1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 * The internal code used to generate inlined methods (accessor, constructor,
8 etc.) has been massively rewritten. MooseX modules that do inlining will
9 almost certainly need to be updated as well.
13 * A lot of code related to managing methods for a class has been tweaked to
14 make it faster. This speeds up compilation time for Class::MOP and Moose,
15 as well modules which use Moose.
19 * Remove usage of undocumented Package::Stash APIs from the tests. This
20 prevents the tests from failing on Package::Stash >= 0.18.
22 1.11 Sun, Oct 31, 2010
26 * Replace use of Test::Exception with Test::Fatal. (Karen Etheridge and Dave
29 1.10 Mon, Oct 18, 2010
33 * Lots of fixes for edge cases with anon classes. (doy)
39 * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
40 pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate,
41 or to install one under a different name. (doy)
43 * Reinitializing a metaclass no longer removes the existing method and
44 attribute objects (it instead fixes them so they are correct for the
45 reinitialized metaclass). (doy)
47 * All 'meta' methods created by Class::MOP are now of the class
48 Class::MOP::Method::Meta. This is overridable at the metaclass layer. (doy)
52 * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
53 preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
55 * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run all
56 tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
58 1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
62 * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
63 of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
65 1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
69 * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
70 "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
71 /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
74 1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
78 * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
79 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
80 _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
83 1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
87 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
88 for inlined code (doy).
90 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
92 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
96 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
97 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
98 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
99 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
100 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
103 1.03 Sat, Jun 5, 2010
107 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
109 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
113 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
114 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
118 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
120 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
121 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
122 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
124 1.01 Thu, May 6, 2010
128 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
129 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
133 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
134 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
135 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
137 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
139 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
141 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
143 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
147 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
149 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
153 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
154 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
156 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
160 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
161 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
163 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
164 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
166 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
168 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
169 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
170 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
172 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
174 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
176 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
177 modules (nothingmuch).
179 * Class::MOP::Package
180 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
184 * Class::MOP::Package
185 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
186 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
187 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
190 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
191 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
194 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
195 * Class::MOP::Attribute
196 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
197 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
198 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
199 attributes. (nothingmuch)
201 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
203 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
204 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
205 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
206 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
207 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
209 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
210 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
211 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
213 * Class::MOP::Package
214 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
215 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
217 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
218 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
219 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
221 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
222 * Class::MOP::Package
223 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
226 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
229 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
230 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
231 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
234 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
235 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
237 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
239 * Class::MOP::Package
240 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
243 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
244 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
246 * Class::MOP::Attribute
248 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
251 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
252 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
253 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
254 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
257 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
258 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
259 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
260 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
261 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
262 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
266 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
267 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
271 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
272 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
273 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
277 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
278 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
281 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
282 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
283 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
287 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
288 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
289 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
290 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
291 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
294 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
295 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
297 * Class::MOP::Instance
298 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
299 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
301 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
303 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
305 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
308 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
310 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
311 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
314 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
315 changed back in 0.82_01)
316 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
317 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
320 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
321 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
323 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
325 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
326 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
327 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
330 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
331 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
334 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
335 * Class::MOP::Attribute
336 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
338 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
339 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
340 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
343 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
346 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
347 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
348 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
349 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
350 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
353 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
356 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
358 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
362 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
363 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
364 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
365 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
369 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
372 * Class::MOP::Package
373 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
376 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
379 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
381 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
384 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
385 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
386 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
387 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
390 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
391 was removed in 0.82_01.
393 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
394 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
395 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
396 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
397 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
398 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
399 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
400 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
401 for the Moose compatibility handling code
402 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
404 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
406 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
407 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
409 * Class::MOP::Immutable
410 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
411 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
412 provides its own constructor (doy)
414 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
417 * Class::MOP::Instance
418 * Class::MOP::Attribute
419 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
420 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
421 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
422 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
425 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
426 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
428 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
430 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
431 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
433 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
434 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
435 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
436 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
437 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
440 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
441 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
442 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
443 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
444 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
445 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
446 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
448 - Class::MOP::Instance
449 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
453 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
454 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
455 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
457 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
458 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
459 when an object is constructed)
460 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
462 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
463 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
464 when an object is constructed)
465 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
466 - attributes => _attributes
467 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
469 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
471 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
472 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
473 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
476 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
477 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
478 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
481 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
482 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
483 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
484 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
488 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
489 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
490 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
491 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
492 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
493 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
495 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
496 * No changes from 0.78_02.
