1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
6 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
8 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
9 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
11 * Class::MOP::Immutable
12 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
13 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
14 provides its own constructor (doy)
16 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
19 * Class::MOP::Instance
20 * Class::MOP::Attribute
21 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
22 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
23 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
24 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
27 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
28 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
30 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
32 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
33 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
35 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
36 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
37 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
38 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
39 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
42 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
43 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
44 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
45 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
46 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
47 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
48 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
50 - Class::MOP::Instance
51 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
55 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
56 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
57 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
59 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
60 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
61 when an object is constructed)
62 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
64 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
65 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
66 when an object is constructed)
67 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
68 - attributes => _attributes
69 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
71 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
73 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
74 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
75 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
78 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
79 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
80 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
83 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
84 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
85 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
86 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
90 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
91 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
92 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
93 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
94 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
95 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
97 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
98 * No changes from 0.78_02.
100 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
102 * Class::MOP::Immutable
103 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
104 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
105 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
106 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
110 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
111 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
114 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
115 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
116 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
118 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
120 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
121 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
124 * Class::MOP::Instance
125 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
126 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
127 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
128 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
130 * Class::MOP::Attribute
131 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
132 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
133 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
135 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
136 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
137 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
141 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
142 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
143 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
144 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
146 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
147 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
148 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
149 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
150 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
151 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
152 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
153 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
154 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
157 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
158 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
161 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
163 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
164 * No changes from 0.77_01
166 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
168 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
169 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
170 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
171 against the pure Perl version of this code.
173 * Class::MOP::Instance
174 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
175 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
178 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
180 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
184 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
185 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
189 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
190 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
192 * Class::MOP::Package
193 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
194 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
197 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
201 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
202 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
203 near future release. You've been warned.
205 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
206 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
207 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
208 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
210 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
211 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
214 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
215 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
218 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
221 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
222 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
224 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
226 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
227 sharing an immutable transformer object
228 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
229 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
231 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
233 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
234 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
235 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
236 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
238 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
239 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
241 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
243 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
244 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
246 * t/082_get_code_info.t
247 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
248 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
249 succeed in that case.
251 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
252 * Class::MOP::Package
253 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
256 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
257 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
259 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
260 * Class::MOP::Immutable
261 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
262 the constructor was inlined.
263 * Class::MOP::Package
264 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
265 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
266 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
268 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
269 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
271 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
273 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
274 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
275 * Class::MOP::Immutable
276 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
277 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
278 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
281 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
282 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
283 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
284 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
285 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
286 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
287 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
288 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
289 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
290 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
292 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
295 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
296 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
299 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
301 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
302 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
304 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
306 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
307 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
308 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
311 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
312 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
313 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
316 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
318 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
319 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
321 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
322 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
323 times in an eval. (t0m)
325 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
327 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
328 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
329 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
330 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
331 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
332 - added test for this
334 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
335 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
336 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
339 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
340 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
344 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
345 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
346 aliased methods and "real" methods.
348 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
349 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
350 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
351 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
354 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
355 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
358 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
359 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
360 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
361 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
362 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
363 for sad systems without a compiler.
366 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
367 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
370 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
371 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
372 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
374 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
376 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
377 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
378 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
379 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
381 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
382 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
383 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
384 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
386 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
388 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
389 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
392 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
393 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
394 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
396 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
398 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
400 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
401 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
402 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
404 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
405 * Class::MOP::Package
406 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
407 releases. (nothingmuch)
410 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
412 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
413 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
414 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
417 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
420 * Class::MOP::Instance
421 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
423 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
425 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
426 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
427 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
428 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
431 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
432 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
436 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
437 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
438 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
439 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
440 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
443 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
444 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
445 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
448 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
449 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
450 consistency (nothingmuch)
451 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
453 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
454 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
455 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
456 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
459 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
460 * Class::MOP::Immutable
461 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
463 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
465 * Class::MOP::Instance
466 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
467 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
469 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
471 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
472 the class is already loaded (sartak)
473 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
474 instead of just 1 (sartak)
477 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
479 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
480 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
481 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
483 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
484 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
485 recognizes it correct this time.
