1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
6 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
10 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
11 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
13 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
15 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
17 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
20 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
22 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
23 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
26 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
27 changed back in 0.82_01)
28 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
29 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
32 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
33 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
35 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
37 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
38 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
39 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
42 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
43 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
47 * Class::MOP::Attribute
48 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
50 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
51 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
52 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
55 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
58 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
59 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
60 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
61 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
62 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
65 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
68 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
70 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
74 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
75 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
76 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
77 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
81 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
85 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
88 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
91 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
93 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
96 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
97 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
98 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
99 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
102 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
103 was removed in 0.82_01.
105 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
106 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
107 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
108 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
109 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
110 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
111 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
112 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
113 for the Moose compatibility handling code
114 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
116 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
118 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
119 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
121 * Class::MOP::Immutable
122 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
123 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
124 provides its own constructor (doy)
126 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
129 * Class::MOP::Instance
130 * Class::MOP::Attribute
131 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
132 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
133 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
134 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
137 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
138 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
140 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
142 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
143 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
145 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
146 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
147 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
148 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
149 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
152 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
153 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
154 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
155 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
156 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
157 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
158 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
160 - Class::MOP::Instance
161 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
165 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
166 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
167 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
169 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
170 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
171 when an object is constructed)
172 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
174 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
175 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
176 when an object is constructed)
177 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
178 - attributes => _attributes
179 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
181 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
183 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
184 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
185 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
188 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
189 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
190 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
193 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
194 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
195 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
196 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
200 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
201 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
202 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
203 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
204 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
205 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
207 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
208 * No changes from 0.78_02.
210 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
212 * Class::MOP::Immutable
213 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
214 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
215 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
216 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
220 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
221 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
224 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
225 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
226 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
228 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
230 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
231 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
234 * Class::MOP::Instance
235 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
236 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
237 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
238 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
240 * Class::MOP::Attribute
241 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
242 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
243 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
245 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
246 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
247 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
251 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
252 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
253 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
254 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
256 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
257 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
258 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
259 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
260 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
261 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
262 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
263 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
264 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
267 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
268 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
271 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
273 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
274 * No changes from 0.77_01
276 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
278 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
279 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
280 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
281 against the pure Perl version of this code.
283 * Class::MOP::Instance
284 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
285 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
288 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
290 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
294 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
295 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
299 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
300 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
302 * Class::MOP::Package
303 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
304 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
307 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
311 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
312 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
313 near future release. You've been warned.
315 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
316 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
317 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
318 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
320 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
321 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
324 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
325 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
328 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
331 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
332 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
334 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
336 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
337 sharing an immutable transformer object
338 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
339 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
341 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
343 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
344 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
345 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
346 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
348 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
349 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
351 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
353 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
354 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
356 * t/082_get_code_info.t
357 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
358 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
359 succeed in that case.
361 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
362 * Class::MOP::Package
363 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
366 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
367 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
369 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
370 * Class::MOP::Immutable
371 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
372 the constructor was inlined.
373 * Class::MOP::Package
374 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
375 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
376 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
378 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
379 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
381 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
383 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
384 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
385 * Class::MOP::Immutable
386 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
387 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
388 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
391 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
392 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
393 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
394 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
395 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
396 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
397 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
398 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
399 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
400 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
402 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
405 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
406 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
409 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
411 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
412 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
414 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
416 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
417 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
418 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
421 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
422 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
423 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
426 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
428 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
429 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
431 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
432 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
433 times in an eval. (t0m)
435 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
437 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
438 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
439 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
440 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
441 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
442 - added test for this
444 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
445 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
446 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
449 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
450 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
454 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
455 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
456 aliased methods and "real" methods.
458 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
459 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
460 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
461 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
464 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
465 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
468 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
469 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
470 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
471 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
472 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
473 for sad systems without a compiler.
