1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
4 * Class::MOP::Immutable
5 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
6 the constructor was inlined.
8 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
9 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
10 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
11 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
14 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
15 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
17 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
19 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
20 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
21 * Class::MOP::Immutable
22 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
23 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
24 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
27 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
28 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
29 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
31 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
32 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
33 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
34 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
35 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
36 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
38 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
41 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
42 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
45 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
47 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
48 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
50 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
52 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
53 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
54 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
57 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
58 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
59 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
62 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
64 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
65 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
67 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
68 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
69 times in an eval. (t0m)
71 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
73 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
74 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
75 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
76 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
77 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
80 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
81 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
82 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
85 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
86 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
90 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
91 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
92 aliased methods and "real" methods.
94 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
95 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
96 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
97 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
100 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
101 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
104 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
105 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
106 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
107 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
108 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
109 for sad systems without a compiler.
112 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
113 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
116 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
117 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
118 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
120 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
122 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
123 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
124 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
125 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
127 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
128 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
129 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
130 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
132 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
134 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
135 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
138 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
139 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
140 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
142 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
144 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
146 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
147 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
148 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
150 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
151 * Class::MOP::Package
152 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
153 releases. (nothingmuch)
156 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
158 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
159 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
160 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
163 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
166 * Class::MOP::Instance
167 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
169 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
171 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
172 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
173 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
174 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
177 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
178 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
182 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
183 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
184 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
185 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
186 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
189 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
190 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
191 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
194 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
195 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
196 consistency (nothingmuch)
197 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
199 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
200 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
201 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
202 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
205 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
206 * Class::MOP::Immutable
207 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
209 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
211 * Class::MOP::Instance
212 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
213 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
215 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
217 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
218 the class is already loaded (sartak)
219 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
220 instead of just 1 (sartak)
223 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
225 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
226 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
227 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
229 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
230 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
231 recognizes it correct this time.
233 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
234 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
237 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
238 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
241 - now stores the instance of the instance
242 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
243 and deletes it when the cache is blown
244 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
245 the options used to make it immutable as well as
246 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
248 * Class::MOP::Package
249 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
250 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
251 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
255 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
257 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
258 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
260 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
261 names now throw a more direct error in
263 - tests for this and other aspects of
269 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
270 Class::MOP::Attribute
271 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
274 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
275 (late night release engineering)--
277 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
278 changes in this release
280 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
281 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
282 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
285 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
286 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
287 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
290 * Class::MOP::Package
291 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
293 - inlining a few calls to &name with
294 direct HASH access key access
295 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
296 a HASH of items based on a type filter
297 similar to list_all_package_symbols
298 - added tests for this
301 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
302 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
303 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
304 - added more descriptive error message to help
305 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
306 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
308 * Class::MOP::Immutable
309 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
311 - added tests for this
313 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
315 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
316 function from MRO::Compat
317 - All XS based functionality now has a
318 Pure Perl alternative
319 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
320 can now be used to force non-XS versions
323 * Class::MOP::Attribute
324 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
325 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
326 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
328 - added tests for this
330 * Class::MOP::Immutable
331 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
332 making the class immutable
335 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
336 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
337 allow for it to work.
338 - added tests for this
340 * Class::MOP::Attribute
342 Class::MOP::Immutable
343 - any time a method meta object is constructed
344 we make sure to pass the correct package and
345 method name information
348 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
349 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
350 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
351 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
352 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
353 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
354 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
355 throw an error if these are not supplied.
356 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
357 and now store the package_name and name attributes
360 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
361 Module::Install support has been removed
363 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
364 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
365 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
366 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
370 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
371 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
373 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
374 when it has no init_arg
375 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
376 to support c3 classes.
378 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
381 - making sure that load_class never gets
382 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
383 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
386 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
388 - improved error handling in ->create method
389 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
390 will be used to populate values
391 - added tests for this
394 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
395 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
401 Class::MOP::Attribute
402 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
403 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
405 * Class::MOP::Instance
406 Class::MOP::Immutable
407 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
410 - fixed the filename length on several
411 test files so we install on VMS better
413 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
414 should be catfile (RT #32385)
416 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
417 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
420 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
421 Class::MOP::Attribute
422 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
423 to indicate that no constructor args can
424 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
425 - added tests for this
426 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
429 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
430 feature instead of the silly hack from
431 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
433 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
435 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
438 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
439 - removed assumptions about the existence of
442 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
443 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
444 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
447 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
448 constant so that we can take advantage
449 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
452 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
453 optimize the &linearized_isa method
454 and avoid the hack/check for circular
455 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
456 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
457 - added tests for this
459 * Class::MOP::Immutable
460 - the immutable class now keeps track of
461 the transformer which immutablized it
463 * Class::MOP::Instance
464 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
465 - added tests for this
467 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
469 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
470 transformation arguments are saved
472 - added tests for this
474 * Class::MOP::Immutable
475 - fixed a bug (see above)
477 * Class::MOP::Attribute
480 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
481 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
482 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
485 - removed the dependency on B
486 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
487 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
488 the B fiddling we were doing with
489 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
490 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
491 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
492 be used to help manage method caching.
