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 $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
15 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
16 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
18 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
20 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
24 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
25 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
26 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
27 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
31 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
35 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
38 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
40 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
43 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
44 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
45 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
46 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
49 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
50 was removed in 0.82_01.
52 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
53 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
54 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
55 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
56 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
57 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
58 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
59 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
60 for the Moose compatibility handling code
61 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
63 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
65 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
66 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
68 * Class::MOP::Immutable
69 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
70 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
71 provides its own constructor (doy)
73 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
76 * Class::MOP::Instance
77 * Class::MOP::Attribute
78 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
79 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
80 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
81 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
84 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
85 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
87 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
89 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
90 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
92 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
93 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
94 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
95 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
96 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
99 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
100 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
101 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
102 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
103 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
104 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
105 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
107 - Class::MOP::Instance
108 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
112 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
113 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
114 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
116 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
117 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
118 when an object is constructed)
119 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
121 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
122 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
123 when an object is constructed)
124 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
125 - attributes => _attributes
126 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
128 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
130 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
131 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
132 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
135 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
136 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
137 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
140 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
141 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
142 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
143 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
147 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
148 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
149 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
150 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
151 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
152 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
154 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
155 * No changes from 0.78_02.
157 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
159 * Class::MOP::Immutable
160 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
161 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
162 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
163 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
167 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
168 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
171 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
172 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
173 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
175 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
177 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
178 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
181 * Class::MOP::Instance
182 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
183 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
184 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
185 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
187 * Class::MOP::Attribute
188 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
189 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
190 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
192 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
193 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
194 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
198 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
199 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
200 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
201 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
203 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
204 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
205 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
206 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
207 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
208 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
209 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
210 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
211 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
214 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
215 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
218 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
220 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
221 * No changes from 0.77_01
223 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
225 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
226 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
227 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
228 against the pure Perl version of this code.
230 * Class::MOP::Instance
231 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
232 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
235 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
237 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
241 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
242 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
246 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
247 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
249 * Class::MOP::Package
250 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
251 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
254 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
258 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
259 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
260 near future release. You've been warned.
262 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
263 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
264 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
265 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
267 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
268 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
271 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
272 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
275 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
278 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
279 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
281 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
283 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
284 sharing an immutable transformer object
285 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
286 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
288 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
290 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
291 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
292 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
293 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
295 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
296 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
298 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
300 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
301 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
303 * t/082_get_code_info.t
304 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
305 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
306 succeed in that case.
308 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
309 * Class::MOP::Package
310 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
313 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
314 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
316 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
317 * Class::MOP::Immutable
318 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
319 the constructor was inlined.
320 * Class::MOP::Package
321 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
322 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
323 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
325 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
326 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
328 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
330 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
331 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
332 * Class::MOP::Immutable
333 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
334 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
335 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
338 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
339 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
340 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
341 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
342 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
343 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
344 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
345 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
346 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
347 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
349 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
352 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
353 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
356 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
358 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
359 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
361 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
363 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
364 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
365 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
368 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
369 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
370 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
373 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
375 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
376 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
378 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
379 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
380 times in an eval. (t0m)
382 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
384 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
385 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
386 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
387 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
388 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
389 - added test for this
391 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
392 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
393 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
396 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
397 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
401 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
402 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
403 aliased methods and "real" methods.
405 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
406 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
407 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
408 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
411 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
412 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
415 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
416 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
417 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
418 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
419 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
420 for sad systems without a compiler.
423 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
424 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
427 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
428 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
429 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
431 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
433 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
434 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
435 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
436 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
438 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
439 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
440 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
441 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
443 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
445 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
446 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
449 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
450 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
451 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
453 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
455 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
457 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
458 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
459 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
461 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
462 * Class::MOP::Package
463 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
464 releases. (nothingmuch)
467 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
469 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
470 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
471 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
474 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
477 * Class::MOP::Instance
478 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
480 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
482 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
483 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
484 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
485 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
488 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
489 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
493 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
494 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
495 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
496 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
497 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
500 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
501 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
502 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
505 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
506 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
507 consistency (nothingmuch)
508 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
510 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
511 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
512 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
513 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
516 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
517 * Class::MOP::Immutable
518 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
520 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
522 * Class::MOP::Instance
523 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
524 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
526 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
528 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
529 the class is already loaded (sartak)
530 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
531 instead of just 1 (sartak)
534 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
536 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
537 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
538 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
540 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
541 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
542 recognizes it correct this time.
