1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 * Class::MOP::Attribute
5 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods.
7 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
8 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted behavior
12 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
15 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
16 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
17 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but only if
18 the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
20 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
22 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
26 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
27 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
28 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
29 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
33 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
37 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
40 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
42 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
45 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
46 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
47 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
48 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
51 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
52 was removed in 0.82_01.
54 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
55 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
56 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
57 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
58 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
59 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
60 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
61 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
62 for the Moose compatibility handling code
63 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
65 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
67 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
68 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
70 * Class::MOP::Immutable
71 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
72 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
73 provides its own constructor (doy)
75 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
78 * Class::MOP::Instance
79 * Class::MOP::Attribute
80 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
81 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
82 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
83 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
86 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
87 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
89 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
91 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
92 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
94 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
95 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
96 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
97 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
98 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
101 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
102 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
103 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
104 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
105 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
106 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
107 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
109 - Class::MOP::Instance
110 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
114 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
115 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
116 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
118 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
119 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
120 when an object is constructed)
121 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
123 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
124 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
125 when an object is constructed)
126 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
127 - attributes => _attributes
128 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
130 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
132 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
133 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
134 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
137 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
138 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
139 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
142 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
143 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
144 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
145 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
149 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
150 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
151 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
152 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
153 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
154 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
156 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
157 * No changes from 0.78_02.
159 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
161 * Class::MOP::Immutable
162 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
163 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
164 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
165 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
169 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
170 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
173 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
174 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
175 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
177 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
179 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
180 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
183 * Class::MOP::Instance
184 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
185 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
186 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
187 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
189 * Class::MOP::Attribute
190 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
191 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
192 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
194 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
195 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
196 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
200 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
201 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
202 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
203 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
205 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
206 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
207 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
208 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
209 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
210 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
211 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
212 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
213 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
216 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
217 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
220 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
222 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
223 * No changes from 0.77_01
225 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
227 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
228 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
229 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
230 against the pure Perl version of this code.
232 * Class::MOP::Instance
233 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
234 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
237 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
239 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
243 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
244 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
248 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
249 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
251 * Class::MOP::Package
252 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
253 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
256 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
260 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
261 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
262 near future release. You've been warned.
264 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
265 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
266 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
267 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
269 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
270 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
273 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
274 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
277 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
280 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
281 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
283 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
285 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
286 sharing an immutable transformer object
287 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
288 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
290 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
292 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
293 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
294 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
295 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
297 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
298 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
300 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
302 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
303 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
305 * t/082_get_code_info.t
306 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
307 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
308 succeed in that case.
310 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
311 * Class::MOP::Package
312 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
315 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
316 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
318 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
319 * Class::MOP::Immutable
320 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
321 the constructor was inlined.
322 * Class::MOP::Package
323 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
324 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
325 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
327 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
328 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
330 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
332 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
333 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
334 * Class::MOP::Immutable
335 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
336 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
337 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
340 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
341 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
342 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
343 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
344 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
345 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
346 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
347 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
348 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
349 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
351 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
354 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
355 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
358 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
360 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
361 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
363 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
365 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
366 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
367 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
370 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
371 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
372 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
375 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
377 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
378 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
380 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
381 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
382 times in an eval. (t0m)
384 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
386 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
387 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
388 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
389 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
390 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
391 - added test for this
393 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
394 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
395 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
398 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
399 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
403 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
404 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
405 aliased methods and "real" methods.
407 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
408 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
409 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
410 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
413 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
414 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
417 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
418 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
419 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
420 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
421 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
422 for sad systems without a compiler.
