1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
7 * Class::MOP::Deprecated now uses Package::DeprecationManager
8 internally. Deprecation warnings are now only issued once for each calling
9 package, which cuts down on noise. When importing Class::MOP::Deprecated,
10 the request API version should now be passed in the "-api_version"
11 flag. However, the old "-compatible" flag will continue to work. (Dave
18 * Make CMOP::Package a thin wrapper around Package::Stash (doy).
20 1.02 Thu, May 20, 2010
24 * Packages and modules no longer have methods - this functionality was
25 moved back up into Class::MOP::Class (doy).
29 * Metaclass incompatibility checking now checks all metaclass types. (doy)
31 * Class::MOP can now do simple metaclass incompatibility fixing: if your
32 class's metaclass is a subclass of your parent class's metaclass, it will
33 just use the parent class's metaclass directly. (doy)
39 * is_class_loaded, load_class and load_first_existing_class now allow
40 specifying a minimum required version (Florian Ragwitz).
44 * The __INSTANCE__ parameter to Class::MOP::Class::new_object now enforces
45 that the passed in reference is blessed into the correct class (by dying if
46 it's not) (doy, jhallock).
48 1.00 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
50 [GRRR< FUCKING STEVAN@]
52 * Re-release 0.99 as 1.00.
54 0.99 Thu, Mar 25, 2010
58 * Fix typo in Class::MOP::Attribute (Franck Cuny).
60 0.98 Mon, Jan 18, 2010
64 * Added Class::MOP::Class->rebless_instance_back, which does the inverse of
65 rebless_instance (doy, rafl).
67 0.97_01 Mon, Jan 4, 2010
71 * Internal refactorings to move shared behavior into new "mixin" classes. This
72 made adding some new features to Moose much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
74 0.97 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
75 * No code changes, just packaging fixes to make this distro installable.
77 0.96 Fri, Dec 18, 2009
79 - Fixed t/082_get_code_info.t so it passes with bleadperl. (Dave Rolsky)
80 - Add XS & C files to no tabs check (Dave Rolsky)
81 - Convert all tests to done_testing. (Florian Ragwitz)
83 0.95 Wed, Nov 19, 2009
85 - Make is_class_loaded without any arguments fail loudly
87 - Make load_class throw more standard error messages when loading single
88 modules (nothingmuch).
91 - Stop add_method from behaving differently under the debugger
96 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
97 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
98 empty string. (Dave Rolsky)
101 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
102 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
105 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
106 * Class::MOP::Attribute
107 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
108 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
109 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
110 attributes. (nothingmuch)
112 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
114 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
115 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
116 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
117 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
118 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
120 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
121 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
122 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
124 * Class::MOP::Package
125 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
126 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
128 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
129 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
130 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
132 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
133 * Class::MOP::Package
134 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
137 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
140 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
141 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
142 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
145 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
146 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
148 0.92 Thu Aug 13, 2009
150 * Class::MOP::Package
151 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
154 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
155 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
157 * Class::MOP::Attribute
159 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
162 0.91 Wed Jul 29, 2009
163 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
164 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
165 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
168 0.90 Tue Jul 21, 2009
169 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
170 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
171 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
172 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
173 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
177 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
178 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
182 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
183 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
184 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
188 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
189 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
192 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
193 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
194 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
198 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
199 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
200 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
201 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
202 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
205 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
206 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
208 * Class::MOP::Instance
209 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
210 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
212 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
214 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
216 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
219 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
221 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
222 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
225 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
226 changed back in 0.82_01)
227 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
228 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
231 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
232 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
234 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
236 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
237 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
238 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
241 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
242 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
245 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
246 * Class::MOP::Attribute
247 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
249 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
250 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
251 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
254 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
257 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
258 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
259 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
260 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
261 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
264 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
267 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
269 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
273 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
274 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
275 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
276 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
280 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
283 * Class::MOP::Package
284 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
287 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
290 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
292 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
295 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
296 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
297 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
298 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
301 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
302 was removed in 0.82_01.