544 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
545 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
548 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
549 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
552 - now stores the instance of the instance
553 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
554 and deletes it when the cache is blown
555 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
556 the options used to make it immutable as well as
557 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
559 * Class::MOP::Package
560 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
561 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
562 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
566 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
568 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
569 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
571 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
572 names now throw a more direct error in
574 - tests for this and other aspects of
580 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
581 Class::MOP::Attribute
582 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
585 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
586 (late night release engineering)--
588 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
589 changes in this release
591 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
592 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
593 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
596 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
597 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
598 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
601 * Class::MOP::Package
602 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
604 - inlining a few calls to &name with
605 direct HASH access key access
606 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
607 a HASH of items based on a type filter
608 similar to list_all_package_symbols
609 - added tests for this
612 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
613 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
614 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
615 - added more descriptive error message to help
616 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
617 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
619 * Class::MOP::Immutable
620 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
622 - added tests for this
624 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
626 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
627 function from MRO::Compat
628 - All XS based functionality now has a
629 Pure Perl alternative
630 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
631 can now be used to force non-XS versions
634 * Class::MOP::Attribute
635 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
636 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
637 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
639 - added tests for this
641 * Class::MOP::Immutable
642 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
643 making the class immutable
646 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
647 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
648 allow for it to work.
649 - added tests for this
651 * Class::MOP::Attribute
653 Class::MOP::Immutable
654 - any time a method meta object is constructed
655 we make sure to pass the correct package and
656 method name information
659 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
660 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
661 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
662 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
663 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
664 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
665 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
666 throw an error if these are not supplied.
667 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
668 and now store the package_name and name attributes
671 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
672 Module::Install support has been removed
674 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
675 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
676 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
677 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
681 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
682 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
684 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
685 when it has no init_arg
686 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
687 to support c3 classes.
689 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
692 - making sure that load_class never gets
693 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
694 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
697 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
699 - improved error handling in ->create method
700 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
701 will be used to populate values
702 - added tests for this
705 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
706 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
712 Class::MOP::Attribute
713 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
714 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
716 * Class::MOP::Instance
717 Class::MOP::Immutable
718 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
721 - fixed the filename length on several
722 test files so we install on VMS better
724 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
725 should be catfile (RT #32385)
727 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
728 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
731 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
732 Class::MOP::Attribute
733 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
734 to indicate that no constructor args can
735 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
736 - added tests for this
737 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
740 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
741 feature instead of the silly hack from
742 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
744 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
746 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
749 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
750 - removed assumptions about the existence of
753 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
754 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
755 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
758 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
759 constant so that we can take advantage
760 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
763 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
764 optimize the &linearized_isa method
765 and avoid the hack/check for circular
766 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
767 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
768 - added tests for this
770 * Class::MOP::Immutable
771 - the immutable class now keeps track of
772 the transformer which immutablized it
774 * Class::MOP::Instance
775 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
776 - added tests for this
778 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
780 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
781 transformation arguments are saved
783 - added tests for this
785 * Class::MOP::Immutable
786 - fixed a bug (see above)
788 * Class::MOP::Attribute
791 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
792 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
793 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
796 - removed the dependency on B
797 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
798 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
799 the B fiddling we were doing with
800 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
801 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
802 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
803 be used to help manage method caching.
806 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
807 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
808 even more accurate caching information.
