1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
4 * Class::MOP::Attribute
5 - Allow default values to be Class::MOP::Methods.
7 - Test the above. (Rhesa Rozendaal)
8 - Tweak original commit so the intent matches the accepted behavior
12 - Localize $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
15 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
16 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
17 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but only if
18 the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
19 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
21 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
23 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
27 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
28 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
29 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
30 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
34 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
38 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
41 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
43 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
46 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
47 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
48 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
49 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
52 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
53 was removed in 0.82_01.
55 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
56 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
57 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
58 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
59 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
60 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
61 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
62 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
63 for the Moose compatibility handling code
64 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
66 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
68 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
69 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
71 * Class::MOP::Immutable
72 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
73 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
74 provides its own constructor (doy)
76 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
79 * Class::MOP::Instance
80 * Class::MOP::Attribute
81 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
82 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
83 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
84 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
87 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
88 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
90 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
92 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
93 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
95 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
96 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
97 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
98 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
99 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
102 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
103 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
104 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
105 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
106 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
107 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
108 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
110 - Class::MOP::Instance
111 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
115 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
116 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
117 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
119 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
120 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
121 when an object is constructed)
122 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
124 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
125 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
126 when an object is constructed)
127 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
128 - attributes => _attributes
129 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
131 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
133 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
134 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
135 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
138 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
139 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
140 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
143 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
144 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
145 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
146 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
150 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
151 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
152 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
153 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
154 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
155 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
157 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
158 * No changes from 0.78_02.
160 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
162 * Class::MOP::Immutable
163 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
164 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
165 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
166 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
170 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
171 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
174 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
175 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
176 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
178 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
180 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
181 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
184 * Class::MOP::Instance
185 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
186 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
187 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
188 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
190 * Class::MOP::Attribute
191 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
192 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
193 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
195 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
196 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
197 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
201 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
202 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
203 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
204 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
206 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
207 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
208 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
209 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
210 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
211 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
212 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
213 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
214 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
217 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
218 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
221 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
223 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
224 * No changes from 0.77_01
226 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
228 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
229 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
230 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
231 against the pure Perl version of this code.
233 * Class::MOP::Instance
234 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
235 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
238 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
240 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
244 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
245 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
249 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
250 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
252 * Class::MOP::Package
253 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
254 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
257 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
261 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
262 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
263 near future release. You've been warned.
265 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
266 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
267 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
268 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
270 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
271 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
274 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
275 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
278 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
281 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
282 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
284 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
286 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
287 sharing an immutable transformer object
288 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
289 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
291 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
293 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
294 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
295 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
296 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
298 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
299 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
301 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
303 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
304 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
306 * t/082_get_code_info.t
307 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
308 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
309 succeed in that case.
311 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
312 * Class::MOP::Package
313 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
316 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
317 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
319 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
320 * Class::MOP::Immutable
321 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
322 the constructor was inlined.
323 * Class::MOP::Package
324 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
325 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
326 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
328 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
329 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
331 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
333 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
334 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
335 * Class::MOP::Immutable
336 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
337 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
338 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
341 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
342 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
343 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
344 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
345 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
346 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
347 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
348 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
349 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
350 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
352 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
355 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
356 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
359 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
361 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
362 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
364 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
366 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
367 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
368 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
371 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
372 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
373 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
376 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
378 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
379 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
381 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
382 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
383 times in an eval. (t0m)
385 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
387 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
388 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
389 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
390 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
391 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
392 - added test for this
394 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
395 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
396 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
399 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
400 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
404 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
405 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
406 aliased methods and "real" methods.
408 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
409 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
410 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
411 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
414 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
415 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
418 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
419 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
420 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
421 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
422 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
423 for sad systems without a compiler.
