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.
18 1.11 Sun, Oct 31, 2010
22 * Replace use of Test::Exception with Test::Fatal. (Karen Etheridge and Dave
25 1.10 Mon, Oct 18, 2010
29 * Lots of fixes for edge cases with anon classes. (doy)
35 * It's now possible to tell Class::MOP::Class->create and the metaclass
36 pragma to not install a 'meta' method into classes they manipulate,
37 or to install one under a different name. (doy)
39 * Reinitializing a metaclass no longer removes the existing method and
40 attribute objects (it instead fixes them so they are correct for the
41 reinitialized metaclass). (doy)
43 * All 'meta' methods created by Class::MOP are now of the class
44 Class::MOP::Method::Meta. This is overridable at the metaclass layer. (doy)
48 * Use get_or_add_package_symbol when we intend for it to autovivify, in
49 preparation for changes in Package::Stash. (doy)
51 * We now use Module::Install::AuthorRequires to force authors to run all
52 tests, just like we do for Moose. (sartak)
54 1.08 Mon, Sep 13, 2010
58 * The get_method_list and _get_local_methods methods blew up in the face
59 of subroutine stubs. (Goro Fuji)
61 1.07 Tue, Aug 25, 2010
65 * Fix a mysterious error reported by Piers Cawley. The error showed up as
66 "Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at
67 /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Class/MOP/Mixin/HasMethods.pm line 167." (Dave
70 1.06 Sun, Aug 23, 2010
74 * Version 1.05 no longer reported constants as methods, except with Perl
75 5.8.x, and doing so in 5.8.x caused test failures. Constants are now
76 _expected_ to be reported as methods, and we explicitly test this. (Dave
79 1.05 Sun, Aug 22, 2010
83 * Refactorings and improvements to how defaults are handled, particularly
84 for inlined code (doy).
86 * Optimizations that should help speed up compilation time (Dave Rolsky).
88 1.04 Tue, Jul 25, 2010
92 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
93 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
94 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
95 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
96 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
103 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
105 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
109 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
110 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
114 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
116 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
117 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
118 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
120 1.01 Thu, May 6, 2010
124 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
125 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
129 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
130 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
131 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
133 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
135 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
137 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
139 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
143 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
145 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
149 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
150 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
152 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
156 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
157 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
159 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
160 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
162 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
164 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
165 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
166 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
168 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
170 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
172 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
173 modules (nothingmuch).
175 * Class::MOP::Package
176 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
180 * Class::MOP::Package
181 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
182 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
183 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
186 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
187 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
190 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
191 * Class::MOP::Attribute
192 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
193 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
194 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
195 attributes. (nothingmuch)
197 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
199 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
200 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
201 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
202 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
203 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
205 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
206 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
207 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
209 * Class::MOP::Package
210 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
211 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
213 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
214 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
215 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
217 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
218 * Class::MOP::Package
219 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
222 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
225 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
226 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
227 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
230 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
231 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
233 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
235 * Class::MOP::Package
236 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
239 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
240 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
242 * Class::MOP::Attribute
244 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
247 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
248 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
249 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
250 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
253 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
254 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
255 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
256 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
257 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
258 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
262 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
263 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
267 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
268 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
269 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
273 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
274 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
277 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
278 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
279 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
283 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
284 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
285 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
286 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
287 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
290 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
291 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
293 * Class::MOP::Instance
294 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
295 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
297 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
299 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
301 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
304 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
306 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
307 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
310 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
311 changed back in 0.82_01)
312 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
313 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
316 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
317 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
319 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
321 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
322 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
323 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
326 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
327 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
330 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
331 * Class::MOP::Attribute
332 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
334 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
335 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
336 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
339 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
342 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
343 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
344 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
345 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
346 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
349 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
352 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
354 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
358 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
359 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
360 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
361 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
365 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
368 * Class::MOP::Package
369 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
372 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
375 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
377 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
380 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
381 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
382 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
383 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
386 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
387 was removed in 0.82_01.
389 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
390 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
391 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
392 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
393 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
394 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
395 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
396 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
397 for the Moose compatibility handling code
398 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
400 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
402 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
403 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
405 * Class::MOP::Immutable
406 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
407 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
408 provides its own constructor (doy)
410 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
413 * Class::MOP::Instance
414 * Class::MOP::Attribute
415 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
416 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
417 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
418 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
421 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
422 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
424 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
426 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
427 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
429 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
430 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
431 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
432 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
433 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
436 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
437 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
438 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
439 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
440 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
441 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
442 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
444 - Class::MOP::Instance
445 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
449 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
450 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
451 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
453 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
454 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
455 when an object is constructed)
456 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
458 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
459 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
460 when an object is constructed)
461 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
462 - attributes => _attributes
463 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
465 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
467 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
468 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
469 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
472 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
473 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
474 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
477 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
478 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
479 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
480 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
484 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
485 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
486 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
487 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
488 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
489 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
491 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
492 * No changes from 0.78_02.