425 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
426 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
429 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
430 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
431 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
433 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
435 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
436 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
437 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
438 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
440 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
441 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
442 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
443 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
445 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
447 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
448 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
451 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
452 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
453 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
455 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
457 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
459 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
460 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
461 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
463 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
464 * Class::MOP::Package
465 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
466 releases. (nothingmuch)
469 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
471 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
472 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
473 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
476 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
479 * Class::MOP::Instance
480 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
482 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
484 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
485 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
486 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
487 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
490 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
491 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
495 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
496 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
497 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
498 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
499 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
502 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
503 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
504 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
507 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
508 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
509 consistency (nothingmuch)
510 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
512 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
513 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
514 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
515 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
518 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
519 * Class::MOP::Immutable
520 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
522 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
524 * Class::MOP::Instance
525 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
526 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
528 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
530 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
531 the class is already loaded (sartak)
532 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
533 instead of just 1 (sartak)
536 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
538 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
539 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
540 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
542 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
543 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
544 recognizes it correct this time.
546 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
547 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
550 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
551 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
554 - now stores the instance of the instance
555 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
556 and deletes it when the cache is blown
557 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
558 the options used to make it immutable as well as
559 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
561 * Class::MOP::Package
562 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
563 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
564 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
568 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
570 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
571 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
573 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
574 names now throw a more direct error in
576 - tests for this and other aspects of
582 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
583 Class::MOP::Attribute
584 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
587 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
588 (late night release engineering)--
590 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
591 changes in this release
593 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
594 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
595 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
598 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
599 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
600 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
603 * Class::MOP::Package
604 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
606 - inlining a few calls to &name with
607 direct HASH access key access
608 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
609 a HASH of items based on a type filter
610 similar to list_all_package_symbols
611 - added tests for this
614 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
615 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
616 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
617 - added more descriptive error message to help
618 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
619 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
621 * Class::MOP::Immutable
622 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
624 - added tests for this
626 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
628 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
629 function from MRO::Compat
630 - All XS based functionality now has a
631 Pure Perl alternative
632 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
633 can now be used to force non-XS versions
636 * Class::MOP::Attribute
637 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
638 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
639 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
641 - added tests for this
643 * Class::MOP::Immutable
644 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
645 making the class immutable
648 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
649 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
650 allow for it to work.
651 - added tests for this
653 * Class::MOP::Attribute
655 Class::MOP::Immutable
656 - any time a method meta object is constructed
657 we make sure to pass the correct package and
658 method name information
661 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
662 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
663 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
664 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
665 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
666 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
667 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
668 throw an error if these are not supplied.
669 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
670 and now store the package_name and name attributes
673 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
674 Module::Install support has been removed
676 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
677 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
678 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
679 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
683 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
684 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
686 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
687 when it has no init_arg
688 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
689 to support c3 classes.
691 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
694 - making sure that load_class never gets
695 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
696 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
699 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
701 - improved error handling in ->create method
702 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
703 will be used to populate values
704 - added tests for this
707 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
708 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
714 Class::MOP::Attribute
715 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
716 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
718 * Class::MOP::Instance
719 Class::MOP::Immutable
720 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
723 - fixed the filename length on several
724 test files so we install on VMS better
726 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
727 should be catfile (RT #32385)
729 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
730 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
733 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
734 Class::MOP::Attribute
735 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
736 to indicate that no constructor args can
737 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
738 - added tests for this
739 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
742 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
743 feature instead of the silly hack from
744 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
746 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
748 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
751 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
752 - removed assumptions about the existence of
755 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
756 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
757 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
760 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
761 constant so that we can take advantage
762 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
765 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
766 optimize the &linearized_isa method
767 and avoid the hack/check for circular
768 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
769 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
770 - added tests for this
772 * Class::MOP::Immutable
773 - the immutable class now keeps track of
774 the transformer which immutablized it
776 * Class::MOP::Instance
777 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
778 - added tests for this
780 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
782 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
783 transformation arguments are saved
785 - added tests for this
787 * Class::MOP::Immutable
788 - fixed a bug (see above)
790 * Class::MOP::Attribute
793 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
794 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
795 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
798 - removed the dependency on B
799 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
800 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
801 the B fiddling we were doing with
802 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
803 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
804 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
805 be used to help manage method caching.
808 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
809 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
810 even more accurate caching information.
