1 =head1 Deltachanges from 5.7 to 5.8
3 This is an overview of the user visible changes in 5.8
9 =item ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme has been deprecated and will warn
11 =item Use Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT (rafl)
13 Catalyst 5.80 uses L<Algorithm::C3> method dispatch order. This is built into
14 perl 5.10 (new pragma mro), and comes via L<Class::C3> for perl 5.8. This
15 replaces L<NEXT> with L<Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT>, forcing all components to
16 resolve methods using C3, rather than the unpredictable dispatch order of
17 L<NEXT>. Please "use MRO::Compat" in both perl 5.8 and perl 5.10 to activate
19 - Disallow writing to config after setup and disallow calling setup more
22 =item Dispatcher methods
28 Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects (Rafael Kitover).
32 The development server restarter has been improved to be compatible with
33 immutable Moose classes, and also to optionally use
34 L<B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange> to handle more complex application layouts
37 =head2 $c->uri_for_action method. (hdp)
39 A private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for.
40 This is a shortcut for calling C<< $c->dispatcher->get_action_by_path($path) >>
41 and passing the resulting C<$action> and the remaining arguments to
46 Log levels have been madeadditive, and add documentation to the setup_log
49 =head2 Consequences of the Moose backend
55 Use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable to contain action
56 attributes. This means that attributes are now represented in the MOP,
57 allowing method modifiers on actions to work as expected. (rafl)
61 Provide a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with
62 and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace
63 subroutine attributes for action declerations with an alternate
68 Refactor capturing of $app from Catalyst::Controller into
69 Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute for easier reuse in other
70 components (Florian Ragwitz)
74 Make MyApp immutable at the end of the scope after the setup
75 method is called, fixing issues with plugins which have their
76 own new methods by inlining a constructor on MyApp (t0m)
82 - Change Catalyst::Test to use Sub::Exporter (Florian Ragwitz).
84 - Support mocking virtualhosts in test suite ()
85 - Add methods like action_ok and action_redirect to write
88 =head2 Catalyst::Response->print()
90 Prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,. This lets you pass
91 the response object to functions that want to write to an L<IO::Handle>.