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+After 1.12, Class::MOP was merged into the Moose distribution, and is no
+longer released separately.
+
+1.12 Mon, Jan 3, 2011
+
+ * Remove usage of undocumented Package::Stash APIs from the tests. This
+ prevents the tests from failing on Package::Stash >= 0.18.
+
+1.11 Sun, Oct 31, 2010
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * Replace use of Test::Exception with Test::Fatal. (Karen Etheridge and Dave
+ Rolsky)
+
+1.10 Mon, Oct 18, 2010
+
+ [BUG FIXES]
+
+ * Lots of fixes for edge cases with anon classes. (doy)
+
+1.09 Tue, Oct 5, 2010
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
+ pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate,
+ or to install one under a different name. (doy)
+
+ * Reinitializing a metaclass no longer removes the existing method and
+ attribute objects (it instead fixes them so they are correct for the
+ reinitialized metaclass). (doy)
+
+ * All 'meta' methods created by Class::MOP are now of the class
+ Class::MOP::Method::Meta. This is overridable at the metaclass layer. (doy)
+
+ [OTHER]
+
+ * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
+ preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
+
+ * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run all
+ tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
+
+1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
+
+ [BUG FIXES]
+
+ * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
+ of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
+
+1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
+
+ [BUG FIXES]
+
+ * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
+ "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
+ /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
+ Rolsky)
+
+1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
+
+ [BUG FIXES]
+
+ * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
+ 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
+ _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
+ Rolsky)
+
+1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
+ for inlined code (doy).
+
+ * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
+
+1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
+ internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
+ package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
+ the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
+ flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
+ Rolsky)
+
+1.03 Sat, Jun 5, 2010
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
+
+1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
+
+ [API CHANGES]
+
+ * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
+ moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
+
+ * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
+ class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
+ just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
+
+1.01 Thu, May 6, 2010
+
+ [NEW FEATURES]
+
+ * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
+ specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
+
+ [BUG FIXES]
+
+ * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
+ that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
+ it's not) (doy, jhallock).
+
+1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
+
+ [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
+
+ * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
+
+0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
+
+ [DOCUMENTATION]
+
+ * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
+
+0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
+ rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
+
+0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
+
+ [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+ * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
+ made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
+ * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
+
+0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
+ * tests
+ - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
+ - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
+ - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
+ (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
+ modules (nothingmuch).
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
+ (Florian Ragwitz).
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
+ which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
+ empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
+ combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
+ Rolsky)
+
+0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
+ of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
+ have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
+ attributes. (nothingmuch)
+
+0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
+ * Class::MOP
+ - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
+ confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
+ a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
+ anything, since there's no point in checking its return
+ value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
+ - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
+ method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
+ the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
+ Rolsky)
+ - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
+ _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
+ deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
+ to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
+ immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * Many modules
+ - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
+ Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
+
+0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
+ the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
+ defined). (rafl)
+
+0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
+ - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
+ version, not properly using lexicals in the for
+ loops. (stevan)
+
+0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
+ Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
+ performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
+ backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
+ metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
+ http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * XS
+ - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
+ out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
+ Fuji).
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
+ use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
+ lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
+ time. (Goro Fuji)
+
+ * All classes
+ - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
+ have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
+ evals. (Goro Fuji)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
+ - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
+ up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
+
+0.89 Fri Jul 3, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
+ - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
+ modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
+ hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
+ metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
+ problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
+ - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
+
+0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
+ Moose to here. (doy)
+ - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
+ immutability. (doy)
+
+0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
+ * Various
+ - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
+ calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
+ changed back in 0.82_01)
+ - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
+ returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
+
+ * Tests
+ - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
+ constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
+
+0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
+ with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
+ the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
+ existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
+ #46854.
+
+0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
+ Ragwitz)
+ - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
+ - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
+ behavior (Nicholas Perez)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
+ - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
+ - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
+ only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
+ - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
+ (Sartak)
+
+0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
+ * Makefile.PL
+ - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
+ versions (rafl)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
+ a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
+ stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
+ - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
+ (perigrin & Sartak)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
+ (perigrin)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
+ (Florian Ragwitz)
+ * Tests
+ - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
+ (t0m)
+
+0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
+ package (doy)
+
+0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
+ - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
+ e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
+ name)
+ * Tests
+ - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
+ was removed in 0.82_01.
