/cleanup ~
2018 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2019 - added support for roles to be given as parameters
2020 to the 'handles' option.
2021 - added tests and docs for this
2022 - the has '+foo' attribute form now accepts changes to
2023 the lazy option, and the addition of a handles option
2024 (but not changing the handles option)
2025 - added tests and docs for this
2028 - required methods are now fetched using find_method_by_name
2029 so that required methods can come from superclasses
2030 - adjusted tests for this
2032 0.23 Mon. June 18, 2007
2033 * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
2034 - fix inlined constructor for hierarchy with multiple BUILD methods (mst)
2035 * Moose::Meta::Class
2036 - Modify make_immutable to work with the new Class::MOP immutable
2037 mechanism + POD + very basic test (groditi)
2038 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2039 - Fix handles to use goto() so that caller() comes out properly on
2040 the other side (perigrin)
2042 0.22 Thurs. May 31, 2007
2043 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2044 - fix for prototype undeclared issue when Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2045 loaded before consumers (e.g. Moose::Meta::Attribute) by predeclaring
2046 prototypes for functions
2047 - added the ClassName type constraint, this checks for strings
2048 which will respond true to ->isa(UNIVERSAL).
2049 - added tests and docs for this
2050 - subtyping just in name now works correctly by making the
2051 default for where be { 1 }
2052 - added test for this
2054 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2055 - coerce and lazy now work together correctly, thanks to
2056 merlyn for finding this bug
2057 - tests added for this
2058 - fix reader presedence bug in Moose::Meta::Attribute + tests
2061 - Foo->new(undef) now gets ignored, it is assumed you meant to pass
2062 a HASH-ref and missed. This produces better error messages then
2063 having it die cause undef is not a HASH.
2064 - added tests for this
2066 0.21 Thursday, May 2nd, 2007
2068 - added SUPER_SLOT and INNER_SLOT class hashes to support unimport
2069 - modified unimport to remove super and inner along with the rest
2070 - altered unimport tests to handle this
2073 - altered super export to populate SUPER_SLOT
2075 * Moose::Meta::Class
2076 - altered augment and override modifier application to use *_SLOT
2077 - modified tests for these to unimport one test class each to test
2080 - fixed issue where custom attribute metaclasses
2081 where not handled correctly in roles
2082 - added tests for this
2084 * Moose::Meta::Class
2085 - fixed issue where extending metaclasses with
2086 roles would blow up. Thanks to Aankhen`` for
2087 finding this insidious error, and it's solution.
2089 ~~ lots of spelling and grammer fixes in the docs,
2090 many many thanks to rlb3 and Aankhen for these :)
2092 0.20 Friday, April 6th, 2007
2093 >> I messed up the SKIP logic in one test
2094 so this release is just to fix that.
2097 - 'has' now also accepts an ARRAY ref
2098 to create multiple attrs (see docs)
2099 (thanks to konobi for this)
2100 - added tests and docs
2102 0.19 Thurs. April 5th, 2007
2103 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
2105 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2106 - 'type' now supports messages as well
2107 thanks to phaylon for finding this
2108 - added tests for this
2109 - added &list_all_type_constraints and
2110 &list_all_builtin_type_constraints
2111 functions to facilitate introspection.
2113 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2114 - fixed regexp 'handles' declarations
2115 to build the list of delegated methods
2116 correctly (and not override important
2117 things like &new) thanks to ashleyb
2119 - added tests and docs for this
2120 - added the 'documentation' attributes
2121 so that you can actually document your
2122 attributes and inspect them through the
2124 - added tests and docs for this
2126 * Moose::Meta::Class
2127 - when loading custom attribute metaclasses
2128 it will first look in for the class in the
2129 Moose::Meta::Attribute::Custom::$name, and
2130 then default to just loading $name.
2131 - added tests and docs for this
2133 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2134 - type constraints now stringify to their names.
2135 - added test for this
2138 - added tests to assure we work with Module::Refresh
2139 - added stricter test skip logic in the Moose POOP
2140 test, ask Rob Kinyon why.
2141 - *cough* DBM::Deep 1.0 backwards compatibility sucks *cough* ;)
2143 0.18 Sat. March 10, 2007
2144 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
2147 - We now use Class::MOP::load_class to
2149 - added tests to show types and subtypes
2150 working with Declare::Constraints::Simple
2151 and Test::Deep as constraint engines.
2154 !! You must have Class::MOP 0.37_001 !!
2155 !! for this developer release to work !!