811 blblack++ for that stuff :)
814 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
815 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
816 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
817 track of when we need to re-fetch the
819 - Several small improvements to take advantage
820 of the new method map caching features
822 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
823 * Class::MOP::Attribute
824 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
825 HASH ref case, which makes the
826 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
827 - added more tests for this
829 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
830 * Class::MOP::Attribute
831 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
832 - added more tests for this
834 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
836 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
837 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
838 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
840 * Class::MOP::Attribute
841 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
842 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
843 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
845 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
846 * Class::MOP::Attribute
847 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
849 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
850 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
852 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
854 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
857 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
858 construct_class_instance (groditi)
859 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
860 call through (groditi)
862 * Class::MOP::Attribute
863 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
864 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
865 it is defined (groditi)
867 * Class::MOP::Instance
868 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
869 it is defined (groditi)
871 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
872 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
873 - removed the relevant attributes
875 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
876 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
877 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
878 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
880 - added tests for this
881 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
882 non-inlined constructors.
883 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
885 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
886 - added this class as an abstract base for the
887 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
888 - added tests for this
891 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
892 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
895 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
897 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
898 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
900 * Class::MOP::Package
901 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
904 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
906 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
908 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
909 it manually now so that people can use this
910 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
912 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
914 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
915 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
916 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
919 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
920 * Class::MOP::Immutable
921 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
922 - removed unused variable
923 - added create_immutable_transformer
924 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
925 - tests for this (groditi)
928 - Immutability can now be undone,
929 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
930 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
931 for details see comments next to make_immutable
932 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
933 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
934 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
935 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
936 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
937 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
939 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
940 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
942 * Class::MOP::Package
943 - we now deal with stub methods properly
944 - added tests for this
945 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
947 * Class::MOP::Attribute
948 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
949 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
951 - added tests and POD for this
954 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
955 handles undef values correctly.
956 - added tests for this
957 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
958 will not get reaped when instances still
959 exist which need to reference them. This is
960 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
961 obscure enough feature that there are not too
962 many work arounds out in the wild.
963 - added tests for this by groditi
964 - updated docs to explain this
967 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
968 - added tests for this behavior
970 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
971 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
974 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
975 - added tests and docs for these
977 * Class::MOP::Attribute
978 - default now checks the instance with defined to
979 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
983 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
989 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
990 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
991 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
992 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
995 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
997 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
998 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
999 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1002 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1003 immutable transformation instead of
1004 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1006 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1007 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1008 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1009 be coming eventually.
1012 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1014 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1015 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1019 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1022 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1024 - constructor generation is now handled by
1025 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1027 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1028 - created this to handle constructor generation
1029 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1031 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1033 - attributes now delegate to the
1034 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1037 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1038 - all accessor generation functions from
1039 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1041 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1043 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1044 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1045 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1049 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1050 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1051 they are aliased from the originals
1052 - fixed tests to reflect
1053 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1055 - adjusted tests for this
1056 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1059 * Class::MOP::Method
1061 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1062 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1063 - adjusted tests to compensate
1064 - adjusted docs for this
1067 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1068 encapsulate most of the work into the
1069 &get_method_map method
1070 - made several adjustments for the change
1071 in Class::MOP::Method
1072 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1073 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1074 old one before installing the new one
1075 - added tests for this
1076 - adjusted docs for this
1078 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1079 - added caching of &get_method_map
1080 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1081 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1083 * Class::MOP::Package
1084 - added filtering capabilities to
1085 &list_all_package_symbols
1087 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1089 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1090 the $:version and such just actually goes
1091 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1092 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1094 - The &create method now requires that all
1095 but the package name now is passed in as
1096 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1097 - updated docs and tests for this
1099 * Class::MOP::Object
1100 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1104 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1105 which do not store things in the instance
1106 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1109 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1111 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1113 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1114 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1117 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1118 - fixed all tests for this
1120 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1121 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1122 are no longer allowed for defaults
1123 - added tests for this
1125 * Class::MOP::Package
1126 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1127 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1128 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1130 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1132 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1133 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1134 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1135 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1137 * Class::MOP::Package
1138 - refactored entire class, this is now
1139 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1140 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1141 - added many tests for this
1142 - this class is now a subclass of
1144 - added some tests to reflect this
1147 - refactored all symbol table access to
1148 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1150 * Class::MOP::Module
1151 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1152 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1153 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1154 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1155 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1156 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1157 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1158 - added tests for this
1160 * Class::MOP::Instance
1161 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1163 - added tests for this
1165 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1166 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1167 slots from an instance
1168 - added tests for this
1170 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1173 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1174 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1176 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1177 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1178 the value of the attribute for a particular
1181 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1182 ---------------------------------------
1183 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1184 to introduce the immutable features which
1185 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1186 This support should still be considered
1187 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1188 ---------------------------------------
1190 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1192 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1193 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1194 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1197 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1198 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1199 ::Package and now inherited
1200 - added tests for this
1202 * Class::MOP::Instance
1203 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1204 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1205 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1206 instance creation (of course)
1209 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1210 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1211 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1212 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1213 table manipulation methods.
