1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from Moose
10 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
11 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
14 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
15 changed back in 0.82_01)
16 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
17 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
20 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
21 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
23 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
25 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
26 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
27 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
30 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
31 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
35 * Class::MOP::Attribute
36 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
38 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
39 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
40 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
43 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
46 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
47 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
48 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
49 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
50 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
53 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
56 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
58 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
62 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
63 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
64 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
65 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
69 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
73 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
76 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
78 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
81 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
82 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
83 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
84 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
87 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
88 was removed in 0.82_01.
90 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
91 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
92 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
93 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
94 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
95 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
96 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
97 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
98 for the Moose compatibility handling code
99 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
101 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
103 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
104 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
106 * Class::MOP::Immutable
107 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
108 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
109 provides its own constructor (doy)
111 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
114 * Class::MOP::Instance
115 * Class::MOP::Attribute
116 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
117 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
118 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
119 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
122 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
123 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
125 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
127 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
128 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
130 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
131 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
132 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
133 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
134 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
137 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
138 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
139 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
140 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
141 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
142 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
143 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
145 - Class::MOP::Instance
146 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
150 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
151 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
152 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
154 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
155 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
156 when an object is constructed)
157 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
159 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
160 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
161 when an object is constructed)
162 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
163 - attributes => _attributes
164 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
166 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
168 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
169 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
170 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
173 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
174 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
175 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
178 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
179 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
180 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
181 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
185 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
186 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
187 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
188 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
189 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
190 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
192 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
193 * No changes from 0.78_02.
195 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
197 * Class::MOP::Immutable
198 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
199 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
200 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
201 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
205 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
206 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
209 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
210 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
211 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
213 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
215 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
216 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
219 * Class::MOP::Instance
220 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
221 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
222 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
223 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
225 * Class::MOP::Attribute
226 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
227 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
228 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
230 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
231 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
232 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
236 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
237 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
238 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
239 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
241 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
242 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
243 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
244 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
245 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
246 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
247 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
248 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
249 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
252 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
253 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
256 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
258 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
259 * No changes from 0.77_01
261 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
263 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
264 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
265 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
266 against the pure Perl version of this code.
268 * Class::MOP::Instance
269 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
270 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
273 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
275 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
279 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
280 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
284 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
285 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
287 * Class::MOP::Package
288 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
289 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
292 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
296 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
297 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
298 near future release. You've been warned.
300 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
301 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
302 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
303 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
305 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
306 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
309 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
310 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
313 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
316 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
317 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
319 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
321 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
322 sharing an immutable transformer object
323 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
324 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
326 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
328 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
329 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
330 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
331 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
333 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
334 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
336 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
338 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
339 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
341 * t/082_get_code_info.t
342 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
343 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
344 succeed in that case.
346 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
347 * Class::MOP::Package
348 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
351 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
352 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
354 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
355 * Class::MOP::Immutable
356 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
357 the constructor was inlined.
358 * Class::MOP::Package
359 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
360 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
361 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
363 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
364 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
366 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
368 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
369 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
370 * Class::MOP::Immutable
371 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
372 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
373 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
376 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
377 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
378 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
379 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
380 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
381 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
382 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
383 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
384 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
385 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
387 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
390 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
391 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
394 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
396 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
397 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
399 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
401 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
402 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
403 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
406 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
407 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
408 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
411 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
413 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
414 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
416 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
417 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
418 times in an eval. (t0m)
420 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
422 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
423 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
424 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
425 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
426 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
427 - added test for this
429 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
430 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
431 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
434 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
435 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
439 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
440 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
441 aliased methods and "real" methods.
443 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
444 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
445 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
446 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
449 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
450 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
453 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
454 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
455 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
456 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
457 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
458 for sad systems without a compiler.