2157 This release was primarily adding the immutable
2158 feature to Moose. An immutable class is one which
2159 you promise not to alter. When you set the class
2160 as immutable it will perform various bits of
2161 memoization and inline certain part of the code
2162 (constructors, destructors and accessors). This
2163 minimizes (and in some cases totally eliminates)
2164 one of Moose's biggest performance hits. This
2165 feature is not on by default, and is 100% optional.
2166 It has several configurable bits as well, so you
2167 can pick and choose to your specific needs.
2169 The changes involved in this were fairly wide and
2170 highly specific, but 100% backwards compatible, so
2171 I am not going to enumerate them here. If you are
2172 truely interested in what was changed, please do
2175 0.17 Tues. Nov. 14, 2006
2176 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2177 - bugfix for read-only accessors which
2178 are have a type constraint and lazy.
2179 Thanks to chansen for finding it.
2181 0.16 Tues. Nov. 14, 2006
2183 There are some speed improvements in this release,
2184 but they are only the begining, so stay tuned.
2187 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL no longer get
2188 called unless they actually need to be.
2189 This gave us a signifigant speed boost
2190 for the cases when there is no BUILD or
2191 DEMOLISH method present.
2193 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2194 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2195 - added an 'optimize_as' option to the
2196 type constraint, which allows for a
2197 hand optimized version of the type
2198 constraint to be used when possible.
2199 - Any internally created type constraints
2200 now provide an optimized version as well.
2202 0.15 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
2204 This version of Moose *must* have Class::MOP 0.36 in order
2205 to work correctly. A number of small internal tweaks have
2206 been made in order to be compatible with that release.
2208 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2209 - added &unimport so that you can clean out
2210 your class namespace of these exported
2213 * Moose::Meta::Class
2214 - fixed minor issue which occasionally
2215 comes up during global destruction
2217 - moved Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden into
2221 - moved Moose::Meta::Role::Method into
2224 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2225 - changed how we do type checks so that
2226 we reduce the overall cost, but still
2229 - moved accessor generation methods to
2230 Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor to
2231 conform to the API changes from
2234 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2235 - changed how constraints are compiled
2236 so that we do less recursion and more
2237 iteration. This makes the type check
2239 - moved Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2242 * Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor
2243 - created this from methods formerly found in
2244 Moose::Meta::Attribute
2246 * Moose::Meta::Role::Method
2247 - moved this from Moose::Meta::Role
2249 * Moose::Meta::Method::Overriden
2250 - moved this from Moose::Meta::Class
2252 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2253 - moved this from Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2255 0.14 Mon. Oct. 9, 2006
2257 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2258 - fixed lazy attributes which were not getting
2259 checked with the type constraint (thanks ashley)
2260 - added tests for this
2261 - removed the over-enthusiastic DWIMery of the
2262 automatic ArrayRef and HashRef defaults, it
2263 broke predicates in an ugly way.
2264 - removed tests for this
2266 0.13 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
2268 This version of Moose *must* have Class::MOP 0.35 in order
2269 to work correctly. A number of small internal tweaks have
2270 been made in order to be compatible with that release.
2273 - Removed the use of UNIVERSAL::require to be a better
2274 symbol table citizen and remove a dependency
2275 (thanks Adam Kennedy)
2277 **~~ removed experimental & undocumented feature ~~**
2278 - commented out the 'method' and 'self' keywords, see the
2279 comments for more info.
2282 - added a FAQ and WTF files to document frequently
2283 asked questions and common problems
2285 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2286 - added GlobRef and FileHandle type constraint
2287 - added tests for this
2289 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2290 - if your attribute 'isa' ArrayRef of HashRef, and you have
2291 not explicitly set a default, then make the default DWIM.
2292 This will also work for subtypes of ArrayRef and HashRef
2294 - you can now auto-deref subtypes of ArrayRef or HashRef too.
2295 - new test added for this (thanks to ashley)
2298 - added basic support for runtime role composition
2299 but this is still *highly experimental*, so feedback
2300 is much appreciated :)
2301 - added tests for this
2303 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2304 - the type constraint now handles the coercion process
2305 through delegation, this is to support the coercion
2308 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union
2309 - it is now possible for coercions to be performed
2311 - added tests for this (thanks to konobi)
2313 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2314 - properly capturing error when type constraint
2318 - Scalar::Util 1.18 is bad on Win32, so temporarily
2319 only require version 1.17 for Win32 and cygwin.