+
+0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
+ - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
+ for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
+ - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
+ a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
+ - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
+ metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
+ for the Moose compatibility handling code
+ (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
+
+0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
+ * Various
+ - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
+ passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
+ constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
+ provides its own constructor (doy)
+
+0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
+ * Class::MOP
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
+ 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+ * MOP.xs
+ - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
+ arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
+ * Makefile.PL
+ - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
+ Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
+
+ * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
+ few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
+ underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
+ subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
+ override them, but they are not for "public" use.
+
+ - Class::MOP::Class
+ - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
+ - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
+ - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
+ - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
+ - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
+ - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
+ - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
+
+ - Class::MOP::Instance
+ - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
+ in a future release
+
+ - Class::MOP::Module
+ - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
+ does not construct an object, it evals some code that
+ creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
+
+ - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
+ - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
+ when an object is constructed)
+ - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
+
+ - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
+ when an object is constructed)
+ - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
+ - attributes => _attributes
+ - meta_instance => _meta_instance
+
+0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::*
+ - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
+ of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
+ altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
+ metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
+ accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
+ existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
+ compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
+ @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
+ HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
+ oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
+ have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
+ insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
+ pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
+
+0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
+ * No changes from 0.78_02.
+
+0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
+ and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
+ API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
+ the same, however, so this should only affect the most
+ guts-digging code.
+
+ * XS code
+ - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
+ has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
+ - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
+ in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
+
+0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::*
+ - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
+ classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
+ properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
+ in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
+ to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
+ exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
+ warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
+ - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
+ base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
+ constructors.
+
+ * MOP.xs
+ - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
+ only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Add a test for this (Yappo).
+ - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
+ (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
+ still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
+ - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
+
+ * Tests
+ - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
+ we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
+
+ * Makefile.PL
+ - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
+ * No changes from 0.77_01
+
+0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
+ * Everything
+ - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
+ Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
+ Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
+ against the pure Perl version of this code.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
+ don't expect to receive a quoted value.
+
+
+0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
+ * MOP.xs
+ - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
+ (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
+ returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
+ Rolsky)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
+ - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
+ context. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+ * Makefile.PL
+ - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
+ Ragwitz)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
+ kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
+ near future release. You've been warned.
+
+0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
+ - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
+ are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
+ authors. (mst)
+ - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
+ reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Clarified documentation of methods that return
+ Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
+
+ * Tests
+ - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
+ be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
+
+0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
+ sharing an immutable transformer object
+ (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
+ sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
+ * MOP.xs
+ - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
+ RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
+ - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
+ error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
+ sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
+ * MOP.xs
+ - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
+ api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
+ Ragwitz)
+ * t/082_get_code_info.t
+ - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
+ munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
+ succeed in that case.
+
+0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
+ initialized (Sartak)
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
+ when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
+
+0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
+ the constructor was inlined.
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
+ context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
+ warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
+ * MOP.xs
+ - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
+ easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
+ we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
+ to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
+ - Small speedup from eliminating several method
+ calls (Sartak)
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
+ times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
+ might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
+ faster. (Dave Rolsky)
+ - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
+ taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
+ help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
+ - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
+ therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
+ and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ * Class::MOP::Module
+ - Actual package creation has moved upward from
+ Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
+ the code (Sartak)
+
+0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
+ - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
+ get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
+ happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
+ Ragwitz)
+
+0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
+ - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
+
+
+0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
+ This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
+ (Florian Ragwitz)
+ - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
+ list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
+ times in an eval. (t0m)
+
+0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
+ so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
+ spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
+ - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
+ - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
+ - added test for this
+
+0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
+ !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
+ introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
+
+ * Tests and XS
+ - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
+ XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
+ code. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
+ calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
+ aliased methods and "real" methods.
+
+ This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
+ part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
+ incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
+ code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
+ "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
+ compatibility.
+
+0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
+ For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
+ from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
+ improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
+ some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
+ for sad systems without a compiler.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
+ the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * MOP.xs
+ - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
+ called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
+ versions. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
+ was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
+ - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
+ MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
+ * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
+ - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
+ of a scope (Taro Nishino).
