1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2008
4 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
5 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
6 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
8 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
9 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
12 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
13 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
16 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
19 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
20 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
22 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
24 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
25 sharing an immutable transformer object
26 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
27 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
29 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
31 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
32 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
33 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
34 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
36 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
37 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
39 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
41 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
42 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
44 * t/082_get_code_info.t
45 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
46 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
49 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
51 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
54 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
55 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
57 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
58 * Class::MOP::Immutable
59 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
60 the constructor was inlined.
62 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
63 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
64 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
66 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
67 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
69 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
71 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
72 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
73 * Class::MOP::Immutable
74 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
75 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
76 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
79 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
80 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
81 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
83 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
84 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
85 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
86 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
87 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
88 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
90 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
93 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
94 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
97 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
99 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
100 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
102 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
104 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
105 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
106 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
109 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
110 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
111 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
114 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
116 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
117 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
119 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
120 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
121 times in an eval. (t0m)
123 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
125 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
126 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
127 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
128 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
129 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
130 - added test for this
132 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
133 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
134 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
137 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
138 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
142 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
143 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
144 aliased methods and "real" methods.
146 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
147 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
148 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
149 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
152 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
153 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
156 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
157 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
158 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
159 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
160 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
161 for sad systems without a compiler.
164 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
165 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
168 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
169 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
170 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
172 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
174 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
175 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
176 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
177 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
179 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
180 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
181 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
182 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
184 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
186 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
187 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
190 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
191 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
192 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
194 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
196 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
198 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
199 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
200 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
202 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
203 * Class::MOP::Package
204 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
205 releases. (nothingmuch)
208 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
210 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
211 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
212 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
215 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
218 * Class::MOP::Instance
219 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
221 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
223 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
224 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
225 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
226 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
229 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
230 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
234 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
235 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
236 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
237 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
238 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
241 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
242 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
243 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
246 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
247 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
248 consistency (nothingmuch)
249 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
251 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
252 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
253 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
254 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
257 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
258 * Class::MOP::Immutable
259 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
261 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
263 * Class::MOP::Instance
264 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
265 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
267 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
269 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
270 the class is already loaded (sartak)
271 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
272 instead of just 1 (sartak)
275 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
277 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
278 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
279 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
281 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
282 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
283 recognizes it correct this time.
285 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
286 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
289 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
290 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
293 - now stores the instance of the instance
294 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
295 and deletes it when the cache is blown
296 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
297 the options used to make it immutable as well as
298 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
300 * Class::MOP::Package
301 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
302 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
303 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
307 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
309 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
310 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
312 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
313 names now throw a more direct error in
315 - tests for this and other aspects of
321 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
322 Class::MOP::Attribute
323 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
326 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
327 (late night release engineering)--
329 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
330 changes in this release
332 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
333 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
334 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
337 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
338 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
339 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
342 * Class::MOP::Package
343 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
345 - inlining a few calls to &name with
346 direct HASH access key access
347 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
348 a HASH of items based on a type filter
349 similar to list_all_package_symbols
350 - added tests for this
353 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
354 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
355 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
356 - added more descriptive error message to help
357 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
358 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
360 * Class::MOP::Immutable
361 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
363 - added tests for this
365 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
367 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
368 function from MRO::Compat
369 - All XS based functionality now has a
370 Pure Perl alternative
371 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
372 can now be used to force non-XS versions
375 * Class::MOP::Attribute
376 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
377 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
378 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
380 - added tests for this
382 * Class::MOP::Immutable
383 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
384 making the class immutable
387 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
388 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
389 allow for it to work.
390 - added tests for this
392 * Class::MOP::Attribute
394 Class::MOP::Immutable
395 - any time a method meta object is constructed
396 we make sure to pass the correct package and
397 method name information
400 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
401 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
402 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
403 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
404 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
405 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
406 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
407 throw an error if these are not supplied.
408 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
409 and now store the package_name and name attributes
412 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
413 Module::Install support has been removed
415 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
416 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
417 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
418 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
422 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
423 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
425 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
426 when it has no init_arg
427 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
428 to support c3 classes.