426 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
427 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
430 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
431 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
432 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
434 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
436 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
437 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
438 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
439 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
441 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
442 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
443 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
444 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
446 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
448 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
449 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
452 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
453 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
454 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
456 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
458 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
460 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
461 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
462 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
464 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
465 * Class::MOP::Package
466 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
467 releases. (nothingmuch)
470 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
472 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
473 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
474 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
477 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
480 * Class::MOP::Instance
481 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
483 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
485 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
486 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
487 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
488 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
491 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
492 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
496 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
497 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
498 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
499 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
500 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
503 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
504 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
505 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
508 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
509 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
510 consistency (nothingmuch)
511 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
513 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
514 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
515 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
516 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
519 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
520 * Class::MOP::Immutable
521 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
523 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
525 * Class::MOP::Instance
526 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
527 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
529 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
531 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
532 the class is already loaded (sartak)
533 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
534 instead of just 1 (sartak)
537 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
539 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
540 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
541 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
543 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
544 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
545 recognizes it correct this time.
547 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
548 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
551 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
552 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
555 - now stores the instance of the instance
556 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
557 and deletes it when the cache is blown
558 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
559 the options used to make it immutable as well as
560 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
562 * Class::MOP::Package
563 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
564 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
565 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
569 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
571 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
572 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
574 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
575 names now throw a more direct error in
577 - tests for this and other aspects of
583 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
584 Class::MOP::Attribute
585 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
588 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
589 (late night release engineering)--
591 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
592 changes in this release
594 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
595 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
596 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
599 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
600 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
601 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
604 * Class::MOP::Package
605 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
607 - inlining a few calls to &name with
608 direct HASH access key access
609 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
610 a HASH of items based on a type filter
611 similar to list_all_package_symbols
612 - added tests for this
615 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
616 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
617 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
618 - added more descriptive error message to help
619 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
620 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
622 * Class::MOP::Immutable
623 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
625 - added tests for this
627 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
629 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
630 function from MRO::Compat
631 - All XS based functionality now has a
632 Pure Perl alternative
633 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
634 can now be used to force non-XS versions
637 * Class::MOP::Attribute
638 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
639 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
640 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
642 - added tests for this
644 * Class::MOP::Immutable
645 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
646 making the class immutable
649 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
650 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
651 allow for it to work.
652 - added tests for this
654 * Class::MOP::Attribute
656 Class::MOP::Immutable
657 - any time a method meta object is constructed
658 we make sure to pass the correct package and
659 method name information
662 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
663 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
664 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
665 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
666 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
667 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
668 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
669 throw an error if these are not supplied.
670 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
671 and now store the package_name and name attributes
674 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
675 Module::Install support has been removed
677 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
678 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
679 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
680 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
684 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
685 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
687 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
688 when it has no init_arg
689 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
690 to support c3 classes.
692 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
695 - making sure that load_class never gets
696 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
697 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
700 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
702 - improved error handling in ->create method
703 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
704 will be used to populate values
705 - added tests for this
708 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
709 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
715 Class::MOP::Attribute
716 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
717 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
719 * Class::MOP::Instance
720 Class::MOP::Immutable
721 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
724 - fixed the filename length on several
725 test files so we install on VMS better
727 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
728 should be catfile (RT #32385)
730 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
731 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
734 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
735 Class::MOP::Attribute
736 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
737 to indicate that no constructor args can
738 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
739 - added tests for this
740 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
743 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
744 feature instead of the silly hack from
745 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
747 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
749 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
752 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
753 - removed assumptions about the existence of
756 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
757 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
758 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
761 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
762 constant so that we can take advantage
763 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
766 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
767 optimize the &linearized_isa method
768 and avoid the hack/check for circular
769 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
770 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
771 - added tests for this
773 * Class::MOP::Immutable
774 - the immutable class now keeps track of
775 the transformer which immutablized it
777 * Class::MOP::Instance
778 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
779 - added tests for this
781 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
783 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
784 transformation arguments are saved
786 - added tests for this
788 * Class::MOP::Immutable
789 - fixed a bug (see above)
791 * Class::MOP::Attribute
794 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
795 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
796 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
799 - removed the dependency on B
800 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
801 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
802 the B fiddling we were doing with
803 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
804 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
805 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
806 be used to help manage method caching.
809 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
810 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
811 even more accurate caching information.
