1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
5 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
6 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
8 * Class::MOP::Immutable
9 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
10 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
11 provides its own constructor (doy)
13 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
16 * Class::MOP::Instance
17 * Class::MOP::Attribute
18 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
19 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
20 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
21 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
24 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
25 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
27 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
29 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
30 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
32 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
33 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
34 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
35 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
36 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
39 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
40 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
41 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
42 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
43 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
44 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
45 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
47 - Class::MOP::Instance
48 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
52 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
53 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
54 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
56 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
57 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
58 when an object is constructed)
59 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
61 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
62 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
63 when an object is constructed)
64 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
65 - attributes => _attributes
66 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
68 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
70 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
71 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
72 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
75 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
76 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
77 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
80 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
81 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
82 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
83 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
87 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
88 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
89 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
90 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
91 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
92 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
94 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
95 * No changes from 0.78_02.
97 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
99 * Class::MOP::Immutable
100 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
101 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
102 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
103 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
107 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
108 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
111 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
112 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
113 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
115 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
117 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
118 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
121 * Class::MOP::Instance
122 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
123 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
124 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
125 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
127 * Class::MOP::Attribute
128 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
129 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
130 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
132 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
133 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
134 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
138 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
139 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
140 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
141 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
143 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
144 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
145 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
146 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
147 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
148 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
149 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
150 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
151 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
154 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
155 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
158 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
160 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
161 * No changes from 0.77_01
163 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
165 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
166 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
167 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
168 against the pure Perl version of this code.
170 * Class::MOP::Instance
171 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
172 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
175 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
177 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
181 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
182 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
186 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
187 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
189 * Class::MOP::Package
190 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
191 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
194 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
198 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
199 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
200 near future release. You've been warned.
202 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
203 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
204 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
205 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
207 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
208 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
211 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
212 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
215 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
218 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
219 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
221 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
223 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
224 sharing an immutable transformer object
225 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
226 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
228 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
230 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
231 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
232 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
233 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
235 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
236 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
238 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
240 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
241 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
243 * t/082_get_code_info.t
244 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
245 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
246 succeed in that case.
248 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
249 * Class::MOP::Package
250 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
253 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
254 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
256 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
257 * Class::MOP::Immutable
258 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
259 the constructor was inlined.
260 * Class::MOP::Package
261 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
262 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
263 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
265 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
266 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
268 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
270 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
271 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
272 * Class::MOP::Immutable
273 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
274 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
275 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
278 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
279 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
280 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
281 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
282 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
283 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
284 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
285 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
286 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
287 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
289 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
292 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
293 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
296 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
298 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
299 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
301 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
303 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
304 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
305 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
308 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
309 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
310 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
313 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
315 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
316 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
318 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
319 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
320 times in an eval. (t0m)
322 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
324 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
325 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
326 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
327 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
328 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
329 - added test for this
331 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
332 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
333 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
336 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
337 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
341 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
342 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
343 aliased methods and "real" methods.
345 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
346 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
347 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
348 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
351 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
352 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
355 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
356 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
357 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
358 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
359 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
360 for sad systems without a compiler.
363 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
364 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
367 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
368 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
369 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
371 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
373 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
374 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
375 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
376 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
378 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
379 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
380 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
381 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
383 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
385 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
386 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
389 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
390 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
391 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
393 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
395 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
397 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
398 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
399 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
401 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
402 * Class::MOP::Package
403 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
404 releases. (nothingmuch)
407 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
409 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
410 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
411 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
414 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
417 * Class::MOP::Instance
418 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
420 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
422 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
423 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
424 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
425 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
428 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
429 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
433 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
434 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
435 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
436 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
437 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
440 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
441 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
442 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
445 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
446 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
447 consistency (nothingmuch)
448 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
450 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
451 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
452 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
453 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
456 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
457 * Class::MOP::Immutable
458 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
460 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
462 * Class::MOP::Instance
463 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
464 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
466 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
468 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
469 the class is already loaded (sartak)
470 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
471 instead of just 1 (sartak)
474 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
476 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
477 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
478 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
480 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
481 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
482 recognizes it correct this time.
