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 $SIG{__DIE__} inside _try_load_one_class (Sartak)
15 - Add direct_subclasses method (Sartak)
16 - Tests for subclasses and direct_subclasses (Sartak)
17 - subname is no longer used unconditionally in add_method, but only if
18 the code reference's name is '__ANON__' (nothingmuch)
19 - Add a hook for _superclasses_updated (Sartak)
22 - Remove long, old warning about possibly outdated modules (Sartak)
24 0.84 Tue, May 12, 2009
26 - Depend on Text::Exception 0.27 to avoid failing tests ond old
30 - Made is_class_loaded a little stricter. It was reporting that
31 a class was loaded if it merely had an @ISA variable in its
32 stash. Now it checks that the @ISA var has elements in it.
33 - Deprecate in_global_destruction and subname re-exporting
37 - Explicitly use Devel::GlobalDestruction and Sub::Name
41 - Disable prototype mismatch warnings for add_package_symbol.
44 0.83 Mon, April 27, 2009
46 - Fix segfault when calling get_method_map on a metaclass for an empty
49 0.82_02 Fri, April 24, 2009
50 * Class::MOP::Method::Inlined
51 - Don't inline if the expected method is not defined at all (happens with
52 e.g. Moose::Object::_new is the expected method due to an overridden
55 - Some tests were trying to load Class::MOP::Immutable, which
56 was removed in 0.82_01.
58 0.82_01 Thu, April 23, 2009
59 * Class::MOP::Immutable (and others)
60 - Refactor the immutability system to use a pre-defined class
61 for the immutable metaclass of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::$class
62 - Rather than generating methods into this class every time, use
63 a Trait (basic mixin) to supply the cached methods
64 - Remove the hack that returns the mutable metaclass for
65 metacircularity in order to provide consistent meta-metaclasses
66 for the Moose compatibility handling code
67 (mst broke it, nothingmuch fixed it)
69 0.82 Mon, April 20, 2009
71 - The deprecation wrappers for some renamed methods were not
72 passing arguments to the new method. (nothingmuch)
74 * Class::MOP::Immutable
75 - Warn during immutablization if the local class provides its own
76 constructor, to parallel the warning in Moose when a superclass
77 provides its own constructor (doy)
79 0.81 Tue, April 7, 2009
82 * Class::MOP::Instance
83 * Class::MOP::Attribute
84 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
85 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
86 - Include stack traces in the deprecation warnings introduced in
87 0.80_01. (Florian Ragwitz)
90 - Avoid c compiler warnings by declaring some unused function
91 arguments. (Florian Ragwitz)
93 0.80_01 Sun, April 5, 2009
95 - Make sure to preserve any compiler flags already defined in
96 Config.pm. Patch by Vincent Pit. RT #44739.
98 * Many methods have been renamed with a leading underscore, and a
99 few have been deprecated entirely. The methods with a leading
100 underscore are consider "internals only". People writing
101 subclasses or extensions to Class::MOP should feel free to
102 override them, but they are not for "public" use.
105 - construct_class_instance => _construct_class_instance (use new_object)
106 - construct_instance => _construct_instance (use new_object)
107 - check_metaclass_compatibility => _check_metaclass_compatibility
108 - create_meta_instance => _create_meta_instance (use get_meta_instance)
109 - clone_instance => _clone_instance (use clone_object)
110 - compute_all_applicable_methods is deprecated, use get_all_methods
111 - compute_all_applicable_attributes is deprecated, use get_all_attributes
113 - Class::MOP::Instance
114 - bless_instance_structure is deprecated and will be removed
118 - create has been renamed to _instantiate_module. This method
119 does not construct an object, it evals some code that
120 creates the relevant package in Perl's symbol table.
