1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
5 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
8 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
9 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
13 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
14 calls add_method instead. This means there is no distinction
15 between aliased methods and "real" methods.
17 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
18 part of the class's method list/map. This is backwards
19 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
20 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
22 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
23 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
24 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
25 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
26 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
27 for sad systems without a compiler.
30 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
31 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
34 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
35 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
36 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
38 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
40 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
41 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
42 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
45 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
47 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
48 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
50 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
52 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
53 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
57 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
58 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
60 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
62 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
64 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
65 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
66 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
68 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
70 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
71 releases. (nothingmuch)
74 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
76 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
77 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
78 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
81 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
84 * Class::MOP::Instance
85 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
87 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
89 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
90 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
91 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
92 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
95 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
96 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
100 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
101 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
102 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
103 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
104 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
107 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
108 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
109 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
112 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
113 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
114 consistency (nothingmuch)
115 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
117 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
118 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
119 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
120 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
123 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
124 * Class::MOP::Immutable
125 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
127 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
129 * Class::MOP::Instance
130 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
131 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
133 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
135 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
136 the class is already loaded (sartak)
137 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
138 instead of just 1 (sartak)
141 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
143 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
144 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
145 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
147 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
148 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
149 recognizes it correct this time.
151 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
152 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
155 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
156 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
159 - now stores the instance of the instance
160 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
161 and deletes it when the cache is blown
162 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
163 the options used to make it immutable as well as
164 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
166 * Class::MOP::Package
167 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
168 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
169 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
173 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
175 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
176 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
178 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
179 names now throw a more direct error in
181 - tests for this and other aspects of
187 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
188 Class::MOP::Attribute
189 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
192 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
193 (late night release engineering)--
195 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
196 changes in this release
198 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
199 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
200 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
203 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
204 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
205 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
208 * Class::MOP::Package
209 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
211 - inlining a few calls to &name with
212 direct HASH access key access
213 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
214 a HASH of items based on a type filter
215 similar to list_all_package_symbols
216 - added tests for this
219 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
220 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
221 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
222 - added more descriptive error message to help
223 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
224 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
226 * Class::MOP::Immutable
227 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
229 - added tests for this
231 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
233 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
234 function from MRO::Compat
235 - All XS based functionality now has a
236 Pure Perl alternative
237 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
238 can now be used to force non-XS versions
241 * Class::MOP::Attribute
242 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
243 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
244 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
246 - added tests for this
248 * Class::MOP::Immutable
249 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
250 making the class immutable
253 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
254 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
255 allow for it to work.
256 - added tests for this
258 * Class::MOP::Attribute
260 Class::MOP::Immutable
261 - any time a method meta object is constructed
262 we make sure to pass the correct package and
263 method name information
266 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
267 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
268 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
269 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
270 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
271 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
272 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
273 throw an error if these are not supplied.
274 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
275 and now store the package_name and name attributes
278 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
279 Module::Install support has been removed
281 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
282 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
283 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
284 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
288 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
289 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
291 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
292 when it has no init_arg
293 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
294 to support c3 classes.
296 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
299 - making sure that load_class never gets
300 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
301 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
304 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
306 - improved error handling in ->create method
307 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
308 will be used to populate values
309 - added tests for this
312 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
313 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
319 Class::MOP::Attribute
320 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
321 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
323 * Class::MOP::Instance
324 Class::MOP::Immutable
325 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
328 - fixed the filename length on several
329 test files so we install on VMS better
331 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
332 should be catfile (RT #32385)
334 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
335 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
338 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
339 Class::MOP::Attribute
340 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
341 to indicate that no constructor args can
342 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
343 - added tests for this
344 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
347 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
348 feature instead of the silly hack from
349 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
351 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
353 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
356 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
357 - removed assumptions about the existence of
360 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
361 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
362 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
365 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
366 constant so that we can take advantage
367 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
370 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
371 optimize the &linearized_isa method
372 and avoid the hack/check for circular
373 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
374 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
375 - added tests for this
377 * Class::MOP::Immutable
378 - the immutable class now keeps track of
379 the transformer which immutablized it
381 * Class::MOP::Instance
382 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
383 - added tests for this
385 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
387 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
388 transformation arguments are saved
390 - added tests for this
392 * Class::MOP::Immutable
393 - fixed a bug (see above)
395 * Class::MOP::Attribute
398 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
399 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
400 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
403 - removed the dependency on B
404 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
405 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
406 the B fiddling we were doing with
407 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
408 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
409 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
410 be used to help manage method caching.