461 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
462 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
465 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
466 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
467 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
469 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
471 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
472 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
473 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
474 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
476 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
477 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
478 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
479 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
481 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
483 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
484 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
487 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
488 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
489 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
491 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
493 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
495 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
496 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
497 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
499 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
500 * Class::MOP::Package
501 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
502 releases. (nothingmuch)
505 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
507 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
508 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
509 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
512 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
515 * Class::MOP::Instance
516 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
518 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
520 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
521 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
522 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
523 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
526 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
527 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
531 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
532 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
533 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
534 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
535 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
538 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
539 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
540 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
543 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
544 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
545 consistency (nothingmuch)
546 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
548 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
549 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
550 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
551 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
554 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
555 * Class::MOP::Immutable
556 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
558 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
560 * Class::MOP::Instance
561 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
562 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
564 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
566 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
567 the class is already loaded (sartak)
568 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
569 instead of just 1 (sartak)
572 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
574 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
575 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
576 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
578 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
579 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
580 recognizes it correct this time.
582 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
583 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
586 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
587 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
590 - now stores the instance of the instance
591 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
592 and deletes it when the cache is blown
593 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
594 the options used to make it immutable as well as
595 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
597 * Class::MOP::Package
598 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
599 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
600 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
604 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
606 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
607 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
609 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
610 names now throw a more direct error in
612 - tests for this and other aspects of
618 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
619 Class::MOP::Attribute
620 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
623 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
624 (late night release engineering)--
626 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
627 changes in this release
629 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
630 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
631 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
634 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
635 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
636 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
639 * Class::MOP::Package
640 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
642 - inlining a few calls to &name with
643 direct HASH access key access
644 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
645 a HASH of items based on a type filter
646 similar to list_all_package_symbols
647 - added tests for this
650 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
651 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
652 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
653 - added more descriptive error message to help
654 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
655 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
657 * Class::MOP::Immutable
658 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
660 - added tests for this
662 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
664 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
665 function from MRO::Compat
666 - All XS based functionality now has a
667 Pure Perl alternative
668 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
669 can now be used to force non-XS versions
672 * Class::MOP::Attribute
673 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
674 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
675 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
677 - added tests for this
679 * Class::MOP::Immutable
680 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
681 making the class immutable
684 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
685 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
686 allow for it to work.
687 - added tests for this
689 * Class::MOP::Attribute
691 Class::MOP::Immutable
692 - any time a method meta object is constructed
693 we make sure to pass the correct package and
694 method name information
697 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
698 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
699 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
700 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
701 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
702 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
703 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
704 throw an error if these are not supplied.
705 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
706 and now store the package_name and name attributes
709 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
710 Module::Install support has been removed
712 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
713 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
714 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
715 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
719 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
720 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
722 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
723 when it has no init_arg
724 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
725 to support c3 classes.
727 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
730 - making sure that load_class never gets
731 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
732 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
735 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
737 - improved error handling in ->create method
738 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
739 will be used to populate values
740 - added tests for this
743 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
744 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
750 Class::MOP::Attribute
751 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
752 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
754 * Class::MOP::Instance
755 Class::MOP::Immutable
756 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
759 - fixed the filename length on several
760 test files so we install on VMS better
762 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
763 should be catfile (RT #32385)
765 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
766 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
769 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
770 Class::MOP::Attribute
771 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
772 to indicate that no constructor args can
773 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
774 - added tests for this
775 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
778 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
779 feature instead of the silly hack from
780 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
782 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
784 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
787 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
788 - removed assumptions about the existence of
791 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
792 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
793 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
796 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
797 constant so that we can take advantage
798 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
801 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
802 optimize the &linearized_isa method
803 and avoid the hack/check for circular
804 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
805 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
806 - added tests for this
808 * Class::MOP::Immutable
809 - the immutable class now keeps track of
810 the transformer which immutablized it
812 * Class::MOP::Instance
813 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
814 - added tests for this
816 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
818 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
819 transformation arguments are saved
821 - added tests for this
823 * Class::MOP::Immutable
824 - fixed a bug (see above)
826 * Class::MOP::Attribute
829 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
830 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
831 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
834 - removed the dependency on B
835 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
836 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
837 the B fiddling we were doing with
838 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
839 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
840 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
841 be used to help manage method caching.
844 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
845 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
846 even more accurate caching information.