498 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
500 * Class::MOP::Immutable
501 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
502 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
503 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
504 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
508 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
509 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
512 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
513 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
514 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
516 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
518 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
519 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
522 * Class::MOP::Instance
523 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
524 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
525 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
526 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
528 * Class::MOP::Attribute
529 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
530 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
531 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
533 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
534 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
535 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
539 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
540 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
541 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
542 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
544 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
545 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
546 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
547 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
548 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
549 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
550 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
551 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
552 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
555 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
556 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
559 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
561 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
562 * No changes from 0.77_01
564 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
566 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
567 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
568 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
569 against the pure Perl version of this code.
571 * Class::MOP::Instance
572 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
573 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
576 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
578 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
582 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
583 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
587 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
588 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
590 * Class::MOP::Package
591 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
592 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
595 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
599 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
600 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
601 near future release. You've been warned.
603 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
604 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
605 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
606 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
608 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
609 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
612 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
613 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
616 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
619 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
620 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
622 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
624 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
625 sharing an immutable transformer object
626 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
627 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
629 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
631 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
632 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
633 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
634 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
636 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
637 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
639 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
641 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
642 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
644 * t/082_get_code_info.t
645 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
646 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
647 succeed in that case.
649 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
650 * Class::MOP::Package
651 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
654 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
655 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
657 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
658 * Class::MOP::Immutable
659 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
660 the constructor was inlined.
661 * Class::MOP::Package
662 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
663 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
664 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
666 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
667 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
669 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
671 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
672 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
673 * Class::MOP::Immutable
674 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
675 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
676 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
679 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
680 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
681 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
682 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
683 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
684 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
685 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
686 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
687 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
688 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
690 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
693 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
694 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
697 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
699 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
700 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
702 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
704 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
705 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
706 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
709 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
710 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
711 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
714 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
716 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
717 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
719 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
720 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
721 times in an eval. (t0m)
723 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
725 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
726 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
727 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
728 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
729 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
730 - added test for this
732 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
733 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
734 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
737 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
738 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
742 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
743 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
744 aliased methods and "real" methods.
746 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
747 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
748 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
749 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
752 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
753 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
756 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
757 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
758 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
759 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
760 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
761 for sad systems without a compiler.
764 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
765 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
768 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
769 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
770 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
772 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
774 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
775 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
776 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
777 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
779 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
780 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
781 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
782 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
784 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
786 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
787 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
790 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
791 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
792 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
794 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
796 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
798 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
799 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
800 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
802 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
803 * Class::MOP::Package
804 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
805 releases. (nothingmuch)
808 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
810 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
811 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
812 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
815 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
818 * Class::MOP::Instance
819 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
821 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
823 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
824 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
825 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
826 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
829 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
830 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
834 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
835 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
836 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
837 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
838 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
841 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
842 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
843 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
846 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
847 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
848 consistency (nothingmuch)
849 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
851 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
852 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
853 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
854 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
857 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
858 * Class::MOP::Immutable
859 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
861 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
863 * Class::MOP::Instance
864 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
865 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
867 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
869 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
870 the class is already loaded (sartak)
871 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
872 instead of just 1 (sartak)
875 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
877 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
878 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
879 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
881 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
882 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
883 recognizes it correct this time.
885 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
886 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
889 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
890 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
893 - now stores the instance of the instance
894 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
895 and deletes it when the cache is blown
896 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
897 the options used to make it immutable as well as
898 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
900 * Class::MOP::Package
901 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
902 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
903 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
907 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
909 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
910 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
912 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
913 names now throw a more direct error in
915 - tests for this and other aspects of
921 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
922 Class::MOP::Attribute
923 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
926 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
927 (late night release engineering)--
929 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
930 changes in this release
932 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
933 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
934 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
937 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
938 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
939 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
942 * Class::MOP::Package
943 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
945 - inlining a few calls to &name with
946 direct HASH access key access
947 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
948 a HASH of items based on a type filter
949 similar to list_all_package_symbols
950 - added tests for this
953 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
954 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
955 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
956 - added more descriptive error message to help
957 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
958 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
960 * Class::MOP::Immutable
961 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
963 - added tests for this
965 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
967 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
968 function from MRO::Compat
969 - All XS based functionality now has a
970 Pure Perl alternative
971 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
972 can now be used to force non-XS versions
975 * Class::MOP::Attribute
976 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
977 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
978 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
980 - added tests for this
982 * Class::MOP::Immutable
983 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
984 making the class immutable
987 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
988 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
989 allow for it to work.
990 - added tests for this
992 * Class::MOP::Attribute
994 Class::MOP::Immutable
995 - any time a method meta object is constructed
996 we make sure to pass the correct package and
997 method name information
1000 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1001 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1002 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1003 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
1004 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
1005 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
1006 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
1007 throw an error if these are not supplied.
