1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
7 - added get_all_slot_values method (Sartak)
8 - added tests for this (Sartak)
11 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
13 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
14 to indicate that no constructor args can
15 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
16 - added tests for this
17 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
20 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
21 feature instead of the silly hack from
22 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
24 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
26 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
29 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
30 - removed assumptions about the existence of
33 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
34 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
35 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
38 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
39 constant so that we can take advantage
40 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
43 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
44 optimize the &linearized_isa method
45 and avoid the hack/check for circular
46 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
47 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
48 - added tests for this
50 * Class::MOP::Immutable
51 - the immutable class now keeps track of
52 the transformer which immutablized it
54 * Class::MOP::Instance
55 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
56 - added tests for this
58 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
60 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
61 transformation arguments are saved
63 - added tests for this
65 * Class::MOP::Immutable
66 - fixed a bug (see above)
68 * Class::MOP::Attribute
71 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
72 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
73 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
76 - removed the dependency on B
77 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
78 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
79 the B fiddling we were doing with
80 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
81 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
82 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
83 be used to help manage method caching.
86 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
87 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
88 even more accurate caching information.
89 blblack++ for that stuff :)
92 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
93 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
94 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
95 track of when we need to re-fetch the
97 - Several small improvements to take advantage
98 of the new method map caching features
100 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
101 * Class::MOP::Attribute
102 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
103 HASH ref case, which makes the
104 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
105 - added more tests for this
107 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
108 * Class::MOP::Attribute
109 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
110 - added more tests for this
112 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
114 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
115 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
116 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
118 * Class::MOP::Attribute
119 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
120 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
121 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
123 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
124 * Class::MOP::Attribute
125 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
127 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
128 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
130 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
132 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
135 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
136 construct_class_instance (groditi)
137 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
138 call through (groditi)
140 * Class::MOP::Attribute
141 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
142 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
143 it is defined (groditi)
145 * Class::MOP::Instance
146 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
147 it is defined (groditi)
149 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
150 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
151 - removed the relevant attributes
153 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
154 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
155 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
156 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
158 - added tests for this
159 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
160 non-inlined constructors.
161 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
163 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
164 - added this class as an abstract base for the
165 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
166 - added tests for this
169 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
170 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
173 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
175 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
176 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
178 * Class::MOP::Package
179 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
182 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
184 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
186 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
187 it manually now so that people can use this
188 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
190 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
192 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
193 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
194 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
197 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
198 * Class::MOP::Immutable
199 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
200 - removed unused variable
201 - added create_immutable_transformer
202 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
203 - tests for this (groditi)
206 - Immutability can now be undone,
207 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
208 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
209 for details see comments next to make_immutable
210 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
211 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
212 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
213 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
214 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
215 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
217 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
218 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
220 * Class::MOP::Package
221 - we now deal with stub methods properly
222 - added tests for this
223 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
225 * Class::MOP::Attribute
226 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
227 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
229 - added tests and POD for this
232 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
233 handles undef values correctly.
234 - added tests for this
235 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
236 will not get reaped when instances still
237 exist which need to reference them. This is
238 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
239 obscure enough feature that there are not too
240 many work arounds out in the wild.
241 - added tests for this by groditi
242 - updated docs to explain this
245 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
246 - added tests for this behavior
248 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
249 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
252 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
253 - added tests and docs for these
255 * Class::MOP::Attribute
256 - default now checks the instance with defined to
257 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
261 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
267 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
268 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
269 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
270 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
273 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
275 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
276 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
277 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
280 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
281 immutable transformation instead of
282 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
284 + Class::MOP::Immutable
285 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
286 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
287 be coming eventually.
290 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
292 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
293 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
297 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
300 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
302 - constructor generation is now handled by
303 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
305 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
306 - created this to handle constructor generation
307 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
309 * Class::MOP::Attribute
311 - attributes now delegate to the
312 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
315 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
316 - all accessor generation functions from
317 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
319 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
321 * scripts/class_browser.pl
322 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
323 on this to come. Comments and patches are
327 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
328 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
329 they are aliased from the originals
330 - fixed tests to reflect
331 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
333 - adjusted tests for this
334 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
339 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
340 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
341 - adjusted tests to compensate
342 - adjusted docs for this
345 - changed how methods are dealt with to
346 encapsulate most of the work into the
347 &get_method_map method
348 - made several adjustments for the change
349 in Class::MOP::Method
350 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
351 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
352 old one before installing the new one
353 - added tests for this
354 - adjusted docs for this
356 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
357 - added caching of &get_method_map
358 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
359 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
361 * Class::MOP::Package
362 - added filtering capabilities to
363 &list_all_package_symbols
365 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
367 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
368 the $:version and such just actually goes
369 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
370 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
372 - The &create method now requires that all
373 but the package name now is passed in as
374 named parameters. See docs for more info.