487 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
488 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
491 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
492 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
495 - now stores the instance of the instance
496 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
497 and deletes it when the cache is blown
498 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
499 the options used to make it immutable as well as
500 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
502 * Class::MOP::Package
503 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
504 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
505 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
509 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
511 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
512 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
514 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
515 names now throw a more direct error in
517 - tests for this and other aspects of
523 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
524 Class::MOP::Attribute
525 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
528 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
529 (late night release engineering)--
531 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
532 changes in this release
534 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
535 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
536 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
539 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
540 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
541 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
544 * Class::MOP::Package
545 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
547 - inlining a few calls to &name with
548 direct HASH access key access
549 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
550 a HASH of items based on a type filter
551 similar to list_all_package_symbols
552 - added tests for this
555 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
556 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
557 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
558 - added more descriptive error message to help
559 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
560 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
562 * Class::MOP::Immutable
563 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
565 - added tests for this
567 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
569 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
570 function from MRO::Compat
571 - All XS based functionality now has a
572 Pure Perl alternative
573 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
574 can now be used to force non-XS versions
577 * Class::MOP::Attribute
578 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
579 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
580 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
582 - added tests for this
584 * Class::MOP::Immutable
585 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
586 making the class immutable
589 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
590 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
591 allow for it to work.
592 - added tests for this
594 * Class::MOP::Attribute
596 Class::MOP::Immutable
597 - any time a method meta object is constructed
598 we make sure to pass the correct package and
599 method name information
602 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
603 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
604 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
605 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
606 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
607 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
608 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
609 throw an error if these are not supplied.
610 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
611 and now store the package_name and name attributes
614 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
615 Module::Install support has been removed
617 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
618 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
619 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
620 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
624 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
625 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
627 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
628 when it has no init_arg
629 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
630 to support c3 classes.
632 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
635 - making sure that load_class never gets
636 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
637 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
640 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
642 - improved error handling in ->create method
643 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
644 will be used to populate values
645 - added tests for this
648 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
649 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
655 Class::MOP::Attribute
656 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
657 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
659 * Class::MOP::Instance
660 Class::MOP::Immutable
661 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
664 - fixed the filename length on several
665 test files so we install on VMS better
667 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
668 should be catfile (RT #32385)
670 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
671 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
674 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
675 Class::MOP::Attribute
676 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
677 to indicate that no constructor args can
678 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
679 - added tests for this
680 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
683 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
684 feature instead of the silly hack from
685 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
687 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
689 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
692 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
693 - removed assumptions about the existence of
696 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
697 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
698 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
701 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
702 constant so that we can take advantage
703 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
706 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
707 optimize the &linearized_isa method
708 and avoid the hack/check for circular
709 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
710 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
711 - added tests for this
713 * Class::MOP::Immutable
714 - the immutable class now keeps track of
715 the transformer which immutablized it
717 * Class::MOP::Instance
718 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
719 - added tests for this
721 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
723 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
724 transformation arguments are saved
726 - added tests for this
728 * Class::MOP::Immutable
729 - fixed a bug (see above)
731 * Class::MOP::Attribute
734 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
735 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
736 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
739 - removed the dependency on B
740 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
741 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
742 the B fiddling we were doing with
743 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
744 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
745 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
746 be used to help manage method caching.
749 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
750 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
751 even more accurate caching information.
