1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
6 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
7 the original version of the subroutine
10 - If a class defines its own DESTROY, we will not inline a
11 destructor (Dylan Hardison)
13 0.86 Thu, Jun 11, 2009
15 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding a
16 DESTROY method on immutable classes. (Dylan William Hardison).
19 * Class::MOP::Attribute
20 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
22 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
23 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
24 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
27 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
30 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
31 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
32 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
33 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
34 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
37 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
40 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
42 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
46 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
47 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
48 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
49 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
53 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
57 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
60 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
62 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
65 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
66 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
67 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
68 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
71 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
72 was removed in 0.82_01.
74 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
75 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
76 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
77 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
78 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
79 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
80 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
81 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
82 for the Moose compatibility handling code
83 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
85 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
87 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
88 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
90 * Class::MOP::Immutable
91 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
92 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
93 provides its own constructor (doy)
95 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
98 * Class::MOP::Instance
99 * Class::MOP::Attribute
100 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
101 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
102 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
103 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
106 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
107 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
109 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
111 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
112 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
114 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
115 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
116 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
117 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
118 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
121 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
122 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
123 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
124 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
125 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
126 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
127 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
129 - Class::MOP::Instance
130 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
134 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
135 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
136 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
138 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
139 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
140 when an object is constructed)
141 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
143 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
144 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
145 when an object is constructed)
146 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
147 - attributes => _attributes
148 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
150 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
152 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
153 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
154 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
157 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
158 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
159 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
162 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
163 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
164 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
165 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
169 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
170 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
171 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
172 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
173 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
174 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
176 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
177 * No changes from 0.78_02.
179 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
181 * Class::MOP::Immutable
182 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
183 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
184 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
185 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
189 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
190 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
193 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
194 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
195 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
197 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
199 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
200 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
203 * Class::MOP::Instance
204 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
205 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
206 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
207 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
209 * Class::MOP::Attribute
210 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
211 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
212 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
214 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
215 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
216 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
220 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
221 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
222 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
223 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
225 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
226 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
227 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
228 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
229 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
230 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
231 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
232 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
233 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
236 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
237 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
240 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
242 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
243 * No changes from 0.77_01
245 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
247 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
248 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
249 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
250 against the pure Perl version of this code.
252 * Class::MOP::Instance
253 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
254 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
257 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
259 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
263 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
264 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
268 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
269 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
271 * Class::MOP::Package
272 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
273 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
276 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
280 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
281 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
282 near future release. You've been warned.
284 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
285 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
286 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
287 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
289 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
290 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
293 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
294 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
297 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
300 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
301 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
303 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
305 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
306 sharing an immutable transformer object
307 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
308 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
310 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
312 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
313 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
314 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
315 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
317 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
318 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
320 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
322 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
323 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
325 * t/082_get_code_info.t
326 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
327 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
328 succeed in that case.
330 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
331 * Class::MOP::Package
332 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
335 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
336 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
338 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
339 * Class::MOP::Immutable
340 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
341 the constructor was inlined.
342 * Class::MOP::Package
343 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
344 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
345 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
347 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
348 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
350 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
352 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
353 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
354 * Class::MOP::Immutable
355 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
356 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
357 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
360 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
361 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
362 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
363 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
364 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
365 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
366 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
367 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
368 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
369 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
371 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
374 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
375 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
378 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
380 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
381 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
383 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
385 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
386 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
387 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
390 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
391 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
392 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
395 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
397 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
398 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
400 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
401 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
402 times in an eval. (t0m)
404 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
406 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
407 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
408 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
409 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
410 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
411 - added test for this
413 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
414 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
415 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
418 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
419 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
423 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
424 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
425 aliased methods and "real" methods.
427 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
428 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
429 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
430 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
433 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
434 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
437 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
438 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
439 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
440 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
441 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
442 for sad systems without a compiler.