2320 (thanks Adam Kennedy)
2322 0.12 Sat. Sept. 1, 2006
2324 - Recipe5 (subtypes & coercion) has been written
2327 - fixed "bad meta" error message to be more descriptive
2328 - fixed &unimport to not remove the &inner and &super
2329 keywords because we need to localize them.
2330 - fixed number of spelling/grammer issues, thanks Theory :)
2332 **~~ experimental & undocumented feature ~~**
2333 - added the method and self keywords, they are basically
2334 just sugar, and they may not stay around.
2337 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
2340 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2341 - added the &is_a_type_of method to check both the current
2342 and the subtype of a method (similar to &isa with classes)
2345 - this is now a subclass of Class::MOP::Module, and no longer
2346 creates the _role_meta ugliness of before.
2347 - fixed tests to reflect this change
2349 0.11 Wed. July 12, 2006
2351 - added an &unimport method to remove all the keywords
2352 that Moose will import, simply add 'no Moose' to the
2353 bottom of your class file.
2356 - fixed some test failures caused by a forgotten test
2359 0.10 Thurs. July 6, 2006
2361 - improved error message when loading modules so
2362 it is less confusing when you load a role.
2363 - added &calculate_all_roles method to
2364 Moose::Meta::Class and Moose::Meta::Role
2367 This module has been tested against Class::MOP 0.30
2368 but it does not yet utilize the optimizations
2369 it makes available. Stay tuned for that ;)
2371 0.09_03 Fri. June 23, 2006
2372 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2374 - 'use strict' and 'use warnings' are no longer
2375 needed in Moose classes, Moose itself will
2376 turn them on for you.
2377 - added tests for this
2378 - moved code from exported subs to private methods
2379 in Moose::Meta::Class
2382 - as with Moose, strict and warnings are
2383 automatically turned on for you.
2384 - added tests for this
2387 - now handles an edge case for override errors
2388 - added tests for this
2389 - added some more edge case tests
2391 0.09_02 Tues. May 16, 2006
2392 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2394 - added prototypes to the exported subs
2398 - added prototypes to the exported subs
2401 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2402 - cleaned up prototypes for the subs
2405 0.09_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
2406 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
2407 - This release works in combination with
2408 Class::MOP 0.29_01, it is a developer
2409 release because it uses the a new
2410 instance sub-protocol and a fairly
2411 complete Role implementation. It has
2412 not yet been optimized, so it slower
2413 the the previous CPAN version. This
2414 release also lacks good updated docs,
2415 the official release will have updated docs.
2418 - refactored the keyword exports
2419 - 'with' now checks Role validaity and
2420 accepts more than one Role at a time
2421 - 'extends' makes metaclass adjustments as
2422 needed to ensure metaclass compatibility
2425 - refactored the keyword exports
2426 - 'with' now checks Role validaity and
2427 accepts more than one Role at a time
2429 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2430 - added the 'enum' keyword for simple
2431 string enumerations which can be used as
2433 - see example of usage in t/202_example.t
2436 - more careful checking of params to new()
2439 - much work done on the role composition
2440 - many new tests for conflict detection
2441 and composition edge cases
2442 - not enough documentation, I suggest
2443 looking at the tests
2445 * Moose::Meta::Instance
2446 - added new Instance metaclass to support
2447 the new Class::MOP instance protocol
2449 * Moose::Meta::Class
2450 - some small changes to support the new
2452 - some small additions to support Roles
2454 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2455 - some improvements to the accessor generation code
2457 - some small changes to support the new
2459 - (still somewhat) experimental delegation support
2460 with the 'handles' option
2461 - added several tests for this
2462 - no docs for this yet
2464 0.05 Thurs. April 27, 2006
2466 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2467 thanks to chansen for this commit
2468 - has keyword now takes a 'metaclass' option
2469 to support custom attribute meta-classes
2470 on a per-attribute basis
2471 - added tests for this
2472 - the 'has' keyword not accepts inherited slot
2473 specifications (has '+foo'). This is still an
2474 experimental feature and probably not finished
2475 see t/038_attribute_inherited_slot_specs.t for
2476 more details, or ask about it on #moose
2477 - added tests for this
2480 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2482 * Moose::Utils::TypeConstraints
2483 - reorganized the type constraint hierarchy, thanks
2484 to nothingmuch and chansen for his help and advice
2486 - added some tests for this
2487 - keywords are now exported with Sub::Exporter
2488 thanks to chansen for this commit
2490 * Moose::Meta::Class
2491 - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to change
2492 construct_instance (for the better)