494 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
496 * Class::MOP::Immutable
497 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
498 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
499 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
500 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
504 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
505 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
508 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
509 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
510 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
512 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
514 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
515 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
518 * Class::MOP::Instance
519 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
520 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
521 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
522 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
524 * Class::MOP::Attribute
525 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
526 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
527 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
529 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
530 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
531 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
535 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
536 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
537 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
538 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
540 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
541 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
542 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
543 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
544 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
545 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
546 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
547 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
548 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
551 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
552 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
555 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
557 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
558 * No changes from 0.77_01
560 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
562 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
563 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
564 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
565 against the pure Perl version of this code.
567 * Class::MOP::Instance
568 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
569 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
572 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
574 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
578 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
579 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
583 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
584 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
586 * Class::MOP::Package
587 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
588 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
591 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
595 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
596 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
597 near future release. You've been warned.
599 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
600 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
601 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
602 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
604 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
605 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
608 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
609 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
612 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
615 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
616 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
618 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
620 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
621 sharing an immutable transformer object
622 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
623 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
625 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
627 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
628 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
629 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
630 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
632 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
633 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
635 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
637 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
638 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
640 * t/082_get_code_info.t
641 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
642 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
643 succeed in that case.
645 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
646 * Class::MOP::Package
647 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
650 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
651 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
653 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
654 * Class::MOP::Immutable
655 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
656 the constructor was inlined.
657 * Class::MOP::Package
658 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
659 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
660 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
662 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
663 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
665 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
667 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
668 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
669 * Class::MOP::Immutable
670 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
671 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
672 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
675 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
676 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
677 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
678 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
679 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
680 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
681 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
682 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
683 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
684 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
686 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
689 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
690 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
693 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
695 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
696 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
698 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
700 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
701 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
702 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
705 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
706 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
707 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
710 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
712 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
713 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
715 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
716 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
717 times in an eval. (t0m)
719 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
721 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
722 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
723 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
724 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
725 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
726 - added test for this
728 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
729 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
730 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
733 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
734 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
738 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
739 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
740 aliased methods and "real" methods.
742 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
743 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
744 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
745 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
748 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
749 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
752 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
753 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
754 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
755 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
756 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
757 for sad systems without a compiler.
760 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
761 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
764 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
765 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
766 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
768 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
770 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
771 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
772 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
773 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
775 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
776 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
777 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
778 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
780 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
782 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
783 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
786 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
787 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
788 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
790 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
792 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
794 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
795 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
796 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
798 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
799 * Class::MOP::Package
800 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
801 releases. (nothingmuch)
804 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
806 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
807 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
808 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
811 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
814 * Class::MOP::Instance
815 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
817 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
819 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
820 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
821 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
822 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
825 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
826 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
830 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
831 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
832 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
833 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
834 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
837 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
838 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
839 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
842 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
843 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
844 consistency (nothingmuch)
845 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
847 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
848 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
849 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
850 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
853 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
854 * Class::MOP::Immutable
855 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
857 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
859 * Class::MOP::Instance
860 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
861 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
863 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
865 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
866 the class is already loaded (sartak)
867 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
868 instead of just 1 (sartak)
871 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
873 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
874 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
875 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
877 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
878 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
879 recognizes it correct this time.
881 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
882 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
885 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
886 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
889 - now stores the instance of the instance
890 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
891 and deletes it when the cache is blown
892 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
893 the options used to make it immutable as well as
894 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
896 * Class::MOP::Package
897 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
898 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
899 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
903 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
905 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
906 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
908 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
909 names now throw a more direct error in
911 - tests for this and other aspects of
917 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
918 Class::MOP::Attribute
919 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
922 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
923 (late night release engineering)--
925 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
926 changes in this release
928 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
929 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
930 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
933 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
934 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
935 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
938 * Class::MOP::Package
939 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
941 - inlining a few calls to &name with
942 direct HASH access key access
943 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
944 a HASH of items based on a type filter
945 similar to list_all_package_symbols
946 - added tests for this
949 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
950 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
951 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
952 - added more descriptive error message to help
953 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
954 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
956 * Class::MOP::Immutable
957 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
959 - added tests for this
961 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
963 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
964 function from MRO::Compat
965 - All XS based functionality now has a
966 Pure Perl alternative
967 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
968 can now be used to force non-XS versions
971 * Class::MOP::Attribute
972 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
973 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
974 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
976 - added tests for this
978 * Class::MOP::Immutable
979 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
980 making the class immutable
983 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
984 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
985 allow for it to work.