484 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
485 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
488 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
489 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
492 - now stores the instance of the instance
493 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
494 and deletes it when the cache is blown
495 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
496 the options used to make it immutable as well as
497 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
499 * Class::MOP::Package
500 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
501 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
502 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
506 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
508 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
509 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
511 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
512 names now throw a more direct error in
514 - tests for this and other aspects of
520 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
521 Class::MOP::Attribute
522 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
525 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
526 (late night release engineering)--
528 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
529 changes in this release
531 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
532 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
533 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
536 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
537 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
538 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
541 * Class::MOP::Package
542 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
544 - inlining a few calls to &name with
545 direct HASH access key access
546 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
547 a HASH of items based on a type filter
548 similar to list_all_package_symbols
549 - added tests for this
552 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
553 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
554 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
555 - added more descriptive error message to help
556 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
557 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
559 * Class::MOP::Immutable
560 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
562 - added tests for this
564 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
566 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
567 function from MRO::Compat
568 - All XS based functionality now has a
569 Pure Perl alternative
570 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
571 can now be used to force non-XS versions
574 * Class::MOP::Attribute
575 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
576 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
577 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
579 - added tests for this
581 * Class::MOP::Immutable
582 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
583 making the class immutable
586 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
587 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
588 allow for it to work.
589 - added tests for this
591 * Class::MOP::Attribute
593 Class::MOP::Immutable
594 - any time a method meta object is constructed
595 we make sure to pass the correct package and
596 method name information
599 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
600 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
601 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
602 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
603 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
604 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
605 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
606 throw an error if these are not supplied.
607 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
608 and now store the package_name and name attributes
611 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
612 Module::Install support has been removed
614 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
615 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
616 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
617 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
621 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
622 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
624 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
625 when it has no init_arg
626 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
627 to support c3 classes.
629 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
632 - making sure that load_class never gets
633 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
634 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
637 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
639 - improved error handling in ->create method
640 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
641 will be used to populate values
642 - added tests for this
645 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
646 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
652 Class::MOP::Attribute
653 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
654 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
656 * Class::MOP::Instance
657 Class::MOP::Immutable
658 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
661 - fixed the filename length on several
662 test files so we install on VMS better
664 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
665 should be catfile (RT #32385)
667 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
668 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
671 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
672 Class::MOP::Attribute
673 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
674 to indicate that no constructor args can
675 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
676 - added tests for this
677 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
680 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
681 feature instead of the silly hack from
682 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
684 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
686 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
689 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
690 - removed assumptions about the existence of
693 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
694 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
695 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
698 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
699 constant so that we can take advantage
700 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
703 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
704 optimize the &linearized_isa method
705 and avoid the hack/check for circular
706 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
707 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
708 - added tests for this
710 * Class::MOP::Immutable
711 - the immutable class now keeps track of
712 the transformer which immutablized it
714 * Class::MOP::Instance
715 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
716 - added tests for this
718 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
720 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
721 transformation arguments are saved
723 - added tests for this
725 * Class::MOP::Immutable
726 - fixed a bug (see above)
728 * Class::MOP::Attribute
731 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
732 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
733 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
736 - removed the dependency on B
737 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
738 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
739 the B fiddling we were doing with
740 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
741 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
742 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
743 be used to help manage method caching.
746 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
747 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
748 even more accurate caching information.