752 blblack++ for that stuff :)
755 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
756 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
757 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
758 track of when we need to re-fetch the
760 - Several small improvements to take advantage
761 of the new method map caching features
763 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
764 * Class::MOP::Attribute
765 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
766 HASH ref case, which makes the
767 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
768 - added more tests for this
770 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
771 * Class::MOP::Attribute
772 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
773 - added more tests for this
775 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
777 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
778 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
779 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
781 * Class::MOP::Attribute
782 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
783 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
784 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
786 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
787 * Class::MOP::Attribute
788 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
790 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
791 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
793 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
795 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
798 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
799 construct_class_instance (groditi)
800 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
801 call through (groditi)
803 * Class::MOP::Attribute
804 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
805 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
806 it is defined (groditi)
808 * Class::MOP::Instance
809 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
810 it is defined (groditi)
812 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
813 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
814 - removed the relevant attributes
816 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
817 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
818 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
819 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
821 - added tests for this
822 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
823 non-inlined constructors.
824 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
826 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
827 - added this class as an abstract base for the
828 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
829 - added tests for this
832 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
833 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
836 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
838 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
839 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
841 * Class::MOP::Package
842 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
845 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
847 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
849 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
850 it manually now so that people can use this
851 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
853 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
855 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
856 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
857 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
860 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
861 * Class::MOP::Immutable
862 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
863 - removed unused variable
864 - added create_immutable_transformer
865 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
866 - tests for this (groditi)
869 - Immutability can now be undone,
870 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
871 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
872 for details see comments next to make_immutable
873 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
874 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
875 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
876 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
877 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
878 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
880 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
881 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
883 * Class::MOP::Package
884 - we now deal with stub methods properly
885 - added tests for this
886 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
888 * Class::MOP::Attribute
889 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
890 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
892 - added tests and POD for this
895 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
896 handles undef values correctly.
897 - added tests for this
898 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
899 will not get reaped when instances still
900 exist which need to reference them. This is
901 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
902 obscure enough feature that there are not too
903 many work arounds out in the wild.
904 - added tests for this by groditi
905 - updated docs to explain this
908 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
909 - added tests for this behavior
911 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
912 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
915 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
916 - added tests and docs for these
918 * Class::MOP::Attribute
919 - default now checks the instance with defined to
920 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
924 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
930 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
931 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
932 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
933 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
936 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
938 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
939 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
940 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
943 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
944 immutable transformation instead of
945 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
947 + Class::MOP::Immutable
948 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
949 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
950 be coming eventually.
953 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
955 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
956 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
960 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
963 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
965 - constructor generation is now handled by
966 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
968 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
969 - created this to handle constructor generation
970 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
972 * Class::MOP::Attribute
974 - attributes now delegate to the
975 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
978 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
979 - all accessor generation functions from
980 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
982 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
984 * scripts/class_browser.pl
985 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
986 on this to come. Comments and patches are
990 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
991 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
992 they are aliased from the originals
993 - fixed tests to reflect
994 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
996 - adjusted tests for this
997 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1000 * Class::MOP::Method
1002 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1003 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1004 - adjusted tests to compensate
1005 - adjusted docs for this
1008 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1009 encapsulate most of the work into the
1010 &get_method_map method
1011 - made several adjustments for the change
1012 in Class::MOP::Method
1013 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1014 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1015 old one before installing the new one
1016 - added tests for this
1017 - adjusted docs for this
1019 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1020 - added caching of &get_method_map
1021 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1022 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1024 * Class::MOP::Package
1025 - added filtering capabilities to
1026 &list_all_package_symbols
1028 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1030 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1031 the $:version and such just actually goes
1032 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1033 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1035 - The &create method now requires that all
1036 but the package name now is passed in as
1037 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1038 - updated docs and tests for this
1040 * Class::MOP::Object
1041 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1045 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1046 which do not store things in the instance
1047 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1050 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1052 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1054 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1055 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1058 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1059 - fixed all tests for this
1061 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1062 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1063 are no longer allowed for defaults
1064 - added tests for this
1066 * Class::MOP::Package
1067 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1068 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1069 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1071 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1073 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1074 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1075 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1076 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1078 * Class::MOP::Package
1079 - refactored entire class, this is now
1080 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1081 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1082 - added many tests for this
1083 - this class is now a subclass of
1085 - added some tests to reflect this
1088 - refactored all symbol table access to
1089 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1091 * Class::MOP::Module
1092 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1093 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1094 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1095 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1096 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1097 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1098 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1099 - added tests for this
1101 * Class::MOP::Instance
1102 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1104 - added tests for this
1106 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1107 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1108 slots from an instance
1109 - added tests for this
1111 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1114 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1115 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1117 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1118 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1119 the value of the attribute for a particular
1122 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1123 ---------------------------------------
1124 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1125 to introduce the immutable features which
1126 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1127 This support should still be considered
1128 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1129 ---------------------------------------
1131 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1133 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1134 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1135 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1138 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1139 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1140 ::Package and now inherited
1141 - added tests for this
1143 * Class::MOP::Instance
1144 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1145 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1146 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1147 instance creation (of course)
1150 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1151 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1152 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1153 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1154 table manipulation methods.
