1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
7 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
8 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
9 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
11 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
12 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
13 + Add a test for this (Yappo).
14 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
16 + Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
17 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
18 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
19 + Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
21 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
22 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florin Ragwitz).
24 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
25 * No changes from 0.77_01
27 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
29 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
30 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
31 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
32 against the pure Perl version of this code.
34 * Class::MOP::Instance
35 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
36 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
39 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
41 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
45 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
46 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
50 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
51 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
54 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
55 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
58 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
62 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
63 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
64 near future release. You've been warned.
66 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
67 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
68 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
69 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
71 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
72 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
75 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
76 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
79 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
82 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
83 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
85 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
87 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
88 sharing an immutable transformer object
89 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
90 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
92 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
94 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
95 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
96 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
97 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
99 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
100 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
102 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
104 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
105 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
107 * t/082_get_code_info.t
108 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
109 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
110 succeed in that case.
112 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
113 * Class::MOP::Package
114 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
117 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
118 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
120 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
121 * Class::MOP::Immutable
122 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
123 the constructor was inlined.
124 * Class::MOP::Package
125 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
126 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
127 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
129 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
130 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
132 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
134 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
135 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
136 * Class::MOP::Immutable
137 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
138 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
139 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
142 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
143 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
144 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
145 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
146 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
147 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
148 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
149 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
150 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
151 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
153 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
156 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
157 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
160 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
162 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
163 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
165 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
167 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
168 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
169 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
172 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
173 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
174 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
177 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
179 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
180 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
182 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
183 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
184 times in an eval. (t0m)
186 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
188 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
189 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
190 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
191 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
192 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
193 - added test for this
195 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
196 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
197 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
200 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
201 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
205 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
206 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
207 aliased methods and "real" methods.
209 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
210 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
211 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
212 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
215 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
216 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
219 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
220 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
221 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
222 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
223 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
224 for sad systems without a compiler.
227 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
228 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
231 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
232 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
233 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
235 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
237 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
238 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
239 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
240 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
242 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
243 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
244 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
245 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
247 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
249 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
250 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
253 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
254 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
255 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
257 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
259 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
261 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
262 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
263 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
265 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
266 * Class::MOP::Package
267 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
268 releases. (nothingmuch)
271 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
273 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
274 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
275 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
278 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
281 * Class::MOP::Instance
282 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
284 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
286 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
287 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
288 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
289 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
292 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
293 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
297 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
298 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
299 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
300 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
301 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
304 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
305 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
306 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
309 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
310 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
311 consistency (nothingmuch)
312 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
314 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
315 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
316 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
317 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
320 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
321 * Class::MOP::Immutable
322 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
324 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
326 * Class::MOP::Instance
327 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
328 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
330 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
332 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
333 the class is already loaded (sartak)
334 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
335 instead of just 1 (sartak)
338 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
340 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
341 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
342 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
344 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
345 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
346 recognizes it correct this time.
348 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
349 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
352 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
353 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
356 - now stores the instance of the instance
357 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
358 and deletes it when the cache is blown
359 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
360 the options used to make it immutable as well as
361 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
363 * Class::MOP::Package
364 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
365 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
366 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
370 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
372 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
373 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
375 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
376 names now throw a more direct error in
378 - tests for this and other aspects of
384 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
385 Class::MOP::Attribute
386 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
389 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
390 (late night release engineering)--
392 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
393 changes in this release
395 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
396 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
397 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
400 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
401 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
402 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
405 * Class::MOP::Package
406 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
408 - inlining a few calls to &name with
409 direct HASH access key access
410 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
411 a HASH of items based on a type filter
412 similar to list_all_package_symbols
413 - added tests for this
416 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
417 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
418 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
419 - added more descriptive error message to help
420 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
421 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
423 * Class::MOP::Immutable
424 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
426 - added tests for this
428 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
430 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
431 function from MRO::Compat
432 - All XS based functionality now has a
433 Pure Perl alternative
434 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
435 can now be used to force non-XS versions
438 * Class::MOP::Attribute
439 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
440 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
441 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
443 - added tests for this
445 * Class::MOP::Immutable
446 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
447 making the class immutable
450 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
451 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
452 allow for it to work.
453 - added tests for this
455 * Class::MOP::Attribute
457 Class::MOP::Immutable
458 - any time a method meta object is constructed
459 we make sure to pass the correct package and
460 method name information
463 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
464 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
465 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
466 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
467 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
468 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
469 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
470 throw an error if these are not supplied.
471 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
472 and now store the package_name and name attributes
475 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
476 Module::Install support has been removed
478 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
479 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
480 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
481 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
485 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
486 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
488 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
489 when it has no init_arg
490 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
491 to support c3 classes.