809 blblack++ for that stuff :)
812 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
813 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
814 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
815 track of when we need to re-fetch the
817 - Several small improvements to take advantage
818 of the new method map caching features
820 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
821 * Class::MOP::Attribute
822 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
823 HASH ref case, which makes the
824 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
825 - added more tests for this
827 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
828 * Class::MOP::Attribute
829 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
830 - added more tests for this
832 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
834 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
835 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
836 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
838 * Class::MOP::Attribute
839 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
840 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
841 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
843 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
844 * Class::MOP::Attribute
845 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
847 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
848 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
850 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
852 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
855 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
856 construct_class_instance (groditi)
857 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
858 call through (groditi)
860 * Class::MOP::Attribute
861 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
862 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
863 it is defined (groditi)
865 * Class::MOP::Instance
866 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
867 it is defined (groditi)
869 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
870 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
871 - removed the relevant attributes
873 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
874 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
875 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
876 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
878 - added tests for this
879 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
880 non-inlined constructors.
881 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
883 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
884 - added this class as an abstract base for the
885 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
886 - added tests for this
889 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
890 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
893 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
895 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
896 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
898 * Class::MOP::Package
899 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
902 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
904 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
906 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
907 it manually now so that people can use this
908 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
910 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
912 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
913 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
914 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
917 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
918 * Class::MOP::Immutable
919 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
920 - removed unused variable
921 - added create_immutable_transformer
922 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
923 - tests for this (groditi)
926 - Immutability can now be undone,
927 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
928 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
929 for details see comments next to make_immutable
930 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
931 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
932 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
933 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
934 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
935 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
937 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
938 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
940 * Class::MOP::Package
941 - we now deal with stub methods properly
942 - added tests for this
943 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
945 * Class::MOP::Attribute
946 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
947 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
949 - added tests and POD for this
952 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
953 handles undef values correctly.
954 - added tests for this
955 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
956 will not get reaped when instances still
957 exist which need to reference them. This is
958 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
959 obscure enough feature that there are not too
960 many work arounds out in the wild.
961 - added tests for this by groditi
962 - updated docs to explain this
965 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
966 - added tests for this behavior
968 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
969 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
972 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
973 - added tests and docs for these
975 * Class::MOP::Attribute
976 - default now checks the instance with defined to
977 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
981 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
987 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
988 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
989 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
990 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
993 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
995 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
996 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
997 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1000 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1001 immutable transformation instead of
1002 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1004 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1005 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1006 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1007 be coming eventually.
1010 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1012 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1013 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1017 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1020 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1022 - constructor generation is now handled by
1023 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1025 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1026 - created this to handle constructor generation
1027 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1029 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1031 - attributes now delegate to the
1032 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1035 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1036 - all accessor generation functions from
1037 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1039 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1041 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1042 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1043 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1047 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1048 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1049 they are aliased from the originals
1050 - fixed tests to reflect
1051 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1053 - adjusted tests for this
1054 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1057 * Class::MOP::Method
1059 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1060 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1061 - adjusted tests to compensate
1062 - adjusted docs for this
1065 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1066 encapsulate most of the work into the
1067 &get_method_map method
1068 - made several adjustments for the change
1069 in Class::MOP::Method
1070 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1071 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1072 old one before installing the new one
1073 - added tests for this
1074 - adjusted docs for this
1076 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1077 - added caching of &get_method_map
1078 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1079 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1081 * Class::MOP::Package
1082 - added filtering capabilities to
1083 &list_all_package_symbols
1085 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1087 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1088 the $:version and such just actually goes
1089 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1090 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1092 - The &create method now requires that all
1093 but the package name now is passed in as
1094 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1095 - updated docs and tests for this
1097 * Class::MOP::Object
1098 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1102 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1103 which do not store things in the instance
1104 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1107 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1109 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1111 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1112 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1115 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1116 - fixed all tests for this
1118 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1119 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1120 are no longer allowed for defaults
1121 - added tests for this
1123 * Class::MOP::Package
1124 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1125 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1126 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1128 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1130 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1131 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1132 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1133 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1135 * Class::MOP::Package
1136 - refactored entire class, this is now
1137 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1138 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1139 - added many tests for this
1140 - this class is now a subclass of
1142 - added some tests to reflect this
1145 - refactored all symbol table access to
1146 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1148 * Class::MOP::Module
1149 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1150 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1151 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1152 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1153 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1154 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1155 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1156 - added tests for this
1158 * Class::MOP::Instance
1159 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1161 - added tests for this
1163 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1164 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1165 slots from an instance
1166 - added tests for this
1168 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1171 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1172 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1174 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1175 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1176 the value of the attribute for a particular
1179 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1180 ---------------------------------------
1181 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1182 to introduce the immutable features which
1183 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1184 This support should still be considered
1185 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1186 ---------------------------------------
1188 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1190 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1191 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1192 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1195 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1196 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1197 ::Package and now inherited
1198 - added tests for this
1200 * Class::MOP::Instance
1201 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1202 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1203 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1204 instance creation (of course)
1207 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1208 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1209 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1210 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1211 table manipulation methods.
