1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - The deprecaation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
6 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
8 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
11 * Class::MOP::Instance
12 * Class::MOP::Attribute
13 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
14 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
15 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
16 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
19 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
20 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
22 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
24 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
25 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
27 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
28 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
29 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
30 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
31 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
34 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
35 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
36 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
37 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
38 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
39 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
40 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
42 - Class::MOP::Instance
43 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
47 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
48 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
49 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
51 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
52 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
53 when an object is constructed)
54 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
56 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
57 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
58 when an object is constructed)
59 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
60 - attributes => _attributes
61 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
63 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
65 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
66 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
67 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
70 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
71 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
72 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
75 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
76 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
77 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
78 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
82 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
83 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
84 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
85 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
86 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
87 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
89 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
90 * No changes from 0.78_02.
92 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
94 * Class::MOP::Immutable
95 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
96 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
97 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
98 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
102 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
103 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
106 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
107 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
108 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
110 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
112 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
113 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
116 * Class::MOP::Instance
117 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
118 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
119 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
120 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
122 * Class::MOP::Attribute
123 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
124 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
125 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
127 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
128 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
129 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
133 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
134 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
135 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
136 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
138 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
139 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
140 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
141 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
142 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
143 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
144 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
145 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
146 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
149 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
150 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
153 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
155 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
156 * No changes from 0.77_01
158 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
160 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
161 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
162 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
163 against the pure Perl version of this code.
165 * Class::MOP::Instance
166 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
167 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
170 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
172 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
176 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
177 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
181 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
182 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
184 * Class::MOP::Package
185 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
186 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
189 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
193 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
194 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
195 near future release. You've been warned.
197 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
198 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
199 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
200 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
202 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
203 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
206 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
207 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
210 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
213 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
214 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
216 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
218 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
219 sharing an immutable transformer object
220 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
221 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
223 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
225 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
226 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
227 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
228 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
230 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
231 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
233 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
235 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
236 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
238 * t/082_get_code_info.t
239 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
240 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
241 succeed in that case.
243 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
244 * Class::MOP::Package
245 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
248 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
249 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
251 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
252 * Class::MOP::Immutable
253 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
254 the constructor was inlined.
255 * Class::MOP::Package
256 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
257 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
258 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
260 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
261 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
263 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
265 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
266 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
267 * Class::MOP::Immutable
268 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
269 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
270 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
273 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
274 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
275 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
276 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
277 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
278 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
279 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
280 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
281 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
282 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
284 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
287 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
288 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
291 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
293 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
294 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
296 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
298 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
299 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
300 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
303 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
304 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
305 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
308 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
310 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
311 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
313 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
314 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
315 times in an eval. (t0m)
317 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
319 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
320 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
321 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
322 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
323 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
324 - added test for this
326 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
327 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
328 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
331 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
332 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
336 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
337 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
338 aliased methods and "real" methods.
340 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
341 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
342 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
343 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
346 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
347 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
350 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
351 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
352 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
353 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
354 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
355 for sad systems without a compiler.
358 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
359 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
362 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
363 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
364 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
366 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
368 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
369 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
370 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
371 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
373 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
374 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
375 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
376 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
378 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
380 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
381 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
384 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
385 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
386 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
388 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
390 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
392 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
393 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
394 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
396 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
397 * Class::MOP::Package
398 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
399 releases. (nothingmuch)
402 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
404 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
405 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
406 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
409 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
412 * Class::MOP::Instance
413 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
415 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
417 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
418 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
419 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
420 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
423 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
424 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
428 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
429 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
430 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
431 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
432 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
435 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
436 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
437 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
440 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
441 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
442 consistency (nothingmuch)
443 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
445 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
446 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
447 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
448 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
451 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
452 * Class::MOP::Immutable
453 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
455 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
457 * Class::MOP::Instance
458 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
459 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
461 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
463 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
464 the class is already loaded (sartak)
465 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
466 instead of just 1 (sartak)
469 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
471 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
472 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
473 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
475 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
476 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
477 recognizes it correct this time.