122 - Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
123 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
124 when an object is constructed)
125 - /(generate_.*_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
127 - Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
128 - initialize_body => _initialize_body (this is always called
129 when an object is constructed)
130 - /(generate_constructor_method(?:_inline)?)/ => '_' . $1
131 - attributes => _attributes
132 - meta_instance => _meta_instance
134 0.80 Wed, April 1, 2009
136 - Call user_class->meta in fewer places, with the eventual goal
137 of allowing the user to rename or exclude ->meta
138 altogether. Instead uses Class::MOP::class_of. (Sartak)
141 - New class_of function that should be used to retrieve a
142 metaclass. This is unlike get_metaclass_by_name in that it
143 accepts instances, not just class names. (Sartak)
146 - load_first_existing_class didn't actually load the first
147 existing class; instead, it loaded the first existing and
148 compiling class. It now throws an error if a class exists (in
149 @INC) but fails to compile. (hdp)
153 - we had some semi-buggy code that purported to provide a
154 HAS_ISAREV based on whether mro had get_isarev (due to an
155 oversight, it always returned 1). Since mro and MRO::Compat
156 have always had get_isarev, HAS_ISAREV was pointless. This
157 insight simplified the subclasses method by deleting the
158 pure-perl fallback. HAS_ISAREV is now deprecated. (Sartak)
160 0.79 Fri, March 29, 2009
161 * No changes from 0.78_02.
163 0.78_02 Thu, March 26, 2009
165 * Class::MOP::Immutable
166 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
167 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class
168 API. The core __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable API remains
169 the same, however, so this should only affect the most
173 - The XS code used a macro, XSPROTO, that's only in 5.10.x. This
174 has been fixed to be backwards compatible with 5.8.x.
177 - Add a hook for rebless_instance_away (Sartak)
178 - Use blessed instead of ref to get an instance's class name
179 in rebless_instance. (Sartak)
181 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
183 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
184 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
187 * Class::MOP::Instance
188 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
189 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
190 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
191 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
193 * Class::MOP::Attribute
194 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
195 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
196 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
198 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
199 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
200 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
204 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
205 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
206 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
207 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
209 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
210 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
211 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
212 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
213 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
214 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
215 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
216 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
217 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
220 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
221 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
224 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
226 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
227 * No changes from 0.77_01
229 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
231 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
232 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
233 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
234 against the pure Perl version of this code.
236 * Class::MOP::Instance
237 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
238 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
241 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
243 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
247 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
248 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
252 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
253 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
255 * Class::MOP::Package
256 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
257 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
260 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
264 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
265 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
266 near future release. You've been warned.
268 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
269 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
270 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
271 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
273 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
274 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
277 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
278 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
281 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
284 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
285 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
287 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
289 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
290 sharing an immutable transformer object
291 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
292 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
294 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
296 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
297 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
298 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
299 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
301 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
302 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
304 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
306 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
307 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
309 * t/082_get_code_info.t
310 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
311 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
312 succeed in that case.
314 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
315 * Class::MOP::Package
316 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
319 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
320 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
322 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
323 * Class::MOP::Immutable
324 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
325 the constructor was inlined.
326 * Class::MOP::Package
327 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
328 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
329 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
331 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
332 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
334 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
336 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
337 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
338 * Class::MOP::Immutable
339 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
340 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
341 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
344 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
345 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
346 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
347 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
348 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
349 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
350 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
351 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
352 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
353 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
355 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
358 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
359 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
362 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
364 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
365 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
367 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
369 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
370 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
371 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
374 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
375 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
376 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
379 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
381 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
382 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
384 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
385 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
386 times in an eval. (t0m)
388 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
390 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
391 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
392 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
393 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
394 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
395 - added test for this
397 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
398 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
399 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
402 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
403 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
407 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
408 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
409 aliased methods and "real" methods.
411 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
412 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
413 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
414 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
417 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
418 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
421 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
422 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
423 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
424 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
425 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
426 for sad systems without a compiler.
429 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
430 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
433 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
434 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
435 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
437 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
439 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
440 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
441 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
442 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
444 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
445 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
446 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
447 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
449 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
451 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
452 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
455 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
456 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
457 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
459 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
461 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
463 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
464 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
465 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
467 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
468 * Class::MOP::Package
469 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
470 releases. (nothingmuch)
473 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
475 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
476 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
477 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
480 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
483 * Class::MOP::Instance
484 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
486 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
488 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
489 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
490 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
491 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
494 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
495 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
499 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
500 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
501 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
502 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
503 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
506 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
507 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
508 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
511 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
512 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
513 consistency (nothingmuch)
514 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
516 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
517 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
518 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
519 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
522 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
523 * Class::MOP::Immutable
524 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
526 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
528 * Class::MOP::Instance
529 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
530 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
532 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
534 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
535 the class is already loaded (sartak)
536 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
537 instead of just 1 (sartak)
540 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
542 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
543 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
544 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
546 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
547 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
548 recognizes it correct this time.
