1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
5 - Any method which takes a method name as an argument now allows names
6 which are false (like "0"), but the name must be defined and not be an
10 - Deprecated get_attribute_map as a public method. You can use a
11 combination of get_attribute_list and get_attribute instead. (Dave
14 0.94 Tue, Sep 22, 2009
15 * Class::MOP::Attribute
16 - Introduce set_raw_value and get_raw_value, side effect free variants
17 of {get,set}_value. These don't do anything useful in Class::MOP but
18 have different behavior that set_value and get_value for Moose
19 attributes. (nothingmuch)
21 0.93 Tue, Sep 15, 2009
23 - The load_class function just returns true, since it's return value was
24 confusing (either a metaclass object or a class name). It either loads
25 a class or dies trying. In the future, this may change to not return
26 anything, since there's no point in checking its return
27 value. Addresses RT #45883. (Dave Rolsky)
29 * Class::MOP::Class::Trait::Immutable
30 - When throwing an error because of an immutable method, include that
31 method's name. Addresses RT #49680. (Shawn M Moore)
34 - Adding the same sub reference to multiple packages failed to update
35 the method map properly. RT #48985. Reported by Paul Mooney. (Dave
37 - The get_method_map method is now private (and called as
38 _full_method_map or _method_map). The public version is available as a
39 deprecated method. (Dave Rolsky)
41 0.92_01 Thu, Sep 10, 2009
43 - Backwards compatibility tweaks to XS for 5.8.1. (Goro Fuji)
46 - Make sure XS code handles magical scalars correctly. (Goro Fuji)
49 - Documented the immutable_options method, which is useful if you need
50 to make a class mutable temporarily, and then nede to restore
51 immutability. (Dave Rolsky)
54 - Deprecated features have been moved to their own module,
55 Class::MOP::Deprecated, for easier deprecation management. (Goro Fuji)
60 - Move get_method_map and its various scaffolding into Package. (hdp)
63 - Allow Class::MOP::Method->wrap to take a Class::MOP::Method object as
64 the first argument, rather than just a coderef. (doy)
66 * Class::MOP::Attribute
68 - Allow attribute names to be false (while still requiring them to be
72 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
73 - Fixing variable usage issues with the patch from previous
74 version, not properly using lexicals in the for
78 Japan Perl Association has sponsored Goro Fuji to improve startup
79 performance of Class::MOP and Moose. These enhancements may break
80 backwards compatibility if you're doing (or using) complex
81 metaprogramming, so, as always, test your code!
82 http://blog.perlassociation.org/2009/07/jpa-sponsors-moose-class-mop-work.html
86 - Anonymous classes were not completely destroyed when they went
87 out of scope, leading to a memory leak. RT #47480. (Goro
91 - The get_method, has_method, and add_method methods no longer
92 use get_method_map. Method objects are instantiated
93 lazily. This significantly improves Class::MOP's load
97 - Inline fewer metaclass-level constructors since the ones we
98 have are perfectly fine. This reduces the number of string
101 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
102 - If a method modifier set $_, this caused the modifier to blow
103 up, because of some weird internals. (Jeremy Stashewsky)
107 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait
108 - Made the Trait act like a role with a bunch of "around"
109 modifiers, rather than sticking it in the inheritance
110 hierarchy. This fixes various problems that caused with
111 metaclass compatibility, which broke Fey::ORM.
114 - Allow a blessed code reference as the method body. Fixes a
115 problem interaction with MooseX::Types. (ash)
117 * Class::MOP::Instance
118 - add inline version of rebless_instance_structure. (doy)
119 - change inline_slot_access to use single quotes (gphat)
121 0.88 Tue, Jun 23, 2009
123 - Moved the __INSTANCE__ parameter to _construct_instance from
125 - Fixed some issues involving metaclasses of metaclasses and
128 0.87 Sun, Jun 21, 2009
130 - Made sure to always local-ize $@ and $SIG{__DIE__} before
131 calling an eval. Fixes RT #45973.
134 - Synced docs about immutability with the current reality (which
135 changed back in 0.82_01)
136 - Removed the immutable_transformer method, which had been
137 returning undef since 0.82_01 anyway.
