1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
5 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation.
8 * Class::MOP::Immutable
9 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
10 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class API.
13 * Class::MOP::Instance
14 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
15 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
16 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
17 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
19 * Class::MOP::Attribute
20 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
21 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
22 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
24 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
25 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
26 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
30 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
31 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
32 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
33 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
35 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
36 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
37 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
38 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
39 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
40 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
41 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
42 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
43 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
46 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
47 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
50 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
52 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
53 * No changes from 0.77_01
55 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
57 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
58 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
59 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
60 against the pure Perl version of this code.
62 * Class::MOP::Instance
63 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
64 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
67 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
69 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
73 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
74 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
78 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
79 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
82 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
83 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
86 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
90 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
91 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
92 near future release. You've been warned.
94 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
95 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
96 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
97 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
99 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
100 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
103 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
104 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
107 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
110 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
111 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
113 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
115 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
116 sharing an immutable transformer object
117 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
118 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
120 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
122 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
123 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
124 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
125 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
127 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
128 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
130 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
132 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
133 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
135 * t/082_get_code_info.t
136 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
137 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
138 succeed in that case.
140 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
141 * Class::MOP::Package
142 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
145 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
146 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
148 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
149 * Class::MOP::Immutable
150 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
151 the constructor was inlined.
152 * Class::MOP::Package
153 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
154 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
155 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
157 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
158 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
160 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
162 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
163 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
164 * Class::MOP::Immutable
165 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
166 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
167 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
170 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
171 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
172 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
173 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
174 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
175 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
176 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
177 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
178 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
179 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
181 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
184 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
185 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
188 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
190 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
191 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
193 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
195 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
196 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
197 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
200 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
201 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
202 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
205 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
207 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
208 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
210 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
211 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
212 times in an eval. (t0m)
214 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
216 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
217 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
218 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
219 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
220 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
221 - added test for this
223 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
224 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
225 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
228 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
229 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
233 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
234 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
235 aliased methods and "real" methods.
237 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
238 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
239 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
240 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
243 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
244 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
247 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
248 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
249 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
250 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
251 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
252 for sad systems without a compiler.
255 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
256 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
259 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
260 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
261 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
263 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
265 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
266 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
267 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
268 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
270 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
271 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
272 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
273 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
275 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
277 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
278 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
281 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
282 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
283 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
285 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
287 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
289 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
290 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
291 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
293 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
294 * Class::MOP::Package
295 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
296 releases. (nothingmuch)
299 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
301 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
302 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
303 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
306 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
309 * Class::MOP::Instance
310 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
312 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
314 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
315 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
316 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
317 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
320 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
321 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
325 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
326 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
327 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
328 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
329 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
332 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
333 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
334 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
337 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
338 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
339 consistency (nothingmuch)
340 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
342 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
343 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
344 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
345 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
348 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
349 * Class::MOP::Immutable
350 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
352 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
354 * Class::MOP::Instance
355 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
356 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
358 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
360 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
361 the class is already loaded (sartak)
362 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
363 instead of just 1 (sartak)
366 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
368 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
369 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
370 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
372 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
373 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
374 recognizes it correct this time.
376 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
377 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
380 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
381 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
384 - now stores the instance of the instance
385 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
386 and deletes it when the cache is blown
387 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
388 the options used to make it immutable as well as
389 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
391 * Class::MOP::Package
392 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
393 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
394 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
398 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
400 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
401 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
403 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
404 names now throw a more direct error in
406 - tests for this and other aspects of
412 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
413 Class::MOP::Attribute
414 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
417 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
418 (late night release engineering)--
420 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
421 changes in this release
423 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
424 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
425 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
428 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
429 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
430 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
433 * Class::MOP::Package
434 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
436 - inlining a few calls to &name with
437 direct HASH access key access
438 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
439 a HASH of items based on a type filter
440 similar to list_all_package_symbols
441 - added tests for this
444 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
445 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
446 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
447 - added more descriptive error message to help
448 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
449 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
451 * Class::MOP::Immutable
452 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
454 - added tests for this
456 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
458 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
459 function from MRO::Compat
460 - All XS based functionality now has a
461 Pure Perl alternative
462 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
463 can now be used to force non-XS versions
466 * Class::MOP::Attribute
467 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
468 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
469 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
471 - added tests for this
473 * Class::MOP::Immutable
474 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
475 making the class immutable
478 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
479 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
480 allow for it to work.
481 - added tests for this
483 * Class::MOP::Attribute
485 Class::MOP::Immutable
486 - any time a method meta object is constructed
487 we make sure to pass the correct package and
488 method name information
491 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
492 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
493 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
494 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
495 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
496 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
497 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
498 throw an error if these are not supplied.
499 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
500 and now store the package_name and name attributes
503 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
504 Module::Install support has been removed
506 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
507 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
508 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
509 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
513 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
514 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
516 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
517 when it has no init_arg
518 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
519 to support c3 classes.