413 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
414 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
415 even more accurate caching information.
416 blblack++ for that stuff :)
419 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
420 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
421 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
422 track of when we need to re-fetch the
424 - Several small improvements to take advantage
425 of the new method map caching features
427 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
428 * Class::MOP::Attribute
429 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
430 HASH ref case, which makes the
431 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
432 - added more tests for this
434 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
435 * Class::MOP::Attribute
436 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
437 - added more tests for this
439 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
441 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
442 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
443 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
445 * Class::MOP::Attribute
446 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
447 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
448 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
450 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
451 * Class::MOP::Attribute
452 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
454 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
455 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
457 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
459 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
462 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
463 construct_class_instance (groditi)
464 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
465 call through (groditi)
467 * Class::MOP::Attribute
468 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
469 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
470 it is defined (groditi)
472 * Class::MOP::Instance
473 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
474 it is defined (groditi)
476 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
477 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
478 - removed the relevant attributes
480 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
481 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
482 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
483 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
485 - added tests for this
486 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
487 non-inlined constructors.
488 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
490 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
491 - added this class as an abstract base for the
492 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
493 - added tests for this
496 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
497 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
500 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
502 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
503 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
505 * Class::MOP::Package
506 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
509 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
511 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
513 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
514 it manually now so that people can use this
515 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
517 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
519 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
520 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
521 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
524 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
525 * Class::MOP::Immutable
526 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
527 - removed unused variable
528 - added create_immutable_transformer
529 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
530 - tests for this (groditi)
533 - Immutability can now be undone,
534 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
535 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
536 for details see comments next to make_immutable
537 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
538 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
539 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
540 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
541 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
542 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
544 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
545 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
547 * Class::MOP::Package
548 - we now deal with stub methods properly
549 - added tests for this
550 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
552 * Class::MOP::Attribute
553 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
554 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
556 - added tests and POD for this
559 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
560 handles undef values correctly.
561 - added tests for this
562 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
563 will not get reaped when instances still
564 exist which need to reference them. This is
565 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
566 obscure enough feature that there are not too
567 many work arounds out in the wild.
568 - added tests for this by groditi
569 - updated docs to explain this
572 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
573 - added tests for this behavior
575 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
576 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
579 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
580 - added tests and docs for these
582 * Class::MOP::Attribute
583 - default now checks the instance with defined to
584 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
588 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
594 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
595 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
596 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
597 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
600 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
602 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
603 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
604 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
607 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
608 immutable transformation instead of
609 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
611 + Class::MOP::Immutable
612 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
613 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
614 be coming eventually.
617 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
619 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
620 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
624 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
627 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
629 - constructor generation is now handled by
630 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
632 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
633 - created this to handle constructor generation
634 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
636 * Class::MOP::Attribute
638 - attributes now delegate to the
639 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
642 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
643 - all accessor generation functions from
644 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
646 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
648 * scripts/class_browser.pl
649 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
650 on this to come. Comments and patches are
654 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
655 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
656 they are aliased from the originals
657 - fixed tests to reflect
658 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
660 - adjusted tests for this
661 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
666 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
667 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
668 - adjusted tests to compensate
669 - adjusted docs for this
672 - changed how methods are dealt with to
673 encapsulate most of the work into the
674 &get_method_map method
675 - made several adjustments for the change
676 in Class::MOP::Method
677 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
678 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
679 old one before installing the new one
680 - added tests for this
681 - adjusted docs for this
683 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
684 - added caching of &get_method_map
685 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
686 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
688 * Class::MOP::Package
689 - added filtering capabilities to
690 &list_all_package_symbols
692 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
694 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
695 the $:version and such just actually goes
696 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
697 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
699 - The &create method now requires that all
700 but the package name now is passed in as
701 named parameters. See docs for more info.
702 - updated docs and tests for this
705 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
709 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
710 which do not store things in the instance
711 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
714 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
716 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
718 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
719 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
722 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
723 - fixed all tests for this
725 * Class::MOP::Attribute
726 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
727 are no longer allowed for defaults
728 - added tests for this
730 * Class::MOP::Package
731 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
732 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
733 always reloaded from the symbol table.