1008 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
1009 and now store the package_name and name attributes
1012 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
1013 Module::Install support has been removed
1015 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
1016 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
1017 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
1018 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
1022 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
1023 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
1025 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
1026 when it has no init_arg
1027 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
1028 to support c3 classes.
1030 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
1033 - making sure that load_class never gets
1034 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
1035 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1038 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
1039 (cause Sartak asked)
1040 - improved error handling in ->create method
1041 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
1042 will be used to populate values
1043 - added tests for this
1045 * Class::MOP::Object
1046 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1047 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1053 Class::MOP::Attribute
1054 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
1055 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1057 * Class::MOP::Instance
1058 Class::MOP::Immutable
1059 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1062 - fixed the filename length on several
1063 test files so we install on VMS better
1065 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
1066 should be catfile (RT #32385)
1068 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
1069 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
1072 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1073 Class::MOP::Attribute
1074 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
1075 to indicate that no constructor args can
1076 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
1077 - added tests for this
1078 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1081 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1082 feature instead of the silly hack from
1083 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1085 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1087 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1090 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1091 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1094 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1095 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1096 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1099 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1100 constant so that we can take advantage
1101 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1104 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1105 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1106 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1107 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1108 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1109 - added tests for this
1111 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1112 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1113 the transformer which immutablized it
1115 * Class::MOP::Instance
1116 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1117 - added tests for this
1119 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1121 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1122 transformation arguments are saved
1124 - added tests for this
1126 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1127 - fixed a bug (see above)
1129 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1132 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1133 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1134 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1137 - removed the dependency on B
1138 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1139 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1140 the B fiddling we were doing with
1141 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1142 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1143 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1144 be used to help manage method caching.
1147 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1148 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1149 even more accurate caching information.
1150 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1153 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1154 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1155 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1156 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1158 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1159 of the new method map caching features
1161 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1162 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1163 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1164 HASH ref case, which makes the
1165 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1166 - added more tests for this
1168 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1169 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1170 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1171 - added more tests for this
1173 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1175 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1176 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1177 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1179 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1180 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1181 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1182 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1184 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1185 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1186 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1188 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1189 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1191 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1193 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1196 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1197 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1198 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1199 call through (groditi)
1201 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1202 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1203 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1204 it is defined (groditi)
1206 * Class::MOP::Instance
1207 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1208 it is defined (groditi)
1210 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1211 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1212 - removed the relevant attributes
1214 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1215 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1216 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1217 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1219 - added tests for this
1220 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1221 non-inlined constructors.
1222 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1224 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1225 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1226 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1227 - added tests for this
1230 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1231 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1234 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1236 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1237 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1239 * Class::MOP::Package
1240 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1243 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1245 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1247 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1248 it manually now so that people can use this
1249 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1251 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1253 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1254 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1255 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1258 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1259 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1260 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1261 - removed unused variable
1262 - added create_immutable_transformer
1263 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1264 - tests for this (groditi)
1267 - Immutability can now be undone,
1268 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1269 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1270 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1271 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1272 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1273 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1274 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1275 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1276 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1278 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1279 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1281 * Class::MOP::Package
1282 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1283 - added tests for this
1284 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1286 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1287 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1288 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1290 - added tests and POD for this
1293 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1294 handles undef values correctly.
1295 - added tests for this
1296 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1297 will not get reaped when instances still
1298 exist which need to reference them. This is
1299 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1300 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1301 many work arounds out in the wild.
1302 - added tests for this by groditi
1303 - updated docs to explain this
1306 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1307 - added tests for this behavior
1309 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1310 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1313 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1314 - added tests and docs for these
1316 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1317 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1318 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1322 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1327 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1328 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1329 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1330 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1331 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1334 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1336 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1337 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1338 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1341 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1342 immutable transformation instead of
1343 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1345 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1346 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1347 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1348 be coming eventually.