445 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
446 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
449 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
450 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
451 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
453 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
455 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
456 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
457 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
458 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
460 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
461 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
462 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
463 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
465 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
467 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
468 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
471 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
472 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
473 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
475 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
477 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
479 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
480 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
481 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
483 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
484 * Class::MOP::Package
485 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
486 releases. (nothingmuch)
489 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
491 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
492 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
493 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
496 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
499 * Class::MOP::Instance
500 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
502 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
504 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
505 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
506 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
507 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
510 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
511 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
515 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
516 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
517 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
518 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
519 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
522 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
523 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
524 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
527 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
528 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
529 consistency (nothingmuch)
530 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
532 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
533 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
534 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
535 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
538 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
539 * Class::MOP::Immutable
540 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
542 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
544 * Class::MOP::Instance
545 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
546 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
548 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
550 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
551 the class is already loaded (sartak)
552 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
553 instead of just 1 (sartak)
556 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
558 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
559 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
560 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
562 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
563 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
564 recognizes it correct this time.
566 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
567 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
570 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
571 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
574 - now stores the instance of the instance
575 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
576 and deletes it when the cache is blown
577 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
578 the options used to make it immutable as well as
579 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
581 * Class::MOP::Package
582 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
583 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
584 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
588 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
590 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
591 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
593 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
594 names now throw a more direct error in
596 - tests for this and other aspects of
602 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
603 Class::MOP::Attribute
604 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
607 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
608 (late night release engineering)--
610 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
611 changes in this release
613 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
614 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
615 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
618 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
619 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
620 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
623 * Class::MOP::Package
624 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
626 - inlining a few calls to &name with
627 direct HASH access key access
628 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
629 a HASH of items based on a type filter
630 similar to list_all_package_symbols
631 - added tests for this
634 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
635 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
636 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
637 - added more descriptive error message to help
638 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
639 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
641 * Class::MOP::Immutable
642 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
644 - added tests for this
646 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
648 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
649 function from MRO::Compat
650 - All XS based functionality now has a
651 Pure Perl alternative
652 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
653 can now be used to force non-XS versions
656 * Class::MOP::Attribute
657 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
658 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
659 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
661 - added tests for this
663 * Class::MOP::Immutable
664 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
665 making the class immutable
668 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
669 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
670 allow for it to work.
671 - added tests for this
673 * Class::MOP::Attribute
675 Class::MOP::Immutable
676 - any time a method meta object is constructed
677 we make sure to pass the correct package and
678 method name information
681 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
682 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
683 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
684 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
685 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
686 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
687 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
688 throw an error if these are not supplied.
689 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
690 and now store the package_name and name attributes
693 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
694 Module::Install support has been removed
696 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
697 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
698 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
699 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
703 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
704 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
706 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
707 when it has no init_arg
708 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
709 to support c3 classes.
711 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
714 - making sure that load_class never gets
715 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
716 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
719 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
721 - improved error handling in ->create method
722 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
723 will be used to populate values
724 - added tests for this
727 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
728 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
734 Class::MOP::Attribute
735 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
736 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
738 * Class::MOP::Instance
739 Class::MOP::Immutable
740 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
743 - fixed the filename length on several
744 test files so we install on VMS better
746 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
747 should be catfile (RT #32385)
749 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
750 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
753 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
754 Class::MOP::Attribute
755 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
756 to indicate that no constructor args can
757 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
758 - added tests for this
759 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
762 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
763 feature instead of the silly hack from
764 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
766 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
768 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
771 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
772 - removed assumptions about the existence of
775 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
776 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
777 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
780 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
781 constant so that we can take advantage
782 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
785 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
786 optimize the &linearized_isa method
787 and avoid the hack/check for circular
788 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
789 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
790 - added tests for this
792 * Class::MOP::Immutable
793 - the immutable class now keeps track of
794 the transformer which immutablized it
796 * Class::MOP::Instance
797 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
798 - added tests for this
800 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
802 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
803 transformation arguments are saved
805 - added tests for this
807 * Class::MOP::Immutable
808 - fixed a bug (see above)
810 * Class::MOP::Attribute
813 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
814 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
815 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
818 - removed the dependency on B
819 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
820 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
821 the B fiddling we were doing with
822 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
823 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
824 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
825 be used to help manage method caching.