550 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
551 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
554 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
555 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
558 - now stores the instance of the instance
559 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
560 and deletes it when the cache is blown
561 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
562 the options used to make it immutable as well as
563 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
565 * Class::MOP::Package
566 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
567 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
568 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
572 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
574 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
575 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
577 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
578 names now throw a more direct error in
580 - tests for this and other aspects of
586 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
587 Class::MOP::Attribute
588 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
591 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
592 (late night release engineering)--
594 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
595 changes in this release
597 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
598 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
599 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
602 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
603 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
604 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
607 * Class::MOP::Package
608 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
610 - inlining a few calls to &name with
611 direct HASH access key access
612 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
613 a HASH of items based on a type filter
614 similar to list_all_package_symbols
615 - added tests for this
618 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
619 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
620 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
621 - added more descriptive error message to help
622 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
623 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
625 * Class::MOP::Immutable
626 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
628 - added tests for this
630 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
632 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
633 function from MRO::Compat
634 - All XS based functionality now has a
635 Pure Perl alternative
636 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
637 can now be used to force non-XS versions
640 * Class::MOP::Attribute
641 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
642 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
643 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
645 - added tests for this
647 * Class::MOP::Immutable
648 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
649 making the class immutable
652 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
653 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
654 allow for it to work.
655 - added tests for this
657 * Class::MOP::Attribute
659 Class::MOP::Immutable
660 - any time a method meta object is constructed
661 we make sure to pass the correct package and
662 method name information
665 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
666 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
667 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
668 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
669 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
670 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
671 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
672 throw an error if these are not supplied.
673 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
674 and now store the package_name and name attributes
677 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
678 Module::Install support has been removed
680 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
681 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
682 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
683 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
687 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
688 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
690 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
691 when it has no init_arg
692 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
693 to support c3 classes.
695 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
698 - making sure that load_class never gets
699 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
700 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
703 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
705 - improved error handling in ->create method
706 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
707 will be used to populate values
708 - added tests for this
711 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
712 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
718 Class::MOP::Attribute
719 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
720 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
722 * Class::MOP::Instance
723 Class::MOP::Immutable
724 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
727 - fixed the filename length on several
728 test files so we install on VMS better
730 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
731 should be catfile (RT #32385)
733 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
734 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
737 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
738 Class::MOP::Attribute
739 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
740 to indicate that no constructor args can
741 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
742 - added tests for this
743 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
746 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
747 feature instead of the silly hack from
748 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
750 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
752 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
755 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
756 - removed assumptions about the existence of
759 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
760 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
761 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
764 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
765 constant so that we can take advantage
766 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
769 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
770 optimize the &linearized_isa method
771 and avoid the hack/check for circular
772 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
773 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
774 - added tests for this
776 * Class::MOP::Immutable
777 - the immutable class now keeps track of
778 the transformer which immutablized it
780 * Class::MOP::Instance
781 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
782 - added tests for this
784 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
786 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
787 transformation arguments are saved
789 - added tests for this
791 * Class::MOP::Immutable
792 - fixed a bug (see above)
794 * Class::MOP::Attribute
797 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
798 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
799 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
802 - removed the dependency on B
803 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
804 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
805 the B fiddling we were doing with
806 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
807 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
808 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
809 be used to help manage method caching.
812 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
813 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
814 even more accurate caching information.
