=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This attempts to document any important or noteworthy changes
-in Moose both good or bad. While this does duplicate data from
-the F<Changes> file it aims to provide more details and when
-possible fixes or workarounds as well.
-
-This document is a good way to keep up with important changes,
-but it can also be useful in doing things like finding the lowest
-version of Moose that supported a given feature, or as a helper
-for people upgrading Moose versions and encountering issues.
-So if you encounter a problem and have a solution but don't see
-it documented here, or think I missed an important feature, then
-please send us a patch.
+This documents any important or noteworthy changes in Moose, with a
+focus on backwards. This does duplicate data from the F<Changes> file,
+but aims to provide more details and when possible workarounds.
+
+Besides helping keep up with changes, you can also use this document
+for finding the lowest version of Moose that supported a given
+feature. If you encounter a problem and have a solution but don't see
+it documented here, or think we missed an important feature, please
+send us a patch.
=head1 Version 0.73
-Calling subtype with a name as the only argument is now an
+Calling C<subtype> with a name as the only argument now throws an
exception. If you want an anonymous subtype do:
my $subtype = subtype as 'Foo';
-This is related to the changes in L<Version 0.71_01>.
+This is related to the changes in version 0.71_01.
=head1 Version 0.72
-A mutable class accepted Foo->new(undef) without complaint,
-while an immutable class would blow up with an unhelpful
-error. Now, in both cases we throw a helpful error
-instead.
+A mutable class accepted C<< Foo->new(undef) >> without complaint,
+while an immutable class would blow up with an unhelpful error. Now,
+in both cases we throw a helpful error instead.
-This "feature" was originally added to allow for cases such
-as this:
+This "feature" was originally added to allow for cases such as this:
my $args;
- if (something()) {
- $args = { ... };
+
+ if ( something() ) {
+ $args = {...};
}
+
return My::Class->new($args);
-But it has been decided that this is bad form and you should
-do what you mean more and not have Moose clean up for you.
+But we decided this is a bad idea and a little too magical, because it
+can easily mask real errors.
=head1 Version 0.71_01
-Calling type or subtype without the sugar helpers (as, where,
-message) is now deprecated. This means that code like this
-will no longer work:
+Calling C<type> or C<subtype> without the sugar helpers (C<as>,
+C<where>, C<message>) is now deprecated.
+
+As a side effect, this meant we ended up using Perl prototypes on
+C<as>, and code like this will no longer work:
use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
use Declare::Constraints::Simple -All;
-
- subtype 'ArrayOfInts'
+
+ subtype 'ArrayOfInts'
=> as 'ArrayRef'
=> IsArrayRef(IsInt);
Instead it must be changed to this:
- subtype('ArrayOfInts' => {
- as => 'ArrayRef',
- where => IsArrayRef(IsInt)
- }
+ subtype(
+ 'ArrayOfInts' => {
+ as => 'ArrayRef',
+ where => IsArrayRef(IsInt)
+ }
);
-If you want to maintain backwards compat in your module then
-you can just wrap it within a version test like so:
+If you want to maintain backwards compat with older versions of Moose,
+you must explicitly test Moose's C<VERSION>:
- if ($Moose::VERSION < 0.72) {
- subtype 'ArrayOfInts'
+ if ( Moose->VERSION < 0.71_01 ) {
+ subtype 'ArrayOfInts'
=> as 'ArrayRef'
=> IsArrayRef(IsInt);
}
else {
- subtype('ArrayOfInts' => {
- as => 'ArrayRef',
- where => IsArrayRef(IsInt)
- }
+ subtype(
+ 'ArrayOfInts' => {
+ as => 'ArrayRef',
+ where => IsArrayRef(IsInt)
+ }
);
}
=head1 Version 0.70
-We no longer pass the meta-attribute object as a final
-argument to triggers. This actually changed for inlined code a
-while back, but the non-inlined version and the docs were
-still out of date.
-
-Not sure how many people actually used this feature, but if
-you did, the workaround is pretty simple. You just fetch the
-attribute object from out of the C<$self> that is passed as
-the first argument to trigger, like so:
-
-has 'foo' => (
- is => 'ro',
- isa => 'Any',
- trigger => sub {
- my ($self, $value) = @_;
- my $attr = $self->meta->find_attribute_by_name('foo');
- # ...
- }
-);
+We no longer pass the meta-attribute object as a final argument to
+triggers. This actually changed for inlined code a while back, but the
+non-inlined version and the docs were still out of date.
+
+If by some chance you actually used this feature, the workaround is
+simple. You fetch the attribute object from out of the C<$self>
+that is passed as the first argument to trigger, like so:
+
+ has 'foo' => (
+ is => 'ro',
+ isa => 'Any',
+ trigger => sub {
+ my ( $self, $value ) = @_;
+ my $attr = $self->meta->find_attribute_by_name('foo');
+
+ # ...