828 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
829 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
830 even more accurate caching information.
831 blblack++ for that stuff :)
834 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
835 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
836 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
837 track of when we need to re-fetch the
839 - Several small improvements to take advantage
840 of the new method map caching features
842 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
843 * Class::MOP::Attribute
844 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
845 HASH ref case, which makes the
846 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
847 - added more tests for this
849 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
850 * Class::MOP::Attribute
851 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
852 - added more tests for this
854 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
856 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
857 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
858 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
860 * Class::MOP::Attribute
861 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
862 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
863 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
865 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
866 * Class::MOP::Attribute
867 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
869 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
870 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
872 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
874 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
877 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
878 construct_class_instance (groditi)
879 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
880 call through (groditi)
882 * Class::MOP::Attribute
883 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
884 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
885 it is defined (groditi)
887 * Class::MOP::Instance
888 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
889 it is defined (groditi)
891 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
892 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
893 - removed the relevant attributes
895 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
896 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
897 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
898 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
900 - added tests for this
901 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
902 non-inlined constructors.
903 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
905 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
906 - added this class as an abstract base for the
907 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
908 - added tests for this
911 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
912 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
915 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
917 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
918 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
920 * Class::MOP::Package
921 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
924 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
926 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
928 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
929 it manually now so that people can use this
930 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
932 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
934 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
935 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
936 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
939 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
940 * Class::MOP::Immutable
941 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
942 - removed unused variable
943 - added create_immutable_transformer
944 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
945 - tests for this (groditi)
948 - Immutability can now be undone,
949 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
950 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
951 for details see comments next to make_immutable
952 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
953 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
954 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
955 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
956 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
957 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
959 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
960 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
962 * Class::MOP::Package
963 - we now deal with stub methods properly
964 - added tests for this
965 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
967 * Class::MOP::Attribute
968 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
969 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
971 - added tests and POD for this
974 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
975 handles undef values correctly.
976 - added tests for this
977 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
978 will not get reaped when instances still
979 exist which need to reference them. This is
980 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
981 obscure enough feature that there are not too
982 many work arounds out in the wild.
983 - added tests for this by groditi
984 - updated docs to explain this
987 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
988 - added tests for this behavior
990 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
991 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
994 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
995 - added tests and docs for these
997 * Class::MOP::Attribute
998 - default now checks the instance with defined to
999 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1003 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1008 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1009 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1010 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1011 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1012 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1015 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1017 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1018 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1019 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1022 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1023 immutable transformation instead of
1024 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1026 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1027 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1028 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1029 be coming eventually.
1032 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1034 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1035 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1039 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1042 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1044 - constructor generation is now handled by
1045 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1047 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1048 - created this to handle constructor generation
1049 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1051 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1053 - attributes now delegate to the
1054 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1057 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1058 - all accessor generation functions from
1059 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1061 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1063 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1064 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1065 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1069 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1070 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1071 they are aliased from the originals
1072 - fixed tests to reflect
1073 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1075 - adjusted tests for this
1076 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1079 * Class::MOP::Method
1081 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1082 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1083 - adjusted tests to compensate
1084 - adjusted docs for this
1087 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1088 encapsulate most of the work into the
1089 &get_method_map method
1090 - made several adjustments for the change
1091 in Class::MOP::Method
1092 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1093 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1094 old one before installing the new one
1095 - added tests for this
1096 - adjusted docs for this
1098 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1099 - added caching of &get_method_map
1100 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1101 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1103 * Class::MOP::Package
1104 - added filtering capabilities to
1105 &list_all_package_symbols
1107 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1109 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1110 the $:version and such just actually goes
1111 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1112 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1114 - The &create method now requires that all
1115 but the package name now is passed in as
1116 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1117 - updated docs and tests for this
1119 * Class::MOP::Object
1120 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1124 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1125 which do not store things in the instance
1126 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1129 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1131 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1133 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1134 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1137 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1138 - fixed all tests for this
1140 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1141 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1142 are no longer allowed for defaults
1143 - added tests for this
1145 * Class::MOP::Package
1146 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1147 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1148 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1150 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1152 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1153 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1154 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1155 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1157 * Class::MOP::Package
1158 - refactored entire class, this is now
1159 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1160 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1161 - added many tests for this
1162 - this class is now a subclass of
1164 - added some tests to reflect this
1167 - refactored all symbol table access to
1168 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1170 * Class::MOP::Module
1171 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1172 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1173 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1174 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1175 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1176 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1177 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1178 - added tests for this
1180 * Class::MOP::Instance
1181 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1183 - added tests for this
1185 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1186 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1187 slots from an instance
1188 - added tests for this
1190 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1193 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1194 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1196 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1197 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1198 the value of the attribute for a particular
1201 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1202 ---------------------------------------
1203 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1204 to introduce the immutable features which
1205 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1206 This support should still be considered
1207 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1208 ---------------------------------------
1210 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1212 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1213 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1214 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1217 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1218 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1219 ::Package and now inherited
1220 - added tests for this
1222 * Class::MOP::Instance
1223 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1224 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1225 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1226 instance creation (of course)
1229 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1230 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1231 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1232 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1233 table manipulation methods.
