1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
4 * Class::MOP::Immutable
5 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
6 the constructor was inlined.
8 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
9 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
10 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
12 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
13 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
15 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
17 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
18 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
19 * Class::MOP::Immutable
20 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
21 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
22 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
25 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
26 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
27 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
29 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
30 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
31 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
32 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
33 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
34 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
36 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
39 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
40 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
43 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
45 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
46 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
48 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
50 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
51 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
52 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
55 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
56 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
57 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
60 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
62 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
63 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
65 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
66 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
67 times in an eval. (t0m)
69 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
71 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
72 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
73 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
74 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
75 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
78 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
79 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
80 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
83 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
84 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
88 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
89 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
90 aliased methods and "real" methods.
92 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
93 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
94 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
95 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
98 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
99 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
102 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
103 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
104 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
105 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
106 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
107 for sad systems without a compiler.
110 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
111 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
114 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
115 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
116 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
118 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
120 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
121 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
122 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
123 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
125 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
126 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
127 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
128 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
130 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
132 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
133 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
136 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
137 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
138 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
140 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
142 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
144 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
145 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
146 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
148 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
149 * Class::MOP::Package
150 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
151 releases. (nothingmuch)
154 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
156 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
157 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
158 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
161 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
164 * Class::MOP::Instance
165 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
167 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
169 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
170 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
171 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
172 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
175 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
176 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
180 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
181 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
182 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
183 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
184 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
187 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
188 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
189 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
192 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
193 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
194 consistency (nothingmuch)
195 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
197 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
198 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
199 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
200 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
203 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
204 * Class::MOP::Immutable
205 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
207 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
209 * Class::MOP::Instance
210 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
211 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
213 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
215 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
216 the class is already loaded (sartak)
217 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
218 instead of just 1 (sartak)
221 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
223 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
224 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
225 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
227 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
228 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
229 recognizes it correct this time.
231 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
232 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
235 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
236 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
239 - now stores the instance of the instance
240 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
241 and deletes it when the cache is blown
242 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
243 the options used to make it immutable as well as
244 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
246 * Class::MOP::Package
247 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
248 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
249 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
253 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
255 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
256 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
258 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
259 names now throw a more direct error in
261 - tests for this and other aspects of
267 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
268 Class::MOP::Attribute
269 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
272 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
273 (late night release engineering)--
275 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
276 changes in this release
278 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
279 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
280 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
283 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
284 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
285 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
288 * Class::MOP::Package
289 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
291 - inlining a few calls to &name with
292 direct HASH access key access
293 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
294 a HASH of items based on a type filter
295 similar to list_all_package_symbols
296 - added tests for this
299 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
300 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
301 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
302 - added more descriptive error message to help
303 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
304 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
306 * Class::MOP::Immutable
307 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
309 - added tests for this
311 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
313 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
314 function from MRO::Compat
315 - All XS based functionality now has a
316 Pure Perl alternative
317 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
318 can now be used to force non-XS versions
321 * Class::MOP::Attribute
322 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
323 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
324 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
326 - added tests for this
328 * Class::MOP::Immutable
329 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
330 making the class immutable
333 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
334 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
335 allow for it to work.
336 - added tests for this
338 * Class::MOP::Attribute
340 Class::MOP::Immutable
341 - any time a method meta object is constructed
342 we make sure to pass the correct package and
343 method name information
346 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
347 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
348 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
349 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
350 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
351 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
352 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
353 throw an error if these are not supplied.
354 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
355 and now store the package_name and name attributes
358 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
359 Module::Install support has been removed
361 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
362 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
363 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
364 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
368 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
369 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
371 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
372 when it has no init_arg
373 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
374 to support c3 classes.
376 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
379 - making sure that load_class never gets
380 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
381 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
384 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
386 - improved error handling in ->create method
387 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
388 will be used to populate values
389 - added tests for this
392 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
393 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
399 Class::MOP::Attribute
400 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
401 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
403 * Class::MOP::Instance
404 Class::MOP::Immutable
405 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
408 - fixed the filename length on several
409 test files so we install on VMS better
411 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
412 should be catfile (RT #32385)
414 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
415 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
418 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
419 Class::MOP::Attribute
420 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
421 to indicate that no constructor args can
422 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
423 - added tests for this
424 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
427 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
428 feature instead of the silly hack from
429 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
431 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
433 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
436 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
437 - removed assumptions about the existence of
440 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
441 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
442 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
445 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
446 constant so that we can take advantage
447 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
450 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
451 optimize the &linearized_isa method
452 and avoid the hack/check for circular
453 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
454 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
455 - added tests for this
457 * Class::MOP::Immutable
458 - the immutable class now keeps track of
459 the transformer which immutablized it
461 * Class::MOP::Instance
462 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
463 - added tests for this
465 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
467 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
468 transformation arguments are saved
470 - added tests for this
472 * Class::MOP::Immutable
473 - fixed a bug (see above)
475 * Class::MOP::Attribute
478 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
479 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
480 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
483 - removed the dependency on B
484 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
485 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
486 the B fiddling we were doing with
487 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
488 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
489 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
490 be used to help manage method caching.