430 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
433 - making sure that load_class never gets
434 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
435 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
438 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
440 - improved error handling in ->create method
441 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
442 will be used to populate values
443 - added tests for this
446 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
447 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
453 Class::MOP::Attribute
454 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
455 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
457 * Class::MOP::Instance
458 Class::MOP::Immutable
459 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
462 - fixed the filename length on several
463 test files so we install on VMS better
465 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
466 should be catfile (RT #32385)
468 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
469 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
472 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
473 Class::MOP::Attribute
474 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
475 to indicate that no constructor args can
476 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
477 - added tests for this
478 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
481 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
482 feature instead of the silly hack from
483 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
485 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
487 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
490 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
491 - removed assumptions about the existence of
494 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
495 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
496 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
499 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
500 constant so that we can take advantage
501 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
504 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
505 optimize the &linearized_isa method
506 and avoid the hack/check for circular
507 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
508 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
509 - added tests for this
511 * Class::MOP::Immutable
512 - the immutable class now keeps track of
513 the transformer which immutablized it
515 * Class::MOP::Instance
516 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
517 - added tests for this
519 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
521 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
522 transformation arguments are saved
524 - added tests for this
526 * Class::MOP::Immutable
527 - fixed a bug (see above)
529 * Class::MOP::Attribute
532 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
533 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
534 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
537 - removed the dependency on B
538 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
539 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
540 the B fiddling we were doing with
541 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
542 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
543 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
544 be used to help manage method caching.
547 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
548 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
549 even more accurate caching information.
550 blblack++ for that stuff :)
553 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
554 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
555 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
556 track of when we need to re-fetch the
558 - Several small improvements to take advantage
559 of the new method map caching features
561 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
562 * Class::MOP::Attribute
563 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
564 HASH ref case, which makes the
565 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
566 - added more tests for this
568 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
569 * Class::MOP::Attribute
570 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
571 - added more tests for this
573 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
575 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
576 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
577 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
579 * Class::MOP::Attribute
580 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
581 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
582 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
584 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
585 * Class::MOP::Attribute
586 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
588 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
589 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
591 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
593 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
596 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
597 construct_class_instance (groditi)
598 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
599 call through (groditi)
601 * Class::MOP::Attribute
602 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
603 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
604 it is defined (groditi)
606 * Class::MOP::Instance
607 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
608 it is defined (groditi)
610 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
611 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
612 - removed the relevant attributes
614 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
615 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
616 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
617 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
619 - added tests for this
620 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
621 non-inlined constructors.
622 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
624 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
625 - added this class as an abstract base for the
626 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
627 - added tests for this
630 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
631 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
634 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
636 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
637 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
639 * Class::MOP::Package
640 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
643 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
645 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
647 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
648 it manually now so that people can use this
649 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
651 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
653 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
654 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
655 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
658 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
659 * Class::MOP::Immutable
660 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
661 - removed unused variable
662 - added create_immutable_transformer
663 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
664 - tests for this (groditi)
667 - Immutability can now be undone,
668 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
669 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
670 for details see comments next to make_immutable
671 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
672 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
673 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
674 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
675 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
676 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
678 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
679 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
681 * Class::MOP::Package
682 - we now deal with stub methods properly
683 - added tests for this
684 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
686 * Class::MOP::Attribute
687 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
688 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
690 - added tests and POD for this
693 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
694 handles undef values correctly.
695 - added tests for this
696 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
697 will not get reaped when instances still
698 exist which need to reference them. This is
699 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
700 obscure enough feature that there are not too
701 many work arounds out in the wild.
702 - added tests for this by groditi
703 - updated docs to explain this
706 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
707 - added tests for this behavior
709 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
710 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
713 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
714 - added tests and docs for these
716 * Class::MOP::Attribute
717 - default now checks the instance with defined to
718 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
722 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
728 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
729 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
730 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
731 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
734 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
736 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
737 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
738 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
741 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
742 immutable transformation instead of
743 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
745 + Class::MOP::Immutable
746 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
747 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
748 be coming eventually.
751 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
753 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
754 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
758 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
761 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
763 - constructor generation is now handled by
764 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
766 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
767 - created this to handle constructor generation
768 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
770 * Class::MOP::Attribute
772 - attributes now delegate to the
773 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
776 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
777 - all accessor generation functions from
778 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
780 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
782 * scripts/class_browser.pl
783 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
784 on this to come. Comments and patches are
788 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
789 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
790 they are aliased from the originals
791 - fixed tests to reflect
792 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
794 - adjusted tests for this
795 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
800 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
801 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
802 - adjusted tests to compensate
803 - adjusted docs for this
806 - changed how methods are dealt with to
807 encapsulate most of the work into the
808 &get_method_map method
809 - made several adjustments for the change
810 in Class::MOP::Method
811 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
812 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
813 old one before installing the new one
814 - added tests for this
815 - adjusted docs for this
817 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
818 - added caching of &get_method_map
819 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
820 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
822 * Class::MOP::Package
823 - added filtering capabilities to
824 &list_all_package_symbols
826 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
828 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
829 the $:version and such just actually goes
830 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
831 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
833 - The &create method now requires that all
834 but the package name now is passed in as
835 named parameters. See docs for more info.