476 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
477 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
480 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
481 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
482 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
484 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
486 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
487 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
488 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
489 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
491 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
492 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
493 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
494 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
496 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
498 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
499 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
502 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
503 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
504 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
506 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
508 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
510 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
511 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
512 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
514 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
515 * Class::MOP::Package
516 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
517 releases. (nothingmuch)
520 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
522 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
523 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
524 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
527 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
530 * Class::MOP::Instance
531 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
533 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
535 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
536 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
537 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
538 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
541 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
542 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
546 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
547 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
548 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
549 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
550 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
553 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
554 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
555 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
558 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
559 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
560 consistency (nothingmuch)
561 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
563 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
564 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
565 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
566 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
569 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
570 * Class::MOP::Immutable
571 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
573 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
575 * Class::MOP::Instance
576 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
577 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
579 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
581 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
582 the class is already loaded (sartak)
583 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
584 instead of just 1 (sartak)
587 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
589 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
590 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
591 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
593 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
594 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
595 recognizes it correct this time.
597 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
598 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
601 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
602 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
605 - now stores the instance of the instance
606 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
607 and deletes it when the cache is blown
608 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
609 the options used to make it immutable as well as
610 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
612 * Class::MOP::Package
613 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
614 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
615 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
619 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
621 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
622 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
624 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
625 names now throw a more direct error in
627 - tests for this and other aspects of
633 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
634 Class::MOP::Attribute
635 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
638 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
639 (late night release engineering)--
641 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
642 changes in this release
644 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
645 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
646 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
649 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
650 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
651 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
654 * Class::MOP::Package
655 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
657 - inlining a few calls to &name with
658 direct HASH access key access
659 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
660 a HASH of items based on a type filter
661 similar to list_all_package_symbols
662 - added tests for this
665 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
666 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
667 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
668 - added more descriptive error message to help
669 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
670 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
672 * Class::MOP::Immutable
673 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
675 - added tests for this
677 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
679 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
680 function from MRO::Compat
681 - All XS based functionality now has a
682 Pure Perl alternative
683 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
684 can now be used to force non-XS versions
687 * Class::MOP::Attribute
688 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
689 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
690 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
692 - added tests for this
694 * Class::MOP::Immutable
695 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
696 making the class immutable
699 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
700 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
701 allow for it to work.
702 - added tests for this
704 * Class::MOP::Attribute
706 Class::MOP::Immutable
707 - any time a method meta object is constructed
708 we make sure to pass the correct package and
709 method name information
712 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
713 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
714 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
715 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
716 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
717 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
718 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
719 throw an error if these are not supplied.
720 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
721 and now store the package_name and name attributes
724 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
725 Module::Install support has been removed
727 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
728 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
729 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
730 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
734 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
735 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
737 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
738 when it has no init_arg
739 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
740 to support c3 classes.
742 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
745 - making sure that load_class never gets
746 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
747 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
750 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
752 - improved error handling in ->create method
753 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
754 will be used to populate values
755 - added tests for this
758 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
759 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
765 Class::MOP::Attribute
766 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
767 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
769 * Class::MOP::Instance
770 Class::MOP::Immutable
771 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
774 - fixed the filename length on several
775 test files so we install on VMS better
777 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
778 should be catfile (RT #32385)
780 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
781 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
784 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
785 Class::MOP::Attribute
786 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
787 to indicate that no constructor args can
788 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
789 - added tests for this
790 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
793 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
794 feature instead of the silly hack from
795 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
797 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
799 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
802 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
803 - removed assumptions about the existence of
806 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
807 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
808 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
811 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
812 constant so that we can take advantage
813 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
816 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
817 optimize the &linearized_isa method
818 and avoid the hack/check for circular
819 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
820 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
821 - added tests for this
823 * Class::MOP::Immutable
824 - the immutable class now keeps track of
825 the transformer which immutablized it
827 * Class::MOP::Instance
828 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
829 - added tests for this
831 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
833 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
834 transformation arguments are saved
836 - added tests for this
838 * Class::MOP::Immutable
839 - fixed a bug (see above)
841 * Class::MOP::Attribute
844 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
845 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
846 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
849 - removed the dependency on B
850 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
851 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
852 the B fiddling we were doing with
853 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
854 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
855 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
856 be used to help manage method caching.