493 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
494 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
495 even more accurate caching information.
496 blblack++ for that stuff :)
499 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
500 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
501 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
502 track of when we need to re-fetch the
504 - Several small improvements to take advantage
505 of the new method map caching features
507 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
508 * Class::MOP::Attribute
509 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
510 HASH ref case, which makes the
511 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
512 - added more tests for this
514 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
515 * Class::MOP::Attribute
516 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
517 - added more tests for this
519 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
521 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
522 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
523 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
525 * Class::MOP::Attribute
526 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
527 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
528 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
530 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
531 * Class::MOP::Attribute
532 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
534 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
535 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
537 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
539 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
542 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
543 construct_class_instance (groditi)
544 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
545 call through (groditi)
547 * Class::MOP::Attribute
548 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
549 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
550 it is defined (groditi)
552 * Class::MOP::Instance
553 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
554 it is defined (groditi)
556 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
557 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
558 - removed the relevant attributes
560 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
561 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
562 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
563 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
565 - added tests for this
566 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
567 non-inlined constructors.
568 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
570 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
571 - added this class as an abstract base for the
572 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
573 - added tests for this
576 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
577 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
580 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
582 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
583 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
585 * Class::MOP::Package
586 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
589 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
591 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
593 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
594 it manually now so that people can use this
595 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
597 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
599 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
600 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
601 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
604 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
605 * Class::MOP::Immutable
606 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
607 - removed unused variable
608 - added create_immutable_transformer
609 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
610 - tests for this (groditi)
613 - Immutability can now be undone,
614 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
615 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
616 for details see comments next to make_immutable
617 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
618 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
619 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
620 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
621 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
622 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
624 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
625 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
627 * Class::MOP::Package
628 - we now deal with stub methods properly
629 - added tests for this
630 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
632 * Class::MOP::Attribute
633 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
634 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
636 - added tests and POD for this
639 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
640 handles undef values correctly.
641 - added tests for this
642 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
643 will not get reaped when instances still
644 exist which need to reference them. This is
645 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
646 obscure enough feature that there are not too
647 many work arounds out in the wild.
648 - added tests for this by groditi
649 - updated docs to explain this
652 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
653 - added tests for this behavior
655 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
656 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
659 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
660 - added tests and docs for these
662 * Class::MOP::Attribute
663 - default now checks the instance with defined to
664 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
668 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
674 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
675 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
676 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
677 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
680 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
682 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
683 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
684 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
687 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
688 immutable transformation instead of
689 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
691 + Class::MOP::Immutable
692 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
693 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
694 be coming eventually.
697 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
699 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
700 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
704 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
707 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
709 - constructor generation is now handled by
710 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
712 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
713 - created this to handle constructor generation
714 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
716 * Class::MOP::Attribute
718 - attributes now delegate to the
719 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
722 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
723 - all accessor generation functions from
724 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
726 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
728 * scripts/class_browser.pl
729 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
730 on this to come. Comments and patches are
734 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
735 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
736 they are aliased from the originals
737 - fixed tests to reflect
738 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
740 - adjusted tests for this
741 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
746 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
747 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
748 - adjusted tests to compensate
749 - adjusted docs for this
752 - changed how methods are dealt with to
753 encapsulate most of the work into the
754 &get_method_map method
755 - made several adjustments for the change
756 in Class::MOP::Method
757 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
758 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
759 old one before installing the new one
760 - added tests for this
761 - adjusted docs for this
763 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
764 - added caching of &get_method_map
765 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
766 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
768 * Class::MOP::Package
769 - added filtering capabilities to
770 &list_all_package_symbols
772 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
774 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
775 the $:version and such just actually goes
776 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
777 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
779 - The &create method now requires that all
780 but the package name now is passed in as
781 named parameters. See docs for more info.
782 - updated docs and tests for this
785 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
789 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
790 which do not store things in the instance
791 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
794 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
796 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
798 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
799 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
802 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
803 - fixed all tests for this
805 * Class::MOP::Attribute
806 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
807 are no longer allowed for defaults
808 - added tests for this
810 * Class::MOP::Package
811 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
812 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
813 always reloaded from the symbol table.