304 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
305 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
306 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
307 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
308 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
309 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
310 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
311 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
312 for the Moose compatibility handling code
313 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
315 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
317 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
318 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
320 * Class::MOP::Immutable
321 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
322 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
323 provides its own constructor (doy)
325 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
328 * Class::MOP::Instance
329 * Class::MOP::Attribute
330 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
331 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
332 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
333 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
336 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
337 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
339 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
341 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
342 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
344 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
345 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
346 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
347 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
348 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
351 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
352 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
353 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
354 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
355 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
356 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
357 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
359 - Class::MOP::Instance
360 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
364 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
365 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
366 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
368 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
369 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
370 when an object is constructed)
371 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
373 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
374 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
375 when an object is constructed)
376 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
377 - attributes => _attributes
378 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
380 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
382 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
383 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
384 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
387 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
388 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
389 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
392 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
393 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
394 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
395 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
399 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
400 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
401 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
402 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
403 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
404 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
406 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
407 * No changes from 0.78_02.
409 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
411 * Class::MOP::Immutable
412 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
413 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
414 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
415 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
419 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
420 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
423 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
424 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
425 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
427 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
429 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
430 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
433 * Class::MOP::Instance
434 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
435 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
436 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
437 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
439 * Class::MOP::Attribute
440 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
441 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
442 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
444 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
445 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
446 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
450 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
451 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
452 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
453 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
455 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
456 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
457 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
458 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
459 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
460 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
461 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
462 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
463 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
466 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
467 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
470 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
472 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
473 * No changes from 0.77_01
475 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
477 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
478 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
479 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
480 against the pure Perl version of this code.
482 * Class::MOP::Instance
483 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
484 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
487 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
489 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
493 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
494 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
498 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
499 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
501 * Class::MOP::Package
502 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
503 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
506 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
510 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
511 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
512 near future release. You've been warned.
514 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
515 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
516 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
517 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
519 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
520 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
523 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
524 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
527 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
530 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
531 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
533 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
535 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
536 sharing an immutable transformer object
537 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
538 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
540 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
542 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
543 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
544 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
545 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
547 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
548 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
550 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
552 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
553 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
555 * t/082_get_code_info.t
556 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
557 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
558 succeed in that case.
560 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
561 * Class::MOP::Package
562 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
565 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
566 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
568 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
569 * Class::MOP::Immutable
570 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
571 the constructor was inlined.
572 * Class::MOP::Package
573 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
574 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
575 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
577 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
578 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
580 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
582 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
583 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
584 * Class::MOP::Immutable
585 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
586 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
587 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
590 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
591 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
592 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
593 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
594 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
595 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
596 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
597 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
598 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
599 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
601 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
604 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
605 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
608 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
610 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
611 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
613 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
615 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
616 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
617 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
620 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
621 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
622 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
625 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
627 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
628 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
630 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
631 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
632 times in an eval. (t0m)
634 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
636 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
637 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
638 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
639 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
640 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
641 - added test for this
643 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
644 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
645 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
648 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
649 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
653 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
654 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
655 aliased methods and "real" methods.
657 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
658 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
659 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
660 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
663 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
664 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
667 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
668 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
669 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
670 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
671 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
672 for sad systems without a compiler.
675 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
676 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
679 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
680 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
681 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
683 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
685 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
686 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
687 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
688 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
690 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
691 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
692 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
693 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
695 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
697 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
698 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
701 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
702 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
703 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
705 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
707 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
709 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
710 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
711 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
713 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
714 * Class::MOP::Package
715 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
716 releases. (nothingmuch)
719 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
721 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
722 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
723 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
726 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
729 * Class::MOP::Instance
730 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
732 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
734 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
735 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
736 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
737 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
740 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
741 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
745 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
746 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
747 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
748 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
749 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
752 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
753 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
754 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
757 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
758 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
759 consistency (nothingmuch)
760 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
762 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
763 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
764 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
765 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
768 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
769 * Class::MOP::Immutable
770 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
772 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
774 * Class::MOP::Instance
775 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
776 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
778 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
780 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
781 the class is already loaded (sartak)
782 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
783 instead of just 1 (sartak)
786 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
788 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
789 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
790 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
792 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
793 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
794 recognizes it correct this time.