859 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
860 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
861 even more accurate caching information.
862 blblack++ for that stuff :)
865 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
866 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
867 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
868 track of when we need to re-fetch the
870 - Several small improvements to take advantage
871 of the new method map caching features
873 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
874 * Class::MOP::Attribute
875 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
876 HASH ref case, which makes the
877 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
878 - added more tests for this
880 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
881 * Class::MOP::Attribute
882 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
883 - added more tests for this
885 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
887 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
888 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
889 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
891 * Class::MOP::Attribute
892 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
893 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
894 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
896 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
897 * Class::MOP::Attribute
898 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
900 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
901 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
903 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
905 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
908 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
909 construct_class_instance (groditi)
910 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
911 call through (groditi)
913 * Class::MOP::Attribute
914 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
915 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
916 it is defined (groditi)
918 * Class::MOP::Instance
919 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
920 it is defined (groditi)
922 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
923 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
924 - removed the relevant attributes
926 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
927 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
928 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
929 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
931 - added tests for this
932 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
933 non-inlined constructors.
934 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
936 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
937 - added this class as an abstract base for the
938 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
939 - added tests for this
942 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
943 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
946 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
948 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
949 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
951 * Class::MOP::Package
952 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
955 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
957 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
959 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
960 it manually now so that people can use this
961 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
963 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
965 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
966 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
967 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
970 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
971 * Class::MOP::Immutable
972 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
973 - removed unused variable
974 - added create_immutable_transformer
975 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
976 - tests for this (groditi)
979 - Immutability can now be undone,
980 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
981 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
982 for details see comments next to make_immutable
983 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
984 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
985 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
986 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
987 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
988 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
990 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
991 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
993 * Class::MOP::Package
994 - we now deal with stub methods properly
995 - added tests for this
996 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
998 * Class::MOP::Attribute
999 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1000 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1002 - added tests and POD for this
1005 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1006 handles undef values correctly.
1007 - added tests for this
1008 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1009 will not get reaped when instances still
1010 exist which need to reference them. This is
1011 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1012 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1013 many work arounds out in the wild.
1014 - added tests for this by groditi
1015 - updated docs to explain this
1018 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1019 - added tests for this behavior
1021 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1022 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1025 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1026 - added tests and docs for these
1028 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1029 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1030 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1034 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1039 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1040 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1041 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1042 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1043 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1046 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1048 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1049 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1050 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1053 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1054 immutable transformation instead of
1055 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1057 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1058 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1059 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1060 be coming eventually.
1063 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1065 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1066 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1070 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1073 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1075 - constructor generation is now handled by
1076 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1078 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1079 - created this to handle constructor generation
1080 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1082 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1084 - attributes now delegate to the
1085 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1088 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1089 - all accessor generation functions from
1090 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1092 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1094 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1095 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1096 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1100 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1101 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1102 they are aliased from the originals
1103 - fixed tests to reflect
1104 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1106 - adjusted tests for this
1107 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1110 * Class::MOP::Method
1112 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1113 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1114 - adjusted tests to compensate
1115 - adjusted docs for this
1118 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1119 encapsulate most of the work into the
1120 &get_method_map method
1121 - made several adjustments for the change
1122 in Class::MOP::Method
1123 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1124 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1125 old one before installing the new one
1126 - added tests for this
1127 - adjusted docs for this
1129 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1130 - added caching of &get_method_map
1131 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1132 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1134 * Class::MOP::Package
1135 - added filtering capabilities to
1136 &list_all_package_symbols
1138 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1140 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1141 the $:version and such just actually goes
1142 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1143 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1145 - The &create method now requires that all
1146 but the package name now is passed in as
1147 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1148 - updated docs and tests for this
1150 * Class::MOP::Object
1151 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1155 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1156 which do not store things in the instance
1157 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1160 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1162 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1164 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1165 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1168 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1169 - fixed all tests for this
1171 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1172 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1173 are no longer allowed for defaults
1174 - added tests for this
1176 * Class::MOP::Package
1177 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1178 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1179 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1181 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1183 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1184 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1185 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1186 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1188 * Class::MOP::Package
1189 - refactored entire class, this is now
1190 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1191 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1192 - added many tests for this
1193 - this class is now a subclass of
1195 - added some tests to reflect this
1198 - refactored all symbol table access to
1199 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1201 * Class::MOP::Module
1202 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1203 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1204 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1205 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1206 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1207 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1208 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1209 - added tests for this
1211 * Class::MOP::Instance
1212 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1214 - added tests for this
1216 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1217 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1218 slots from an instance
1219 - added tests for this
1221 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1224 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1225 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1227 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1228 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1229 the value of the attribute for a particular
1232 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1233 ---------------------------------------
1234 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1235 to introduce the immutable features which
1236 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1237 This support should still be considered
1238 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1239 ---------------------------------------
1241 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1243 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1244 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1245 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1248 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1249 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1250 ::Package and now inherited
1251 - added tests for this
1253 * Class::MOP::Instance
1254 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1255 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1256 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1257 instance creation (of course)
1260 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1261 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1262 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1263 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1264 table manipulation methods.
