1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
5 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
8 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
9 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
11 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
12 * Class::MOP::Immutable
13 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
14 the constructor was inlined.
16 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
17 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
18 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
20 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
21 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
23 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
25 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
26 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
27 * Class::MOP::Immutable
28 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
29 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
30 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
33 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
34 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
35 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
37 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
38 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
39 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
40 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
41 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
42 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
44 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
47 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
48 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
51 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
53 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
54 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
56 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
58 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
59 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
60 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
63 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
64 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
65 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
68 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
70 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
71 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
73 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
74 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
75 times in an eval. (t0m)
77 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
79 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
80 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
81 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
82 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
83 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
86 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
87 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
88 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
91 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
92 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
96 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
97 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
98 aliased methods and "real" methods.
100 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
101 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
102 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
103 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
106 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
107 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
110 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
111 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
112 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
113 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
114 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
115 for sad systems without a compiler.
118 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
119 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
122 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
123 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
124 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
126 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
128 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
129 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
130 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
131 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
133 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
134 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
135 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
136 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
138 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
140 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
141 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
144 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
145 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
146 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
148 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
150 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
152 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
153 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
154 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
156 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
157 * Class::MOP::Package
158 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
159 releases. (nothingmuch)
162 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
164 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
165 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
166 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
169 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
172 * Class::MOP::Instance
173 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
175 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
177 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
178 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
179 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
180 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
183 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
184 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
188 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
189 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
190 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
191 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
192 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
195 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
196 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
197 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
200 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
201 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
202 consistency (nothingmuch)
203 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
205 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
206 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
207 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
208 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
211 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
212 * Class::MOP::Immutable
213 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
215 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
217 * Class::MOP::Instance
218 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
219 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
221 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
223 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
224 the class is already loaded (sartak)
225 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
226 instead of just 1 (sartak)
229 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
231 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
232 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
233 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
235 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
236 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
237 recognizes it correct this time.
239 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
240 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
243 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
244 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
247 - now stores the instance of the instance
248 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
249 and deletes it when the cache is blown
250 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
251 the options used to make it immutable as well as
252 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
254 * Class::MOP::Package
255 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
256 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
257 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
261 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
263 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
264 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
266 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
267 names now throw a more direct error in
269 - tests for this and other aspects of
275 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
276 Class::MOP::Attribute
277 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
280 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
281 (late night release engineering)--
283 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
284 changes in this release
286 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
287 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
288 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
291 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
292 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
293 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
296 * Class::MOP::Package
297 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
299 - inlining a few calls to &name with
300 direct HASH access key access
301 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
302 a HASH of items based on a type filter
303 similar to list_all_package_symbols
304 - added tests for this
307 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
308 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
309 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
310 - added more descriptive error message to help
311 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
312 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
314 * Class::MOP::Immutable
315 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
317 - added tests for this
319 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
321 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
322 function from MRO::Compat
323 - All XS based functionality now has a
324 Pure Perl alternative
325 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
326 can now be used to force non-XS versions
329 * Class::MOP::Attribute
330 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
331 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
332 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
334 - added tests for this
336 * Class::MOP::Immutable
337 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
338 making the class immutable
341 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
342 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
343 allow for it to work.
344 - added tests for this
346 * Class::MOP::Attribute
348 Class::MOP::Immutable
349 - any time a method meta object is constructed
350 we make sure to pass the correct package and
351 method name information
354 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
355 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
356 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
357 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
358 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
359 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
360 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
361 throw an error if these are not supplied.
362 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
363 and now store the package_name and name attributes
366 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
367 Module::Install support has been removed
369 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
370 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
371 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
372 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
376 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
377 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
379 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
380 when it has no init_arg
381 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
382 to support c3 classes.
384 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
387 - making sure that load_class never gets
388 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
389 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
392 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
394 - improved error handling in ->create method
395 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
396 will be used to populate values
397 - added tests for this
400 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
401 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
407 Class::MOP::Attribute
408 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
409 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
411 * Class::MOP::Instance
412 Class::MOP::Immutable
413 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
416 - fixed the filename length on several
417 test files so we install on VMS better
419 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
420 should be catfile (RT #32385)
422 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
423 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
426 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
427 Class::MOP::Attribute
428 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
429 to indicate that no constructor args can
430 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
431 - added tests for this
432 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
435 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
436 feature instead of the silly hack from
437 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
439 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
441 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
444 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
445 - removed assumptions about the existence of
448 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
449 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
450 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
453 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
454 constant so that we can take advantage
455 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
458 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
459 optimize the &linearized_isa method
460 and avoid the hack/check for circular
461 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
462 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
463 - added tests for this
465 * Class::MOP::Immutable
466 - the immutable class now keeps track of
467 the transformer which immutablized it
469 * Class::MOP::Instance
470 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
471 - added tests for this
473 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
475 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
476 transformation arguments are saved
478 - added tests for this
480 * Class::MOP::Immutable
481 - fixed a bug (see above)
483 * Class::MOP::Attribute
486 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
487 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
488 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
491 - removed the dependency on B
492 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
493 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
494 the B fiddling we were doing with
495 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
496 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
497 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
498 be used to help manage method caching.
