1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 - Fix bug from MooseX::Types passing blessed code references
8 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
9 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
11 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
13 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
15 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
18 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
20 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
21 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
24 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
25 changed back in 0.82_01)
26 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
27 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
30 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
31 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
33 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
35 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
36 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
37 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
40 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
41 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
45 * Class::MOP::Attribute
46 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
48 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
49 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
50 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
53 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
56 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
57 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
58 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
59 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
60 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
63 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
66 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
68 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
72 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
73 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
74 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
75 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
79 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
83 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
86 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
89 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
91 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
94 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
95 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
96 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
97 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
100 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
101 was removed in 0.82_01.
103 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
104 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
105 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
106 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
107 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
108 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
109 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
110 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
111 for the Moose compatibility handling code
112 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
114 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
116 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
117 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
119 * Class::MOP::Immutable
120 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
121 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
122 provides its own constructor (doy)
124 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
127 * Class::MOP::Instance
128 * Class::MOP::Attribute
129 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
130 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
131 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
132 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
135 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
136 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
138 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
140 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
141 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
143 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
144 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
145 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
146 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
147 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
150 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
151 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
152 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
153 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
154 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
155 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
156 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
158 - Class::MOP::Instance
159 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
163 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
164 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
165 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
167 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
168 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
169 when an object is constructed)
170 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
172 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
173 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
174 when an object is constructed)
175 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
176 - attributes => _attributes
177 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
179 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
181 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
182 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
183 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
186 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
187 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
188 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
191 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
192 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
193 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
194 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
198 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
199 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
200 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
201 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
202 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
203 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
205 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
206 * No changes from 0.78_02.
208 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
210 * Class::MOP::Immutable
211 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
212 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
213 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
214 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
218 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
219 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
222 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
223 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
224 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
226 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
228 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
229 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
232 * Class::MOP::Instance
233 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
234 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
235 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
236 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
238 * Class::MOP::Attribute
239 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
240 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
241 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
243 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
244 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
245 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
249 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
250 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
251 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
252 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
254 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
255 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
256 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
257 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
258 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
259 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
260 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
261 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
262 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
265 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
266 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
269 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
271 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
272 * No changes from 0.77_01
274 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
276 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
277 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
278 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
279 against the pure Perl version of this code.
281 * Class::MOP::Instance
282 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
283 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
286 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
288 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
292 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
293 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
297 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
298 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
300 * Class::MOP::Package
301 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
302 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
305 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
309 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
310 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
311 near future release. You've been warned.
313 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
314 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
315 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
316 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
318 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
319 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
322 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
323 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
326 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
329 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
330 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
332 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
334 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
335 sharing an immutable transformer object
336 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
337 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
339 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
341 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
342 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
343 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
344 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
346 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
347 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
349 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
351 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
352 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
354 * t/082_get_code_info.t
355 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
356 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
357 succeed in that case.
359 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
360 * Class::MOP::Package
361 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
364 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
365 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
367 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
368 * Class::MOP::Immutable
369 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
370 the constructor was inlined.
371 * Class::MOP::Package
372 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
373 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
374 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
376 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
377 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
379 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
381 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
382 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
383 * Class::MOP::Immutable
384 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
385 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
386 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
389 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
390 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
391 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
392 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
393 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
394 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
395 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
396 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
397 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
398 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
400 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
403 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
404 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
407 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
409 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
410 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
412 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
414 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
415 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
416 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
419 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
420 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
421 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
424 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
426 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
427 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
429 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
430 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
431 times in an eval. (t0m)
433 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
435 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
436 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
437 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
438 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
439 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
440 - added test for this
442 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
443 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
444 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
447 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
448 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
452 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
453 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
454 aliased methods and "real" methods.
456 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
457 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
458 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
459 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
462 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
463 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
466 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
467 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
468 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
469 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
470 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
471 for sad systems without a compiler.