375 - updated docs and tests for this
378 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
382 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
383 which do not store things in the instance
384 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
387 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
389 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
391 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
392 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
395 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
396 - fixed all tests for this
398 * Class::MOP::Attribute
399 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
400 are no longer allowed for defaults
401 - added tests for this
403 * Class::MOP::Package
404 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
405 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
406 always reloaded from the symbol table.
408 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
410 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
411 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
412 metamodel is more complete (and closer
413 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
415 * Class::MOP::Package
416 - refactored entire class, this is now
417 the primary gateway between the metaclass
418 and the Perl 5 symbol table
419 - added many tests for this
420 - this class is now a subclass of
422 - added some tests to reflect this
425 - refactored all symbol table access to
426 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
429 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
430 so that Module has a version as an attribute
431 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
432 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
433 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
434 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
435 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
436 - added tests for this
438 * Class::MOP::Instance
439 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
441 - added tests for this
443 * Class::MOP::Attribute
444 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
445 slots from an instance
446 - added tests for this
448 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
451 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
452 anywhere within the class hierarchy
454 * Class::MOP::Attribute
455 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
456 the value of the attribute for a particular
459 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
460 ---------------------------------------
461 This is the first version of Class::MOP
462 to introduce the immutable features which
463 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
464 This support should still be considered
465 experimental, but moving towards stability.
466 ---------------------------------------
468 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
470 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
471 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
472 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
475 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
476 - several methods moved to ::Module and
477 ::Package and now inherited
478 - added tests for this
480 * Class::MOP::Instance
481 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
482 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
483 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
484 instance creation (of course)
487 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
488 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
489 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
490 because they are now more general purpose symbol
491 table manipulation methods.
493 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
494 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
496 - small change in &create so that it behaves
497 properly when inherited
498 - small fix to &clone_instance
500 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
501 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
502 - This release works in combination with
503 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
504 because it introduces a new instance
505 sub-protocol and has not yet been
509 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
510 - added tests for this
511 - improved method modifier wrapping
513 * Class::MOP::Instance
514 - added new instance protocol
515 - added tests for this
516 - changed all relevant modules and examples
518 - Class::MOP::Attribute
522 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
523 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
525 - updated tests for this
528 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
529 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
531 - added tests for this
532 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
533 new instance protocol
534 - added more tests for this
536 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
538 - added find_attribute_by_name method
539 - added tests and docs for this
540 - some small optimizations
542 * Class::MOP::Attribute
543 - some small optimizations
545 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
547 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
548 - added tests for this
549 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
550 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
551 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
552 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
553 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
554 delegates appropriately
556 * Class::MOP::Attribute
557 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
558 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
559 called initialize_instance_slot
562 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
563 initialize_instance_slot method
565 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
567 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
568 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
570 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
572 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
573 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
575 * Class::MOP::Attribute
576 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
577 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
579 - added tests for this
580 - adjusted all /example files to comply
582 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
584 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
585 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
586 - added test case for this
588 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
590 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
591 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
592 available in DESTORY calls
594 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
595 - removed the dependency for Clone since
596 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
599 - added &package_name, &name and
600 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
601 which were formerly private subs in
604 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
605 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
606 before, after and around modifiers
607 - added tests and docs for this feature
610 - improved &get_package_symbol
611 - &version and &superclasses now use it
612 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
614 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
615 - &add_before_method_modifier
616 - &add_after_method_modifier
617 - &add_around_method_modifier
618 - added tests and docs for these
619 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
620 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
622 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
623 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
627 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
628 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
629 the test skip if it is not installed
631 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
633 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
636 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
637 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
638 - added docs and tests
640 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
641 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
642 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
643 be considered "ready to use".
645 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
646 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
647 - test coverage is now at 99%
650 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
651 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
652 metaclass pragma instead.
655 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
656 error/edge-case tests
658 * Class::MOP::Attribute
659 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
660 error/edge-case tests
663 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
665 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
667 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
668 metaclass a little more straightforward
671 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
672 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
673 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
674 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
678 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
679 is now more useful for subclasses
680 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
681 hash of attribute meta objects
682 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
683 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
684 since all the same info can be gotten from the
685 attribute meta-object itself
686 - updated docs & tests to reflect
687 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
688 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
689 - added docs & tests for this
690 - added Clone as a dependency
691 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
692 return blessed new or cloned instances
693 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
694 - added docs & tests for this
695 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
696 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
697 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
698 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
699 - added tests and docs for this
702 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
704 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
706 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
708 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
709 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
710 attributes/methods respectively
713 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
716 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
717 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
721 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
723 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
725 * Class::MOP::Attribute
726 - improved error messages
729 - added new examples:
730 - AttributesWithHistory
731 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
733 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
734 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
736 * Class::MOP::Attribute
737 - refactored method generation code
738 - attributes are now associated with class directly
741 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
742 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
743 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
744 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
745 namespaces really, they are just examples)
747 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
748 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
749 - adding POD documentation to the examples
751 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006