815 blblack++ for that stuff :)
818 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
819 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
820 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
821 track of when we need to re-fetch the
823 - Several small improvements to take advantage
824 of the new method map caching features
826 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
827 * Class::MOP::Attribute
828 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
829 HASH ref case, which makes the
830 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
831 - added more tests for this
833 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
834 * Class::MOP::Attribute
835 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
836 - added more tests for this
838 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
840 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
841 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
842 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
844 * Class::MOP::Attribute
845 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
846 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
847 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
849 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
850 * Class::MOP::Attribute
851 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
853 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
854 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
856 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
858 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
861 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
862 construct_class_instance (groditi)
863 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
864 call through (groditi)
866 * Class::MOP::Attribute
867 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
868 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
869 it is defined (groditi)
871 * Class::MOP::Instance
872 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
873 it is defined (groditi)
875 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
876 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
877 - removed the relevant attributes
879 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
880 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
881 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
882 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
884 - added tests for this
885 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
886 non-inlined constructors.
887 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
889 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
890 - added this class as an abstract base for the
891 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
892 - added tests for this
895 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
896 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
899 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
901 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
902 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
904 * Class::MOP::Package
905 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
908 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
910 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
912 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
913 it manually now so that people can use this
914 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
916 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
918 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
919 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
920 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
923 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
924 * Class::MOP::Immutable
925 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
926 - removed unused variable
927 - added create_immutable_transformer
928 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
929 - tests for this (groditi)
932 - Immutability can now be undone,
933 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
934 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
935 for details see comments next to make_immutable
936 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
937 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
938 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
939 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
940 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
941 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
943 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
944 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
946 * Class::MOP::Package
947 - we now deal with stub methods properly
948 - added tests for this
949 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
951 * Class::MOP::Attribute
952 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
953 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
955 - added tests and POD for this
958 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
959 handles undef values correctly.
960 - added tests for this
961 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
962 will not get reaped when instances still
963 exist which need to reference them. This is
964 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
965 obscure enough feature that there are not too
966 many work arounds out in the wild.
967 - added tests for this by groditi
968 - updated docs to explain this
971 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
972 - added tests for this behavior
974 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
975 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
978 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
979 - added tests and docs for these
981 * Class::MOP::Attribute
982 - default now checks the instance with defined to
983 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
987 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
993 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
994 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
995 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
996 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
999 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
1001 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1002 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1003 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
1006 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
1007 immutable transformation instead of
1008 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
1010 + Class::MOP::Immutable
1011 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
1012 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
1013 be coming eventually.
1016 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
1018 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
1019 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
1023 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
1026 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1028 - constructor generation is now handled by
1029 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
1031 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
1032 - created this to handle constructor generation
1033 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1035 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1037 - attributes now delegate to the
1038 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
1041 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
1042 - all accessor generation functions from
1043 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
1045 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
1047 * scripts/class_browser.pl
1048 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
1049 on this to come. Comments and patches are
1053 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
1054 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
1055 they are aliased from the originals
1056 - fixed tests to reflect
1057 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
1059 - adjusted tests for this
1060 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
1063 * Class::MOP::Method
1065 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
1066 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
1067 - adjusted tests to compensate
1068 - adjusted docs for this
1071 - changed how methods are dealt with to
1072 encapsulate most of the work into the
1073 &get_method_map method
1074 - made several adjustments for the change
1075 in Class::MOP::Method
1076 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
1077 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
1078 old one before installing the new one
1079 - added tests for this
1080 - adjusted docs for this
1082 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1083 - added caching of &get_method_map
1084 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
1085 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
1087 * Class::MOP::Package
1088 - added filtering capabilities to
1089 &list_all_package_symbols
1091 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
1093 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
1094 the $:version and such just actually goes
1095 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
1096 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
1098 - The &create method now requires that all
1099 but the package name now is passed in as
1100 named parameters. See docs for more info.
1101 - updated docs and tests for this
1103 * Class::MOP::Object
1104 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
1108 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
1109 which do not store things in the instance
1110 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
1113 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
1115 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
1117 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
1118 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
1121 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
1122 - fixed all tests for this
1124 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1125 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
1126 are no longer allowed for defaults
1127 - added tests for this
1129 * Class::MOP::Package
1130 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
1131 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
1132 always reloaded from the symbol table.
