1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
6 * Class::MOP::Attribute
7 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
8 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
9 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in 0.80_01.
13 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function arguments.
16 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
18 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
19 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
21 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
22 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
23 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
24 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
25 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
28 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
29 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
30 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
31 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
32 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
33 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
34 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
36 - Class::MOP::Instance
37 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
41 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
42 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
43 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
45 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
46 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
47 when an object is constructed)
48 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
50 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
51 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
52 when an object is constructed)
53 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
54 - attributes => _attributes
55 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
57 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
59 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
60 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
61 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
64 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
65 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
66 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
69 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
70 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
71 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
72 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
76 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
77 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
78 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
79 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
80 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
81 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
83 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
84 * No changes from 0.78_02.
86 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
88 * Class::MOP::Immutable
89 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
90 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
91 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
92 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
96 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
97 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
100 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
101 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
102 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
104 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
106 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
107 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
110 * Class::MOP::Instance
111 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
112 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
113 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
114 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
116 * Class::MOP::Attribute
117 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
118 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
119 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
121 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
122 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
123 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
127 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
128 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
129 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
130 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
132 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
133 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
134 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
135 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
136 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
137 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
138 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
139 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
140 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
143 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
144 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
147 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
149 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
150 * No changes from 0.77_01
152 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
154 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
155 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
156 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
157 against the pure Perl version of this code.
159 * Class::MOP::Instance
160 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
161 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
164 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
166 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
170 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
171 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
175 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
176 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
178 * Class::MOP::Package
179 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
180 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
183 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
187 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
188 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
189 near future release. You've been warned.
191 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
192 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
193 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
194 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
196 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
197 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
200 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
201 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
204 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
207 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
208 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
210 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
212 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
213 sharing an immutable transformer object
214 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
215 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
217 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
219 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
220 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
221 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
222 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
224 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
225 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
227 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
229 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
230 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
232 * t/082_get_code_info.t
233 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
234 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
235 succeed in that case.
237 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
238 * Class::MOP::Package
239 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
242 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
243 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
245 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
246 * Class::MOP::Immutable
247 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
248 the constructor was inlined.
249 * Class::MOP::Package
250 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
251 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
252 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
254 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
255 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
257 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
259 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
260 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
261 * Class::MOP::Immutable
262 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
263 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
264 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
267 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
268 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
269 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
270 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
271 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
272 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
273 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
274 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
275 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
276 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
278 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
281 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
282 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
285 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
287 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
288 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
290 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
292 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
293 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
294 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
297 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
298 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
299 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
302 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
304 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
305 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
307 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
308 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
309 times in an eval. (t0m)
311 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
313 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
314 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
315 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
316 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
317 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
318 - added test for this
320 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
321 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
322 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
325 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
326 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
330 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
331 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
332 aliased methods and "real" methods.
334 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
335 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
336 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
337 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
340 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
341 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
344 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
345 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
346 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
347 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
348 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
349 for sad systems without a compiler.
352 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
353 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
356 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
357 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
358 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
360 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
362 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
363 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
364 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
365 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
367 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
368 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
369 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
370 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
372 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
374 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
375 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
378 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
379 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
380 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
382 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
384 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
386 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
387 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
388 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
390 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
391 * Class::MOP::Package
392 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
393 releases. (nothingmuch)
396 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
398 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
399 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
400 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
403 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
406 * Class::MOP::Instance
407 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
409 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
411 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
412 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
413 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
414 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
417 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
418 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
422 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
423 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
424 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
425 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
426 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
429 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
430 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
431 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
434 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
435 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
436 consistency (nothingmuch)
437 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
439 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
440 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
441 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
442 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
445 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
446 * Class::MOP::Immutable
447 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
449 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
451 * Class::MOP::Instance
452 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
453 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
455 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
457 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
458 the class is already loaded (sartak)
459 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
460 instead of just 1 (sartak)
463 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
465 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
466 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
467 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
469 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
470 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
471 recognizes it correct this time.
473 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
474 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
477 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
478 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
481 - now stores the instance of the instance
482 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
483 and deletes it when the cache is blown
484 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
485 the options used to make it immutable as well as
486 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
488 * Class::MOP::Package
489 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
490 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
491 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
495 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
497 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
498 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
500 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
501 names now throw a more direct error in
503 - tests for this and other aspects of
509 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
510 Class::MOP::Attribute
511 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
514 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
515 (late night release engineering)--
517 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
518 changes in this release
520 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
521 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
522 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
525 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
526 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
527 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
530 * Class::MOP::Package
531 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
533 - inlining a few calls to &name with
534 direct HASH access key access
535 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
536 a HASH of items based on a type filter
537 similar to list_all_package_symbols
538 - added tests for this
541 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
542 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
543 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
544 - added more descriptive error message to help
545 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
546 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
548 * Class::MOP::Immutable
549 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
551 - added tests for this
553 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
555 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
556 function from MRO::Compat
557 - All XS based functionality now has a
558 Pure Perl alternative
559 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
560 can now be used to force non-XS versions
563 * Class::MOP::Attribute
564 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
565 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
566 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
568 - added tests for this
570 * Class::MOP::Immutable
571 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
572 making the class immutable
575 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
576 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
577 allow for it to work.