836 - updated docs and tests for this
839 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
843 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
844 which do not store things in the instance
845 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
848 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
850 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
852 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
853 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
856 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
857 - fixed all tests for this
859 * Class::MOP::Attribute
860 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
861 are no longer allowed for defaults
862 - added tests for this
864 * Class::MOP::Package
865 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
866 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
867 always reloaded from the symbol table.
869 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
871 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
872 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
873 metamodel is more complete (and closer
874 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
876 * Class::MOP::Package
877 - refactored entire class, this is now
878 the primary gateway between the metaclass
879 and the Perl 5 symbol table
880 - added many tests for this
881 - this class is now a subclass of
883 - added some tests to reflect this
886 - refactored all symbol table access to
887 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
890 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
891 so that Module has a version as an attribute
892 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
893 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
894 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
895 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
896 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
897 - added tests for this
899 * Class::MOP::Instance
900 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
902 - added tests for this
904 * Class::MOP::Attribute
905 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
906 slots from an instance
907 - added tests for this
909 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
912 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
913 anywhere within the class hierarchy
915 * Class::MOP::Attribute
916 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
917 the value of the attribute for a particular
920 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
921 ---------------------------------------
922 This is the first version of Class::MOP
923 to introduce the immutable features which
924 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
925 This support should still be considered
926 experimental, but moving towards stability.
927 ---------------------------------------
929 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
931 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
932 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
933 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
936 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
937 - several methods moved to ::Module and
938 ::Package and now inherited
939 - added tests for this
941 * Class::MOP::Instance
942 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
943 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
944 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
945 instance creation (of course)
948 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
949 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
950 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
951 because they are now more general purpose symbol
952 table manipulation methods.
954 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
955 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
957 - small change in &create so that it behaves
958 properly when inherited
959 - small fix to &clone_instance
961 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
962 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
963 - This release works in combination with
964 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
965 because it introduces a new instance
966 sub-protocol and has not yet been
970 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
971 - added tests for this
972 - improved method modifier wrapping
974 * Class::MOP::Instance
975 - added new instance protocol
976 - added tests for this
977 - changed all relevant modules and examples
979 - Class::MOP::Attribute
983 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
984 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
986 - updated tests for this
989 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
990 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
992 - added tests for this
993 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
994 new instance protocol
995 - added more tests for this
997 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
999 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1000 - added tests and docs for this
1001 - some small optimizations
1003 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1004 - some small optimizations
1006 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1008 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1009 - added tests for this
1010 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1011 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1012 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1013 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1014 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1015 delegates appropriately
1017 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1018 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1019 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1020 called initialize_instance_slot
1023 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1024 initialize_instance_slot method
1026 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1028 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1029 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1031 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1033 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1034 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1036 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1037 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1038 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1040 - added tests for this
1041 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1043 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1045 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1046 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1047 - added test case for this
1049 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1051 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1052 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1053 available in DESTORY calls
1055 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1056 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1057 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1059 * Class::MOP::Method
1060 - added &package_name, &name and
1061 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1062 which were formerly private subs in
1065 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1066 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1067 before, after and around modifiers
1068 - added tests and docs for this feature
1071 - improved &get_package_symbol
1072 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1073 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1075 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1076 - &add_before_method_modifier
1077 - &add_after_method_modifier
1078 - &add_around_method_modifier
1079 - added tests and docs for these
1080 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1081 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1083 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1084 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1088 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1089 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1090 the test skip if it is not installed
1092 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1094 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1097 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1098 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1099 - added docs and tests
1101 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1102 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1103 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1104 be considered "ready to use".
1106 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1107 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1108 - test coverage is now at 99%
1111 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1112 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1113 metaclass pragma instead.
1116 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1117 error/edge-case tests
1119 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1120 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1121 error/edge-case tests
1124 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1126 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1128 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1129 metaclass a little more straightforward
1132 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1133 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1134 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1135 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1139 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1140 is now more useful for subclasses
1141 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1142 hash of attribute meta objects
1143 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1144 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1145 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1146 attribute meta-object itself
1147 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1148 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1149 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1150 - added docs & tests for this
1151 - added Clone as a dependency
1152 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1153 return blessed new or cloned instances
1154 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1155 - added docs & tests for this
1156 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1157 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1158 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1159 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1160 - added tests and docs for this
1163 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1165 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1167 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1169 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1170 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1171 attributes/methods respectively
1174 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1177 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1178 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1179 - added new example:
1182 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1184 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1186 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1187 - improved error messages
1190 - added new examples:
1191 - AttributesWithHistory
1192 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1194 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1195 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1197 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1198 - refactored method generation code
1199 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1202 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1203 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1204 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1205 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1206 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1208 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1209 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1210 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1212 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006