521 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
524 - making sure that load_class never gets
525 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
526 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
529 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
531 - improved error handling in ->create method
532 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
533 will be used to populate values
534 - added tests for this
537 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
538 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
544 Class::MOP::Attribute
545 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
546 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
548 * Class::MOP::Instance
549 Class::MOP::Immutable
550 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
553 - fixed the filename length on several
554 test files so we install on VMS better
556 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
557 should be catfile (RT #32385)
559 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
560 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
563 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
564 Class::MOP::Attribute
565 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
566 to indicate that no constructor args can
567 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
568 - added tests for this
569 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
572 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
573 feature instead of the silly hack from
574 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
576 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
578 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
581 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
582 - removed assumptions about the existence of
585 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
586 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
587 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
590 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
591 constant so that we can take advantage
592 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
595 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
596 optimize the &linearized_isa method
597 and avoid the hack/check for circular
598 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
599 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
600 - added tests for this
602 * Class::MOP::Immutable
603 - the immutable class now keeps track of
604 the transformer which immutablized it
606 * Class::MOP::Instance
607 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
608 - added tests for this
610 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
612 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
613 transformation arguments are saved
615 - added tests for this
617 * Class::MOP::Immutable
618 - fixed a bug (see above)
620 * Class::MOP::Attribute
623 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
624 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
625 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
628 - removed the dependency on B
629 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
630 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
631 the B fiddling we were doing with
632 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
633 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
634 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
635 be used to help manage method caching.
638 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
639 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
640 even more accurate caching information.
641 blblack++ for that stuff :)
644 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
645 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
646 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
647 track of when we need to re-fetch the
649 - Several small improvements to take advantage
650 of the new method map caching features
652 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
653 * Class::MOP::Attribute
654 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
655 HASH ref case, which makes the
656 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
657 - added more tests for this
659 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
660 * Class::MOP::Attribute
661 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
662 - added more tests for this
664 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
666 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
667 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
668 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
670 * Class::MOP::Attribute
671 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
672 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
673 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
675 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
676 * Class::MOP::Attribute
677 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
679 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
680 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
682 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
684 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
687 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
688 construct_class_instance (groditi)
689 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
690 call through (groditi)
692 * Class::MOP::Attribute
693 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
694 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
695 it is defined (groditi)
697 * Class::MOP::Instance
698 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
699 it is defined (groditi)
701 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
702 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
703 - removed the relevant attributes
705 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
706 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
707 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
708 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
710 - added tests for this
711 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
712 non-inlined constructors.
713 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
715 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
716 - added this class as an abstract base for the
717 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
718 - added tests for this
721 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
722 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
725 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
727 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
728 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
730 * Class::MOP::Package
731 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
734 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
736 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
738 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
739 it manually now so that people can use this
740 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
742 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
744 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
745 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
746 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
749 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
750 * Class::MOP::Immutable
751 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
752 - removed unused variable
753 - added create_immutable_transformer
754 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
755 - tests for this (groditi)
758 - Immutability can now be undone,
759 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
760 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
761 for details see comments next to make_immutable
762 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
763 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
764 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
765 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
766 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
767 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
769 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
770 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
772 * Class::MOP::Package
773 - we now deal with stub methods properly
774 - added tests for this
775 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
777 * Class::MOP::Attribute
778 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
779 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
781 - added tests and POD for this
784 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
785 handles undef values correctly.
786 - added tests for this
787 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
788 will not get reaped when instances still
789 exist which need to reference them. This is
790 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
791 obscure enough feature that there are not too
792 many work arounds out in the wild.
793 - added tests for this by groditi
794 - updated docs to explain this
797 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
798 - added tests for this behavior
800 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
801 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
804 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
805 - added tests and docs for these
807 * Class::MOP::Attribute
808 - default now checks the instance with defined to
809 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
813 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
819 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
820 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
821 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
822 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
825 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
827 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
828 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
829 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
832 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
833 immutable transformation instead of
834 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
836 + Class::MOP::Immutable
837 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
838 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
839 be coming eventually.
842 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
844 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
845 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
849 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
852 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
854 - constructor generation is now handled by
855 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
857 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
858 - created this to handle constructor generation
859 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
861 * Class::MOP::Attribute
863 - attributes now delegate to the
864 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
867 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
868 - all accessor generation functions from
869 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
871 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
873 * scripts/class_browser.pl
874 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
875 on this to come. Comments and patches are
879 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
880 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
881 they are aliased from the originals
882 - fixed tests to reflect
883 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
885 - adjusted tests for this
886 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
891 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
892 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
893 - adjusted tests to compensate
894 - adjusted docs for this
897 - changed how methods are dealt with to
898 encapsulate most of the work into the
899 &get_method_map method
900 - made several adjustments for the change
901 in Class::MOP::Method
902 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
903 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
904 old one before installing the new one
905 - added tests for this
906 - adjusted docs for this
908 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
909 - added caching of &get_method_map
910 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
911 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
913 * Class::MOP::Package
914 - added filtering capabilities to
915 &list_all_package_symbols
917 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
919 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
920 the $:version and such just actually goes
921 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
922 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
924 - The &create method now requires that all
925 but the package name now is passed in as
926 named parameters. See docs for more info.