578 - added tests for this
580 * Class::MOP::Attribute
582 Class::MOP::Immutable
583 - any time a method meta object is constructed
584 we make sure to pass the correct package and
585 method name information
588 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
589 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
590 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
591 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
592 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
593 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
594 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
595 throw an error if these are not supplied.
596 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
597 and now store the package_name and name attributes
600 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
601 Module::Install support has been removed
603 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
604 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
605 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
606 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
610 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
611 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
613 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
614 when it has no init_arg
615 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
616 to support c3 classes.
618 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
621 - making sure that load_class never gets
622 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
623 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
626 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
628 - improved error handling in ->create method
629 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
630 will be used to populate values
631 - added tests for this
634 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
635 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
641 Class::MOP::Attribute
642 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
643 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
645 * Class::MOP::Instance
646 Class::MOP::Immutable
647 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
650 - fixed the filename length on several
651 test files so we install on VMS better
653 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
654 should be catfile (RT #32385)
656 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
657 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
660 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
661 Class::MOP::Attribute
662 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
663 to indicate that no constructor args can
664 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
665 - added tests for this
666 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
669 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
670 feature instead of the silly hack from
671 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
673 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
675 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
678 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
679 - removed assumptions about the existence of
682 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
683 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
684 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
687 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
688 constant so that we can take advantage
689 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
692 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
693 optimize the &linearized_isa method
694 and avoid the hack/check for circular
695 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
696 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
697 - added tests for this
699 * Class::MOP::Immutable
700 - the immutable class now keeps track of
701 the transformer which immutablized it
703 * Class::MOP::Instance
704 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
705 - added tests for this
707 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
709 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
710 transformation arguments are saved
712 - added tests for this
714 * Class::MOP::Immutable
715 - fixed a bug (see above)
717 * Class::MOP::Attribute
720 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
721 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
722 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
725 - removed the dependency on B
726 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
727 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
728 the B fiddling we were doing with
729 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
730 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
731 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
732 be used to help manage method caching.
735 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
736 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
737 even more accurate caching information.
738 blblack++ for that stuff :)
741 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
742 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
743 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
744 track of when we need to re-fetch the
746 - Several small improvements to take advantage
747 of the new method map caching features
749 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
750 * Class::MOP::Attribute
751 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
752 HASH ref case, which makes the
753 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
754 - added more tests for this
756 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
757 * Class::MOP::Attribute
758 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
759 - added more tests for this
761 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
763 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
764 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
765 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
767 * Class::MOP::Attribute
768 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
769 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
770 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
772 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
773 * Class::MOP::Attribute
774 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
776 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
777 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
779 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
781 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
784 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
785 construct_class_instance (groditi)
786 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
787 call through (groditi)
789 * Class::MOP::Attribute
790 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
791 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
792 it is defined (groditi)
794 * Class::MOP::Instance
795 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
796 it is defined (groditi)
798 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
799 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
800 - removed the relevant attributes
802 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
803 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
804 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
805 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
807 - added tests for this
808 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
809 non-inlined constructors.
810 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
812 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
813 - added this class as an abstract base for the
814 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
815 - added tests for this
818 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
819 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
822 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
824 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
825 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
827 * Class::MOP::Package
828 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
831 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
833 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
835 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
836 it manually now so that people can use this
837 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
839 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
841 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
842 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
843 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
846 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
847 * Class::MOP::Immutable
848 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
849 - removed unused variable
850 - added create_immutable_transformer
851 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
852 - tests for this (groditi)
855 - Immutability can now be undone,
856 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
857 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
858 for details see comments next to make_immutable
859 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
860 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
861 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
862 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
863 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
864 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
866 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
867 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
869 * Class::MOP::Package
870 - we now deal with stub methods properly
871 - added tests for this
872 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
874 * Class::MOP::Attribute
875 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
876 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
878 - added tests and POD for this
881 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
882 handles undef values correctly.
883 - added tests for this
884 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
885 will not get reaped when instances still
886 exist which need to reference them. This is
887 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
888 obscure enough feature that there are not too
889 many work arounds out in the wild.
890 - added tests for this by groditi
891 - updated docs to explain this
894 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
895 - added tests for this behavior
897 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
898 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
901 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
902 - added tests and docs for these
904 * Class::MOP::Attribute
905 - default now checks the instance with defined to
906 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
910 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
916 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
917 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
918 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
919 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
922 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
924 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
925 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
926 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
929 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
930 immutable transformation instead of
931 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
933 + Class::MOP::Immutable
934 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
935 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
936 be coming eventually.
