1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 * Class::MOP::Immutable
6 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
7 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
8 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
9 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
13 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
14 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
16 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
18 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
19 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
22 * Class::MOP::Instance
23 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
24 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
25 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
26 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
28 * Class::MOP::Attribute
29 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
30 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
31 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
33 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
34 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
35 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
39 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
40 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
41 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
42 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
44 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
45 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
46 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
47 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
48 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
49 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
50 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
51 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
52 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
55 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
56 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
59 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
61 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
62 * No changes from 0.77_01
64 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
66 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
67 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
68 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
69 against the pure Perl version of this code.
71 * Class::MOP::Instance
72 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
73 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
76 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
78 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
82 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
83 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
87 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
88 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
91 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
92 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
95 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
99 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
100 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
101 near future release. You've been warned.
103 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
104 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
105 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
106 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
108 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
109 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
112 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
113 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
116 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
119 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
120 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
122 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
124 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
125 sharing an immutable transformer object
126 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
127 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
129 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
131 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
132 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
133 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
134 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
136 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
137 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
139 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
141 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
142 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
144 * t/082_get_code_info.t
145 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
146 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
147 succeed in that case.
149 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
150 * Class::MOP::Package
151 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
154 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
155 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
157 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
158 * Class::MOP::Immutable
159 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
160 the constructor was inlined.
161 * Class::MOP::Package
162 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
163 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
164 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
166 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
167 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
169 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
171 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
172 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
173 * Class::MOP::Immutable
174 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
175 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
176 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
179 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
180 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
181 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
182 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
183 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
184 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
185 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
186 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
187 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
188 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
190 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
193 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
194 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
197 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
199 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
200 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
202 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
204 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
205 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
206 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
209 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
210 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
211 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
214 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
216 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
217 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
219 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
220 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
221 times in an eval. (t0m)
223 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
225 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
226 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
227 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
228 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
229 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
230 - added test for this
232 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
233 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
234 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
237 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
238 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
242 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
243 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
244 aliased methods and "real" methods.
246 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
247 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
248 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
249 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
252 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
253 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
256 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
257 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
258 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
259 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
260 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
261 for sad systems without a compiler.
264 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
265 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
268 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
269 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
270 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
272 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
274 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
275 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
276 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
277 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
279 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
280 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
281 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
282 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
284 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
286 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
287 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
290 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
291 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
292 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
294 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
296 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
298 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
299 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
300 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
302 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
303 * Class::MOP::Package
304 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
305 releases. (nothingmuch)
308 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
310 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
311 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
312 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
315 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
318 * Class::MOP::Instance
319 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
321 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
323 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
324 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
325 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
326 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
329 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
330 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
334 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
335 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
336 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
337 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
338 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
341 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
342 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
343 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
346 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
347 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
348 consistency (nothingmuch)
349 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
351 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
352 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
353 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
354 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
357 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
358 * Class::MOP::Immutable
359 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
361 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
363 * Class::MOP::Instance
364 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
365 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
367 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
369 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
370 the class is already loaded (sartak)
371 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
372 instead of just 1 (sartak)
375 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
377 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
378 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
379 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
381 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
382 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
383 recognizes it correct this time.
385 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
386 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
389 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
390 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
393 - now stores the instance of the instance
394 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
395 and deletes it when the cache is blown
396 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
397 the options used to make it immutable as well as
398 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
400 * Class::MOP::Package
401 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
402 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
403 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
407 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
409 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
410 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
412 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
413 names now throw a more direct error in
415 - tests for this and other aspects of
421 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
422 Class::MOP::Attribute
423 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
426 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
427 (late night release engineering)--
429 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
430 changes in this release
432 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
433 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
434 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
437 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
438 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
439 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
442 * Class::MOP::Package
443 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
445 - inlining a few calls to &name with
446 direct HASH access key access
447 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
448 a HASH of items based on a type filter
449 similar to list_all_package_symbols
450 - added tests for this
453 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
454 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
455 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
456 - added more descriptive error message to help
457 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
458 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
460 * Class::MOP::Immutable
461 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
463 - added tests for this
465 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
467 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
468 function from MRO::Compat
469 - All XS based functionality now has a
470 Pure Perl alternative
471 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
472 can now be used to force non-XS versions
475 * Class::MOP::Attribute
476 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
477 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
478 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
480 - added tests for this
482 * Class::MOP::Immutable
483 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
484 making the class immutable
487 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
488 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
489 allow for it to work.
490 - added tests for this
492 * Class::MOP::Attribute
494 Class::MOP::Immutable
495 - any time a method meta object is constructed
496 we make sure to pass the correct package and
497 method name information
500 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
501 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
502 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
503 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
504 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
505 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
506 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
507 throw an error if these are not supplied.
508 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
509 and now store the package_name and name attributes
512 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
513 Module::Install support has been removed
515 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
516 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
517 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
518 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
522 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
523 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
525 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
526 when it has no init_arg
527 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
528 to support c3 classes.