474 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
475 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
478 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
479 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
480 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
482 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
484 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
485 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
486 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
487 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
489 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
490 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
491 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
492 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
494 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
496 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
497 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
500 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
501 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
502 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
504 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
506 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
508 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
509 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
510 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
512 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
513 * Class::MOP::Package
514 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
515 releases. (nothingmuch)
518 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
520 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
521 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
522 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
525 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
528 * Class::MOP::Instance
529 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
531 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
533 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
534 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
535 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
536 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
539 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
540 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
544 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
545 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
546 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
547 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
548 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
551 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
552 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
553 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
556 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
557 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
558 consistency (nothingmuch)
559 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
561 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
562 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
563 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
564 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
567 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
568 * Class::MOP::Immutable
569 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
571 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
573 * Class::MOP::Instance
574 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
575 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
577 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
579 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
580 the class is already loaded (sartak)
581 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
582 instead of just 1 (sartak)
585 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
587 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
588 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
589 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
591 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
592 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
593 recognizes it correct this time.
595 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
596 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
599 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
600 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
603 - now stores the instance of the instance
604 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
605 and deletes it when the cache is blown
606 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
607 the options used to make it immutable as well as
608 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
610 * Class::MOP::Package
611 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
612 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
613 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
617 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
619 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
620 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
622 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
623 names now throw a more direct error in
625 - tests for this and other aspects of
631 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
632 Class::MOP::Attribute
633 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
636 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
637 (late night release engineering)--
639 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
640 changes in this release
642 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
643 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
644 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
647 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
648 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
649 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
652 * Class::MOP::Package
653 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
655 - inlining a few calls to &name with
656 direct HASH access key access
657 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
658 a HASH of items based on a type filter
659 similar to list_all_package_symbols
660 - added tests for this
663 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
664 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
665 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
666 - added more descriptive error message to help
667 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
668 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
670 * Class::MOP::Immutable
671 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
673 - added tests for this
675 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
677 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
678 function from MRO::Compat
679 - All XS based functionality now has a
680 Pure Perl alternative
681 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
682 can now be used to force non-XS versions
685 * Class::MOP::Attribute
686 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
687 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
688 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
690 - added tests for this
692 * Class::MOP::Immutable
693 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
694 making the class immutable
697 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
698 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
699 allow for it to work.
700 - added tests for this
702 * Class::MOP::Attribute
704 Class::MOP::Immutable
705 - any time a method meta object is constructed
706 we make sure to pass the correct package and
707 method name information
710 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
711 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
712 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
713 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
714 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
715 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
716 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
717 throw an error if these are not supplied.
718 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
719 and now store the package_name and name attributes
722 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
723 Module::Install support has been removed
725 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
726 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
727 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
728 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
732 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
733 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
735 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
736 when it has no init_arg
737 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
738 to support c3 classes.
740 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
743 - making sure that load_class never gets
744 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
745 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
748 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
750 - improved error handling in ->create method
751 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
752 will be used to populate values
753 - added tests for this
756 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
757 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
763 Class::MOP::Attribute
764 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
765 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
767 * Class::MOP::Instance
768 Class::MOP::Immutable
769 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
772 - fixed the filename length on several
773 test files so we install on VMS better
775 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
776 should be catfile (RT #32385)
778 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
779 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
782 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
783 Class::MOP::Attribute
784 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
785 to indicate that no constructor args can
786 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
787 - added tests for this
788 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
791 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
792 feature instead of the silly hack from
793 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
795 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
797 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
800 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
801 - removed assumptions about the existence of
804 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
805 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
806 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
809 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
810 constant so that we can take advantage
811 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
814 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
815 optimize the &linearized_isa method
816 and avoid the hack/check for circular
817 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
818 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
819 - added tests for this
821 * Class::MOP::Immutable
822 - the immutable class now keeps track of
823 the transformer which immutablized it
825 * Class::MOP::Instance
826 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
827 - added tests for this
829 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
831 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
832 transformation arguments are saved
834 - added tests for this
836 * Class::MOP::Immutable
837 - fixed a bug (see above)
839 * Class::MOP::Attribute
842 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
843 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
844 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
847 - removed the dependency on B
848 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
849 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
850 the B fiddling we were doing with
851 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
852 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
853 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
854 be used to help manage method caching.