847 blblack++ for that stuff :)
850 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
851 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
852 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
853 track of when we need to re-fetch the
855 - Several small improvements to take advantage
856 of the new method map caching features
858 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
859 * Class::MOP::Attribute
860 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
861 HASH ref case, which makes the
862 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
863 - added more tests for this
865 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
866 * Class::MOP::Attribute
867 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
868 - added more tests for this
870 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
872 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
873 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
874 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
876 * Class::MOP::Attribute
877 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
878 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
879 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
881 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
882 * Class::MOP::Attribute
883 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
885 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
886 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
888 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
890 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
893 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
894 construct_class_instance (groditi)
895 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
896 call through (groditi)
898 * Class::MOP::Attribute
899 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
900 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
901 it is defined (groditi)
903 * Class::MOP::Instance
904 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
905 it is defined (groditi)
907 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
908 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
909 - removed the relevant attributes
911 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
912 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
913 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
914 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
916 - added tests for this
917 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
918 non-inlined constructors.
919 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
921 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
922 - added this class as an abstract base for the
923 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
924 - added tests for this
927 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
928 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
931 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
933 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
934 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
936 * Class::MOP::Package
937 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
940 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
942 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
944 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
945 it manually now so that people can use this
946 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
948 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
950 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
951 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
952 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
955 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
956 * Class::MOP::Immutable
957 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
958 - removed unused variable
959 - added create_immutable_transformer
960 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
961 - tests for this (groditi)
964 - Immutability can now be undone,
965 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
966 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
967 for details see comments next to make_immutable
968 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
969 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
970 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
971 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
972 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
973 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
975 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
976 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
978 * Class::MOP::Package
979 - we now deal with stub methods properly
980 - added tests for this
981 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
983 * Class::MOP::Attribute
984 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
985 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
987 - added tests and POD for this
990 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
991 handles undef values correctly.
992 - added tests for this
993 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
994 will not get reaped when instances still
995 exist which need to reference them. This is
996 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
997 obscure enough feature that there are not too
998 many work arounds out in the wild.
999 - added tests for this by groditi
1000 - updated docs to explain this
1003 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1004 - added tests for this behavior
1006 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1007 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1010 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1011 - added tests and docs for these
1013 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1014 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1015 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1019 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1024 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1025 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1026 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1027 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1028 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1031 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1033 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1034 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1035 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1038 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1039 immutable transformation instead of
1040 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1042 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1043 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1044 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1045 be coming eventually.
1048 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1050 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1051 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1055 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1058 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1060 - constructor generation is now handled by
1061 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1063 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1064 - created this to handle constructor generation
1065 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1067 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1069 - attributes now delegate to the
1070 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1073 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1074 - all accessor generation functions from
1075 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1077 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1079 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1080 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1081 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1085 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1086 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1087 they are aliased from the originals
1088 - fixed tests to reflect
1089 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1091 - adjusted tests for this
1092 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1095 * Class::MOP::Method
1097 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1098 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1099 - adjusted tests to compensate
1100 - adjusted docs for this
1103 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1104 encapsulate most of the work into the
1105 &get_method_map method
1106 - made several adjustments for the change
1107 in Class::MOP::Method
1108 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1109 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1110 old one before installing the new one
1111 - added tests for this
1112 - adjusted docs for this
1114 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1115 - added caching of &get_method_map
1116 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1117 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1119 * Class::MOP::Package
1120 - added filtering capabilities to
1121 &list_all_package_symbols
1123 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1125 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1126 the $:version and such just actually goes
1127 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1128 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1130 - The &create method now requires that all
1131 but the package name now is passed in as
1132 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1133 - updated docs and tests for this
1135 * Class::MOP::Object
1136 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1140 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1141 which do not store things in the instance
1142 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1145 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1147 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1149 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1150 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1153 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1154 - fixed all tests for this
1156 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1157 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1158 are no longer allowed for defaults
1159 - added tests for this
1161 * Class::MOP::Package
1162 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1163 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1164 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1166 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1168 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1169 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1170 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1171 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1173 * Class::MOP::Package
1174 - refactored entire class, this is now
1175 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1176 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1177 - added many tests for this
1178 - this class is now a subclass of
1180 - added some tests to reflect this
1183 - refactored all symbol table access to
1184 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1186 * Class::MOP::Module
1187 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1188 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1189 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1190 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1191 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1192 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1193 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1194 - added tests for this
1196 * Class::MOP::Instance
1197 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1199 - added tests for this
1201 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1202 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1203 slots from an instance
1204 - added tests for this
1206 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1209 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1210 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1212 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1213 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1214 the value of the attribute for a particular
1217 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1218 ---------------------------------------
1219 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1220 to introduce the immutable features which
1221 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1222 This support should still be considered
1223 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1224 ---------------------------------------
1226 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1228 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1229 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1230 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1233 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1234 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1235 ::Package and now inherited
1236 - added tests for this
1238 * Class::MOP::Instance
1239 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1240 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1241 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1242 instance creation (of course)
1245 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1246 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1247 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1248 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1249 table manipulation methods.