812 blblack++ for that stuff :)
815 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
816 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
817 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
818 track of when we need to re-fetch the
820 - Several small improvements to take advantage
821 of the new method map caching features
823 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
824 * Class::MOP::Attribute
825 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
826 HASH ref case, which makes the
827 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
828 - added more tests for this
830 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
831 * Class::MOP::Attribute
832 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
833 - added more tests for this
835 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
837 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
838 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
839 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
841 * Class::MOP::Attribute
842 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
843 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
844 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
846 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
847 * Class::MOP::Attribute
848 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
850 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
851 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
853 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
855 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
858 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
859 construct_class_instance (groditi)
860 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
861 call through (groditi)
863 * Class::MOP::Attribute
864 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
865 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
866 it is defined (groditi)
868 * Class::MOP::Instance
869 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
870 it is defined (groditi)
872 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
873 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
874 - removed the relevant attributes
876 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
877 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
878 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
879 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
881 - added tests for this
882 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
883 non-inlined constructors.
884 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
886 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
887 - added this class as an abstract base for the
888 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
889 - added tests for this
892 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
893 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
896 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
898 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
899 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
901 * Class::MOP::Package
902 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
905 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
907 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
909 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
910 it manually now so that people can use this
911 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
913 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
915 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
916 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
917 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
920 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
921 * Class::MOP::Immutable
922 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
923 - removed unused variable
924 - added create_immutable_transformer
925 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
926 - tests for this (groditi)
929 - Immutability can now be undone,
930 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
931 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
932 for details see comments next to make_immutable
933 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
934 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
935 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
936 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
937 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
938 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
940 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
941 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
943 * Class::MOP::Package
944 - we now deal with stub methods properly
945 - added tests for this
946 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
948 * Class::MOP::Attribute
949 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
950 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
952 - added tests and POD for this
955 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
956 handles undef values correctly.
957 - added tests for this
958 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
959 will not get reaped when instances still
960 exist which need to reference them. This is
961 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
962 obscure enough feature that there are not too
963 many work arounds out in the wild.
964 - added tests for this by groditi
965 - updated docs to explain this
968 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
969 - added tests for this behavior
971 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
972 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
975 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
976 - added tests and docs for these
978 * Class::MOP::Attribute
979 - default now checks the instance with defined to
980 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
984 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
990 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
991 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
992 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
993 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
996 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
998 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
999 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1000 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1003 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1004 immutable transformation instead of
1005 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1007 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1008 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1009 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1010 be coming eventually.
1013 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1015 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1016 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1020 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1023 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1025 - constructor generation is now handled by
1026 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1028 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1029 - created this to handle constructor generation
1030 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1032 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1034 - attributes now delegate to the
1035 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1038 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1039 - all accessor generation functions from
1040 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1042 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1044 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1045 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1046 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1050 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1051 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1052 they are aliased from the originals
1053 - fixed tests to reflect
1054 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1056 - adjusted tests for this
1057 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1060 * Class::MOP::Method
1062 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1063 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1064 - adjusted tests to compensate
1065 - adjusted docs for this
1068 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1069 encapsulate most of the work into the
1070 &get_method_map method
1071 - made several adjustments for the change
1072 in Class::MOP::Method
1073 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1074 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1075 old one before installing the new one
1076 - added tests for this
1077 - adjusted docs for this
1079 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1080 - added caching of &get_method_map
1081 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1082 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1084 * Class::MOP::Package
1085 - added filtering capabilities to
1086 &list_all_package_symbols
1088 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1090 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1091 the $:version and such just actually goes
1092 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1093 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1095 - The &create method now requires that all
1096 but the package name now is passed in as
1097 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1098 - updated docs and tests for this
1100 * Class::MOP::Object
1101 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1105 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1106 which do not store things in the instance
1107 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1110 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1112 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1114 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1115 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1118 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1119 - fixed all tests for this
1121 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1122 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1123 are no longer allowed for defaults
1124 - added tests for this
1126 * Class::MOP::Package
1127 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1128 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1129 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1131 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1133 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1134 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1135 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1136 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1138 * Class::MOP::Package
1139 - refactored entire class, this is now
1140 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1141 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1142 - added many tests for this
1143 - this class is now a subclass of
1145 - added some tests to reflect this
1148 - refactored all symbol table access to
1149 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1151 * Class::MOP::Module
1152 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1153 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1154 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1155 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1156 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1157 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1158 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1159 - added tests for this
1161 * Class::MOP::Instance
1162 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1164 - added tests for this
1166 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1167 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1168 slots from an instance
1169 - added tests for this
1171 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1174 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1175 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1177 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1178 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1179 the value of the attribute for a particular
1182 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1183 ---------------------------------------
1184 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1185 to introduce the immutable features which
1186 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1187 This support should still be considered
1188 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1189 ---------------------------------------
1191 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1193 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1194 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1195 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1198 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1199 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1200 ::Package and now inherited
1201 - added tests for this
1203 * Class::MOP::Instance
1204 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1205 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1206 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1207 instance creation (of course)
1210 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1211 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1212 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1213 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1214 table manipulation methods.