796 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
797 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
800 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
801 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
804 - now stores the instance of the instance
805 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
806 and deletes it when the cache is blown
807 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
808 the options used to make it immutable as well as
809 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
811 * Class::MOP::Package
812 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
813 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
814 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
818 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
820 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
821 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
823 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
824 names now throw a more direct error in
826 - tests for this and other aspects of
832 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
833 Class::MOP::Attribute
834 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
837 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
838 (late night release engineering)--
840 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
841 changes in this release
843 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
844 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
845 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
848 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
849 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
850 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
853 * Class::MOP::Package
854 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
856 - inlining a few calls to &name with
857 direct HASH access key access
858 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
859 a HASH of items based on a type filter
860 similar to list_all_package_symbols
861 - added tests for this
864 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
865 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
866 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
867 - added more descriptive error message to help
868 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
869 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
871 * Class::MOP::Immutable
872 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
874 - added tests for this
876 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
878 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
879 function from MRO::Compat
880 - All XS based functionality now has a
881 Pure Perl alternative
882 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
883 can now be used to force non-XS versions
886 * Class::MOP::Attribute
887 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
888 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
889 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
891 - added tests for this
893 * Class::MOP::Immutable
894 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
895 making the class immutable
898 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
899 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
900 allow for it to work.
901 - added tests for this
903 * Class::MOP::Attribute
905 Class::MOP::Immutable
906 - any time a method meta object is constructed
907 we make sure to pass the correct package and
908 method name information
911 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
912 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
913 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
914 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
915 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
916 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
917 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
918 throw an error if these are not supplied.
919 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
920 and now store the package_name and name attributes
923 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
924 Module::Install support has been removed
926 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
927 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
928 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
929 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
933 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
934 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
936 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
937 when it has no init_arg
938 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
939 to support c3 classes.
941 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
944 - making sure that load_class never gets
945 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
946 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
949 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
951 - improved error handling in ->create method
952 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
953 will be used to populate values
954 - added tests for this
957 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
958 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
964 Class::MOP::Attribute
965 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
966 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
968 * Class::MOP::Instance
969 Class::MOP::Immutable
970 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
973 - fixed the filename length on several
974 test files so we install on VMS better
976 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
977 should be catfile (RT #32385)
979 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
980 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
983 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
984 Class::MOP::Attribute
985 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
986 to indicate that no constructor args can
987 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
988 - added tests for this
989 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
992 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
993 feature instead of the silly hack from
994 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
996 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
998 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
1001 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1002 - removed assumptions about the existence of
1005 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
1006 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
1007 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
1010 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
1011 constant so that we can take advantage
1012 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
1015 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
1016 optimize the &linearized_isa method
1017 and avoid the hack/check for circular
1018 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
1019 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
1020 - added tests for this
1022 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1023 - the immutable class now keeps track of
1024 the transformer which immutablized it
1026 * Class::MOP::Instance
1027 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
1028 - added tests for this
1030 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
1032 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
1033 transformation arguments are saved
1035 - added tests for this
1037 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1038 - fixed a bug (see above)
1040 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1043 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
1044 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
1045 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
1048 - removed the dependency on B
1049 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
1050 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
1051 the B fiddling we were doing with
1052 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
1053 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
1054 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
1055 be used to help manage method caching.
1058 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
1059 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
1060 even more accurate caching information.