1251 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1252 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1254 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1255 properly when inherited
1256 - small fix to &clone_instance
1258 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1259 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1260 - This release works in combination with
1261 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1262 because it introduces a new instance
1263 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1267 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1268 - added tests for this
1269 - improved method modifier wrapping
1271 * Class::MOP::Instance
1272 - added new instance protocol
1273 - added tests for this
1274 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1276 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1280 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1281 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1283 - updated tests for this
1286 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1287 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1289 - added tests for this
1290 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1291 new instance protocol
1292 - added more tests for this
1294 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1296 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1297 - added tests and docs for this
1298 - some small optimizations
1300 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1301 - some small optimizations
1303 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1305 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1306 - added tests for this
1307 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1308 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1309 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1310 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1311 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1312 delegates appropriately
1314 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1315 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1316 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1317 called initialize_instance_slot
1320 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1321 initialize_instance_slot method
1323 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1325 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1326 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1328 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1330 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1331 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1333 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1334 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1335 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1337 - added tests for this
1338 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1340 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1342 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1343 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1344 - added test case for this
1346 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1348 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1349 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1350 available in DESTORY calls
1352 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1353 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1354 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1356 * Class::MOP::Method
1357 - added &package_name, &name and
1358 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1359 which were formerly private subs in
1362 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1363 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1364 before, after and around modifiers
1365 - added tests and docs for this feature
1368 - improved &get_package_symbol
1369 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1370 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1372 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1373 - &add_before_method_modifier
1374 - &add_after_method_modifier
1375 - &add_around_method_modifier
1376 - added tests and docs for these
1377 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1378 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1380 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1381 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1385 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1386 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1387 the test skip if it is not installed
1389 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1391 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1394 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1395 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1396 - added docs and tests
1398 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1399 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1400 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1401 be considered "ready to use".
1403 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1404 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1405 - test coverage is now at 99%
1408 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1409 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1410 metaclass pragma instead.
1413 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1414 error/edge-case tests
1416 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1417 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1418 error/edge-case tests
1421 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1423 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1425 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1426 metaclass a little more straightforward
1429 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1430 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1431 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1432 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1436 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1437 is now more useful for subclasses
1438 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1439 hash of attribute meta objects
1440 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1441 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1442 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1443 attribute meta-object itself
1444 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1445 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1446 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1447 - added docs & tests for this
1448 - added Clone as a dependency
1449 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1450 return blessed new or cloned instances
1451 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1452 - added docs & tests for this
1453 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1454 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1455 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1456 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1457 - added tests and docs for this
1460 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1462 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1464 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1466 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1467 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1468 attributes/methods respectively
1471 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1474 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1475 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1476 - added new example:
1479 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1481 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1483 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1484 - improved error messages
1487 - added new examples:
1488 - AttributesWithHistory
1489 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1491 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1492 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1494 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1495 - refactored method generation code
1496 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1499 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1500 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1501 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1502 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1503 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1505 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1506 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1507 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1509 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006