1213 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1214 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1216 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1217 properly when inherited
1218 - small fix to &clone_instance
1220 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1221 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1222 - This release works in combination with
1223 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1224 because it introduces a new instance
1225 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1229 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1230 - added tests for this
1231 - improved method modifier wrapping
1233 * Class::MOP::Instance
1234 - added new instance protocol
1235 - added tests for this
1236 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1238 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1242 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1243 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1245 - updated tests for this
1248 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1249 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1251 - added tests for this
1252 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1253 new instance protocol
1254 - added more tests for this
1256 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1258 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1259 - added tests and docs for this
1260 - some small optimizations
1262 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1263 - some small optimizations
1265 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1267 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1268 - added tests for this
1269 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1270 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1271 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1272 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1273 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1274 delegates appropriately
1276 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1277 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1278 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1279 called initialize_instance_slot
1282 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1283 initialize_instance_slot method
1285 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1287 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1288 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1290 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1292 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1293 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1295 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1296 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1297 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1299 - added tests for this
1300 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1302 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1304 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1305 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1306 - added test case for this
1308 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1310 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1311 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1312 available in DESTORY calls
1314 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1315 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1316 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1318 * Class::MOP::Method
1319 - added &package_name, &name and
1320 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1321 which were formerly private subs in
1324 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1325 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1326 before, after and around modifiers
1327 - added tests and docs for this feature
1330 - improved &get_package_symbol
1331 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1332 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1334 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1335 - &add_before_method_modifier
1336 - &add_after_method_modifier
1337 - &add_around_method_modifier
1338 - added tests and docs for these
1339 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1340 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1342 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1343 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1347 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1348 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1349 the test skip if it is not installed
1351 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1353 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1356 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1357 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1358 - added docs and tests
1360 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1361 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1362 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1363 be considered "ready to use".
1365 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1366 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1367 - test coverage is now at 99%
1370 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1371 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1372 metaclass pragma instead.
1375 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1376 error/edge-case tests
1378 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1379 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1380 error/edge-case tests
1383 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1385 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1387 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1388 metaclass a little more straightforward
1391 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1392 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1393 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1394 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1398 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1399 is now more useful for subclasses
1400 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1401 hash of attribute meta objects
1402 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1403 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1404 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1405 attribute meta-object itself
1406 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1407 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1408 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1409 - added docs & tests for this
1410 - added Clone as a dependency
1411 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1412 return blessed new or cloned instances
1413 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1414 - added docs & tests for this
1415 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1416 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1417 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1418 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1419 - added tests and docs for this
1422 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1424 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1426 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1428 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1429 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1430 attributes/methods respectively
1433 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1436 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1437 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1438 - added new example:
1441 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1443 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1445 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1446 - improved error messages
1449 - added new examples:
1450 - AttributesWithHistory
1451 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1453 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1454 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1456 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1457 - refactored method generation code
1458 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1461 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1462 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1463 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1464 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1465 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1467 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1468 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1469 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1471 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006