530 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
533 - making sure that load_class never gets
534 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
535 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
538 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
540 - improved error handling in ->create method
541 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
542 will be used to populate values
543 - added tests for this
546 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
547 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
553 Class::MOP::Attribute
554 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
555 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
557 * Class::MOP::Instance
558 Class::MOP::Immutable
559 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
562 - fixed the filename length on several
563 test files so we install on VMS better
565 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
566 should be catfile (RT #32385)
568 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
569 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
572 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
573 Class::MOP::Attribute
574 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
575 to indicate that no constructor args can
576 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
577 - added tests for this
578 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
581 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
582 feature instead of the silly hack from
583 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
585 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
587 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
590 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
591 - removed assumptions about the existence of
594 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
595 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
596 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
599 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
600 constant so that we can take advantage
601 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
604 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
605 optimize the &linearized_isa method
606 and avoid the hack/check for circular
607 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
608 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
609 - added tests for this
611 * Class::MOP::Immutable
612 - the immutable class now keeps track of
613 the transformer which immutablized it
615 * Class::MOP::Instance
616 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
617 - added tests for this
619 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
621 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
622 transformation arguments are saved
624 - added tests for this
626 * Class::MOP::Immutable
627 - fixed a bug (see above)
629 * Class::MOP::Attribute
632 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
633 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
634 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
637 - removed the dependency on B
638 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
639 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
640 the B fiddling we were doing with
641 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
642 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
643 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
644 be used to help manage method caching.
647 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
648 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
649 even more accurate caching information.
650 blblack++ for that stuff :)
653 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
654 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
655 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
656 track of when we need to re-fetch the
658 - Several small improvements to take advantage
659 of the new method map caching features
661 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
662 * Class::MOP::Attribute
663 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
664 HASH ref case, which makes the
665 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
666 - added more tests for this
668 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
669 * Class::MOP::Attribute
670 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
671 - added more tests for this
673 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
675 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
676 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
677 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
679 * Class::MOP::Attribute
680 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
681 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
682 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
684 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
685 * Class::MOP::Attribute
686 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
688 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
689 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
691 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
693 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
696 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
697 construct_class_instance (groditi)
698 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
699 call through (groditi)
701 * Class::MOP::Attribute
702 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
703 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
704 it is defined (groditi)
706 * Class::MOP::Instance
707 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
708 it is defined (groditi)
710 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
711 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
712 - removed the relevant attributes
714 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
715 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
716 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
717 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
719 - added tests for this
720 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
721 non-inlined constructors.
722 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
724 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
725 - added this class as an abstract base for the
726 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
727 - added tests for this
730 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
731 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
734 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
736 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
737 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
739 * Class::MOP::Package
740 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
743 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
745 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
747 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
748 it manually now so that people can use this
749 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
751 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
753 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
754 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
755 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
758 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
759 * Class::MOP::Immutable
760 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
761 - removed unused variable
762 - added create_immutable_transformer
763 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
764 - tests for this (groditi)
767 - Immutability can now be undone,
768 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
769 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
770 for details see comments next to make_immutable
771 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
772 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
773 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
774 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
775 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
776 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
778 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
779 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
781 * Class::MOP::Package
782 - we now deal with stub methods properly
783 - added tests for this
784 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
786 * Class::MOP::Attribute
787 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
788 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
790 - added tests and POD for this
793 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
794 handles undef values correctly.
795 - added tests for this
796 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
797 will not get reaped when instances still
798 exist which need to reference them. This is
799 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
800 obscure enough feature that there are not too
801 many work arounds out in the wild.
802 - added tests for this by groditi
803 - updated docs to explain this
806 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
807 - added tests for this behavior
809 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
810 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
813 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
814 - added tests and docs for these
816 * Class::MOP::Attribute
817 - default now checks the instance with defined to
818 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
822 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
828 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
829 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
830 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
831 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
834 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
836 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
837 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
838 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
841 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
842 immutable transformation instead of
843 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
845 + Class::MOP::Immutable
846 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
847 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
848 be coming eventually.
851 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
853 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
854 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
858 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
861 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
863 - constructor generation is now handled by
864 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
866 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
867 - created this to handle constructor generation
868 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
870 * Class::MOP::Attribute
872 - attributes now delegate to the
873 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
876 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
877 - all accessor generation functions from
878 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
880 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
882 * scripts/class_browser.pl
883 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
884 on this to come. Comments and patches are
888 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
889 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
890 they are aliased from the originals
891 - fixed tests to reflect
892 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
894 - adjusted tests for this
895 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
900 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
901 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
902 - adjusted tests to compensate
903 - adjusted docs for this
906 - changed how methods are dealt with to
907 encapsulate most of the work into the
908 &get_method_map method
909 - made several adjustments for the change
910 in Class::MOP::Method
911 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
912 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
913 old one before installing the new one
914 - added tests for this
915 - adjusted docs for this
917 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
918 - added caching of &get_method_map
919 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
920 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
922 * Class::MOP::Package
923 - added filtering capabilities to
924 &list_all_package_symbols
926 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
928 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
929 the $:version and such just actually goes
930 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
931 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
933 - The &create method now requires that all
934 but the package name now is passed in as
935 named parameters. See docs for more info.