927 - updated docs and tests for this
930 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
934 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
935 which do not store things in the instance
936 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
939 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
941 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
943 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
944 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
947 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
948 - fixed all tests for this
950 * Class::MOP::Attribute
951 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
952 are no longer allowed for defaults
953 - added tests for this
955 * Class::MOP::Package
956 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
957 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
958 always reloaded from the symbol table.
960 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
962 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
963 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
964 metamodel is more complete (and closer
965 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
967 * Class::MOP::Package
968 - refactored entire class, this is now
969 the primary gateway between the metaclass
970 and the Perl 5 symbol table
971 - added many tests for this
972 - this class is now a subclass of
974 - added some tests to reflect this
977 - refactored all symbol table access to
978 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
981 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
982 so that Module has a version as an attribute
983 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
984 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
985 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
986 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
987 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
988 - added tests for this
990 * Class::MOP::Instance
991 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
993 - added tests for this
995 * Class::MOP::Attribute
996 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
997 slots from an instance
998 - added tests for this
1000 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1003 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1004 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1006 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1007 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1008 the value of the attribute for a particular
1011 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1012 ---------------------------------------
1013 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1014 to introduce the immutable features which
1015 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1016 This support should still be considered
1017 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1018 ---------------------------------------
1020 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1022 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1023 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1024 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1027 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1028 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1029 ::Package and now inherited
1030 - added tests for this
1032 * Class::MOP::Instance
1033 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1034 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1035 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1036 instance creation (of course)
1039 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1040 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1041 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1042 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1043 table manipulation methods.
1045 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1046 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1048 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1049 properly when inherited
1050 - small fix to &clone_instance
1052 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1053 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1054 - This release works in combination with
1055 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1056 because it introduces a new instance
1057 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1061 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1062 - added tests for this
1063 - improved method modifier wrapping
1065 * Class::MOP::Instance
1066 - added new instance protocol
1067 - added tests for this
1068 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1070 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1074 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1075 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1077 - updated tests for this
1080 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1081 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1083 - added tests for this
1084 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1085 new instance protocol
1086 - added more tests for this
1088 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1090 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1091 - added tests and docs for this
1092 - some small optimizations
1094 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1095 - some small optimizations
1097 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1099 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1100 - added tests for this
1101 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1102 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1103 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1104 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1105 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1106 delegates appropriately
1108 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1109 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1110 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1111 called initialize_instance_slot
1114 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1115 initialize_instance_slot method
1117 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1119 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1120 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1122 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1124 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1125 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1127 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1128 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1129 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1131 - added tests for this
1132 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1134 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1136 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1137 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1138 - added test case for this
1140 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1142 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1143 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1144 available in DESTORY calls
1146 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1147 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1148 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1150 * Class::MOP::Method
1151 - added &package_name, &name and
1152 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1153 which were formerly private subs in
1156 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1157 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1158 before, after and around modifiers
1159 - added tests and docs for this feature
1162 - improved &get_package_symbol
1163 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1164 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1166 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1167 - &add_before_method_modifier
1168 - &add_after_method_modifier
1169 - &add_around_method_modifier
1170 - added tests and docs for these
1171 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1172 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1174 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1175 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1179 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1180 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1181 the test skip if it is not installed
1183 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1185 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1188 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1189 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1190 - added docs and tests
1192 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1193 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1194 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1195 be considered "ready to use".
1197 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1198 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1199 - test coverage is now at 99%
1202 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1203 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1204 metaclass pragma instead.
1207 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1208 error/edge-case tests
1210 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1211 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1212 error/edge-case tests
1215 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1217 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1219 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1220 metaclass a little more straightforward
1223 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1224 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1225 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1226 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1230 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1231 is now more useful for subclasses
1232 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1233 hash of attribute meta objects
1234 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1235 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1236 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1237 attribute meta-object itself
1238 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1239 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1240 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1241 - added docs & tests for this
1242 - added Clone as a dependency
1243 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1244 return blessed new or cloned instances
1245 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1246 - added docs & tests for this
1247 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1248 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1249 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1250 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1251 - added tests and docs for this
1254 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1256 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1258 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1260 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1261 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1262 attributes/methods respectively
1265 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1268 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1269 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1270 - added new example:
1273 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1275 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1277 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1278 - improved error messages
1281 - added new examples:
1282 - AttributesWithHistory
1283 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1285 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1286 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1288 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1289 - refactored method generation code
1290 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1293 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1294 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1295 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1296 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1297 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1299 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1300 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1301 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1303 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006