+ }
+ );
=head1 Version 0.66
-If you created a subtype and passed a parent that Moose didn't
-know about, it simply ignored the parent. Now it automatically
-creates the parent as a class type. This may not be what you
-want, but is less broken than before.
+If you created a subtype and passed a parent that Moose didn't know
+about, it simply ignored the parent. Now it automatically creates the
+parent as a class type. This may not be what you want, but is less
+broken than before.
-You could declare a name with subtype such as "Foo!Bar" that
-would be allowed, but if you used it in a parameterized type
-such as "ArrayRef[Foo!Bar]" it wouldn't work. We now do some
-vetting on names created via the sugar functions, so that they
-can only contain alphanumerics, ":", and ".".
+You could declare a name with subtype such as "Foo!Bar". Moose would
+accept this allowed, but if you used it in a parameterized type such
+as "ArrayRef[Foo!Bar]" it wouldn't work. We now do some vetting on
+names created via the sugar functions, so that they can only contain
+alphanumerics, ":", and ".".
=head1 Version 0.65
Methods created via an attribute can now fulfill a C<requires>
-declaration for a role. Honestly I don't know why I didn't make
-this work originally, I was just insane or something.
+declaration for a role. Honestly we don't know why Stevan didn't make
+this work originally, he was just insane or something.
-Stack traces from inlined code will now report its line and
-file as being in your class, as opposed to in Moose guts.
+Stack traces from inlined code will now report the line and file as
+being in your class, as opposed to in Moose guts.
=head1 Version 0.62_02
-When a class does not provide all of a role's required
-methods, the error thrown now mentions all of the missing
-methods, as opposed to just the first one found.
+When a class does not provide all of a role's required methods, the
+error thrown now mentions all of the missing methods, as opposed to
+just the first missing method.
-Moose will no longer inline a constructor for your class
-unless it inherits its constructor from Moose::Object, and
-will warn when it doesn't inline. If you want to force
-inlining anyway, pass "replace_constructor => 1" to
-make_immutable.
+Moose will no longer inline a constructor for your class unless it
+inherits its constructor is inherited from Moose::Object, and will
+warn when it doesn't inline. If you want to force inlining anyway,
+pass C<< "replace_constructor => 1 >> to C<make_immutable>.
+
+If you want to get rid of the warning, pass C<< inline_constructor =>
+1 >>.
=head1 Version 0.62
-Removed the (deprecated) make_immutable keyword.
+Removed the (deprecated) C<make_immutable> keyword.
Removing an attribute from a class now also removes delegation
-(handles) methods installed for that attribute. This is correct
+(C<handles>) methods installed for that attribute. This is correct
behavior, but if you were wrongly relying on it you might get bit.
=head1 Version 0.58
-Roles now add methods by calling add_method, not
-alias_method. They make sure to always provide a method
-object, which will be cloned internally. This means that it is
-now possible to track the source of a method provided by a
-role, and even follow its history through intermediate roles.
-This means that methods added by a role now show up when
-looking at a class's method list/map.
-
-Parameter and Union args are now sorted, this makes Int|Str
-the same constraint as Str|Int. Incoming type constraint strings
-also are normalized to remove all whitespace differences. This is
-all mostly just for internals and should not affect outside code.
-
-Moose::Exporter will no longer remove a subroutine that the
-exporting package re-exports. Moose re-exports the
-Carp::confess function, among others. The reasoning is that we
-cannot know whether you have also explicitly imported those
-functions for your own use, so we err on the safe side and
-always keep them.
+Roles now add methods by calling C<add_method>, not
+C<alias_method>. They make sure to always provide a method object,
+which will be cloned internally. This means that it is now possible to
+track the source of a method provided by a role, and even follow its
+history through intermediate roles. This means that methods added by
+a role now show up when looking at a class's method list/map.
+
+Parameter and Union args are now sorted, this makes Int|Str the same
+constraint as Str|Int. Also, incoming type constraint strings are
+normalized to remove all whitespace differences. This is mostly for
+internals and should not affect outside code.
+
+L<Moose::Exporter> will no longer remove a subroutine that the
+exporting package re-exports. Moose re-exports the Carp::confess
+function, among others. The reasoning is that we cannot know whether
+you have also explicitly imported those functions for your own use, so
+we err on the safe side and always keep them.
=head1 Version 0.56
-Moose::init_meta should now be called as a method.
+C<Moose::init_meta> should now be called as a method.
-New modules for extension writers, Moose::Exporter and
-Moose::Util::MetaRole.
+New modules for extension writers, L<Moose::Exporter> and
+L<Moose::Util::MetaRole>.
=head1 Version 0.55_01
=head1 Version 0.51
-Added BUILDARGS, a new step in Moose::Object::new().
+Added C<BUILDARGS>, a new step in C<< Moose::Object->new() >.