479 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
480 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
483 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
484 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
487 - now stores the instance of the instance
488 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
489 and deletes it when the cache is blown
490 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
491 the options used to make it immutable as well as
492 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
494 * Class::MOP::Package
495 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
496 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
497 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
501 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
503 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
504 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
506 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
507 names now throw a more direct error in
509 - tests for this and other aspects of
515 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
516 Class::MOP::Attribute
517 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
520 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
521 (late night release engineering)--
523 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
524 changes in this release
526 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
527 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
528 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
531 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
532 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
533 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
536 * Class::MOP::Package
537 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
539 - inlining a few calls to &name with
540 direct HASH access key access
541 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
542 a HASH of items based on a type filter
543 similar to list_all_package_symbols
544 - added tests for this
547 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
548 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
549 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
550 - added more descriptive error message to help
551 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
552 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
554 * Class::MOP::Immutable
555 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
557 - added tests for this
559 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
561 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
562 function from MRO::Compat
563 - All XS based functionality now has a
564 Pure Perl alternative
565 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
566 can now be used to force non-XS versions
569 * Class::MOP::Attribute
570 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
571 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
572 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
574 - added tests for this
576 * Class::MOP::Immutable
577 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
578 making the class immutable
581 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
582 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
583 allow for it to work.
584 - added tests for this
586 * Class::MOP::Attribute
588 Class::MOP::Immutable
589 - any time a method meta object is constructed
590 we make sure to pass the correct package and
591 method name information
594 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
595 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
596 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
597 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
598 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
599 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
600 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
601 throw an error if these are not supplied.
602 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
603 and now store the package_name and name attributes
606 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
607 Module::Install support has been removed
609 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
610 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
611 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
612 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
616 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
617 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
619 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
620 when it has no init_arg
621 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
622 to support c3 classes.
624 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
627 - making sure that load_class never gets
628 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
629 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
632 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
634 - improved error handling in ->create method
635 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
636 will be used to populate values
637 - added tests for this
640 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
641 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
647 Class::MOP::Attribute
648 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
649 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
651 * Class::MOP::Instance
652 Class::MOP::Immutable
653 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
656 - fixed the filename length on several
657 test files so we install on VMS better
659 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
660 should be catfile (RT #32385)
662 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
663 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
666 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
667 Class::MOP::Attribute
668 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
669 to indicate that no constructor args can
670 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
671 - added tests for this
672 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
675 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
676 feature instead of the silly hack from
677 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
679 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
681 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
684 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
685 - removed assumptions about the existence of
688 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
689 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
690 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
693 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
694 constant so that we can take advantage
695 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
698 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
699 optimize the &linearized_isa method
700 and avoid the hack/check for circular
701 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
702 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
703 - added tests for this
705 * Class::MOP::Immutable
706 - the immutable class now keeps track of
707 the transformer which immutablized it
709 * Class::MOP::Instance
710 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
711 - added tests for this
713 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
715 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
716 transformation arguments are saved
718 - added tests for this
720 * Class::MOP::Immutable
721 - fixed a bug (see above)
723 * Class::MOP::Attribute
726 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
727 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
728 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
731 - removed the dependency on B
732 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
733 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
734 the B fiddling we were doing with
735 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
736 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
737 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
738 be used to help manage method caching.
741 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
742 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
743 even more accurate caching information.