501 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
502 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
503 even more accurate caching information.
504 blblack++ for that stuff :)
507 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
508 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
509 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
510 track of when we need to re-fetch the
512 - Several small improvements to take advantage
513 of the new method map caching features
515 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
516 * Class::MOP::Attribute
517 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
518 HASH ref case, which makes the
519 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
520 - added more tests for this
522 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
523 * Class::MOP::Attribute
524 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
525 - added more tests for this
527 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
529 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
530 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
531 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
533 * Class::MOP::Attribute
534 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
535 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
536 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
538 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
539 * Class::MOP::Attribute
540 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
542 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
543 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
545 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
547 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
550 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
551 construct_class_instance (groditi)
552 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
553 call through (groditi)
555 * Class::MOP::Attribute
556 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
557 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
558 it is defined (groditi)
560 * Class::MOP::Instance
561 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
562 it is defined (groditi)
564 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
565 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
566 - removed the relevant attributes
568 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
569 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
570 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
571 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
573 - added tests for this
574 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
575 non-inlined constructors.
576 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
578 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
579 - added this class as an abstract base for the
580 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
581 - added tests for this
584 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
585 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
588 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
590 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
591 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
593 * Class::MOP::Package
594 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
597 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
599 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
601 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
602 it manually now so that people can use this
603 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
605 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
607 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
608 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
609 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
612 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
613 * Class::MOP::Immutable
614 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
615 - removed unused variable
616 - added create_immutable_transformer
617 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
618 - tests for this (groditi)
621 - Immutability can now be undone,
622 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
623 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
624 for details see comments next to make_immutable
625 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
626 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
627 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
628 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
629 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
630 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
632 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
633 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
635 * Class::MOP::Package
636 - we now deal with stub methods properly
637 - added tests for this
638 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
640 * Class::MOP::Attribute
641 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
642 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
644 - added tests and POD for this
647 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
648 handles undef values correctly.
649 - added tests for this
650 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
651 will not get reaped when instances still
652 exist which need to reference them. This is
653 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
654 obscure enough feature that there are not too
655 many work arounds out in the wild.
656 - added tests for this by groditi
657 - updated docs to explain this
660 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
661 - added tests for this behavior
663 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
664 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
667 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
668 - added tests and docs for these
670 * Class::MOP::Attribute
671 - default now checks the instance with defined to
672 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
676 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
682 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
683 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
684 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
685 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
688 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
690 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
691 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
692 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
695 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
696 immutable transformation instead of
697 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
699 + Class::MOP::Immutable
700 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
701 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
702 be coming eventually.
705 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
707 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
708 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
712 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
715 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
717 - constructor generation is now handled by
718 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
720 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
721 - created this to handle constructor generation
722 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
724 * Class::MOP::Attribute
726 - attributes now delegate to the
727 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
730 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
731 - all accessor generation functions from
732 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
734 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
736 * scripts/class_browser.pl
737 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
738 on this to come. Comments and patches are
742 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
743 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
744 they are aliased from the originals
745 - fixed tests to reflect
746 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
748 - adjusted tests for this
749 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
754 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
755 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
756 - adjusted tests to compensate
757 - adjusted docs for this
760 - changed how methods are dealt with to
761 encapsulate most of the work into the
762 &get_method_map method
763 - made several adjustments for the change
764 in Class::MOP::Method
765 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
766 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
767 old one before installing the new one
768 - added tests for this
769 - adjusted docs for this
771 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
772 - added caching of &get_method_map
773 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
774 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
776 * Class::MOP::Package
777 - added filtering capabilities to
778 &list_all_package_symbols
780 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
782 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
783 the $:version and such just actually goes
784 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
785 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
787 - The &create method now requires that all
788 but the package name now is passed in as
789 named parameters. See docs for more info.
790 - updated docs and tests for this
793 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
797 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
798 which do not store things in the instance
799 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
802 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
804 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
806 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
807 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
810 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
811 - fixed all tests for this
813 * Class::MOP::Attribute
814 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
815 are no longer allowed for defaults
816 - added tests for this
818 * Class::MOP::Package
819 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
820 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
821 always reloaded from the symbol table.