495 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
496 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
497 even more accurate caching information.
498 blblack++ for that stuff :)
501 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
502 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
503 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
504 track of when we need to re-fetch the
506 - Several small improvements to take advantage
507 of the new method map caching features
509 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
510 * Class::MOP::Attribute
511 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
512 HASH ref case, which makes the
513 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
514 - added more tests for this
516 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
517 * Class::MOP::Attribute
518 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
519 - added more tests for this
521 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
523 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
524 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
525 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
527 * Class::MOP::Attribute
528 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
529 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
530 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
532 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
533 * Class::MOP::Attribute
534 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
536 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
537 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
539 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
541 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
544 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
545 construct_class_instance (groditi)
546 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
547 call through (groditi)
549 * Class::MOP::Attribute
550 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
551 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
552 it is defined (groditi)
554 * Class::MOP::Instance
555 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
556 it is defined (groditi)
558 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
559 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
560 - removed the relevant attributes
562 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
563 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
564 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
565 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
567 - added tests for this
568 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
569 non-inlined constructors.
570 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
572 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
573 - added this class as an abstract base for the
574 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
575 - added tests for this
578 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
579 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
582 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
584 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
585 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
587 * Class::MOP::Package
588 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
591 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
593 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
595 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
596 it manually now so that people can use this
597 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
599 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
601 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
602 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
603 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
606 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
607 * Class::MOP::Immutable
608 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
609 - removed unused variable
610 - added create_immutable_transformer
611 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
612 - tests for this (groditi)
615 - Immutability can now be undone,
616 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
617 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
618 for details see comments next to make_immutable
619 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
620 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
621 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
622 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
623 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
624 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
626 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
627 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
629 * Class::MOP::Package
630 - we now deal with stub methods properly
631 - added tests for this
632 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
634 * Class::MOP::Attribute
635 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
636 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
638 - added tests and POD for this
641 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
642 handles undef values correctly.
643 - added tests for this
644 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
645 will not get reaped when instances still
646 exist which need to reference them. This is
647 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
648 obscure enough feature that there are not too
649 many work arounds out in the wild.
650 - added tests for this by groditi
651 - updated docs to explain this
654 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
655 - added tests for this behavior
657 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
658 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
661 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
662 - added tests and docs for these
664 * Class::MOP::Attribute
665 - default now checks the instance with defined to
666 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
670 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
676 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
677 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
678 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
679 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
682 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
684 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
685 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
686 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
689 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
690 immutable transformation instead of
691 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
693 + Class::MOP::Immutable
694 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
695 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
696 be coming eventually.
699 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
701 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
702 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
706 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
709 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
711 - constructor generation is now handled by
712 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
714 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
715 - created this to handle constructor generation
716 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
718 * Class::MOP::Attribute
720 - attributes now delegate to the
721 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
724 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
725 - all accessor generation functions from
726 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
728 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
730 * scripts/class_browser.pl
731 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
732 on this to come. Comments and patches are
736 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
737 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
738 they are aliased from the originals
739 - fixed tests to reflect
740 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
742 - adjusted tests for this
743 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
748 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
749 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
750 - adjusted tests to compensate
751 - adjusted docs for this
754 - changed how methods are dealt with to
755 encapsulate most of the work into the
756 &get_method_map method
757 - made several adjustments for the change
758 in Class::MOP::Method
759 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
760 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
761 old one before installing the new one
762 - added tests for this
763 - adjusted docs for this
765 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
766 - added caching of &get_method_map
767 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
768 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
770 * Class::MOP::Package
771 - added filtering capabilities to
772 &list_all_package_symbols
774 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
776 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
777 the $:version and such just actually goes
778 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
779 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
781 - The &create method now requires that all
782 but the package name now is passed in as
783 named parameters. See docs for more info.
784 - updated docs and tests for this
787 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
791 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
792 which do not store things in the instance
793 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
796 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
798 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
800 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
801 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
804 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
805 - fixed all tests for this
807 * Class::MOP::Attribute
808 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
809 are no longer allowed for defaults
810 - added tests for this
812 * Class::MOP::Package
813 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
814 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
815 always reloaded from the symbol table.