744 blblack++ for that stuff :)
747 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
748 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
749 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
750 track of when we need to re-fetch the
752 - Several small improvements to take advantage
753 of the new method map caching features
755 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
756 * Class::MOP::Attribute
757 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
758 HASH ref case, which makes the
759 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
760 - added more tests for this
762 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
763 * Class::MOP::Attribute
764 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
765 - added more tests for this
767 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
769 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
770 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
771 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
773 * Class::MOP::Attribute
774 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
775 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
776 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
778 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
779 * Class::MOP::Attribute
780 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
782 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
783 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
785 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
787 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
790 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
791 construct_class_instance (groditi)
792 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
793 call through (groditi)
795 * Class::MOP::Attribute
796 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
797 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
798 it is defined (groditi)
800 * Class::MOP::Instance
801 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
802 it is defined (groditi)
804 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
805 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
806 - removed the relevant attributes
808 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
809 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
810 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
811 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
813 - added tests for this
814 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
815 non-inlined constructors.
816 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
818 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
819 - added this class as an abstract base for the
820 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
821 - added tests for this
824 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
825 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
828 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
830 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
831 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
833 * Class::MOP::Package
834 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
837 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
839 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
841 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
842 it manually now so that people can use this
843 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
845 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
847 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
848 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
849 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
852 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
853 * Class::MOP::Immutable
854 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
855 - removed unused variable
856 - added create_immutable_transformer
857 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
858 - tests for this (groditi)
861 - Immutability can now be undone,
862 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
863 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
864 for details see comments next to make_immutable
865 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
866 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
867 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
868 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
869 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
870 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
872 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
873 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
875 * Class::MOP::Package
876 - we now deal with stub methods properly
877 - added tests for this
878 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
880 * Class::MOP::Attribute
881 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
882 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
884 - added tests and POD for this
887 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
888 handles undef values correctly.
889 - added tests for this
890 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
891 will not get reaped when instances still
892 exist which need to reference them. This is
893 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
894 obscure enough feature that there are not too
895 many work arounds out in the wild.
896 - added tests for this by groditi
897 - updated docs to explain this
900 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
901 - added tests for this behavior
903 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
904 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
907 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
908 - added tests and docs for these
910 * Class::MOP::Attribute
911 - default now checks the instance with defined to
912 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
916 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
922 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
923 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
924 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
925 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
928 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
930 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
931 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
932 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
935 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
936 immutable transformation instead of
937 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
939 + Class::MOP::Immutable
940 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
941 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
942 be coming eventually.
945 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
947 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
948 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
952 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
955 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
957 - constructor generation is now handled by
958 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
960 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
961 - created this to handle constructor generation
962 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
964 * Class::MOP::Attribute
966 - attributes now delegate to the
967 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
970 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
971 - all accessor generation functions from
972 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
974 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
976 * scripts/class_browser.pl
977 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
978 on this to come. Comments and patches are
982 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
983 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
984 they are aliased from the originals
985 - fixed tests to reflect
986 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
988 - adjusted tests for this
989 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
994 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
995 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
996 - adjusted tests to compensate
997 - adjusted docs for this
1000 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1001 encapsulate most of the work into the
1002 &get_method_map method
1003 - made several adjustments for the change
1004 in Class::MOP::Method
1005 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1006 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1007 old one before installing the new one
1008 - added tests for this
1009 - adjusted docs for this
1011 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1012 - added caching of &get_method_map
1013 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1014 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1016 * Class::MOP::Package
1017 - added filtering capabilities to
1018 &list_all_package_symbols
1020 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1022 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1023 the $:version and such just actually goes
1024 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1025 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1027 - The &create method now requires that all
1028 but the package name now is passed in as
1029 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1030 - updated docs and tests for this
1032 * Class::MOP::Object
1033 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1037 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1038 which do not store things in the instance
1039 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1042 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1044 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1046 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1047 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1050 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1051 - fixed all tests for this
1053 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1054 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1055 are no longer allowed for defaults
1056 - added tests for this
1058 * Class::MOP::Package
1059 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1060 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1061 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1063 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1065 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1066 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1067 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1068 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1070 * Class::MOP::Package
1071 - refactored entire class, this is now
1072 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1073 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1074 - added many tests for this
1075 - this class is now a subclass of
1077 - added some tests to reflect this
1080 - refactored all symbol table access to
1081 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1083 * Class::MOP::Module
1084 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1085 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1086 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1087 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1088 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1089 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1090 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1091 - added tests for this
1093 * Class::MOP::Instance
1094 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1096 - added tests for this
1098 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1099 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1100 slots from an instance
1101 - added tests for this
1103 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1106 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1107 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1109 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1110 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1111 the value of the attribute for a particular
1114 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1115 ---------------------------------------
1116 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1117 to introduce the immutable features which
1118 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1119 This support should still be considered
1120 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1121 ---------------------------------------
1123 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1125 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1126 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1127 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1130 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1131 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1132 ::Package and now inherited
1133 - added tests for this
1135 * Class::MOP::Instance
1136 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1137 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1138 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1139 instance creation (of course)
1142 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1143 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1144 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1145 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1146 table manipulation methods.