1235 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1236 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1238 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1239 properly when inherited
1240 - small fix to &clone_instance
1242 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1243 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1244 - This release works in combination with
1245 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1246 because it introduces a new instance
1247 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1251 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1252 - added tests for this
1253 - improved method modifier wrapping
1255 * Class::MOP::Instance
1256 - added new instance protocol
1257 - added tests for this
1258 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1260 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1264 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1265 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1267 - updated tests for this
1270 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1271 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1273 - added tests for this
1274 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1275 new instance protocol
1276 - added more tests for this
1278 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1280 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1281 - added tests and docs for this
1282 - some small optimizations
1284 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1285 - some small optimizations
1287 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1289 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1290 - added tests for this
1291 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1292 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1293 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1294 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1295 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1296 delegates appropriately
1298 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1299 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1300 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1301 called initialize_instance_slot
1304 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1305 initialize_instance_slot method
1307 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1309 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1310 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1312 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1314 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1315 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1317 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1318 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1319 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1321 - added tests for this
1322 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1324 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1326 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1327 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1328 - added test case for this
1330 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1332 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1333 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1334 available in DESTORY calls
1336 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1337 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1338 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1340 * Class::MOP::Method
1341 - added &package_name, &name and
1342 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1343 which were formerly private subs in
1346 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1347 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1348 before, after and around modifiers
1349 - added tests and docs for this feature
1352 - improved &get_package_symbol
1353 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1354 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1356 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1357 - &add_before_method_modifier
1358 - &add_after_method_modifier
1359 - &add_around_method_modifier
1360 - added tests and docs for these
1361 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1362 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1364 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1365 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1369 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1370 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1371 the test skip if it is not installed
1373 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1375 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1378 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1379 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1380 - added docs and tests
1382 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1383 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1384 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1385 be considered "ready to use".
1387 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1388 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1389 - test coverage is now at 99%
1392 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1393 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1394 metaclass pragma instead.
1397 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1398 error/edge-case tests
1400 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1401 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1402 error/edge-case tests
1405 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1407 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1409 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1410 metaclass a little more straightforward
1413 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1414 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1415 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1416 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1420 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1421 is now more useful for subclasses
1422 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1423 hash of attribute meta objects
1424 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1425 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1426 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1427 attribute meta-object itself
1428 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1429 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1430 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1431 - added docs & tests for this
1432 - added Clone as a dependency
1433 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1434 return blessed new or cloned instances
1435 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1436 - added docs & tests for this
1437 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1438 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1439 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1440 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1441 - added tests and docs for this
1444 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1446 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1448 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1450 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1451 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1452 attributes/methods respectively
1455 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1458 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1459 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1460 - added new example:
1463 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1465 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1467 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1468 - improved error messages
1471 - added new examples:
1472 - AttributesWithHistory
1473 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1475 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1476 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1478 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1479 - refactored method generation code
1480 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1483 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1484 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1485 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1486 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1487 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1489 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1490 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1491 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1493 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006