1351 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1353 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1354 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1358 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1361 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1363 - constructor generation is now handled by
1364 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1366 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1367 - created this to handle constructor generation
1368 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1370 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1372 - attributes now delegate to the
1373 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1376 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1377 - all accessor generation functions from
1378 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1380 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1382 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1383 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1384 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1388 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1389 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1390 they are aliased from the originals
1391 - fixed tests to reflect
1392 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1394 - adjusted tests for this
1395 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1398 * Class::MOP::Method
1400 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1401 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1402 - adjusted tests to compensate
1403 - adjusted docs for this
1406 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1407 encapsulate most of the work into the
1408 &get_method_map method
1409 - made several adjustments for the change
1410 in Class::MOP::Method
1411 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1412 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1413 old one before installing the new one
1414 - added tests for this
1415 - adjusted docs for this
1417 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1418 - added caching of &get_method_map
1419 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1420 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1422 * Class::MOP::Package
1423 - added filtering capabilities to
1424 &list_all_package_symbols
1426 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1428 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1429 the $:version and such just actually goes
1430 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1431 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1433 - The &create method now requires that all
1434 but the package name now is passed in as
1435 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1436 - updated docs and tests for this
1438 * Class::MOP::Object
1439 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1443 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1444 which do not store things in the instance
1445 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1448 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1450 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1452 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1453 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1456 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1457 - fixed all tests for this
1459 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1460 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1461 are no longer allowed for defaults
1462 - added tests for this
1464 * Class::MOP::Package
1465 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1466 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1467 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1469 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1471 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1472 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1473 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1474 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1476 * Class::MOP::Package
1477 - refactored entire class, this is now
1478 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1479 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1480 - added many tests for this
1481 - this class is now a subclass of
1483 - added some tests to reflect this
1486 - refactored all symbol table access to
1487 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1489 * Class::MOP::Module
1490 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1491 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1492 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1493 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1494 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1495 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1496 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1497 - added tests for this
1499 * Class::MOP::Instance
1500 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1502 - added tests for this
1504 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1505 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1506 slots from an instance
1507 - added tests for this
1509 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1512 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1513 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1515 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1516 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1517 the value of the attribute for a particular
1520 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1521 ---------------------------------------
1522 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1523 to introduce the immutable features which
1524 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1525 This support should still be considered
1526 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1527 ---------------------------------------
1529 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1531 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1532 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1533 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1536 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1537 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1538 ::Package and now inherited
1539 - added tests for this
1541 * Class::MOP::Instance
1542 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1543 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1544 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1545 instance creation (of course)
1548 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1549 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1550 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1551 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1552 table manipulation methods.
1554 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1555 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1557 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1558 properly when inherited
1559 - small fix to &clone_instance
1561 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1562 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1563 - This release works in combination with
1564 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1565 because it introduces a new instance
1566 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1570 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1571 - added tests for this
1572 - improved method modifier wrapping
1574 * Class::MOP::Instance
1575 - added new instance protocol
1576 - added tests for this
1577 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1579 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1583 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1584 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1586 - updated tests for this
1589 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1590 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1592 - added tests for this
1593 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1594 new instance protocol
1595 - added more tests for this
1597 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1599 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1600 - added tests and docs for this
1601 - some small optimizations
1603 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1604 - some small optimizations
1606 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1608 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1609 - added tests for this
1610 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1611 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1612 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1613 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1614 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1615 delegates appropriately
1617 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1618 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1619 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1620 called initialize_instance_slot
1623 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1624 initialize_instance_slot method
1626 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1628 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1629 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1631 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1633 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1634 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1636 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1637 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1638 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1640 - added tests for this
1641 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1643 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1645 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1646 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1647 - added test case for this
1649 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1651 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1652 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1653 available in DESTORY calls
1655 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1656 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1657 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1659 * Class::MOP::Method
1660 - added &package_name, &name and
1661 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1662 which were formerly private subs in
1665 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1666 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1667 before, after and around modifiers
1668 - added tests and docs for this feature
1671 - improved &get_package_symbol
1672 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1673 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1675 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1676 - &add_before_method_modifier
1677 - &add_after_method_modifier
1678 - &add_around_method_modifier
1679 - added tests and docs for these
1680 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1681 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1683 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1684 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1688 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1689 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1690 the test skip if it is not installed
1692 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1694 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1697 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1698 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1699 - added docs and tests
1701 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1702 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1703 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1704 be considered "ready to use".
1706 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1707 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1708 - test coverage is now at 99%
1711 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1712 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1713 metaclass pragma instead.
1716 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1717 error/edge-case tests
1719 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1720 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1721 error/edge-case tests
1724 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1726 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1728 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1729 metaclass a little more straightforward
1732 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1733 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1734 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1735 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1739 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1740 is now more useful for subclasses
1741 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1742 hash of attribute meta objects
1743 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1744 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1745 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1746 attribute meta-object itself
1747 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1748 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1749 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1750 - added docs & tests for this
1751 - added Clone as a dependency
1752 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1753 return blessed new or cloned instances
1754 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1755 - added docs & tests for this
1756 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1757 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1758 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1759 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1760 - added tests and docs for this
1763 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1765 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1767 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1769 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1770 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1771 attributes/methods respectively
1774 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1777 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1778 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1779 - added new example:
1782 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1784 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1786 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1787 - improved error messages
1790 - added new examples:
1791 - AttributesWithHistory
1792 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1794 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1795 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1797 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1798 - refactored method generation code
1799 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1802 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1803 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1804 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1805 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1806 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1808 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1809 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1810 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1812 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006