1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
5 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation.
9 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
10 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
11 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
12 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
14 * Class::MOP::Attribute
15 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
16 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
17 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
19 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
20 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
21 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
25 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
26 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
27 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
28 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
30 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
31 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
32 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
33 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
34 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
35 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
36 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
37 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
38 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
41 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
42 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
45 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
47 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
48 * No changes from 0.77_01
50 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
52 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
53 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
54 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
55 against the pure Perl version of this code.
57 * Class::MOP::Instance
58 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
59 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
62 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
64 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
68 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
69 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
73 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
74 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
77 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
78 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
81 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
85 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
86 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
87 near future release. You've been warned.
89 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
90 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
91 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
92 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
94 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
95 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
98 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
99 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
102 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
105 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
106 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
108 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
110 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
111 sharing an immutable transformer object
112 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
113 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
115 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
117 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
118 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
119 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
120 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
122 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
123 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
125 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
127 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
128 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
130 * t/082_get_code_info.t
131 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
132 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
133 succeed in that case.
135 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
136 * Class::MOP::Package
137 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
140 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
141 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
143 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
144 * Class::MOP::Immutable
145 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
146 the constructor was inlined.
147 * Class::MOP::Package
148 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
149 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
150 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
152 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
153 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
155 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
157 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
158 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
159 * Class::MOP::Immutable
160 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
161 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
162 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
165 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
166 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
167 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
168 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
169 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
170 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
171 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
172 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
173 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
174 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
176 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
179 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
180 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
183 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
185 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
186 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
188 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
190 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
191 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
192 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
195 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
196 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
197 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
200 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
202 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
203 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
205 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
206 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
207 times in an eval. (t0m)
209 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
211 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
212 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
213 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
214 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
215 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
216 - added test for this
218 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
219 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
220 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
223 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
224 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
228 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
229 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
230 aliased methods and "real" methods.
232 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
233 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
234 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
235 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
238 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
239 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
242 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
243 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
244 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
245 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
246 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
247 for sad systems without a compiler.
250 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
251 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
254 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
255 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
256 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
258 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
260 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
261 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
262 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
263 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
265 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
266 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
267 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
268 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
270 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
272 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
273 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
276 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
277 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
278 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
280 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
282 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
284 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
285 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
286 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
288 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
289 * Class::MOP::Package
290 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
291 releases. (nothingmuch)
294 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
296 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
297 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
298 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
301 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
304 * Class::MOP::Instance
305 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
307 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
309 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
310 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
311 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
312 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
315 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
316 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
320 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
321 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
322 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
323 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
324 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
327 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
328 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
329 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
332 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
333 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
334 consistency (nothingmuch)
335 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
337 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
338 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
339 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
340 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
343 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
344 * Class::MOP::Immutable
345 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
347 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
349 * Class::MOP::Instance
350 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
351 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
353 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
355 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
356 the class is already loaded (sartak)
357 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
358 instead of just 1 (sartak)
361 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
363 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
364 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
365 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
367 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
368 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
369 recognizes it correct this time.
371 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
372 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
375 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
376 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
379 - now stores the instance of the instance
380 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
381 and deletes it when the cache is blown
382 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
383 the options used to make it immutable as well as
384 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
386 * Class::MOP::Package
387 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
388 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
389 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
393 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
395 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
396 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
398 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
399 names now throw a more direct error in
401 - tests for this and other aspects of
407 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
408 Class::MOP::Attribute
409 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
412 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
413 (late night release engineering)--
415 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
416 changes in this release
418 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
419 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
420 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
423 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
424 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
425 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
428 * Class::MOP::Package
429 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
431 - inlining a few calls to &name with
432 direct HASH access key access
433 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
434 a HASH of items based on a type filter
435 similar to list_all_package_symbols
436 - added tests for this
439 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
440 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
441 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
442 - added more descriptive error message to help
443 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
444 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
446 * Class::MOP::Immutable
447 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
449 - added tests for this
451 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
453 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
454 function from MRO::Compat
455 - All XS based functionality now has a
456 Pure Perl alternative
457 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
458 can now be used to force non-XS versions
461 * Class::MOP::Attribute
462 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
463 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
464 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
466 - added tests for this
468 * Class::MOP::Immutable
469 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
470 making the class immutable
473 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
474 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
475 allow for it to work.
476 - added tests for this
478 * Class::MOP::Attribute
480 Class::MOP::Immutable
481 - any time a method meta object is constructed
482 we make sure to pass the correct package and
483 method name information
486 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
487 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
488 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
489 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
490 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
491 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
492 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
493 throw an error if these are not supplied.
494 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
495 and now store the package_name and name attributes
498 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
499 Module::Install support has been removed
501 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
502 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
503 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
504 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
508 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
509 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
511 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
512 when it has no init_arg
513 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
514 to support c3 classes.