817 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
819 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
820 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
821 metamodel is more complete (and closer
822 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
824 * Class::MOP::Package
825 - refactored entire class, this is now
826 the primary gateway between the metaclass
827 and the Perl 5 symbol table
828 - added many tests for this
829 - this class is now a subclass of
831 - added some tests to reflect this
834 - refactored all symbol table access to
835 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
838 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
839 so that Module has a version as an attribute
840 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
841 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
842 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
843 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
844 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
845 - added tests for this
847 * Class::MOP::Instance
848 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
850 - added tests for this
852 * Class::MOP::Attribute
853 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
854 slots from an instance
855 - added tests for this
857 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
860 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
861 anywhere within the class hierarchy
863 * Class::MOP::Attribute
864 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
865 the value of the attribute for a particular
868 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
869 ---------------------------------------
870 This is the first version of Class::MOP
871 to introduce the immutable features which
872 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
873 This support should still be considered
874 experimental, but moving towards stability.
875 ---------------------------------------
877 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
879 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
880 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
881 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
884 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
885 - several methods moved to ::Module and
886 ::Package and now inherited
887 - added tests for this
889 * Class::MOP::Instance
890 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
891 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
892 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
893 instance creation (of course)
896 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
897 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
898 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
899 because they are now more general purpose symbol
900 table manipulation methods.
902 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
903 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
905 - small change in &create so that it behaves
906 properly when inherited
907 - small fix to &clone_instance
909 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
910 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
911 - This release works in combination with
912 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
913 because it introduces a new instance
914 sub-protocol and has not yet been
918 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
919 - added tests for this
920 - improved method modifier wrapping
922 * Class::MOP::Instance
923 - added new instance protocol
924 - added tests for this
925 - changed all relevant modules and examples
927 - Class::MOP::Attribute
931 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
932 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
934 - updated tests for this
937 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
938 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
940 - added tests for this
941 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
942 new instance protocol
943 - added more tests for this
945 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
947 - added find_attribute_by_name method
948 - added tests and docs for this
949 - some small optimizations
951 * Class::MOP::Attribute
952 - some small optimizations
954 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
956 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
957 - added tests for this
958 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
959 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
960 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
961 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
962 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
963 delegates appropriately
965 * Class::MOP::Attribute
966 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
967 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
968 called initialize_instance_slot
971 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
972 initialize_instance_slot method
974 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
976 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
977 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
979 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
981 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
982 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
984 * Class::MOP::Attribute
985 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
986 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
988 - added tests for this
989 - adjusted all /example files to comply
991 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
993 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
994 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
995 - added test case for this
997 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
999 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1000 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1001 available in DESTORY calls
1003 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1004 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1005 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1007 * Class::MOP::Method
1008 - added &package_name, &name and
1009 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1010 which were formerly private subs in
1013 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1014 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1015 before, after and around modifiers
1016 - added tests and docs for this feature
1019 - improved &get_package_symbol
1020 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1021 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1023 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1024 - &add_before_method_modifier
1025 - &add_after_method_modifier
1026 - &add_around_method_modifier
1027 - added tests and docs for these
1028 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1029 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1031 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1032 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1036 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1037 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1038 the test skip if it is not installed
1040 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1042 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1045 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1046 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1047 - added docs and tests
1049 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1050 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1051 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1052 be considered "ready to use".
1054 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1055 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1056 - test coverage is now at 99%
1059 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1060 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1061 metaclass pragma instead.
1064 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1065 error/edge-case tests
1067 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1068 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1069 error/edge-case tests
1072 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1074 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1076 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1077 metaclass a little more straightforward
1080 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1081 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1082 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1083 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1087 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1088 is now more useful for subclasses
1089 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1090 hash of attribute meta objects
1091 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1092 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1093 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1094 attribute meta-object itself
1095 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1096 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1097 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1098 - added docs & tests for this
1099 - added Clone as a dependency
1100 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1101 return blessed new or cloned instances
1102 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1103 - added docs & tests for this
1104 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1105 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1106 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1107 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1108 - added tests and docs for this
1111 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1113 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1115 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1117 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1118 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1119 attributes/methods respectively
1122 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1125 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1126 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1127 - added new example:
1130 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1132 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1134 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1135 - improved error messages
1138 - added new examples:
1139 - AttributesWithHistory
1140 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1142 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1143 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1145 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1146 - refactored method generation code
1147 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1150 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1151 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1152 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1153 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1154 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1156 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1157 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1158 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1160 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006