140 - Got rid of tests which needed Moose and improved testing of
141 constructor/destructor inlining warnings. Fixes RT #47119.
143 0.86 Tue, Jun 16, 2009
145 - If you redefined a subroutine at runtime and then wrapped it
146 with a method modifier, the modifier could in some cases wrap
147 the original version of the subroutine. Fixes RT #46957.
150 - make_immutable issues a warning instead of overriding an
151 existing DESTROY method (Dylan William Hardison). Fixes RT
154 0.85 Sat, Jun 6, 2009
155 * Class::MOP::Attribute
156 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods. (Florian
158 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
159 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted
160 behavior (Nicholas Perez)
163 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
166 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
167 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
168 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but
169 only if the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
170 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
173 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules
176 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
178 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
182 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
183 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
184 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
185 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
189 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
192 * Class::MOP::Package
193 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
196 - Add test for finding methods from $meta->name->meta before immutable,
199 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
201 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
204 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
205 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
206 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
207 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
210 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
211 was removed in 0.82_01.
213 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
214 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
215 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
216 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
217 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
218 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
219 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
220 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
221 for the Moose compatibility handling code
222 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
224 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
226 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
227 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
229 * Class::MOP::Immutable
230 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
231 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
232 provides its own constructor (doy)
234 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
237 * Class::MOP::Instance
238 * Class::MOP::Attribute
239 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
240 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
241 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
242 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
245 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
246 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
248 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
250 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
251 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
253 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
254 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
255 underscore are considered "internals only". People writing
256 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
257 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
260 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
261 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
262 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
263 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
264 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
265 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
266 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
268 - Class::MOP::Instance
269 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
273 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
274 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
275 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
277 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
278 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
279 when an object is constructed)
280 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
282 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
283 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
284 when an object is constructed)
285 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
286 - attributes => _attributes
287 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
289 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
291 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
292 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
293 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
296 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
297 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
298 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
301 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
302 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
303 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
304 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
308 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
309 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
310 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
311 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
312 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
313 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
315 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
316 * No changes from 0.78_02.
318 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
320 * Class::MOP::Immutable
321 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
322 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
323 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
324 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
328 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
329 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
332 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
333 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
334 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
336 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
338 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
339 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
342 * Class::MOP::Instance
343 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
344 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
345 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
346 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
348 * Class::MOP::Attribute
349 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
350 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
351 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
353 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
354 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
355 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
359 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
360 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
361 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
362 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
364 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
365 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
366 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
367 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
368 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
369 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
370 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
371 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
372 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
375 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
376 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
379 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
381 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
382 * No changes from 0.77_01
384 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
386 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
387 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
388 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
389 against the pure Perl version of this code.
391 * Class::MOP::Instance
392 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
393 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
396 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
398 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
402 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
403 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
407 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
408 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
410 * Class::MOP::Package
411 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
412 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
415 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
419 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
420 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
421 near future release. You've been warned.
423 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
424 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
425 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
426 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
428 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
429 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
432 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
433 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
436 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
439 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
440 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
442 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
444 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
445 sharing an immutable transformer object
446 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
447 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
449 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
451 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
452 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
453 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
454 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
456 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
457 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
459 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
461 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
462 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
464 * t/082_get_code_info.t
465 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
466 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
467 succeed in that case.
469 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
470 * Class::MOP::Package
471 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
474 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
475 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
477 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
478 * Class::MOP::Immutable
479 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
480 the constructor was inlined.
481 * Class::MOP::Package
482 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
483 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
484 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
486 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
487 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
489 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
491 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
492 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
493 * Class::MOP::Immutable
494 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
495 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
496 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
499 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
500 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
501 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
502 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
503 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
504 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
505 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
506 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
507 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
508 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
510 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
513 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
514 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
517 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
519 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
520 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
522 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
524 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
525 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
526 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
529 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
530 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
531 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
534 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
536 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
537 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
539 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
540 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
541 times in an eval. (t0m)
543 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
545 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
546 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
547 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
548 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
549 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
550 - added test for this
552 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
553 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
554 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
557 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
558 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
562 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
563 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
564 aliased methods and "real" methods.
566 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
567 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
568 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
569 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
572 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
573 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
576 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
577 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
578 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
579 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
580 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
581 for sad systems without a compiler.