2494 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2495 - due to changes in Class::MOP, we had to add the
2496 initialize_instance_slot method (it's a good thing)
2498 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2499 - added type constraint unions
2500 - added tests for this
2501 - added the is_subtype_of predicate method
2502 - added tests for this
2504 0.04 Sun. April 16th, 2006
2506 - Roles can now consume other roles
2507 - added tests for this
2508 - Roles can specify required methods now with
2509 the requires() keyword
2510 - added tests for this
2513 - ripped out much of it's guts ,.. much cleaner now
2514 - added required methods and correct handling of
2515 them in apply() for both classes and roles
2516 - added tests for this
2517 - no longer adds a does() method to consuming classes
2518 it relys on the one in Moose::Object
2519 - added roles attribute and some methods to support
2520 roles consuming roles
2522 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2523 - added support for triggers on attributes
2524 - added tests for this
2525 - added support for does option on an attribute
2526 - added tests for this
2528 * Moose::Meta::Class
2529 - added support for attribute triggers in the
2531 - added tests for this
2534 - Moose no longer creates a subtype for your class
2535 if a subtype of the same name already exists, this
2536 should DWIM in 99.9999% of all cases
2538 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2539 - fixed bug where incorrect subtype conflicts were
2541 - added test for this
2544 - this class can now be extended with 'use base' if
2545 you need it, it properly loads the metaclass class now
2546 - added test for this
2548 0.03_02 Wed. April 12, 2006
2550 - you must now explictly use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2551 it no longer gets exported for you automatically
2554 - new() now accepts hash-refs as well as key/value lists
2555 - added does() method to check for Roles
2556 - added tests for this
2558 * Moose::Meta::Class
2559 - added roles attribute along with the add_role() and
2561 - added tests for this
2564 - now adds a does() method to consuming classes
2565 which tests the class's hierarchy for roles
2566 - added tests for this
2568 0.03_01 Mon. April 10, 2006
2570 - added new Role recipe (no content yet, only code)
2573 - added 'with' keyword for Role support
2574 - added test and docs for this
2575 - fixed subtype quoting bug
2576 - added test for this
2580 - added test and docs
2582 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2583 - added the message keyword to add custom
2584 error messages to type constraints
2587 - the meta role to support Moose::Role
2588 - added tests and docs
2590 * Moose::Meta::Class
2591 - moved a number of things from Moose.pm
2592 to here, they should have been here
2595 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2596 - moved the attribute option macros here
2597 instead of putting them in Moose.pm
2599 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2600 - added the message attributes and the
2602 - added tests and docs for this
2604 0.03 Thurs. March 30, 2006
2606 - added the Moose::Cookbook with 5 recipes,
2607 describing all the stuff Moose can do.
2610 - fixed an issue with &extends super class loading
2611 it now captures errors and deals with inline
2612 packages correctly (bug found by mst, solution
2614 - added super/override & inner/augment features
2615 - added tests and docs for these
2618 - BUILDALL now takes a reference of the %params
2619 that are passed to &new, and passes that to
2622 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2623 - Type constraints now survive runtime reloading
2624 - added test for this
2626 * Moose::Meta::Class
2627 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
2628 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
2630 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2631 - read-only attributes now actually enforce their
2632 read-only-ness (this corrected in Class::MOP as
2635 0.02 Tues. March 21, 2006
2637 - many more tests, fixing some bugs and
2639 - &extends now loads the base module with
2641 - added UNIVERSAL::require to the
2644 - each new Moose class will also create
2645 and register a subtype of Object which
2646 correspond to the new Moose class.
2647 - the 'isa' option in &has now only
2648 accepts strings, and will DWIM in
2651 * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
2652 - added type coercion features
2653 - added tests for this
2654 - added support for this in attributes
2655 and instance construction
2657 - type construction no longer creates a
2658 function, it registers the type instead.
2659 - added several functions to get the
2663 - BUILDALL and DEMOLISHALL were broken
2664 because of a mis-named hash key, Whoops :)
2666 * Moose::Meta::Attribute
2667 - adding support for coercion in the
2668 autogenerated accessors
2670 * Moose::Meta::Class
2671 - adding support for coercion in the
2672 instance construction
2674 * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
2675 * Moose::Meta::TypeCoercion
2676 - type constraints and coercions are now
2677 full fledges meta-objects
2679 0.01 Wed. March 15, 2006
2680 - Moooooooooooooooooose!!!