=head1 Version 0.49
-Fixed how the C<is =E<gt> (ro|rw)> works with custom defined
-reader, writer and accessor options. See the below table for
+Fixed how the C<< is => (ro|rw) >> works with custom defined
+C<reader>, C<writer> and C<accessor> options. See the below table for
details:
is => ro, writer => _foo # turns into (reader => foo, writer => _foo)
=head1 Version 0.45
-The C<before/around/after> method modifiers now support regexp matching
-of method names. NOTE: this only works for classes, it is currently not
-supported in roles, but, ... patches welcome.
+The C<before/around/after> method modifiers now support regexp
+matching of method names. NOTE: this only works for classes, it is
+currently not supported in roles, but, ... patches welcome.
-The C<has> keyword for roles now accepts the same array ref form that
-Moose.pm does for classes.
+The C<has> keyword for roles now accepts the same array ref form that
+L<Moose>.pm does for classes.
-A trigger on a ro-attribute is no longer an error, as it's useful to
-trigger off of the constructor.
+A trigger on a read-only attribute is no longer an error, as it's
+useful to trigger off of the constructor.
-Subtypes of parameterizable types now are themselves parameterizable
-types.
+Subtypes of parameterizable types now are parameterizable types
+themselves.
=head1 Version 0.44
-Fixed issue where DEMOLISHALL was eating the C<$@> values, and so not
-working correctly, it still kind of eats them, but so does vanilla perl.
+Fixed issue where C<DEMOLISHALL> was eating the value in C<$@>, and so
+not working correctly. It still kind of eats them, but so does vanilla
+perl.
=head1 Version 0.41
-Inherited attributes may now be extended without restriction on the
+Inherited attributes may now be extended without restriction on the
type ('isa', 'does').
-The entire set of Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::* classes got refactored in
-this release, chances are if you were relying on their internals you might
-want to check on them.
+The entire set of Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::* classes were
+refactored in this release. If you were relying on their internals you
+should test your code carefully.
=head1 Version 0.40
-Documenting the use of '+name' with attributes that come from recently
-composed roles. It makes sense, people are using it, and so why not just
-officially support it.
+Documenting the use of '+name' with attributes that come from recently
+composed roles. It makes sense, people are using it, and so why not
+just officially support it.
-The C<Moose::Meta::Class::create> method which now supports roles too.
+The C<< Moose::Meta::Class->create >> method now supports roles.
-It is now possible to make anon-enums by passing 'enum' an ARRAY ref instead
-of the $name => @values.
+It is now possible to make anononymous enum types by passing C<enum>
+an array reference instead of the C<< enum $name => @values >>.
=head1 Version 0.37
-Added the 'make_immutable' keyword as a shortcut to calling make_immutable on
-the meta object. However, this eventually gets removed again, but this is where
-the trouble began.
+Added the C<make_immutable> keyword as a shortcut to calling
+C<make_immutable> on the meta object. This eventually got removed!
-Making (init_arg => undef) work in Moose. This basically means "do not accept
+Made C<< init_arg => undef >> work in Moose. This means "do not accept
a constructor parameter for this attribute".
-Making type errors use the assigned message, prior to this they didn't.
+Type errors now use the provided message. Prior to this release they
+didn't.
=head1 Version 0.34
Moose is now a postmodern object system :)
-The Role system was completely refactored. It is 100% backwards compat, but the
-internals are totally changed. So if you relied on the internals then you might
-want to check this one out.
+The Role system was completely refactored. It is 100% backwards
+compat, but the internals were totally changed. If you relied on the
+internals then you are advised to test carefully.
Added method exclusion and aliasing for Roles in this release.
-Added the L<Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints> module.
+Added the L<Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::OptimizedConstraints>
+module.
-Passing a list of values to an accessor (which is only expecting one value) used
-to be silently ignored, now it throws an error.
+Passing a list of values to an accessor (which is only expecting one
+value) used to be silently ignored, now it throws an error.
=head1 Version 0.26
-Added parameterized types and so did a pretty heavy refactoring of the type
-constraint system.
+Added parameterized types and did a pretty heavy refactoring of the
+type constraint system.
-Better framework extendability and better support for "making your own Moose".
+Better framework extendability and better support for "making your own
+Moose".
=head1 Version 0.25 or before
-Honestly, you shouldn't be using versions of Moose that are this old, so many
-bug fixes and speed improvements have been made you would be crazy to not
-upgrade.
+Honestly, you shouldn't be using versions of Moose that are this old,
+so many bug fixes and speed improvements have been made you would be
+crazy to not upgrade.
-Also, I am tired of going through the Changelog so I am stopping here, if
-anyone would like to continue this please feel free.
+Also, I am tired of going through the Changelog so I am stopping here,
+if anyone would like to continue this please feel free.
=head1 AUTHOR
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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