986 - added tests for this
988 * Class::MOP::Attribute
990 Class::MOP::Immutable
991 - any time a method meta object is constructed
992 we make sure to pass the correct package and
993 method name information
996 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
997 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
998 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
999 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
1000 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
1001 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
1002 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
1003 throw an error if these are not supplied.
1004 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
1005 and now store the package_name and name attributes
1008 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
1009 Module::Install support has been removed
1011 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
1012 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
1013 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
1014 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
1018 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
1019 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
1021 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
1022 when it has no init_arg
1023 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
1024 to support c3 classes.
1026 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
1029 - making sure that load_class never gets
1030 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
1031 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
1034 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
1035 (cause Sartak asked)
1036 - improved error handling in ->create method
1037 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
1038 will be used to populate values
1039 - added tests for this
1041 * Class::MOP::Object
1042 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
1043 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
1049 Class::MOP::Attribute
1050 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
1051 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1053 * Class::MOP::Instance
1054 Class::MOP::Immutable
1055 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
1058 - fixed the filename length on several
1059 test files so we install on VMS better
1061 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
1062 should be catfile (RT #32385)
1064 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
1065 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
1068 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1069 Class::MOP::Attribute
1070 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
1071 to indicate that no constructor args can
1072 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
1073 - added tests for this
1074 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
1077 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
1078 feature instead of the silly hack from
1079 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
1081 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
1083 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1086 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1087 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1090 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1091 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1092 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1095 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1096 constant so that we can take advantage
1097 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1100 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1101 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1102 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1103 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1104 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1105 - added tests for this
1107 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1108 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1109 the transformer which immutablized it
1111 * Class::MOP::Instance
1112 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1113 - added tests for this
1115 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1117 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1118 transformation arguments are saved
1120 - added tests for this
1122 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1123 - fixed a bug (see above)
1125 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1128 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1129 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1130 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1133 - removed the dependency on B
1134 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1135 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1136 the B fiddling we were doing with
1137 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1138 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1139 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1140 be used to help manage method caching.
1143 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1144 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1145 even more accurate caching information.
1146 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1149 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1150 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1151 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1152 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1154 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1155 of the new method map caching features
1157 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1158 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1159 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1160 HASH ref case, which makes the
1161 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1162 - added more tests for this
1164 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1165 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1166 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1167 - added more tests for this
1169 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1171 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1172 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1173 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1175 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1176 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1177 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1178 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1180 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1181 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1182 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1184 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1185 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1187 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1189 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1192 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1193 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1194 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1195 call through (groditi)
1197 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1198 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1199 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1200 it is defined (groditi)
1202 * Class::MOP::Instance
1203 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1204 it is defined (groditi)
1206 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1207 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1208 - removed the relevant attributes
1210 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1211 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1212 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1213 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1215 - added tests for this
1216 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1217 non-inlined constructors.
1218 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1220 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1221 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1222 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1223 - added tests for this
1226 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1227 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1230 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1232 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1233 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1235 * Class::MOP::Package
1236 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1239 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1241 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1243 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1244 it manually now so that people can use this
1245 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1247 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1249 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1250 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1251 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1254 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1255 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1256 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1257 - removed unused variable
1258 - added create_immutable_transformer
1259 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1260 - tests for this (groditi)
1263 - Immutability can now be undone,
1264 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1265 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1266 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1267 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1268 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1269 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1270 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1271 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1272 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1274 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1275 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1277 * Class::MOP::Package
1278 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1279 - added tests for this
1280 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1282 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1283 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1284 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1286 - added tests and POD for this
1289 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1290 handles undef values correctly.
1291 - added tests for this
1292 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1293 will not get reaped when instances still
1294 exist which need to reference them. This is
1295 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1296 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1297 many work arounds out in the wild.
1298 - added tests for this by groditi
1299 - updated docs to explain this
1302 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1303 - added tests for this behavior
1305 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1306 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1309 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1310 - added tests and docs for these
1312 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1313 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1314 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1318 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1323 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1324 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1325 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1326 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1327 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1330 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1332 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1333 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1334 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1337 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1338 immutable transformation instead of
1339 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1341 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1342 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1343 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1344 be coming eventually.