1215 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1216 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1218 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1219 properly when inherited
1220 - small fix to &clone_instance
1222 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1223 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1224 - This release works in combination with
1225 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1226 because it introduces a new instance
1227 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1231 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1232 - added tests for this
1233 - improved method modifier wrapping
1235 * Class::MOP::Instance
1236 - added new instance protocol
1237 - added tests for this
1238 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1240 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1244 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1245 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1247 - updated tests for this
1250 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1251 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1253 - added tests for this
1254 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1255 new instance protocol
1256 - added more tests for this
1258 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1260 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1261 - added tests and docs for this
1262 - some small optimizations
1264 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1265 - some small optimizations
1267 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1269 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1270 - added tests for this
1271 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1272 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1273 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1274 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1275 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1276 delegates appropriately
1278 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1279 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1280 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1281 called initialize_instance_slot
1284 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1285 initialize_instance_slot method
1287 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1289 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1290 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1292 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1294 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1295 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1297 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1298 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1299 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1301 - added tests for this
1302 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1304 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1306 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1307 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1308 - added test case for this
1310 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1312 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1313 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1314 available in DESTORY calls
1316 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1317 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1318 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1320 * Class::MOP::Method
1321 - added &package_name, &name and
1322 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1323 which were formerly private subs in
1326 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1327 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1328 before, after and around modifiers
1329 - added tests and docs for this feature
1332 - improved &get_package_symbol
1333 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1334 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1336 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1337 - &add_before_method_modifier
1338 - &add_after_method_modifier
1339 - &add_around_method_modifier
1340 - added tests and docs for these
1341 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1342 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1344 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1345 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1349 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1350 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1351 the test skip if it is not installed
1353 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1355 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1358 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1359 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1360 - added docs and tests
1362 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1363 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1364 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1365 be considered "ready to use".
1367 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1368 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1369 - test coverage is now at 99%
1372 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1373 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1374 metaclass pragma instead.
1377 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1378 error/edge-case tests
1380 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1381 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1382 error/edge-case tests
1385 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1387 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1389 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1390 metaclass a little more straightforward
1393 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1394 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1395 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1396 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1400 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1401 is now more useful for subclasses
1402 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1403 hash of attribute meta objects
1404 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1405 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1406 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1407 attribute meta-object itself
1408 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1409 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1410 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1411 - added docs & tests for this
1412 - added Clone as a dependency
1413 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1414 return blessed new or cloned instances
1415 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1416 - added docs & tests for this
1417 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1418 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1419 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1420 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1421 - added tests and docs for this
1424 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1426 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1428 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1430 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1431 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1432 attributes/methods respectively
1435 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1438 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1439 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1440 - added new example:
1443 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1445 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1447 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1448 - improved error messages
1451 - added new examples:
1452 - AttributesWithHistory
1453 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1455 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1456 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1458 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1459 - refactored method generation code
1460 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1463 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1464 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1465 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1466 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1467 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1469 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1470 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1471 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1473 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006