516 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
519 - making sure that load_class never gets
520 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
521 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
524 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
526 - improved error handling in ->create method
527 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
528 will be used to populate values
529 - added tests for this
532 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
533 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
539 Class::MOP::Attribute
540 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
541 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
543 * Class::MOP::Instance
544 Class::MOP::Immutable
545 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
548 - fixed the filename length on several
549 test files so we install on VMS better
551 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
552 should be catfile (RT #32385)
554 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
555 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
558 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
559 Class::MOP::Attribute
560 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
561 to indicate that no constructor args can
562 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
563 - added tests for this
564 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
567 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
568 feature instead of the silly hack from
569 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
571 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
573 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
576 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
577 - removed assumptions about the existence of
580 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
581 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
582 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
585 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
586 constant so that we can take advantage
587 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
590 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
591 optimize the &linearized_isa method
592 and avoid the hack/check for circular
593 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
594 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
595 - added tests for this
597 * Class::MOP::Immutable
598 - the immutable class now keeps track of
599 the transformer which immutablized it
601 * Class::MOP::Instance
602 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
603 - added tests for this
605 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
607 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
608 transformation arguments are saved
610 - added tests for this
612 * Class::MOP::Immutable
613 - fixed a bug (see above)
615 * Class::MOP::Attribute
618 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
619 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
620 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
623 - removed the dependency on B
624 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
625 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
626 the B fiddling we were doing with
627 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
628 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
629 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
630 be used to help manage method caching.
633 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
634 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
635 even more accurate caching information.
636 blblack++ for that stuff :)
639 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
640 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
641 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
642 track of when we need to re-fetch the
644 - Several small improvements to take advantage
645 of the new method map caching features
647 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
648 * Class::MOP::Attribute
649 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
650 HASH ref case, which makes the
651 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
652 - added more tests for this
654 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
655 * Class::MOP::Attribute
656 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
657 - added more tests for this
659 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
661 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
662 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
663 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
665 * Class::MOP::Attribute
666 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
667 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
668 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
670 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
671 * Class::MOP::Attribute
672 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
674 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
675 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
677 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
679 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
682 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
683 construct_class_instance (groditi)
684 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
685 call through (groditi)
687 * Class::MOP::Attribute
688 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
689 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
690 it is defined (groditi)
692 * Class::MOP::Instance
693 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
694 it is defined (groditi)
696 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
697 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
698 - removed the relevant attributes
700 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
701 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
702 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
703 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
705 - added tests for this
706 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
707 non-inlined constructors.
708 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
710 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
711 - added this class as an abstract base for the
712 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
713 - added tests for this
716 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
717 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
720 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
722 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
723 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
725 * Class::MOP::Package
726 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
729 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
731 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
733 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
734 it manually now so that people can use this
735 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
737 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
739 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
740 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
741 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
744 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
745 * Class::MOP::Immutable
746 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
747 - removed unused variable
748 - added create_immutable_transformer
749 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
750 - tests for this (groditi)
753 - Immutability can now be undone,
754 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
755 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
756 for details see comments next to make_immutable
757 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
758 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
759 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
760 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
761 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
762 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
764 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
765 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
767 * Class::MOP::Package
768 - we now deal with stub methods properly
769 - added tests for this
770 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
772 * Class::MOP::Attribute
773 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
774 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
776 - added tests and POD for this
779 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
780 handles undef values correctly.
781 - added tests for this
782 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
783 will not get reaped when instances still
784 exist which need to reference them. This is
785 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
786 obscure enough feature that there are not too
787 many work arounds out in the wild.
788 - added tests for this by groditi
789 - updated docs to explain this
792 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
793 - added tests for this behavior
795 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
796 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
799 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
800 - added tests and docs for these
802 * Class::MOP::Attribute
803 - default now checks the instance with defined to
804 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
808 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
814 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
815 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
816 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
817 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
820 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
822 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
823 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
824 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
827 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
828 immutable transformation instead of
829 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
831 + Class::MOP::Immutable
832 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
833 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
834 be coming eventually.
837 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
839 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
840 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
844 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
847 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
849 - constructor generation is now handled by
850 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
852 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
853 - created this to handle constructor generation
854 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
856 * Class::MOP::Attribute
858 - attributes now delegate to the
859 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
862 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
863 - all accessor generation functions from
864 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
866 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
868 * scripts/class_browser.pl
869 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
870 on this to come. Comments and patches are
874 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
875 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
876 they are aliased from the originals
877 - fixed tests to reflect
878 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
880 - adjusted tests for this
881 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
886 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
887 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
888 - adjusted tests to compensate
889 - adjusted docs for this
892 - changed how methods are dealt with to
893 encapsulate most of the work into the
894 &get_method_map method
895 - made several adjustments for the change
896 in Class::MOP::Method
897 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
898 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
899 old one before installing the new one
900 - added tests for this
901 - adjusted docs for this
903 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
904 - added caching of &get_method_map
905 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
906 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
908 * Class::MOP::Package
909 - added filtering capabilities to
910 &list_all_package_symbols
912 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
914 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
915 the $:version and such just actually goes
916 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
917 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
919 - The &create method now requires that all
920 but the package name now is passed in as
921 named parameters. See docs for more info.