815 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
817 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
818 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
819 metamodel is more complete (and closer
820 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
822 * Class::MOP::Package
823 - refactored entire class, this is now
824 the primary gateway between the metaclass
825 and the Perl 5 symbol table
826 - added many tests for this
827 - this class is now a subclass of
829 - added some tests to reflect this
832 - refactored all symbol table access to
833 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
836 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
837 so that Module has a version as an attribute
838 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
839 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
840 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
841 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
842 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
843 - added tests for this
845 * Class::MOP::Instance
846 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
848 - added tests for this
850 * Class::MOP::Attribute
851 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
852 slots from an instance
853 - added tests for this
855 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
858 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
859 anywhere within the class hierarchy
861 * Class::MOP::Attribute
862 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
863 the value of the attribute for a particular
866 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
867 ---------------------------------------
868 This is the first version of Class::MOP
869 to introduce the immutable features which
870 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
871 This support should still be considered
872 experimental, but moving towards stability.
873 ---------------------------------------
875 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
877 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
878 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
879 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
882 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
883 - several methods moved to ::Module and
884 ::Package and now inherited
885 - added tests for this
887 * Class::MOP::Instance
888 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
889 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
890 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
891 instance creation (of course)
894 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
895 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
896 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
897 because they are now more general purpose symbol
898 table manipulation methods.
900 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
901 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
903 - small change in &create so that it behaves
904 properly when inherited
905 - small fix to &clone_instance
907 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
908 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
909 - This release works in combination with
910 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
911 because it introduces a new instance
912 sub-protocol and has not yet been
916 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
917 - added tests for this
918 - improved method modifier wrapping
920 * Class::MOP::Instance
921 - added new instance protocol
922 - added tests for this
923 - changed all relevant modules and examples
925 - Class::MOP::Attribute
929 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
930 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
932 - updated tests for this
935 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
936 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
938 - added tests for this
939 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
940 new instance protocol
941 - added more tests for this
943 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
945 - added find_attribute_by_name method
946 - added tests and docs for this
947 - some small optimizations
949 * Class::MOP::Attribute
950 - some small optimizations
952 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
954 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
955 - added tests for this
956 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
957 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
958 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
959 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
960 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
961 delegates appropriately
963 * Class::MOP::Attribute
964 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
965 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
966 called initialize_instance_slot
969 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
970 initialize_instance_slot method
972 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
974 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
975 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
977 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
979 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
980 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
982 * Class::MOP::Attribute
983 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
984 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
986 - added tests for this
987 - adjusted all /example files to comply
989 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
991 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
992 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
993 - added test case for this
995 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
997 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
998 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
999 available in DESTORY calls
1001 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1002 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1003 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1005 * Class::MOP::Method
1006 - added &package_name, &name and
1007 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1008 which were formerly private subs in
1011 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1012 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1013 before, after and around modifiers
1014 - added tests and docs for this feature
1017 - improved &get_package_symbol
1018 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1019 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1021 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1022 - &add_before_method_modifier
1023 - &add_after_method_modifier
1024 - &add_around_method_modifier
1025 - added tests and docs for these
1026 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1027 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1029 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1030 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1034 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1035 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1036 the test skip if it is not installed
1038 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1040 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1043 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1044 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1045 - added docs and tests
1047 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1048 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1049 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1050 be considered "ready to use".
1052 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1053 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1054 - test coverage is now at 99%
1057 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1058 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1059 metaclass pragma instead.
1062 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1063 error/edge-case tests
1065 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1066 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1067 error/edge-case tests
1070 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1072 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1074 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1075 metaclass a little more straightforward
1078 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1079 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1080 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1081 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1085 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1086 is now more useful for subclasses
1087 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1088 hash of attribute meta objects
1089 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1090 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1091 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1092 attribute meta-object itself
1093 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1094 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1095 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1096 - added docs & tests for this
1097 - added Clone as a dependency
1098 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1099 return blessed new or cloned instances
1100 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1101 - added docs & tests for this
1102 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1103 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1104 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1105 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1106 - added tests and docs for this
1109 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1111 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1113 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1115 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1116 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1117 attributes/methods respectively
1120 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1123 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1124 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1125 - added new example:
1128 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1130 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1132 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1133 - improved error messages
1136 - added new examples:
1137 - AttributesWithHistory
1138 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1140 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1141 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1143 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1144 - refactored method generation code
1145 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1148 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1149 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1150 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1151 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1152 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1154 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1155 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1156 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1158 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006