1216 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1217 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1219 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1220 properly when inherited
1221 - small fix to &clone_instance
1223 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1224 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1225 - This release works in combination with
1226 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1227 because it introduces a new instance
1228 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1232 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1233 - added tests for this
1234 - improved method modifier wrapping
1236 * Class::MOP::Instance
1237 - added new instance protocol
1238 - added tests for this
1239 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1241 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1245 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1246 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1248 - updated tests for this
1251 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1252 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1254 - added tests for this
1255 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1256 new instance protocol
1257 - added more tests for this
1259 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1261 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1262 - added tests and docs for this
1263 - some small optimizations
1265 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1266 - some small optimizations
1268 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1270 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1271 - added tests for this
1272 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1273 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1274 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1275 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1276 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1277 delegates appropriately
1279 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1280 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1281 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1282 called initialize_instance_slot
1285 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1286 initialize_instance_slot method
1288 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1290 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1291 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1293 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1295 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1296 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1298 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1299 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1300 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1302 - added tests for this
1303 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1305 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1307 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1308 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1309 - added test case for this
1311 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1313 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1314 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1315 available in DESTORY calls
1317 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1318 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1319 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1321 * Class::MOP::Method
1322 - added &package_name, &name and
1323 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1324 which were formerly private subs in
1327 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1328 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1329 before, after and around modifiers
1330 - added tests and docs for this feature
1333 - improved &get_package_symbol
1334 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1335 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1337 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1338 - &add_before_method_modifier
1339 - &add_after_method_modifier
1340 - &add_around_method_modifier
1341 - added tests and docs for these
1342 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1343 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1345 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1346 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1350 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1351 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1352 the test skip if it is not installed
1354 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1356 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1359 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1360 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1361 - added docs and tests
1363 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1364 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1365 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1366 be considered "ready to use".
1368 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1369 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1370 - test coverage is now at 99%
1373 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1374 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1375 metaclass pragma instead.
1378 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1379 error/edge-case tests
1381 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1382 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1383 error/edge-case tests
1386 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1388 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1390 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1391 metaclass a little more straightforward
1394 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1395 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1396 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1397 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1401 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1402 is now more useful for subclasses
1403 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1404 hash of attribute meta objects
1405 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1406 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1407 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1408 attribute meta-object itself
1409 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1410 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1411 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1412 - added docs & tests for this
1413 - added Clone as a dependency
1414 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1415 return blessed new or cloned instances
1416 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1417 - added docs & tests for this
1418 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1419 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1420 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1421 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1422 - added tests and docs for this
1425 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1427 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1429 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1431 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1432 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1433 attributes/methods respectively
1436 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1439 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1440 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1441 - added new example:
1444 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1446 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1448 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1449 - improved error messages
1452 - added new examples:
1453 - AttributesWithHistory
1454 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1456 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1457 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1459 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1460 - refactored method generation code
1461 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1464 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1465 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1466 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1467 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1468 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1470 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1471 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1472 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1474 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006