939 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
941 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
942 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
946 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
949 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
951 - constructor generation is now handled by
952 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
954 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
955 - created this to handle constructor generation
956 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
958 * Class::MOP::Attribute
960 - attributes now delegate to the
961 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
964 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
965 - all accessor generation functions from
966 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
968 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
970 * scripts/class_browser.pl
971 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
972 on this to come. Comments and patches are
976 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
977 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
978 they are aliased from the originals
979 - fixed tests to reflect
980 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
982 - adjusted tests for this
983 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
988 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
989 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
990 - adjusted tests to compensate
991 - adjusted docs for this
994 - changed how methods are dealt with to
995 encapsulate most of the work into the
996 &get_method_map method
997 - made several adjustments for the change
998 in Class::MOP::Method
999 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1000 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1001 old one before installing the new one
1002 - added tests for this
1003 - adjusted docs for this
1005 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1006 - added caching of &get_method_map
1007 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1008 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1010 * Class::MOP::Package
1011 - added filtering capabilities to
1012 &list_all_package_symbols
1014 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1016 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1017 the $:version and such just actually goes
1018 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1019 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1021 - The &create method now requires that all
1022 but the package name now is passed in as
1023 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1024 - updated docs and tests for this
1026 * Class::MOP::Object
1027 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1031 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1032 which do not store things in the instance
1033 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1036 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1038 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1040 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1041 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1044 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1045 - fixed all tests for this
1047 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1048 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1049 are no longer allowed for defaults
1050 - added tests for this
1052 * Class::MOP::Package
1053 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1054 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1055 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1057 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1059 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1060 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1061 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1062 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1064 * Class::MOP::Package
1065 - refactored entire class, this is now
1066 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1067 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1068 - added many tests for this
1069 - this class is now a subclass of
1071 - added some tests to reflect this
1074 - refactored all symbol table access to
1075 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1077 * Class::MOP::Module
1078 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1079 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1080 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1081 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1082 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1083 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1084 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1085 - added tests for this
1087 * Class::MOP::Instance
1088 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1090 - added tests for this
1092 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1093 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1094 slots from an instance
1095 - added tests for this
1097 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1100 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1101 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1104 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1105 the value of the attribute for a particular
1108 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1109 ---------------------------------------
1110 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1111 to introduce the immutable features which
1112 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1113 This support should still be considered
1114 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1115 ---------------------------------------
1117 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1119 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1120 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1121 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1124 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1125 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1126 ::Package and now inherited
1127 - added tests for this
1129 * Class::MOP::Instance
1130 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1131 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1132 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1133 instance creation (of course)
1136 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1137 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1138 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1139 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1140 table manipulation methods.
1142 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1143 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1145 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1146 properly when inherited
1147 - small fix to &clone_instance
1149 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1150 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1151 - This release works in combination with
1152 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1153 because it introduces a new instance
1154 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1158 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1159 - added tests for this
1160 - improved method modifier wrapping
1162 * Class::MOP::Instance
1163 - added new instance protocol
1164 - added tests for this
1165 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1167 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1171 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1172 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1174 - updated tests for this
1177 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1178 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1180 - added tests for this
1181 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1182 new instance protocol
1183 - added more tests for this
1185 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1187 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1188 - added tests and docs for this
1189 - some small optimizations
1191 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1192 - some small optimizations
1194 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1196 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1197 - added tests for this
1198 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1199 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1200 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1201 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1202 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1203 delegates appropriately
1205 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1206 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1207 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1208 called initialize_instance_slot
1211 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1212 initialize_instance_slot method
1214 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1216 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1217 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1219 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1221 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1222 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1224 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1225 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1226 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1228 - added tests for this
1229 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1231 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1233 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1234 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1235 - added test case for this
1237 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1239 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1240 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1241 available in DESTORY calls
1243 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1244 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1245 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1247 * Class::MOP::Method
1248 - added &package_name, &name and
1249 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1250 which were formerly private subs in
1253 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1254 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1255 before, after and around modifiers
1256 - added tests and docs for this feature
1259 - improved &get_package_symbol
1260 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1261 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1263 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1264 - &add_before_method_modifier
1265 - &add_after_method_modifier
1266 - &add_around_method_modifier
1267 - added tests and docs for these
1268 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1269 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1271 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1272 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1276 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1277 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1278 the test skip if it is not installed
1280 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1282 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1285 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1286 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1287 - added docs and tests
1289 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1290 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1291 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1292 be considered "ready to use".
1294 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1295 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1296 - test coverage is now at 99%
1299 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1300 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1301 metaclass pragma instead.
1304 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1305 error/edge-case tests
1307 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1308 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1309 error/edge-case tests
1312 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1314 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1316 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1317 metaclass a little more straightforward
1320 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1321 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1322 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1323 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1327 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1328 is now more useful for subclasses
1329 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1330 hash of attribute meta objects
1331 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1332 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1333 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1334 attribute meta-object itself
1335 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1336 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1337 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1338 - added docs & tests for this
1339 - added Clone as a dependency
1340 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1341 return blessed new or cloned instances
1342 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1343 - added docs & tests for this
1344 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1345 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1346 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1347 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1348 - added tests and docs for this
1351 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1353 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1355 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1357 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1358 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1359 attributes/methods respectively
1362 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1365 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1366 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1367 - added new example:
1370 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1372 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1374 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1375 - improved error messages
1378 - added new examples:
1379 - AttributesWithHistory
1380 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1382 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1383 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1385 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1386 - refactored method generation code
1387 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1390 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1391 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1392 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1393 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1394 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1396 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1397 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1398 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1400 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006