584 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
585 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
588 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
589 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
590 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
592 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
594 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
595 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
596 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
597 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
599 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
600 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
601 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
602 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
604 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
606 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
607 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
610 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
611 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
612 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
614 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
616 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
618 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
619 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
620 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
622 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
623 * Class::MOP::Package
624 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
625 releases. (nothingmuch)
628 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
630 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
631 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
632 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
635 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
638 * Class::MOP::Instance
639 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
641 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
643 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
644 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
645 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
646 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
649 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
650 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
654 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
655 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
656 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
657 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
658 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
661 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
662 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
663 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
666 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
667 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
668 consistency (nothingmuch)
669 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
671 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
672 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
673 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
674 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
677 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
678 * Class::MOP::Immutable
679 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
681 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
683 * Class::MOP::Instance
684 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
685 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
687 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
689 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
690 the class is already loaded (sartak)
691 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
692 instead of just 1 (sartak)
695 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
697 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
698 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
699 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
701 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
702 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
703 recognizes it correct this time.
705 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
706 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
709 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
710 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
713 - now stores the instance of the instance
714 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
715 and deletes it when the cache is blown
716 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
717 the options used to make it immutable as well as
718 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
720 * Class::MOP::Package
721 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
722 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
723 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
727 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
729 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
730 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
732 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
733 names now throw a more direct error in
735 - tests for this and other aspects of
741 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
742 Class::MOP::Attribute
743 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
746 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
747 (late night release engineering)--
749 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
750 changes in this release
752 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
753 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
754 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
757 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
758 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
759 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
762 * Class::MOP::Package
763 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
765 - inlining a few calls to &name with
766 direct HASH access key access
767 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
768 a HASH of items based on a type filter
769 similar to list_all_package_symbols
770 - added tests for this
773 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
774 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
775 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
776 - added more descriptive error message to help
777 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
778 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
780 * Class::MOP::Immutable
781 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
783 - added tests for this
785 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
787 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
788 function from MRO::Compat
789 - All XS based functionality now has a
790 Pure Perl alternative
791 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
792 can now be used to force non-XS versions
795 * Class::MOP::Attribute
796 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
797 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
798 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
800 - added tests for this
802 * Class::MOP::Immutable
803 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
804 making the class immutable
807 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
808 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
809 allow for it to work.
810 - added tests for this
812 * Class::MOP::Attribute
814 Class::MOP::Immutable
815 - any time a method meta object is constructed
816 we make sure to pass the correct package and
817 method name information
820 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
821 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
822 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
823 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
824 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
825 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
826 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
827 throw an error if these are not supplied.
828 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
829 and now store the package_name and name attributes
832 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
833 Module::Install support has been removed
835 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
836 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
837 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
838 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
842 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
843 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
845 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
846 when it has no init_arg
847 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
848 to support c3 classes.
850 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
853 - making sure that load_class never gets
854 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
855 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
858 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
860 - improved error handling in ->create method
861 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
862 will be used to populate values
863 - added tests for this
866 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
867 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
873 Class::MOP::Attribute
874 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
875 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
877 * Class::MOP::Instance
878 Class::MOP::Immutable
879 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
882 - fixed the filename length on several
883 test files so we install on VMS better
885 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
886 should be catfile (RT #32385)
888 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
889 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
892 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
893 Class::MOP::Attribute
894 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
895 to indicate that no constructor args can
896 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
897 - added tests for this
898 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
901 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
902 feature instead of the silly hack from
903 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
905 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
907 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
910 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
911 - removed assumptions about the existence of
914 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
915 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
916 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
919 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
920 constant so that we can take advantage
921 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
924 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
925 optimize the &linearized_isa method
926 and avoid the hack/check for circular
927 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
928 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
929 - added tests for this
931 * Class::MOP::Immutable
932 - the immutable class now keeps track of
933 the transformer which immutablized it
935 * Class::MOP::Instance
936 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
937 - added tests for this
939 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
941 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
942 transformation arguments are saved
944 - added tests for this
946 * Class::MOP::Immutable
947 - fixed a bug (see above)
949 * Class::MOP::Attribute
952 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
953 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
954 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
957 - removed the dependency on B
958 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
959 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
960 the B fiddling we were doing with
961 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
962 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
963 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
964 be used to help manage method caching.