857 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
858 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
859 even more accurate caching information.
860 blblack++ for that stuff :)
863 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
864 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
865 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
866 track of when we need to re-fetch the
868 - Several small improvements to take advantage
869 of the new method map caching features
871 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
872 * Class::MOP::Attribute
873 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
874 HASH ref case, which makes the
875 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
876 - added more tests for this
878 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
879 * Class::MOP::Attribute
880 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
881 - added more tests for this
883 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
885 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
886 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
887 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
889 * Class::MOP::Attribute
890 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
891 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
892 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
894 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
895 * Class::MOP::Attribute
896 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
898 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
899 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
901 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
903 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
906 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
907 construct_class_instance (groditi)
908 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
909 call through (groditi)
911 * Class::MOP::Attribute
912 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
913 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
914 it is defined (groditi)
916 * Class::MOP::Instance
917 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
918 it is defined (groditi)
920 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
921 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
922 - removed the relevant attributes
924 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
925 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
926 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
927 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
929 - added tests for this
930 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
931 non-inlined constructors.
932 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
934 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
935 - added this class as an abstract base for the
936 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
937 - added tests for this
940 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
941 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
944 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
946 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
947 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
949 * Class::MOP::Package
950 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
953 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
955 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
957 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
958 it manually now so that people can use this
959 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
961 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
963 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
964 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
965 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
968 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
969 * Class::MOP::Immutable
970 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
971 - removed unused variable
972 - added create_immutable_transformer
973 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
974 - tests for this (groditi)
977 - Immutability can now be undone,
978 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
979 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
980 for details see comments next to make_immutable
981 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
982 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
983 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
984 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
985 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
986 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
988 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
989 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
991 * Class::MOP::Package
992 - we now deal with stub methods properly
993 - added tests for this
994 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
996 * Class::MOP::Attribute
997 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
998 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1000 - added tests and POD for this
1003 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1004 handles undef values correctly.
1005 - added tests for this
1006 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1007 will not get reaped when instances still
1008 exist which need to reference them. This is
1009 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1010 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1011 many work arounds out in the wild.
1012 - added tests for this by groditi
1013 - updated docs to explain this
1016 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1017 - added tests for this behavior
1019 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1020 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1023 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1024 - added tests and docs for these
1026 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1027 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1028 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1032 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1037 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1038 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1039 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1040 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1041 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1044 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1046 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1047 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1048 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1051 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1052 immutable transformation instead of
1053 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1055 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1056 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1057 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1058 be coming eventually.
1061 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1063 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1064 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1068 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1071 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1073 - constructor generation is now handled by
1074 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1076 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1077 - created this to handle constructor generation
1078 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1080 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1082 - attributes now delegate to the
1083 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1086 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1087 - all accessor generation functions from
1088 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1090 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1092 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1093 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1094 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1098 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1099 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1100 they are aliased from the originals
1101 - fixed tests to reflect
1102 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1104 - adjusted tests for this
1105 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1108 * Class::MOP::Method
1110 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1111 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1112 - adjusted tests to compensate
1113 - adjusted docs for this
1116 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1117 encapsulate most of the work into the
1118 &get_method_map method
1119 - made several adjustments for the change
1120 in Class::MOP::Method
1121 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1122 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1123 old one before installing the new one
1124 - added tests for this
1125 - adjusted docs for this
1127 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1128 - added caching of &get_method_map
1129 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1130 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1132 * Class::MOP::Package
1133 - added filtering capabilities to
1134 &list_all_package_symbols
1136 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1138 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1139 the $:version and such just actually goes
1140 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1141 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1143 - The &create method now requires that all
1144 but the package name now is passed in as
1145 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1146 - updated docs and tests for this
1148 * Class::MOP::Object
1149 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1153 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1154 which do not store things in the instance
1155 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1158 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1160 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1162 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1163 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1166 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1167 - fixed all tests for this
1169 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1170 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1171 are no longer allowed for defaults
1172 - added tests for this
1174 * Class::MOP::Package
1175 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1176 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1177 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1179 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1181 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1182 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1183 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1184 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1186 * Class::MOP::Package
1187 - refactored entire class, this is now
1188 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1189 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1190 - added many tests for this
1191 - this class is now a subclass of
1193 - added some tests to reflect this
1196 - refactored all symbol table access to
1197 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1199 * Class::MOP::Module
1200 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1201 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1202 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1203 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1204 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1205 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1206 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1207 - added tests for this
1209 * Class::MOP::Instance
1210 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1212 - added tests for this
1214 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1215 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1216 slots from an instance
1217 - added tests for this
1219 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1222 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1223 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1225 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1226 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1227 the value of the attribute for a particular
1230 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1231 ---------------------------------------
1232 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1233 to introduce the immutable features which
1234 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1235 This support should still be considered
1236 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1237 ---------------------------------------
1239 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1241 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1242 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1243 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1246 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1247 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1248 ::Package and now inherited
1249 - added tests for this
1251 * Class::MOP::Instance
1252 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1253 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1254 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1255 instance creation (of course)
1258 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1259 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1260 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1261 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1262 table manipulation methods.