1266 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1267 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1269 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1270 properly when inherited
1271 - small fix to &clone_instance
1273 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1274 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1275 - This release works in combination with
1276 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1277 because it introduces a new instance
1278 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1282 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1283 - added tests for this
1284 - improved method modifier wrapping
1286 * Class::MOP::Instance
1287 - added new instance protocol
1288 - added tests for this
1289 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1291 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1295 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1296 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1298 - updated tests for this
1301 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1302 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1304 - added tests for this
1305 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1306 new instance protocol
1307 - added more tests for this
1309 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1311 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1312 - added tests and docs for this
1313 - some small optimizations
1315 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1316 - some small optimizations
1318 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1320 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1321 - added tests for this
1322 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1323 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1324 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1325 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1326 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1327 delegates appropriately
1329 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1330 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1331 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1332 called initialize_instance_slot
1335 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1336 initialize_instance_slot method
1338 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1340 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1341 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1343 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1345 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1346 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1348 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1349 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1350 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1352 - added tests for this
1353 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1355 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1357 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1358 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1359 - added test case for this
1361 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1363 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1364 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1365 available in DESTORY calls
1367 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1368 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1369 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1371 * Class::MOP::Method
1372 - added &package_name, &name and
1373 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1374 which were formerly private subs in
1377 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1378 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1379 before, after and around modifiers
1380 - added tests and docs for this feature
1383 - improved &get_package_symbol
1384 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1385 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1387 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1388 - &add_before_method_modifier
1389 - &add_after_method_modifier
1390 - &add_around_method_modifier
1391 - added tests and docs for these
1392 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1393 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1395 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1396 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1400 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1401 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1402 the test skip if it is not installed
1404 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1406 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1409 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1410 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1411 - added docs and tests
1413 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1414 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1415 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1416 be considered "ready to use".
1418 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1419 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1420 - test coverage is now at 99%
1423 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1424 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1425 metaclass pragma instead.
1428 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1429 error/edge-case tests
1431 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1432 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1433 error/edge-case tests
1436 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1438 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1440 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1441 metaclass a little more straightforward
1444 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1445 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1446 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1447 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1451 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1452 is now more useful for subclasses
1453 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1454 hash of attribute meta objects
1455 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1456 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1457 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1458 attribute meta-object itself
1459 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1460 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1461 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1462 - added docs & tests for this
1463 - added Clone as a dependency
1464 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1465 return blessed new or cloned instances
1466 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1467 - added docs & tests for this
1468 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1469 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1470 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1471 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1472 - added tests and docs for this
1475 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1477 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1479 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1481 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1482 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1483 attributes/methods respectively
1486 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1489 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1490 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1491 - added new example:
1494 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1496 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1498 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1499 - improved error messages
1502 - added new examples:
1503 - AttributesWithHistory
1504 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1506 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1507 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1509 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1510 - refactored method generation code
1511 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1514 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1515 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1516 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1517 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1518 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1520 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1521 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1522 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1524 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006