823 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
825 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
826 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
827 metamodel is more complete (and closer
828 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
830 * Class::MOP::Package
831 - refactored entire class, this is now
832 the primary gateway between the metaclass
833 and the Perl 5 symbol table
834 - added many tests for this
835 - this class is now a subclass of
837 - added some tests to reflect this
840 - refactored all symbol table access to
841 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
844 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
845 so that Module has a version as an attribute
846 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
847 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
848 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
849 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
850 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
851 - added tests for this
853 * Class::MOP::Instance
854 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
856 - added tests for this
858 * Class::MOP::Attribute
859 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
860 slots from an instance
861 - added tests for this
863 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
866 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
867 anywhere within the class hierarchy
869 * Class::MOP::Attribute
870 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
871 the value of the attribute for a particular
874 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
875 ---------------------------------------
876 This is the first version of Class::MOP
877 to introduce the immutable features which
878 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
879 This support should still be considered
880 experimental, but moving towards stability.
881 ---------------------------------------
883 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
885 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
886 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
887 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
890 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
891 - several methods moved to ::Module and
892 ::Package and now inherited
893 - added tests for this
895 * Class::MOP::Instance
896 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
897 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
898 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
899 instance creation (of course)
902 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
903 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
904 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
905 because they are now more general purpose symbol
906 table manipulation methods.
908 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
909 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
911 - small change in &create so that it behaves
912 properly when inherited
913 - small fix to &clone_instance
915 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
916 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
917 - This release works in combination with
918 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
919 because it introduces a new instance
920 sub-protocol and has not yet been
924 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
925 - added tests for this
926 - improved method modifier wrapping
928 * Class::MOP::Instance
929 - added new instance protocol
930 - added tests for this
931 - changed all relevant modules and examples
933 - Class::MOP::Attribute
937 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
938 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
940 - updated tests for this
943 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
944 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
946 - added tests for this
947 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
948 new instance protocol
949 - added more tests for this
951 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
953 - added find_attribute_by_name method
954 - added tests and docs for this
955 - some small optimizations
957 * Class::MOP::Attribute
958 - some small optimizations
960 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
962 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
963 - added tests for this
964 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
965 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
966 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
967 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
968 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
969 delegates appropriately
971 * Class::MOP::Attribute
972 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
973 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
974 called initialize_instance_slot
977 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
978 initialize_instance_slot method
980 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
982 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
983 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
985 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
987 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
988 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
990 * Class::MOP::Attribute
991 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
992 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
994 - added tests for this
995 - adjusted all /example files to comply
997 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
999 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1000 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1001 - added test case for this
1003 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1005 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1006 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1007 available in DESTORY calls
1009 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1010 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1011 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1013 * Class::MOP::Method
1014 - added &package_name, &name and
1015 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1016 which were formerly private subs in
1019 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1020 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1021 before, after and around modifiers
1022 - added tests and docs for this feature
1025 - improved &get_package_symbol
1026 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1027 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1029 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1030 - &add_before_method_modifier
1031 - &add_after_method_modifier
1032 - &add_around_method_modifier
1033 - added tests and docs for these
1034 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1035 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1037 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1038 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1042 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1043 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1044 the test skip if it is not installed
1046 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1048 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1051 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1052 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1053 - added docs and tests
1055 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1056 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1057 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1058 be considered "ready to use".
1060 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1061 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1062 - test coverage is now at 99%
1065 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1066 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1067 metaclass pragma instead.
1070 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1071 error/edge-case tests
1073 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1074 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1075 error/edge-case tests
1078 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1080 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1082 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1083 metaclass a little more straightforward
1086 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1087 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1088 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1089 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1093 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1094 is now more useful for subclasses
1095 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1096 hash of attribute meta objects
1097 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1098 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1099 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1100 attribute meta-object itself
1101 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1102 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1103 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1104 - added docs & tests for this
1105 - added Clone as a dependency
1106 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1107 return blessed new or cloned instances
1108 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1109 - added docs & tests for this
1110 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1111 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1112 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1113 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1114 - added tests and docs for this
1117 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1119 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1121 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1123 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1124 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1125 attributes/methods respectively
1128 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1131 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1132 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1133 - added new example:
1136 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1138 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1140 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1141 - improved error messages
1144 - added new examples:
1145 - AttributesWithHistory
1146 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1148 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1149 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1151 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1152 - refactored method generation code
1153 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1156 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1157 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1158 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1159 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1160 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1162 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1163 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1164 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1166 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006