967 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
968 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
969 even more accurate caching information.
970 blblack++ for that stuff :)
973 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
974 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
975 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
976 track of when we need to re-fetch the
978 - Several small improvements to take advantage
979 of the new method map caching features
981 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
982 * Class::MOP::Attribute
983 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
984 HASH ref case, which makes the
985 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
986 - added more tests for this
988 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
989 * Class::MOP::Attribute
990 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
991 - added more tests for this
993 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
995 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
996 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
997 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
999 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1000 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
1001 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
1002 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
1004 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1005 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1006 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
1008 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1009 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
1011 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
1013 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1016 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
1017 construct_class_instance (groditi)
1018 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
1019 call through (groditi)
1021 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1022 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
1023 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1024 it is defined (groditi)
1026 * Class::MOP::Instance
1027 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
1028 it is defined (groditi)
1030 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1031 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1032 - removed the relevant attributes
1034 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1035 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
1036 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1037 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
1039 - added tests for this
1040 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
1041 non-inlined constructors.
1042 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
1044 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
1045 - added this class as an abstract base for the
1046 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
1047 - added tests for this
1050 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
1051 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
1054 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
1056 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
1057 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
1059 * Class::MOP::Package
1060 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
1063 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
1065 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
1067 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
1068 it manually now so that people can use this
1069 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
1071 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
1073 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
1074 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
1075 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
1078 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
1079 * Class::MOP::Immutable
1080 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
1081 - removed unused variable
1082 - added create_immutable_transformer
1083 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
1084 - tests for this (groditi)
1087 - Immutability can now be undone,
1088 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
1089 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
1090 for details see comments next to make_immutable
1091 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
1092 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
1093 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
1094 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
1095 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
1096 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
1098 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
1099 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
1101 * Class::MOP::Package
1102 - we now deal with stub methods properly
1103 - added tests for this
1104 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
1106 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1107 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
1108 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
1110 - added tests and POD for this
1113 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
1114 handles undef values correctly.
1115 - added tests for this
1116 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
1117 will not get reaped when instances still
1118 exist which need to reference them. This is
1119 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
1120 obscure enough feature that there are not too
1121 many work arounds out in the wild.
1122 - added tests for this by groditi
1123 - updated docs to explain this
1126 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
1127 - added tests for this behavior
1129 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
1130 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
1133 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
1134 - added tests and docs for these
1136 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1137 - default now checks the instance with defined to
1138 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
1142 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
1147 ~~ GLOBAL CHANGES ~~
1148 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
1149 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
1150 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
1151 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
1154 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1156 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1157 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1158 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1161 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1162 immutable transformation instead of
1163 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1165 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1166 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1167 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1168 be coming eventually.
1171 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1173 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1174 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1178 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1181 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1183 - constructor generation is now handled by
1184 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1186 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1187 - created this to handle constructor generation
1188 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1190 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1192 - attributes now delegate to the
1193 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1196 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1197 - all accessor generation functions from
1198 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1200 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1202 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1203 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1204 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1208 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1209 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1210 they are aliased from the originals
1211 - fixed tests to reflect
1212 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1214 - adjusted tests for this
1215 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1218 * Class::MOP::Method
1220 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1221 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1222 - adjusted tests to compensate
1223 - adjusted docs for this
1226 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1227 encapsulate most of the work into the
1228 &get_method_map method
1229 - made several adjustments for the change
1230 in Class::MOP::Method
1231 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1232 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1233 old one before installing the new one
1234 - added tests for this
1235 - adjusted docs for this
1237 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1238 - added caching of &get_method_map
1239 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1240 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1242 * Class::MOP::Package
1243 - added filtering capabilities to
1244 &list_all_package_symbols
1246 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1248 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1249 the $:version and such just actually goes
1250 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1251 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1253 - The &create method now requires that all
1254 but the package name now is passed in as
1255 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1256 - updated docs and tests for this
1258 * Class::MOP::Object
1259 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1263 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1264 which do not store things in the instance
1265 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1268 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1270 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1272 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1273 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1276 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1277 - fixed all tests for this
1279 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1280 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1281 are no longer allowed for defaults
1282 - added tests for this
1284 * Class::MOP::Package
1285 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1286 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1287 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1289 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1291 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1292 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1293 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1294 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1296 * Class::MOP::Package
1297 - refactored entire class, this is now
1298 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1299 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1300 - added many tests for this
1301 - this class is now a subclass of
1303 - added some tests to reflect this
1306 - refactored all symbol table access to
1307 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1309 * Class::MOP::Module
1310 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1311 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1312 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1313 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1314 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1315 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1316 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1317 - added tests for this
1319 * Class::MOP::Instance
1320 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1322 - added tests for this
1324 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1325 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1326 slots from an instance
1327 - added tests for this
1329 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1332 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1333 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1335 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1336 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1337 the value of the attribute for a particular
1340 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1341 ---------------------------------------
1342 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1343 to introduce the immutable features which
1344 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1345 This support should still be considered
1346 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1347 ---------------------------------------
1349 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1351 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1352 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1353 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1356 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1357 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1358 ::Package and now inherited
1359 - added tests for this
1361 * Class::MOP::Instance
1362 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1363 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1364 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1365 instance creation (of course)
1368 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1369 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1370 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1371 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1372 table manipulation methods.