1134 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
1136 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
1137 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
1138 metamodel is more complete (and closer
1139 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
1141 * Class::MOP::Package
1142 - refactored entire class, this is now
1143 the primary gateway between the metaclass
1144 and the Perl 5 symbol table
1145 - added many tests for this
1146 - this class is now a subclass of
1148 - added some tests to reflect this
1151 - refactored all symbol table access to
1152 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
1154 * Class::MOP::Module
1155 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
1156 so that Module has a version as an attribute
1157 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
1158 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
1159 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
1160 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
1161 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
1162 - added tests for this
1164 * Class::MOP::Instance
1165 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
1167 - added tests for this
1169 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1170 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
1171 slots from an instance
1172 - added tests for this
1174 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1177 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1178 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1180 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1181 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1182 the value of the attribute for a particular
1185 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1186 ---------------------------------------
1187 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1188 to introduce the immutable features which
1189 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1190 This support should still be considered
1191 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1192 ---------------------------------------
1194 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1196 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1197 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1198 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1201 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1202 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1203 ::Package and now inherited
1204 - added tests for this
1206 * Class::MOP::Instance
1207 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1208 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1209 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1210 instance creation (of course)
1213 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1214 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1215 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1216 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1217 table manipulation methods.
1219 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1220 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1222 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1223 properly when inherited
1224 - small fix to &clone_instance
1226 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1227 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1228 - This release works in combination with
1229 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1230 because it introduces a new instance
1231 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1235 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1236 - added tests for this
1237 - improved method modifier wrapping
1239 * Class::MOP::Instance
1240 - added new instance protocol
1241 - added tests for this
1242 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1244 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1248 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1249 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1251 - updated tests for this
1254 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1255 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1257 - added tests for this
1258 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1259 new instance protocol
1260 - added more tests for this
1262 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1264 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1265 - added tests and docs for this
1266 - some small optimizations
1268 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1269 - some small optimizations
1271 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1273 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1274 - added tests for this
1275 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1276 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1277 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1278 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1279 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1280 delegates appropriately
1282 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1283 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1284 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1285 called initialize_instance_slot
1288 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1289 initialize_instance_slot method
1291 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1293 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1294 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1296 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1298 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1299 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1301 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1302 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1303 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1305 - added tests for this
1306 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1308 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1310 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1311 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1312 - added test case for this
1314 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1316 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1317 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1318 available in DESTORY calls
1320 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1321 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1322 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1324 * Class::MOP::Method
1325 - added &package_name, &name and
1326 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1327 which were formerly private subs in
1330 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1331 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1332 before, after and around modifiers
1333 - added tests and docs for this feature
1336 - improved &get_package_symbol
1337 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1338 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1340 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1341 - &add_before_method_modifier
1342 - &add_after_method_modifier
1343 - &add_around_method_modifier
1344 - added tests and docs for these
1345 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1346 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1348 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1349 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1353 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1354 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1355 the test skip if it is not installed
1357 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1359 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1362 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1363 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1364 - added docs and tests
1366 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1367 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1368 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1369 be considered "ready to use".
1371 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1372 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1373 - test coverage is now at 99%
1376 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1377 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1378 metaclass pragma instead.
1381 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1382 error/edge-case tests
1384 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1385 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1386 error/edge-case tests
1389 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1391 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1393 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1394 metaclass a little more straightforward
1397 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1398 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1399 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1400 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1404 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1405 is now more useful for subclasses
1406 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1407 hash of attribute meta objects
1408 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1409 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1410 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1411 attribute meta-object itself
1412 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1413 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1414 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1415 - added docs & tests for this
1416 - added Clone as a dependency
1417 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1418 return blessed new or cloned instances
1419 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1420 - added docs & tests for this
1421 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1422 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1423 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1424 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1425 - added tests and docs for this
1428 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1430 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1432 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1434 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1435 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1436 attributes/methods respectively
1439 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1442 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1443 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1444 - added new example:
1447 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1449 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1451 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1452 - improved error messages
1455 - added new examples:
1456 - AttributesWithHistory
1457 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1459 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1460 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1462 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1463 - refactored method generation code
1464 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1467 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1468 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1469 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1470 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1471 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1473 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1474 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1475 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1477 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006