1347 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1349 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1350 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1354 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1357 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1359 - constructor generation is now handled by
1360 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1362 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1363 - created this to handle constructor generation
1364 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1366 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1368 - attributes now delegate to the
1369 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1372 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1373 - all accessor generation functions from
1374 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1376 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1378 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1379 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1380 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1384 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1385 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1386 they are aliased from the originals
1387 - fixed tests to reflect
1388 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1390 - adjusted tests for this
1391 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1394 * Class::MOP::Method
1396 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1397 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1398 - adjusted tests to compensate
1399 - adjusted docs for this
1402 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1403 encapsulate most of the work into the
1404 &get_method_map method
1405 - made several adjustments for the change
1406 in Class::MOP::Method
1407 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1408 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1409 old one before installing the new one
1410 - added tests for this
1411 - adjusted docs for this
1413 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1414 - added caching of &get_method_map
1415 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1416 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1418 * Class::MOP::Package
1419 - added filtering capabilities to
1420 &list_all_package_symbols
1422 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1424 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1425 the $:version and such just actually goes
1426 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1427 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1429 - The &create method now requires that all
1430 but the package name now is passed in as
1431 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1432 - updated docs and tests for this
1434 * Class::MOP::Object
1435 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1439 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1440 which do not store things in the instance
1441 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1444 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1446 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1448 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1449 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1452 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1453 - fixed all tests for this
1455 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1456 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1457 are no longer allowed for defaults
1458 - added tests for this
1460 * Class::MOP::Package
1461 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1462 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1463 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1465 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1467 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1468 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1469 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1470 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1472 * Class::MOP::Package
1473 - refactored entire class, this is now
1474 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1475 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1476 - added many tests for this
1477 - this class is now a subclass of
1479 - added some tests to reflect this
1482 - refactored all symbol table access to
1483 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1485 * Class::MOP::Module
1486 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1487 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1488 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1489 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1490 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1491 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1492 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1493 - added tests for this
1495 * Class::MOP::Instance
1496 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1498 - added tests for this
1500 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1501 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1502 slots from an instance
1503 - added tests for this
1505 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1508 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1509 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1511 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1512 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1513 the value of the attribute for a particular
1516 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1517 ---------------------------------------
1518 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1519 to introduce the immutable features which
1520 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1521 This support should still be considered
1522 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1523 ---------------------------------------
1525 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1527 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1528 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1529 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1532 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1533 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1534 ::Package and now inherited
1535 - added tests for this
1537 * Class::MOP::Instance
1538 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1539 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1540 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1541 instance creation (of course)
1544 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1545 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1546 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1547 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1548 table manipulation methods.
1550 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1551 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1553 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1554 properly when inherited
1555 - small fix to &clone_instance
1557 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1558 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1559 - This release works in combination with
1560 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1561 because it introduces a new instance
1562 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1566 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1567 - added tests for this
1568 - improved method modifier wrapping
1570 * Class::MOP::Instance
1571 - added new instance protocol
1572 - added tests for this
1573 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1575 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1579 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1580 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1582 - updated tests for this
1585 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1586 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1588 - added tests for this
1589 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1590 new instance protocol
1591 - added more tests for this
1593 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1595 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1596 - added tests and docs for this
1597 - some small optimizations
1599 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1600 - some small optimizations
1602 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1604 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1605 - added tests for this
1606 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1607 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1608 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1609 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1610 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1611 delegates appropriately
1613 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1614 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1615 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1616 called initialize_instance_slot
1619 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1620 initialize_instance_slot method
1622 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1624 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1625 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1627 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1629 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1630 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1632 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1633 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1634 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1636 - added tests for this
1637 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1639 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1641 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1642 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1643 - added test case for this
1645 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1647 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1648 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1649 available in DESTORY calls
1651 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1652 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1653 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1655 * Class::MOP::Method
1656 - added &package_name, &name and
1657 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1658 which were formerly private subs in
1661 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1662 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1663 before, after and around modifiers
1664 - added tests and docs for this feature
1667 - improved &get_package_symbol
1668 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1669 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1671 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1672 - &add_before_method_modifier
1673 - &add_after_method_modifier
1674 - &add_around_method_modifier
1675 - added tests and docs for these
1676 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1677 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1679 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1680 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1684 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1685 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1686 the test skip if it is not installed
1688 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1690 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1693 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1694 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1695 - added docs and tests
1697 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1698 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1699 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1700 be considered "ready to use".
1702 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1703 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1704 - test coverage is now at 99%
1707 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1708 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1709 metaclass pragma instead.
1712 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1713 error/edge-case tests
1715 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1716 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1717 error/edge-case tests
1720 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1722 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1724 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1725 metaclass a little more straightforward
1728 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1729 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1730 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1731 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1735 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1736 is now more useful for subclasses
1737 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1738 hash of attribute meta objects
1739 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1740 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1741 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1742 attribute meta-object itself
1743 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1744 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1745 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1746 - added docs & tests for this
1747 - added Clone as a dependency
1748 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1749 return blessed new or cloned instances
1750 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1751 - added docs & tests for this
1752 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1753 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1754 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1755 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1756 - added tests and docs for this
1759 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1761 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1763 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1765 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1766 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1767 attributes/methods respectively
1770 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1773 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1774 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1775 - added new example:
1778 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1780 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1782 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1783 - improved error messages
1786 - added new examples:
1787 - AttributesWithHistory
1788 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1790 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1791 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1793 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1794 - refactored method generation code
1795 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1798 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1799 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1800 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1801 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1802 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1804 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1805 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1806 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1808 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006