735 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
737 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
738 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
739 metamodel is more complete (and closer
740 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
742 * Class::MOP::Package
743 - refactored entire class, this is now
744 the primary gateway between the metaclass
745 and the Perl 5 symbol table
746 - added many tests for this
747 - this class is now a subclass of
749 - added some tests to reflect this
752 - refactored all symbol table access to
753 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
756 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
757 so that Module has a version as an attribute
758 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
759 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
760 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
761 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
762 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
763 - added tests for this
765 * Class::MOP::Instance
766 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
768 - added tests for this
770 * Class::MOP::Attribute
771 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
772 slots from an instance
773 - added tests for this
775 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
778 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
779 anywhere within the class hierarchy
781 * Class::MOP::Attribute
782 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
783 the value of the attribute for a particular
786 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
787 ---------------------------------------
788 This is the first version of Class::MOP
789 to introduce the immutable features which
790 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
791 This support should still be considered
792 experimental, but moving towards stability.
793 ---------------------------------------
795 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
797 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
798 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
799 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
802 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
803 - several methods moved to ::Module and
804 ::Package and now inherited
805 - added tests for this
807 * Class::MOP::Instance
808 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
809 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
810 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
811 instance creation (of course)
814 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
815 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
816 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
817 because they are now more general purpose symbol
818 table manipulation methods.
820 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
821 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
823 - small change in &create so that it behaves
824 properly when inherited
825 - small fix to &clone_instance
827 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
828 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
829 - This release works in combination with
830 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
831 because it introduces a new instance
832 sub-protocol and has not yet been
836 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
837 - added tests for this
838 - improved method modifier wrapping
840 * Class::MOP::Instance
841 - added new instance protocol
842 - added tests for this
843 - changed all relevant modules and examples
845 - Class::MOP::Attribute
849 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
850 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
852 - updated tests for this
855 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
856 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
858 - added tests for this
859 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
860 new instance protocol
861 - added more tests for this
863 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
865 - added find_attribute_by_name method
866 - added tests and docs for this
867 - some small optimizations
869 * Class::MOP::Attribute
870 - some small optimizations
872 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
874 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
875 - added tests for this
876 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
877 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
878 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
879 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
880 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
881 delegates appropriately
883 * Class::MOP::Attribute
884 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
885 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
886 called initialize_instance_slot
889 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
890 initialize_instance_slot method
892 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
894 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
895 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
897 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
899 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
900 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
902 * Class::MOP::Attribute
903 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
904 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
906 - added tests for this
907 - adjusted all /example files to comply
909 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
911 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
912 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
913 - added test case for this
915 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
917 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
918 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
919 available in DESTORY calls
921 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
922 - removed the dependency for Clone since
923 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
926 - added &package_name, &name and
927 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
928 which were formerly private subs in
931 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
932 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
933 before, after and around modifiers
934 - added tests and docs for this feature
937 - improved &get_package_symbol
938 - &version and &superclasses now use it
939 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
941 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
942 - &add_before_method_modifier
943 - &add_after_method_modifier
944 - &add_around_method_modifier
945 - added tests and docs for these
946 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
947 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
949 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
950 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
954 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
955 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
956 the test skip if it is not installed
958 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
960 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
963 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
964 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
965 - added docs and tests
967 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
968 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
969 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
970 be considered "ready to use".
972 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
973 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
974 - test coverage is now at 99%
977 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
978 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
979 metaclass pragma instead.
982 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
983 error/edge-case tests
985 * Class::MOP::Attribute
986 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
987 error/edge-case tests
990 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
992 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
994 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
995 metaclass a little more straightforward
998 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
999 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1000 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1001 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1005 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1006 is now more useful for subclasses
1007 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1008 hash of attribute meta objects
1009 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1010 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1011 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1012 attribute meta-object itself
1013 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1014 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1015 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1016 - added docs & tests for this
1017 - added Clone as a dependency
1018 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1019 return blessed new or cloned instances
1020 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1021 - added docs & tests for this
1022 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1023 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1024 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1025 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1026 - added tests and docs for this
1029 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1031 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1033 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1035 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1036 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1037 attributes/methods respectively
1040 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1043 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1044 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1045 - added new example:
1048 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1050 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1052 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1053 - improved error messages
1056 - added new examples:
1057 - AttributesWithHistory
1058 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1060 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1061 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1063 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1064 - refactored method generation code
1065 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1068 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1069 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1070 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1071 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1072 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1074 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1075 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1076 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1078 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006