749 blblack++ for that stuff :)
752 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
753 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
754 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
755 track of when we need to re-fetch the
757 - Several small improvements to take advantage
758 of the new method map caching features
760 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
761 * Class::MOP::Attribute
762 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
763 HASH ref case, which makes the
764 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
765 - added more tests for this
767 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
768 * Class::MOP::Attribute
769 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
770 - added more tests for this
772 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
774 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
775 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
776 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
778 * Class::MOP::Attribute
779 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
780 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
781 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
783 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
784 * Class::MOP::Attribute
785 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
787 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
788 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
790 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
792 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
795 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
796 construct_class_instance (groditi)
797 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
798 call through (groditi)
800 * Class::MOP::Attribute
801 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
802 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
803 it is defined (groditi)
805 * Class::MOP::Instance
806 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
807 it is defined (groditi)
809 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
810 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
811 - removed the relevant attributes
813 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
814 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
815 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
816 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
818 - added tests for this
819 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
820 non-inlined constructors.
821 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
823 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
824 - added this class as an abstract base for the
825 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
826 - added tests for this
829 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
830 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
833 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
835 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
836 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
838 * Class::MOP::Package
839 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
842 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
844 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
846 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
847 it manually now so that people can use this
848 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
850 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
852 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
853 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
854 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
857 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
858 * Class::MOP::Immutable
859 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
860 - removed unused variable
861 - added create_immutable_transformer
862 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
863 - tests for this (groditi)
866 - Immutability can now be undone,
867 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
868 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
869 for details see comments next to make_immutable
870 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
871 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
872 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
873 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
874 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
875 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
877 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
878 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
880 * Class::MOP::Package
881 - we now deal with stub methods properly
882 - added tests for this
883 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
885 * Class::MOP::Attribute
886 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
887 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
889 - added tests and POD for this
892 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
893 handles undef values correctly.
894 - added tests for this
895 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
896 will not get reaped when instances still
897 exist which need to reference them. This is
898 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
899 obscure enough feature that there are not too
900 many work arounds out in the wild.
901 - added tests for this by groditi
902 - updated docs to explain this
905 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
906 - added tests for this behavior
908 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
909 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
912 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
913 - added tests and docs for these
915 * Class::MOP::Attribute
916 - default now checks the instance with defined to
917 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
921 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
927 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
928 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
929 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
930 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
933 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
935 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
936 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
937 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
940 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
941 immutable transformation instead of
942 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
944 + Class::MOP::Immutable
945 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
946 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
947 be coming eventually.
950 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
952 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
953 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
957 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
960 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
962 - constructor generation is now handled by
963 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
965 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
966 - created this to handle constructor generation
967 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
969 * Class::MOP::Attribute
971 - attributes now delegate to the
972 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
975 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
976 - all accessor generation functions from
977 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
979 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
981 * scripts/class_browser.pl
982 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
983 on this to come. Comments and patches are
987 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
988 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
989 they are aliased from the originals
990 - fixed tests to reflect
991 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
993 - adjusted tests for this
994 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
999 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1000 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1001 - adjusted tests to compensate
1002 - adjusted docs for this
1005 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1006 encapsulate most of the work into the
1007 &get_method_map method
1008 - made several adjustments for the change
1009 in Class::MOP::Method
1010 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1011 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1012 old one before installing the new one
1013 - added tests for this
1014 - adjusted docs for this
1016 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1017 - added caching of &get_method_map
1018 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1019 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1021 * Class::MOP::Package
1022 - added filtering capabilities to
1023 &list_all_package_symbols
1025 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1027 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1028 the $:version and such just actually goes
1029 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1030 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1032 - The &create method now requires that all
1033 but the package name now is passed in as
1034 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1035 - updated docs and tests for this
1037 * Class::MOP::Object
1038 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1042 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1043 which do not store things in the instance
1044 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1047 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1049 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1051 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1052 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1055 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1056 - fixed all tests for this
1058 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1059 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1060 are no longer allowed for defaults
1061 - added tests for this
1063 * Class::MOP::Package
1064 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1065 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1066 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1068 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1070 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1071 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1072 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1073 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1075 * Class::MOP::Package
1076 - refactored entire class, this is now
1077 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1078 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1079 - added many tests for this
1080 - this class is now a subclass of
1082 - added some tests to reflect this
1085 - refactored all symbol table access to
1086 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1088 * Class::MOP::Module
1089 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1090 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1091 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1092 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1093 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1094 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1095 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1096 - added tests for this
1098 * Class::MOP::Instance
1099 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1101 - added tests for this
1103 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1104 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1105 slots from an instance
1106 - added tests for this
1108 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1111 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1112 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1114 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1115 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1116 the value of the attribute for a particular
1119 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1120 ---------------------------------------
1121 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1122 to introduce the immutable features which
1123 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1124 This support should still be considered
1125 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1126 ---------------------------------------
1128 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1130 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1131 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1132 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1135 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1136 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1137 ::Package and now inherited
1138 - added tests for this
1140 * Class::MOP::Instance
1141 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1142 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1143 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1144 instance creation (of course)
1147 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1148 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1149 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1150 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1151 table manipulation methods.