1148 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1149 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1151 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1152 properly when inherited
1153 - small fix to &clone_instance
1155 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1156 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1157 - This release works in combination with
1158 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1159 because it introduces a new instance
1160 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1164 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1165 - added tests for this
1166 - improved method modifier wrapping
1168 * Class::MOP::Instance
1169 - added new instance protocol
1170 - added tests for this
1171 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1173 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1177 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1178 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1180 - updated tests for this
1183 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1184 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1186 - added tests for this
1187 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1188 new instance protocol
1189 - added more tests for this
1191 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1193 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1194 - added tests and docs for this
1195 - some small optimizations
1197 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1198 - some small optimizations
1200 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1202 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1203 - added tests for this
1204 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1205 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1206 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1207 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1208 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1209 delegates appropriately
1211 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1212 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1213 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1214 called initialize_instance_slot
1217 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1218 initialize_instance_slot method
1220 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1222 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1223 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1225 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1227 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1228 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1230 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1231 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1232 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1234 - added tests for this
1235 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1237 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1239 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1240 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1241 - added test case for this
1243 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1245 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1246 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1247 available in DESTORY calls
1249 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1250 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1251 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1253 * Class::MOP::Method
1254 - added &package_name, &name and
1255 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1256 which were formerly private subs in
1259 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1260 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1261 before, after and around modifiers
1262 - added tests and docs for this feature
1265 - improved &get_package_symbol
1266 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1267 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1269 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1270 - &add_before_method_modifier
1271 - &add_after_method_modifier
1272 - &add_around_method_modifier
1273 - added tests and docs for these
1274 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1275 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1277 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1278 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1282 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1283 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1284 the test skip if it is not installed
1286 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1288 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1291 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1292 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1293 - added docs and tests
1295 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1296 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1297 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1298 be considered "ready to use".
1300 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1301 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1302 - test coverage is now at 99%
1305 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1306 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1307 metaclass pragma instead.
1310 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1311 error/edge-case tests
1313 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1314 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1315 error/edge-case tests
1318 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1320 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1322 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1323 metaclass a little more straightforward
1326 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1327 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1328 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1329 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1333 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1334 is now more useful for subclasses
1335 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1336 hash of attribute meta objects
1337 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1338 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1339 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1340 attribute meta-object itself
1341 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1342 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1343 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1344 - added docs & tests for this
1345 - added Clone as a dependency
1346 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1347 return blessed new or cloned instances
1348 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1349 - added docs & tests for this
1350 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1351 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1352 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1353 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1354 - added tests and docs for this
1357 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1359 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1361 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1363 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1364 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1365 attributes/methods respectively
1368 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1371 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1372 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1373 - added new example:
1376 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1378 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1380 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1381 - improved error messages
1384 - added new examples:
1385 - AttributesWithHistory
1386 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1388 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1389 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1391 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1392 - refactored method generation code
1393 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1396 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1397 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1398 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1399 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1400 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1402 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1403 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1404 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1406 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006