922 - updated docs and tests for this
925 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
929 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
930 which do not store things in the instance
931 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
934 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
936 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
938 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
939 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
942 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
943 - fixed all tests for this
945 * Class::MOP::Attribute
946 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
947 are no longer allowed for defaults
948 - added tests for this
950 * Class::MOP::Package
951 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
952 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
953 always reloaded from the symbol table.
955 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
957 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
958 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
959 metamodel is more complete (and closer
960 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
962 * Class::MOP::Package
963 - refactored entire class, this is now
964 the primary gateway between the metaclass
965 and the Perl 5 symbol table
966 - added many tests for this
967 - this class is now a subclass of
969 - added some tests to reflect this
972 - refactored all symbol table access to
973 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
976 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
977 so that Module has a version as an attribute
978 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
979 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
980 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
981 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
982 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
983 - added tests for this
985 * Class::MOP::Instance
986 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
988 - added tests for this
990 * Class::MOP::Attribute
991 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
992 slots from an instance
993 - added tests for this
995 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
998 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
999 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1001 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1002 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1003 the value of the attribute for a particular
1006 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1007 ---------------------------------------
1008 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1009 to introduce the immutable features which
1010 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1011 This support should still be considered
1012 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1013 ---------------------------------------
1015 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1017 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1018 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1019 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1022 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1023 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1024 ::Package and now inherited
1025 - added tests for this
1027 * Class::MOP::Instance
1028 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1029 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1030 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1031 instance creation (of course)
1034 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1035 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1036 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1037 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1038 table manipulation methods.
1040 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1041 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1043 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1044 properly when inherited
1045 - small fix to &clone_instance
1047 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1048 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1049 - This release works in combination with
1050 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1051 because it introduces a new instance
1052 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1056 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1057 - added tests for this
1058 - improved method modifier wrapping
1060 * Class::MOP::Instance
1061 - added new instance protocol
1062 - added tests for this
1063 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1065 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1069 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1070 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1072 - updated tests for this
1075 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1076 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1078 - added tests for this
1079 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1080 new instance protocol
1081 - added more tests for this
1083 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1085 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1086 - added tests and docs for this
1087 - some small optimizations
1089 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1090 - some small optimizations
1092 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1094 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1095 - added tests for this
1096 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1097 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1098 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1099 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1100 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1101 delegates appropriately
1103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1104 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1105 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1106 called initialize_instance_slot
1109 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1110 initialize_instance_slot method
1112 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1114 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1115 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1117 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1119 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1120 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1122 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1123 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1124 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1126 - added tests for this
1127 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1129 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1131 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1132 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1133 - added test case for this
1135 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1137 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1138 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1139 available in DESTORY calls
1141 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1142 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1143 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1145 * Class::MOP::Method
1146 - added &package_name, &name and
1147 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1148 which were formerly private subs in
1151 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1152 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1153 before, after and around modifiers
1154 - added tests and docs for this feature
1157 - improved &get_package_symbol
1158 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1159 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1161 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1162 - &add_before_method_modifier
1163 - &add_after_method_modifier
1164 - &add_around_method_modifier
1165 - added tests and docs for these
1166 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1167 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1169 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1170 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1174 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1175 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1176 the test skip if it is not installed
1178 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1180 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1183 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1184 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1185 - added docs and tests
1187 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1188 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1189 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1190 be considered "ready to use".
1192 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1193 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1194 - test coverage is now at 99%
1197 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1198 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1199 metaclass pragma instead.
1202 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1203 error/edge-case tests
1205 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1206 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1207 error/edge-case tests
1210 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1212 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1214 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1215 metaclass a little more straightforward
1218 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1219 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1220 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1221 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1225 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1226 is now more useful for subclasses
1227 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1228 hash of attribute meta objects
1229 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1230 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1231 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1232 attribute meta-object itself
1233 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1234 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1235 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1236 - added docs & tests for this
1237 - added Clone as a dependency
1238 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1239 return blessed new or cloned instances
1240 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1241 - added docs & tests for this
1242 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1243 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1244 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1245 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1246 - added tests and docs for this
1249 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1251 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1253 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1255 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1256 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1257 attributes/methods respectively
1260 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1263 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1264 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1265 - added new example:
1268 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1270 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1272 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1273 - improved error messages
1276 - added new examples:
1277 - AttributesWithHistory
1278 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1280 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1281 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1283 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1284 - refactored method generation code
1285 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1288 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1289 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1290 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1291 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1292 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1294 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1295 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1296 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1298 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006