1061 blblack++ for that stuff :)
1064 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
1065 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
1066 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
1067 track of when we need to re-fetch the
1069 - Several small improvements to take advantage
1070 of the new method map caching features
1072 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
1073 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1074 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
1075 HASH ref case, which makes the
1076 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
1077 - added more tests for this
1079 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
1080 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1081 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
1082 - added more tests for this
1084 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
1086 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
1087 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
1088 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
1090 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1091 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1092 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1093 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1095 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1096 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1097 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1099 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1100 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1102 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1104 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1107 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1108 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1109 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1110 call through (groditi)
1112 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1113 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1114 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1115 it is defined (groditi)
1117 * Class::MOP::Instance
1118 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1119 it is defined (groditi)
1121 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1122 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1123 - removed the relevant attributes
1125 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1126 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1127 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1128 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1130 - added tests for this
1131 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1132 non-inlined constructors.
1133 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1135 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1136 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1137 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1138 - added tests for this
1141 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1142 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1145 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1147 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1148 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1150 * Class::MOP::Package
1151 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1154 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1156 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1158 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1159 it manually now so that people can use this
1160 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1162 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1164 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1165 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1166 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1169 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1170 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1171 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1172 - removed unused variable
1173 - added create_immutable_transformer
1174 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1175 - tests for this (groditi)
1178 - Immutability can now be undone,
1179 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1180 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1181 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1182 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1183 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1184 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1185 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1186 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1187 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1189 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1190 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1192 * Class::MOP::Package
1193 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1194 - added tests for this
1195 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1197 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1198 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1199 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1201 - added tests and POD for this
1204 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1205 handles undef values correctly.
1206 - added tests for this
1207 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1208 will not get reaped when instances still
1209 exist which need to reference them. This is
1210 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1211 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1212 many work arounds out in the wild.
1213 - added tests for this by groditi
1214 - updated docs to explain this
1217 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1218 - added tests for this behavior
1220 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1221 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1224 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1225 - added tests and docs for these
1227 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1228 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1229 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1233 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1238 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1239 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1240 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1241 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1242 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1245 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1247 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1248 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1249 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1252 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1253 immutable transformation instead of
1254 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1256 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1257 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1258 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1259 be coming eventually.
1262 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1264 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1265 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1269 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1272 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1274 - constructor generation is now handled by
1275 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1277 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1278 - created this to handle constructor generation
1279 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1281 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1283 - attributes now delegate to the
1284 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1287 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1288 - all accessor generation functions from
1289 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1291 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1293 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1294 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1295 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1299 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1300 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1301 they are aliased from the originals
1302 - fixed tests to reflect
1303 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1305 - adjusted tests for this
1306 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1309 * Class::MOP::Method
1311 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1312 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1313 - adjusted tests to compensate
1314 - adjusted docs for this
1317 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1318 encapsulate most of the work into the
1319 &get_method_map method
1320 - made several adjustments for the change
1321 in Class::MOP::Method
1322 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1323 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1324 old one before installing the new one
1325 - added tests for this
1326 - adjusted docs for this
1328 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1329 - added caching of &get_method_map
1330 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1331 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1333 * Class::MOP::Package
1334 - added filtering capabilities to
1335 &list_all_package_symbols
1337 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1339 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1340 the $:version and such just actually goes
1341 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1342 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1344 - The &create method now requires that all
1345 but the package name now is passed in as
1346 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1347 - updated docs and tests for this
1349 * Class::MOP::Object
1350 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1354 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1355 which do not store things in the instance
1356 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1359 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1361 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1363 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1364 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1367 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1368 - fixed all tests for this
1370 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1371 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1372 are no longer allowed for defaults
1373 - added tests for this
1375 * Class::MOP::Package
1376 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1377 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1378 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1380 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1382 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1383 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1384 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1385 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1387 * Class::MOP::Package
1388 - refactored entire class, this is now
1389 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1390 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1391 - added many tests for this
1392 - this class is now a subclass of
1394 - added some tests to reflect this
1397 - refactored all symbol table access to
1398 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1400 * Class::MOP::Module
1401 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1402 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1403 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1404 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1405 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1406 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1407 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1408 - added tests for this
1410 * Class::MOP::Instance
1411 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1413 - added tests for this
1415 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1416 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1417 slots from an instance
1418 - added tests for this
1420 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1423 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1424 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1426 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1427 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1428 the value of the attribute for a particular
1431 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1432 ---------------------------------------
1433 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1434 to introduce the immutable features which
1435 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1436 This support should still be considered
1437 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1438 ---------------------------------------
1440 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1442 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1443 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1444 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1447 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1448 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1449 ::Package and now inherited
1450 - added tests for this
1452 * Class::MOP::Instance
1453 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1454 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1455 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1456 instance creation (of course)
1459 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1460 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1461 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1462 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1463 table manipulation methods.
