Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP. 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006 * scripts/class_browser.pl - initial prototype of a class browser, more on this to come. Comments and patches are very much welcome. * Class::MOP - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer re-generated in the bootstrap, instead they are aliased from the originals - fixed tests to reflect - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses) to the bootstrap - adjusted tests for this - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes to the bootstrap * Class::MOP::Method *** API CHANGE *** - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified - adjusted tests to compensate - adjusted docs for this * Class::MOP::Class - changed how methods are dealt with to encapsulate most of the work into the &get_method_map method - made several adjustments for the change in Class::MOP::Method - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding a duplicate name, and properly removes the old one before installing the new one - added tests for this - adjusted docs for this * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable - added caching of &get_method_map - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler) * Class::MOP::Package - added filtering capabilities to &list_all_package_symbols 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - added the %:methods attribute, which like the $:version and such just actually goes to the symbol table to get it's stuff. However, it makes the MOP more complete. ** API CHANGE ** - The &create method now requires that all but the package name now is passed in as named parameters. See docs for more info. - updated docs and tests for this * Class::MOP::Object - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper an object * Class::MOP - cleaned up the initialization of attributes which do not store things in the instance - added the %:methods attribute definition to the bootstrap ~ lots of misc. test cleanup 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - moved the metaclass cache out of here and it is now in Class::MOP itself. * Class::MOP - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here - fixed all tests for this * Class::MOP::Attribute - reference values (other than CODE refs) are no longer allowed for defaults - added tests for this * Class::MOP::Package - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now always reloaded from the symbol table. ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the metamodel is more complete (and closer to what Perl 6 will probably be). * Class::MOP::Package - refactored entire class, this is now the primary gateway between the metaclass and the Perl 5 symbol table - added many tests for this - this class is now a subclass of Class::MOP::Object - added some tests to reflect this * Class::MOP::Class - refactored all symbol table access to use Class::MOP::Package methods instead * Class::MOP::Module - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap so that Module has a version as an attribute - see comment in Class::MOP for details - added the $:authority attribute to this module as well as an &identifier method, to bring us ever closer to Perl 6 goodness - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules - added tests for this * Class::MOP::Instance - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots from an instance - added tests for this * Class::MOP::Attribute - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing slots from an instance - added tests for this 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method anywhere within the class hierarchy * Class::MOP::Attribute - added &set_value and &get_value for getting the value of the attribute for a particular instance. 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006 --------------------------------------- This is the first version of Class::MOP to introduce the immutable features which will be used for optimizating the MOP. This support should still be considered experimental, but moving towards stability. --------------------------------------- * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable * Created the Class::MOP::Package and Class::MOP::Module classes to more closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model * Class::MOP::Class - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module - several methods moved to ::Module and ::Package and now inherited - added tests for this * Class::MOP::Instance - added an is_inlinable method to allow other classes to check before they attempt to optimize. - added an inline_create_instance to inline instance creation (of course) ** API CHANGE ** - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package and called *_package_symbol instead. This is because they are now more general purpose symbol table manipulation methods. 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++ * Class::MOP::Class - small change in &create so that it behaves properly when inherited - small fix to &clone_instance 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++ - This release works in combination with Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release because it introduces a new instance sub-protocol and has not yet been optimized. * Class::MOP::Class - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected - added tests for this - improved method modifier wrapping * Class::MOP::Instance - added new instance protocol - added tests for this - changed all relevant modules and examples - Class::MOP::Class - Class::MOP::Attribute - examples/* * metaclass - you no longer need to specify the metaclass itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class is just assumed - updated tests for this * examples/ - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of HASH refs. - added tests for this - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the new instance protocol - added more tests for this 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - added find_attribute_by_name method - added tests and docs for this - some small optimizations * Class::MOP::Attribute - some small optimizations 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes - added tests for this - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow access to all the cached metaclass objects. - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now delegates appropriately * Class::MOP::Attribute - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it called initialize_instance_slot * examples/ - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute initialize_instance_slot method 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - cleaned up how the before/after/around method modifiers get named with Sub::Name 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled during instance construction (bug found by chansen) * Class::MOP::Attribute - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if passed more than one argument (attempting to write to them basically) - added tests for this - adjusted all /example files to comply 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose. - added test case for this 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from our cache in global destruction, and so are not available in DESTORY calls 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006 - removed the dependency for Clone since we no longer to deep-cloning by default. * Class::MOP::Method - added &package_name, &name and &fully_qualified_name methods, some of which were formerly private subs in Class::MOP::Class * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped - allows for a method to be wrapped with before, after and around modifiers - added tests and docs for this feature * Class::MOP::Class - improved &get_package_symbol - &version and &superclasses now use it - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method whenever possible - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers - &add_before_method_modifier - &add_after_method_modifier - &add_around_method_modifier - added tests and docs for these - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the equivalent of SUPER::method_name 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always have the latest * examples/ - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making the test skip if it is not installed 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006 * examples/ - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3 * Class::MOP::Class - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a shallow clone (see docs for more details) - added docs and tests 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now be considered "ready to use". - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher, mostly testing errors and edge cases. - test coverage is now at 99% * Class::MOP - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or creates a custom metaclass generator, use the metaclass pragma instead. * Class::MOP::Class - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the error/edge-case tests * Class::MOP::Attribute - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the error/edge-case tests * examples/ - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken. 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006 * metaclass - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the metaclass a little more straightforward * Class::MOP - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers, etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info to have around. * Class::MOP::Class - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it is now more useful for subclasses - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the hash of attribute meta objects - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref since all the same info can be gotten from the attribute meta-object itself - updated docs & tests to reflect - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone of the instance structure created by &construct_instance - added docs & tests for this - added Clone as a dependency - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to return blessed new or cloned instances - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too - added docs & tests for this - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too) - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible. - added tests and docs for this * examples/ - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta fix detailed above - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for attributes/methods respectively * Class::MOP - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class * examples/ - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class - added new example: - LazyClass 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006 * Class::MOP::Class - some documentation suggestions from #perl6 * Class::MOP::Attribute - improved error messages * examples/ - added new examples: - AttributesWithHistory - ClassEncapsultedAttributes 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM * Class::MOP::Attribute - refactored method generation code - attributes are now associated with class directly * examples/ - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these namespaces really, they are just examples) 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/* - adding POD documentation to the examples 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006 - Initial release