493 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
496 - making sure that load_class never gets
497 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
498 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
501 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
503 - improved error handling in ->create method
504 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
505 will be used to populate values
506 - added tests for this
509 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
510 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
516 Class::MOP::Attribute
517 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
518 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
520 * Class::MOP::Instance
521 Class::MOP::Immutable
522 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
525 - fixed the filename length on several
526 test files so we install on VMS better
528 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
529 should be catfile (RT #32385)
531 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
532 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
535 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
536 Class::MOP::Attribute
537 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
538 to indicate that no constructor args can
539 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
540 - added tests for this
541 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
544 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
545 feature instead of the silly hack from
546 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
548 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
550 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
553 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
554 - removed assumptions about the existence of
557 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
558 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
559 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
562 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
563 constant so that we can take advantage
564 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
567 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
568 optimize the &linearized_isa method
569 and avoid the hack/check for circular
570 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
571 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
572 - added tests for this
574 * Class::MOP::Immutable
575 - the immutable class now keeps track of
576 the transformer which immutablized it
578 * Class::MOP::Instance
579 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
580 - added tests for this
582 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
584 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
585 transformation arguments are saved
587 - added tests for this
589 * Class::MOP::Immutable
590 - fixed a bug (see above)
592 * Class::MOP::Attribute
595 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
596 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
597 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
600 - removed the dependency on B
601 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
602 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
603 the B fiddling we were doing with
604 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
605 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
606 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
607 be used to help manage method caching.
610 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
611 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
612 even more accurate caching information.
613 blblack++ for that stuff :)
616 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
617 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
618 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
619 track of when we need to re-fetch the
621 - Several small improvements to take advantage
622 of the new method map caching features
624 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
625 * Class::MOP::Attribute
626 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
627 HASH ref case, which makes the
628 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
629 - added more tests for this
631 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
632 * Class::MOP::Attribute
633 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
634 - added more tests for this
636 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
638 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
639 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
640 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
642 * Class::MOP::Attribute
643 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
644 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
645 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
647 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
648 * Class::MOP::Attribute
649 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
651 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
652 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
654 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
656 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
659 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
660 construct_class_instance (groditi)
661 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
662 call through (groditi)
664 * Class::MOP::Attribute
665 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
666 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
667 it is defined (groditi)
669 * Class::MOP::Instance
670 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
671 it is defined (groditi)
673 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
674 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
675 - removed the relevant attributes
677 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
678 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
679 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
680 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
682 - added tests for this
683 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
684 non-inlined constructors.
685 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
687 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
688 - added this class as an abstract base for the
689 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
690 - added tests for this
693 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
694 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
697 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
699 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
700 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
702 * Class::MOP::Package
703 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
706 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
708 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
710 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
711 it manually now so that people can use this
712 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
714 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
716 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
717 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
718 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
721 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
722 * Class::MOP::Immutable
723 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
724 - removed unused variable
725 - added create_immutable_transformer
726 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
727 - tests for this (groditi)
730 - Immutability can now be undone,
731 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
732 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
733 for details see comments next to make_immutable
734 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
735 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
736 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
737 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
738 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
739 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
741 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
742 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
744 * Class::MOP::Package
745 - we now deal with stub methods properly
746 - added tests for this
747 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
749 * Class::MOP::Attribute
750 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
751 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
753 - added tests and POD for this
756 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
757 handles undef values correctly.
758 - added tests for this
759 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
760 will not get reaped when instances still
761 exist which need to reference them. This is
762 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
763 obscure enough feature that there are not too
764 many work arounds out in the wild.
765 - added tests for this by groditi
766 - updated docs to explain this
769 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
770 - added tests for this behavior
772 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
773 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
776 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
777 - added tests and docs for these
779 * Class::MOP::Attribute
780 - default now checks the instance with defined to
781 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
785 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
791 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
792 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
793 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
794 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
797 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
799 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
800 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
801 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
804 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
805 immutable transformation instead of
806 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
808 + Class::MOP::Immutable
809 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
810 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
811 be coming eventually.
814 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
816 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
817 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
821 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
824 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
826 - constructor generation is now handled by
827 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
829 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
830 - created this to handle constructor generation
831 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
833 * Class::MOP::Attribute
835 - attributes now delegate to the
836 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
839 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
840 - all accessor generation functions from
841 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
843 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
845 * scripts/class_browser.pl
846 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
847 on this to come. Comments and patches are
851 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
852 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
853 they are aliased from the originals
854 - fixed tests to reflect
855 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
857 - adjusted tests for this
858 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
863 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
864 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
865 - adjusted tests to compensate
866 - adjusted docs for this
869 - changed how methods are dealt with to
870 encapsulate most of the work into the
871 &get_method_map method
872 - made several adjustments for the change
873 in Class::MOP::Method
874 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
875 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
876 old one before installing the new one
877 - added tests for this
878 - adjusted docs for this
880 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
881 - added caching of &get_method_map
882 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
883 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
885 * Class::MOP::Package
886 - added filtering capabilities to
887 &list_all_package_symbols
889 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
891 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
892 the $:version and such just actually goes
893 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
894 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
896 - The &create method now requires that all
897 but the package name now is passed in as
898 named parameters. See docs for more info.