1465 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1466 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1468 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1469 properly when inherited
1470 - small fix to &clone_instance
1472 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1473 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1474 - This release works in combination with
1475 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1476 because it introduces a new instance
1477 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1481 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1482 - added tests for this
1483 - improved method modifier wrapping
1485 * Class::MOP::Instance
1486 - added new instance protocol
1487 - added tests for this
1488 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1490 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1494 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1495 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1497 - updated tests for this
1500 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1501 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1503 - added tests for this
1504 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1505 new instance protocol
1506 - added more tests for this
1508 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1510 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1511 - added tests and docs for this
1512 - some small optimizations
1514 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1515 - some small optimizations
1517 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1519 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1520 - added tests for this
1521 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1522 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1523 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1524 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1525 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1526 delegates appropriately
1528 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1529 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1530 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1531 called initialize_instance_slot
1534 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1535 initialize_instance_slot method
1537 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1539 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1540 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1542 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1544 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1545 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1547 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1548 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1549 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1551 - added tests for this
1552 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1554 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1556 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1557 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1558 - added test case for this
1560 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1562 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1563 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1564 available in DESTORY calls
1566 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1567 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1568 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1570 * Class::MOP::Method
1571 - added &package_name, &name and
1572 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1573 which were formerly private subs in
1576 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1577 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1578 before, after and around modifiers
1579 - added tests and docs for this feature
1582 - improved &get_package_symbol
1583 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1584 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1586 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1587 - &add_before_method_modifier
1588 - &add_after_method_modifier
1589 - &add_around_method_modifier
1590 - added tests and docs for these
1591 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1592 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1594 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1595 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1599 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1600 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1601 the test skip if it is not installed
1603 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1605 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1608 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1609 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1610 - added docs and tests
1612 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1613 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1614 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1615 be considered "ready to use".
1617 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1618 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1619 - test coverage is now at 99%
1622 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1623 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1624 metaclass pragma instead.
1627 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1628 error/edge-case tests
1630 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1631 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1632 error/edge-case tests
1635 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1637 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1639 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1640 metaclass a little more straightforward
1643 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1644 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1645 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1646 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1650 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1651 is now more useful for subclasses
1652 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1653 hash of attribute meta objects
1654 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1655 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1656 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1657 attribute meta-object itself
1658 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1659 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1660 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1661 - added docs & tests for this
1662 - added Clone as a dependency
1663 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1664 return blessed new or cloned instances
1665 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1666 - added docs & tests for this
1667 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1668 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1669 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1670 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1671 - added tests and docs for this
1674 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1676 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1678 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1680 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1681 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1682 attributes/methods respectively
1685 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1688 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1689 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1690 - added new example:
1693 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1695 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1697 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1698 - improved error messages
1701 - added new examples:
1702 - AttributesWithHistory
1703 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1705 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1706 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1708 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1709 - refactored method generation code
1710 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1713 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1714 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1715 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1716 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1717 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1719 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1720 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1721 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1723 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006