936 - updated docs and tests for this
939 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
943 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
944 which do not store things in the instance
945 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
948 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
950 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
952 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
953 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
956 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
957 - fixed all tests for this
959 * Class::MOP::Attribute
960 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
961 are no longer allowed for defaults
962 - added tests for this
964 * Class::MOP::Package
965 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
966 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
967 always reloaded from the symbol table.
969 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
971 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
972 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
973 metamodel is more complete (and closer
974 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
976 * Class::MOP::Package
977 - refactored entire class, this is now
978 the primary gateway between the metaclass
979 and the Perl 5 symbol table
980 - added many tests for this
981 - this class is now a subclass of
983 - added some tests to reflect this
986 - refactored all symbol table access to
987 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
990 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
991 so that Module has a version as an attribute
992 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
993 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
994 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
995 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
996 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
997 - added tests for this
999 * Class::MOP::Instance
1000 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1002 - added tests for this
1004 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1005 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1006 slots from an instance
1007 - added tests for this
1009 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1012 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1013 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1015 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1016 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1017 the value of the attribute for a particular
1020 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1021 ---------------------------------------
1022 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1023 to introduce the immutable features which
1024 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1025 This support should still be considered
1026 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1027 ---------------------------------------
1029 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1031 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1032 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1033 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1036 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1037 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1038 ::Package and now inherited
1039 - added tests for this
1041 * Class::MOP::Instance
1042 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1043 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1044 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1045 instance creation (of course)
1048 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1049 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1050 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1051 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1052 table manipulation methods.
1054 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1055 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1057 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1058 properly when inherited
1059 - small fix to &clone_instance
1061 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1062 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1063 - This release works in combination with
1064 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1065 because it introduces a new instance
1066 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1070 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1071 - added tests for this
1072 - improved method modifier wrapping
1074 * Class::MOP::Instance
1075 - added new instance protocol
1076 - added tests for this
1077 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1079 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1083 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1084 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1086 - updated tests for this
1089 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1090 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1092 - added tests for this
1093 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1094 new instance protocol
1095 - added more tests for this
1097 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1099 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1100 - added tests and docs for this
1101 - some small optimizations
1103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1104 - some small optimizations
1106 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1108 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1109 - added tests for this
1110 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1111 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1112 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1113 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1114 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1115 delegates appropriately
1117 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1118 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1119 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1120 called initialize_instance_slot
1123 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1124 initialize_instance_slot method
1126 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1128 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1129 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1131 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1133 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1134 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1136 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1137 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1138 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1140 - added tests for this
1141 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1143 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1145 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1146 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1147 - added test case for this
1149 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1151 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1152 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1153 available in DESTORY calls
1155 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1156 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1157 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1159 * Class::MOP::Method
1160 - added &package_name, &name and
1161 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1162 which were formerly private subs in
1165 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1166 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1167 before, after and around modifiers
1168 - added tests and docs for this feature
1171 - improved &get_package_symbol
1172 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1173 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1175 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1176 - &add_before_method_modifier
1177 - &add_after_method_modifier
1178 - &add_around_method_modifier
1179 - added tests and docs for these
1180 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1181 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1183 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1184 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1188 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1189 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1190 the test skip if it is not installed
1192 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1194 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1197 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1198 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1199 - added docs and tests
1201 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1202 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1203 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1204 be considered "ready to use".
1206 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1207 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1208 - test coverage is now at 99%
1211 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1212 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1213 metaclass pragma instead.
1216 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1217 error/edge-case tests
1219 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1220 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1221 error/edge-case tests
1224 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1226 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1228 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1229 metaclass a little more straightforward
1232 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1233 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1234 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1235 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1239 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1240 is now more useful for subclasses
1241 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1242 hash of attribute meta objects
1243 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1244 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1245 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1246 attribute meta-object itself
1247 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1248 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1249 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1250 - added docs & tests for this
1251 - added Clone as a dependency
1252 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1253 return blessed new or cloned instances
1254 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1255 - added docs & tests for this
1256 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1257 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1258 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1259 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1260 - added tests and docs for this
1263 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1265 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1267 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1269 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1270 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1271 attributes/methods respectively
1274 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1277 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1278 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1279 - added new example:
1282 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1284 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1286 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1287 - improved error messages
1290 - added new examples:
1291 - AttributesWithHistory
1292 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1294 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1295 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1297 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1298 - refactored method generation code
1299 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1302 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1303 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1304 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1305 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1306 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1308 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1309 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1310 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1312 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006