1374 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1375 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1377 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1378 properly when inherited
1379 - small fix to &clone_instance
1381 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1382 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1383 - This release works in combination with
1384 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1385 because it introduces a new instance
1386 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1390 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1391 - added tests for this
1392 - improved method modifier wrapping
1394 * Class::MOP::Instance
1395 - added new instance protocol
1396 - added tests for this
1397 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1399 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1403 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1404 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1406 - updated tests for this
1409 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1410 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1412 - added tests for this
1413 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1414 new instance protocol
1415 - added more tests for this
1417 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1419 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1420 - added tests and docs for this
1421 - some small optimizations
1423 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1424 - some small optimizations
1426 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1428 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1429 - added tests for this
1430 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1431 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1432 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1433 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1434 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1435 delegates appropriately
1437 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1438 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1439 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1440 called initialize_instance_slot
1443 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1444 initialize_instance_slot method
1446 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1448 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1449 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1451 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1453 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1454 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1456 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1457 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1458 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1460 - added tests for this
1461 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1463 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1465 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1466 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1467 - added test case for this
1469 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1471 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1472 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1473 available in DESTORY calls
1475 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1476 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1477 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1479 * Class::MOP::Method
1480 - added &package_name, &name and
1481 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1482 which were formerly private subs in
1485 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1486 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1487 before, after and around modifiers
1488 - added tests and docs for this feature
1491 - improved &get_package_symbol
1492 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1493 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1495 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1496 - &add_before_method_modifier
1497 - &add_after_method_modifier
1498 - &add_around_method_modifier
1499 - added tests and docs for these
1500 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1501 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1503 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1504 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1508 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1509 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1510 the test skip if it is not installed
1512 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1514 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1517 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1518 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1519 - added docs and tests
1521 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1522 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1523 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1524 be considered "ready to use".
1526 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1527 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1528 - test coverage is now at 99%
1531 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1532 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1533 metaclass pragma instead.
1536 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1537 error/edge-case tests
1539 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1540 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1541 error/edge-case tests
1544 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1546 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1548 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1549 metaclass a little more straightforward
1552 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1553 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1554 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1555 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1559 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1560 is now more useful for subclasses
1561 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1562 hash of attribute meta objects
1563 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1564 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1565 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1566 attribute meta-object itself
1567 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1568 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1569 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1570 - added docs & tests for this
1571 - added Clone as a dependency
1572 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1573 return blessed new or cloned instances
1574 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1575 - added docs & tests for this
1576 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1577 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1578 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1579 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1580 - added tests and docs for this
1583 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1585 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1587 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1589 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1590 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1591 attributes/methods respectively
1594 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1597 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1598 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1599 - added new example:
1602 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1604 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1606 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1607 - improved error messages
1610 - added new examples:
1611 - AttributesWithHistory
1612 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1614 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1615 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1617 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1618 - refactored method generation code
1619 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1622 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1623 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1624 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1625 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1626 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1628 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1629 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1630 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1632 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006