899 - updated docs and tests for this
902 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
906 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
907 which do not store things in the instance
908 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
911 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
913 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
915 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
916 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
919 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
920 - fixed all tests for this
922 * Class::MOP::Attribute
923 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
924 are no longer allowed for defaults
925 - added tests for this
927 * Class::MOP::Package
928 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
929 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
930 always reloaded from the symbol table.
932 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
934 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
935 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
936 metamodel is more complete (and closer
937 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
939 * Class::MOP::Package
940 - refactored entire class, this is now
941 the primary gateway between the metaclass
942 and the Perl 5 symbol table
943 - added many tests for this
944 - this class is now a subclass of
946 - added some tests to reflect this
949 - refactored all symbol table access to
950 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
953 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
954 so that Module has a version as an attribute
955 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
956 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
957 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
958 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
959 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
960 - added tests for this
962 * Class::MOP::Instance
963 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
965 - added tests for this
967 * Class::MOP::Attribute
968 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
969 slots from an instance
970 - added tests for this
972 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
975 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
976 anywhere within the class hierarchy
978 * Class::MOP::Attribute
979 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
980 the value of the attribute for a particular
983 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
984 ---------------------------------------
985 This is the first version of Class::MOP
986 to introduce the immutable features which
987 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
988 This support should still be considered
989 experimental, but moving towards stability.
990 ---------------------------------------
992 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
994 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
995 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
996 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
999 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1000 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1001 ::Package and now inherited
1002 - added tests for this
1004 * Class::MOP::Instance
1005 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1006 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1007 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1008 instance creation (of course)
1011 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1012 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1013 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1014 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1015 table manipulation methods.
1017 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1018 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1020 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1021 properly when inherited
1022 - small fix to &clone_instance
1024 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1025 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1026 - This release works in combination with
1027 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1028 because it introduces a new instance
1029 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1033 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1034 - added tests for this
1035 - improved method modifier wrapping
1037 * Class::MOP::Instance
1038 - added new instance protocol
1039 - added tests for this
1040 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1042 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1046 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1047 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1049 - updated tests for this
1052 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1053 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1055 - added tests for this
1056 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1057 new instance protocol
1058 - added more tests for this
1060 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1062 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1063 - added tests and docs for this
1064 - some small optimizations
1066 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1067 - some small optimizations
1069 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1071 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1072 - added tests for this
1073 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1074 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1075 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1076 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1077 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1078 delegates appropriately
1080 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1081 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1082 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1083 called initialize_instance_slot
1086 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1087 initialize_instance_slot method
1089 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1091 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1092 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1094 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1096 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1097 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1099 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1100 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1101 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1103 - added tests for this
1104 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1106 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1108 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1109 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1110 - added test case for this
1112 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1114 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1115 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1116 available in DESTORY calls
1118 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1119 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1120 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1122 * Class::MOP::Method
1123 - added &package_name, &name and
1124 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1125 which were formerly private subs in
1128 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1129 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1130 before, after and around modifiers
1131 - added tests and docs for this feature
1134 - improved &get_package_symbol
1135 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1136 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1138 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1139 - &add_before_method_modifier
1140 - &add_after_method_modifier
1141 - &add_around_method_modifier
1142 - added tests and docs for these
1143 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1144 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1146 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1147 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1151 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1152 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1153 the test skip if it is not installed
1155 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1157 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1160 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1161 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1162 - added docs and tests
1164 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1165 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1166 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1167 be considered "ready to use".
1169 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1170 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1171 - test coverage is now at 99%
1174 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1175 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1176 metaclass pragma instead.
1179 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1180 error/edge-case tests
1182 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1183 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1184 error/edge-case tests
1187 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1189 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1191 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1192 metaclass a little more straightforward
1195 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1196 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1197 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1198 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1202 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1203 is now more useful for subclasses
1204 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1205 hash of attribute meta objects
1206 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1207 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1208 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1209 attribute meta-object itself
1210 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1211 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1212 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1213 - added docs & tests for this
1214 - added Clone as a dependency
1215 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1216 return blessed new or cloned instances
1217 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1218 - added docs & tests for this
1219 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1220 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1221 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1222 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1223 - added tests and docs for this
1226 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1228 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1230 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1232 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1233 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1234 attributes/methods respectively
1237 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1240 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1241 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1242 - added new example:
1245 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1247 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1249 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1250 - improved error messages
1253 - added new examples:
1254 - AttributesWithHistory
1255 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1257 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1258 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1260 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1261 - refactored method generation code
1262 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1265 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1266 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1267 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1268 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1269 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1271 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1272 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1273 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1275 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006