+
+0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
+ we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
+ code. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
+ - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
+ C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
+
+0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
+
+ * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
+ - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
+ failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
+ releases. (nothingmuch)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
+
+0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
+ * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
+ - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * Makefile.PL
+ - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
+ Module::Install.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
+
+0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
+ * Makefile.PL
+ - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
+ module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
+ as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
+ without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
+
+ * many modules
+ - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
+ '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
+ (nothingmuch).
+
+ * many modules
+ - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
+ allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
+ hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
+ making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
+ any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
+
+ * Many modules
+ - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
+ facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
+ next several releases. (nothingmuch)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
+ compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
+ consistency (nothingmuch)
+ - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
+ (nothingmuch)
+ - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
+ invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
+ remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
+ definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
+ (nothingmuch)
+
+0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
+ call ->meta (stevan)
+ - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ - inlined initialize slot didn't match
+ non-inlined (nothingmuch)
+
+0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
+ the class is already loaded (sartak)
+ - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
+ instead of just 1 (sartak)
+
+ * elsewhere
+ - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
+
+0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
+ - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
+ the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
+
+0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
+ - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
+ recognizes it correct this time.
+
+0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
+ - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
+ to 0.60.
+
+0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
+ !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - now stores the instance of the instance
+ metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
+ and deletes it when the cache is blown
+ - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
+ the options used to make it immutable as well as
+ the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
+ now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
+ string. All internal usages now use the HASH
+ ref version.
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
+ to avoid a segfault
+ - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
+ was improved in Moose's ClassName type
+ check (Sartak)
+ - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
+ names now throw a more direct error in
+ load_class (Sartak)
+ - tests for this and other aspects of
+ load_class (Sartak)
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ Class::MOP::Class
+ Class::MOP::Method
+ Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
+ Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - switched usage of reftype to ref because
+ it is much faster
+
+0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
+ (late night release engineering)--
+
+ - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
+ changes in this release
+
+0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
+ !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
+ || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
+ instead of manually grabbing each symbol
+ - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
+ called so much
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
+ &namespace so much
+ - inlining a few calls to &name with
+ direct HASH access key access
+ - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
+ a HASH of items based on a type filter
+ similar to list_all_package_symbols
+ - added tests for this
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ Class::MOP::Method::Generated
+ Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
+ - added more descriptive error message to help
+ keep people from wasting time tracking an error
+ that is easily fixed by upgrading.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
+ needs one
+ - added tests for this
+
+0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
+ function from MRO::Compat
+ - All XS based functionality now has a
+ Pure Perl alternative
+ - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
+ can now be used to force non-XS versions
+ to always be used
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - add has_read_method and has_write_method
+ - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
+ anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
+ possible
+ - added tests for this
+
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
+ making the class immutable
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
+ dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
+ allow for it to work.
+ - added tests for this
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ Class::MOP::Class
+ Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - any time a method meta object is constructed
+ we make sure to pass the correct package and
+ method name information
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method
+ Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
+ Class::MOP::Method::Generated
+ Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
+ Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
+ - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
+ 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
+ is to help support the no-XS version, and will
+ throw an error if these are not supplied.
+ - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
+ and now store the package_name and name attributes
+ correctly as well
+
+ ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
+ Module::Install support has been removed
+
+0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
+ - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
+ - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
+ for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
+ perl versions
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - rebless_instance now returns the instance
+ it has just blessed, this is mostly to
+ facilitate chaining
+ - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
+ when it has no init_arg
+ - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
+ to support c3 classes.
+
+0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
+ * Class::MOP
+ metaclass.pm
+ - making sure that load_class never gets
+ passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
+ Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
+ (cause Sartak asked)
+ - improved error handling in ->create method
+ - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
+ will be used to populate values
+ - added tests for this
+
+ * Class::MOP::Object
+ - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
+ that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ Class::MOP::Package
+ Class::MOP::Module
+ Class::MOP::Method
+ Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
+ but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
+
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
+
+ * t/
+ - fixed the filename length on several
+ test files so we install on VMS better
+ (RT #32295)
+ - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
+ should be catfile (RT #32385)
+
+0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
+ ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - making init_arg accept an undefined value
+ to indicate that no constructor args can
+ be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
+ - added tests for this
+ - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
+
+ * Class::MOP.