1153 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1154 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1156 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1157 properly when inherited
1158 - small fix to &clone_instance
1160 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1161 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1162 - This release works in combination with
1163 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1164 because it introduces a new instance
1165 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1169 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1170 - added tests for this
1171 - improved method modifier wrapping
1173 * Class::MOP::Instance
1174 - added new instance protocol
1175 - added tests for this
1176 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1178 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1182 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1183 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1185 - updated tests for this
1188 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1189 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1191 - added tests for this
1192 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1193 new instance protocol
1194 - added more tests for this
1196 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1198 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1199 - added tests and docs for this
1200 - some small optimizations
1202 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1203 - some small optimizations
1205 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1207 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1208 - added tests for this
1209 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1210 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1211 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1212 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1213 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1214 delegates appropriately
1216 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1217 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1218 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1219 called initialize_instance_slot
1222 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1223 initialize_instance_slot method
1225 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1227 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1228 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1230 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1232 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1233 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1235 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1236 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1237 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1239 - added tests for this
1240 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1242 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1244 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1245 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1246 - added test case for this
1248 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1250 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1251 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1252 available in DESTORY calls
1254 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1255 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1256 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1258 * Class::MOP::Method
1259 - added &package_name, &name and
1260 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1261 which were formerly private subs in
1264 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1265 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1266 before, after and around modifiers
1267 - added tests and docs for this feature
1270 - improved &get_package_symbol
1271 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1272 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1274 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1275 - &add_before_method_modifier
1276 - &add_after_method_modifier
1277 - &add_around_method_modifier
1278 - added tests and docs for these
1279 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1280 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1282 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1283 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1287 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1288 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1289 the test skip if it is not installed
1291 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1293 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1296 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1297 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1298 - added docs and tests
1300 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1301 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1302 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1303 be considered "ready to use".
1305 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1306 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1307 - test coverage is now at 99%
1310 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1311 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1312 metaclass pragma instead.
1315 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1316 error/edge-case tests
1318 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1319 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1320 error/edge-case tests
1323 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1325 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1327 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1328 metaclass a little more straightforward
1331 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1332 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1333 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1334 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1338 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1339 is now more useful for subclasses
1340 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1341 hash of attribute meta objects
1342 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1343 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1344 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1345 attribute meta-object itself
1346 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1347 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1348 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1349 - added docs & tests for this
1350 - added Clone as a dependency
1351 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1352 return blessed new or cloned instances
1353 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1354 - added docs & tests for this
1355 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1356 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1357 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1358 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1359 - added tests and docs for this
1362 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1364 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1366 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1368 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1369 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1370 attributes/methods respectively
1373 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1376 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1377 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1378 - added new example:
1381 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1383 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1385 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1386 - improved error messages
1389 - added new examples:
1390 - AttributesWithHistory
1391 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1393 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1394 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1396 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1397 - refactored method generation code
1398 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1401 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1402 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1403 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1404 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1405 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1407 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1408 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1409 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1411 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006