1264 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1265 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1267 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1268 properly when inherited
1269 - small fix to &clone_instance
1271 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1272 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1273 - This release works in combination with
1274 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1275 because it introduces a new instance
1276 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1280 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1281 - added tests for this
1282 - improved method modifier wrapping
1284 * Class::MOP::Instance
1285 - added new instance protocol
1286 - added tests for this
1287 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1289 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1293 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1294 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1296 - updated tests for this
1299 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1300 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1302 - added tests for this
1303 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1304 new instance protocol
1305 - added more tests for this
1307 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1309 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1310 - added tests and docs for this
1311 - some small optimizations
1313 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1314 - some small optimizations
1316 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1318 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1319 - added tests for this
1320 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1321 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1322 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1323 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1324 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1325 delegates appropriately
1327 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1328 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1329 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1330 called initialize_instance_slot
1333 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1334 initialize_instance_slot method
1336 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1338 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1339 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1341 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1343 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1344 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1346 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1347 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1348 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1350 - added tests for this
1351 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1353 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1355 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1356 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1357 - added test case for this
1359 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1361 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1362 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1363 available in DESTORY calls
1365 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1366 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1367 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1369 * Class::MOP::Method
1370 - added &package_name, &name and
1371 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1372 which were formerly private subs in
1375 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1376 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1377 before, after and around modifiers
1378 - added tests and docs for this feature
1381 - improved &get_package_symbol
1382 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1383 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1385 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1386 - &add_before_method_modifier
1387 - &add_after_method_modifier
1388 - &add_around_method_modifier
1389 - added tests and docs for these
1390 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1391 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1393 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1394 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1398 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1399 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1400 the test skip if it is not installed
1402 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1404 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1407 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1408 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1409 - added docs and tests
1411 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1412 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1413 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1414 be considered "ready to use".
1416 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1417 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1418 - test coverage is now at 99%
1421 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1422 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1423 metaclass pragma instead.
1426 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1427 error/edge-case tests
1429 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1430 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1431 error/edge-case tests
1434 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1436 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1438 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1439 metaclass a little more straightforward
1442 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1443 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1444 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1445 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1449 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1450 is now more useful for subclasses
1451 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1452 hash of attribute meta objects
1453 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1454 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1455 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1456 attribute meta-object itself
1457 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1458 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1459 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1460 - added docs & tests for this
1461 - added Clone as a dependency
1462 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1463 return blessed new or cloned instances
1464 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1465 - added docs & tests for this
1466 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1467 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1468 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1469 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1470 - added tests and docs for this
1473 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1475 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1477 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1479 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1480 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1481 attributes/methods respectively
1484 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1487 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1488 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1489 - added new example:
1492 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1494 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1496 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1497 - improved error messages
1500 - added new examples:
1501 - AttributesWithHistory
1502 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1504 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1505 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1507 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1508 - refactored method generation code
1509 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1512 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1513 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1514 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1515 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1516 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1518 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1519 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1520 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1522 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006