+ - making this use the new init_arg => undef
+ feature instead of the silly hack from
+ before (thanks to nothingmuch)
+
+0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - fixed bug in rebless_instance
+ (discovered by ash)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ - removed assumptions about the existence of
+ a &meta method
+
+0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
+ ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
+ ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
+ constant so that we can take advantage
+ of some of the nice bits of 5.10
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
+ optimize the &linearized_isa method
+ and avoid the hack/check for circular
+ inheritence in &class_precedence_list
+ - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
+ - added tests for this
+
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - the immutable class now keeps track of
+ the transformer which immutablized it
+
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
+ - added tests for this
+
+0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
+ transformation arguments are saved
+ correctly (mst)
+ - added tests for this
+
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - fixed a bug (see above)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - some doc updates
+
+0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
+ !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
+ !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - removed the dependency on B
+ - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
+ - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
+ the B fiddling we were doing with
+ faster/leaner XS level fiddling
+ - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
+ returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
+ be used to help manage method caching.
+
+ NOTE:
+ In 5.10 or greater this will actually
+ use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
+ even more accurate caching information.
+ blblack++ for that stuff :)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
+ - added the update_package_cache_flag and
+ reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
+ track of when we need to re-fetch the
+ method map.
+ - Several small improvements to take advantage
+ of the new method map caching features
+
+0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
+ HASH ref case, which makes the
+ get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
+ - added more tests for this
+
+0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
+ - added more tests for this
+
+0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
+ pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
+ useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
+ methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
+ can always be used to read or write an attribute.
+
+0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
+
+0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
+ - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
+
+0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
+ * Class::MOP
+ - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
+ construct_class_instance (groditi)
+ - duplicate check into initialize to save a
+ call through (groditi)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
+ - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
+ it is defined (groditi)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Instance
+ - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
+ it is defined (groditi)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
+ - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
+ - removed the relevant attributes
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
+ - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
+ - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
+ subclasses now.
+ - added tests for this
+ - added the option to allow for both inlined and
+ non-inlined constructors.
+ - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
+ - added this class as an abstract base for the
+ Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
+ - added tests for this
+
+ *t/
+ - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
+ - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
+
+ *examples/
+ - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
+
+0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
+ !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
+
+ * t/
+ - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
+
+0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
+ * t/
+ Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
+ it manually now so that people can use this
+ with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
+
+0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
+ * t/
+ ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
+ for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
+ the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
+ part anyway)
+
+0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
+ * Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
+ - removed unused variable
+ - added create_immutable_transformer
+ necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
+ - tests for this (groditi)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - Immutability can now be undone,
+ added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
+ - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
+ for details see comments next to make_immutable
+ This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
+ when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
+ metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
+ to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
+ up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
+ - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
+
+0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
+ ~~ More documentation updates ~~
+
+ * Class::MOP::Package
+ - we now deal with stub methods properly
+ - added tests for this
+ - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - added get_read_method and get_write_method
+ thanks to groditi for this code, tests
+ and docs.
+ - added tests and POD for this
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
+ handles undef values correctly.
+ - added tests for this
+ - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
+ will not get reaped when instances still
+ exist which need to reference them. This is
+ the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
+ obscure enough feature that there are not too
+ many work arounds out in the wild.
+ - added tests for this by groditi
+ - updated docs to explain this
+
+ * metaclass
+ - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
+ - added tests for this behavior
+
+0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
+ ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
+ - added tests and docs for these
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ - default now checks the instance with defined to
+ avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
+
+0.37_002
+ * /t
+ - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
+ No other changes.
+
+0.37_001
+
+ ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
+ - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
+ style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
+ private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
+ you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
+ anyway.
+
+ !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
+ and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
+ immutable transformation instead of
+ Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
+
+ + Class::MOP::Immutable
+ - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
+ to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
+ be coming eventually.
+
+
+0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
+ * Class::MOP::Class
+ - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
+ (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
+ global destruction.
+
+ * Class::MOP
+ - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
+ classes
+
+ * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
+ *** API CHANGE ***
+ - constructor generation is now handled by
+ the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
+ - created this to handle constructor generation
+ in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
+
+ * Class::MOP::Attribute
+ *** API CHANGE ***
+ - attributes now delegate to the
+ Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
+ accessors
+
+ * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
+ - all accessor generation functions from
+ Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
+
+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
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