1156 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1157 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1159 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1160 properly when inherited
1161 - small fix to &clone_instance
1163 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1164 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1165 - This release works in combination with
1166 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1167 because it introduces a new instance
1168 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1172 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1173 - added tests for this
1174 - improved method modifier wrapping
1176 * Class::MOP::Instance
1177 - added new instance protocol
1178 - added tests for this
1179 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1181 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1185 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1186 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1188 - updated tests for this
1191 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1192 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1194 - added tests for this
1195 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1196 new instance protocol
1197 - added more tests for this
1199 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1201 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1202 - added tests and docs for this
1203 - some small optimizations
1205 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1206 - some small optimizations
1208 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1210 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1211 - added tests for this
1212 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1213 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1214 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1215 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1216 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1217 delegates appropriately
1219 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1220 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1221 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1222 called initialize_instance_slot
1225 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1226 initialize_instance_slot method
1228 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1230 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1231 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1233 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1235 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1236 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1238 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1239 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1240 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1242 - added tests for this
1243 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1245 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1247 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1248 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1249 - added test case for this
1251 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1253 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1254 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1255 available in DESTORY calls
1257 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1258 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1259 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1261 * Class::MOP::Method
1262 - added &package_name, &name and
1263 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1264 which were formerly private subs in
1267 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1268 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1269 before, after and around modifiers
1270 - added tests and docs for this feature
1273 - improved &get_package_symbol
1274 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1275 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1277 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1278 - &add_before_method_modifier
1279 - &add_after_method_modifier
1280 - &add_around_method_modifier
1281 - added tests and docs for these
1282 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1283 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1285 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1286 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1290 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1291 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1292 the test skip if it is not installed
1294 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1296 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1299 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1300 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1301 - added docs and tests
1303 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1304 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1305 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1306 be considered "ready to use".
1308 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1309 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1310 - test coverage is now at 99%
1313 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1314 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1315 metaclass pragma instead.
1318 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1319 error/edge-case tests
1321 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1322 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1323 error/edge-case tests
1326 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1328 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1330 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1331 metaclass a little more straightforward
1334 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1335 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1336 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1337 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1341 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1342 is now more useful for subclasses
1343 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1344 hash of attribute meta objects
1345 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1346 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1347 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1348 attribute meta-object itself
1349 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1350 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1351 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1352 - added docs & tests for this
1353 - added Clone as a dependency
1354 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1355 return blessed new or cloned instances
1356 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1357 - added docs & tests for this
1358 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1359 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1360 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1361 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1362 - added tests and docs for this
1365 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1367 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1369 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1371 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1372 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1373 attributes/methods respectively
1376 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1379 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1380 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1381 - added new example:
1384 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1386 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1388 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1389 - improved error messages
1392 - added new examples:
1393 - AttributesWithHistory
1394 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1396 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1397 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1399 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1400 - refactored method generation code
1401 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1404 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1405 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1406 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1407 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1408 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1410 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1411 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1412 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1414 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006