NAME
    Class::MakeMethods::Docs::Changes - History of Class::MakeMethods

SYNOPSIS
    Revision history for Class::MakeMethods.

CHANGES
  Version 1.010

    2004/09/01
        Moved Template::TextBuilder and Template::DiskCache into Utility::
        namespace.

        Added support for defaults with -- and -param to Standard
        get_declarations().

    2004/08/12
        Began integrating tied-value patches from Dominique Dumont.

    2004/04/27
        Added method types to Evaled::Hash.

    2004/04/23
        Added skeleton of a new Evaled::Hash class.

  Version 1.009

    2003/09/25
        Added Emulator::mcoder and compatibility tests.

        Released to CPAN as Class-MakeMethods-1.009.tar.gz.

    2003/09/22
        Added support for lvalue methods to Template and Template::Generic.
        Added a few tests to demonstrate they're working. Added an example
        to Docs::Examples.

        Added Emulator::accessors and compatibility tests.

        Minor documentation improvements.

  Version 1.008

    2003/09/05
        Adjusted layout of test directories in another attempt to solve a
        MakeMaker/shell-glob issue on Windows that was preventing make test
        from running correctly.

        Removed Template::PseudoHash, since this package never really
        worked, as pointed out by a question from Mike Castle. Management of
        array-based objects can be handled by any of the existing ::Array
        subclasses, and support for pseudo-hashes would not provide any
        useful new capabilities.

        Added support for "Template::Universal:forward_methods -delegate"
        and "Template::Generic:object --soft_delegate" based on a suggestion
        from Peter Chen. Extended behavior of Template -subs handling to
        make it easy to add such functionality in the future.

        Released to CPAN as Class-MakeMethods-1.008.tar.gz.

    2003/09/02
        Adjusted DESTROY behavior of Template::InsideOut and cleaned up
        documentation.

  Version 1.007

    2003/09/01
        Made Template definitions automatically import their class's generic
        definitions, if present. This eliminates the need for Generic
        subclasses to explicitly redeclare every method it inherits, and
        should obviate the "missing declaration" problems referenced below.

        Updated the names of several Template subclasses, with stubs at the
        old names for backwards compatibility: Flyweight becomes InsideOut,
        Static becomes Global, and Struct becomes Array.

        Added Template::Inheritable and basic tests for it.

        Eliminated use of legacy Test.pm from remaining tests, except for
        MethodMaker emulation.

        Rearranged test directories in an effort to avoid a reported bug
        with the test path of t/*/*.t under Windows.

        Released to CPAN as Class-MakeMethods-1.007.tar.gz.

    2003/08/27
        Added section to Class::MakeMethods/EXTENDING documentation based on
        question from Terrence Brannon.

    2003/02/07
        Fixed missing declaration of Template::Hash:instance, reported via
        RT.

  Version 1.006

    2003/01/26
        Additional documentation touch-ups. Moved miscellaneous POD files
        into the Docs directory.

        Added new test scripts from Class-MethodMaker-1.08, although we
        don't yet pass them. In particular, I need to add support for the
        new method types added in 1.04: tie_scalar, tie_list,
        object_tie_list, object_tie_hash

        Also need to compare against the changes included in
        Class-MethodMaker-1.09 and 1.10, which don't seem to include any new
        test code, but do include functionality changes.

    2002/12/12
        Re-integrated Template and Emulator packages; the separate
        distribution turned out to be a hastle rather than a convenience.
        However, in order to keep test scripts for each subsystem separate,
        I'm now using a Makefile.PL attribute to specify a two-level deep
        directory tree of test scripts; I hope this doesn't break on
        Windows...

        Fixed possible "use of undefined as a reference" problem in
        Standard::*::array method generators, reported by Jared Rhine.

        Tried to improve documentation, based on feedback from Jared Rhine.
        Expunged ReadMe.pod. Extracted method catalogs into Catalog.pod.
        Moved examples to new Example.pod, although that underlines how few
        examples there are.

  Version 1.005

    2002/06/06
        Added Autoload interface.

        Modifed Attribute interface to add "inheritable" default logic for
        Maker class parameter. (Suggested by Malcolm Cook.)

        Fixed typo in documentation for Standard::Universal. (Spotted by
        Malcolm Cook.)

  Version 1.004

    2002/03/23
        Released to CPAN as Class-MakeMethods-1.004.tar.gz.

    2002/03/16
        Allow double-colons between package name and method generator name.

    2002/02/19
        Fixed related use of undef in Standard::*:hash methods.

    2002/02/14
        Adjusted Standard::*:hash methods to avoid assuming that the hashref
        already exists.

    2002/02/07
        Added missing *_reset => clear to Template number --counter
        interface.

    2002/02/02
        Adjusted error message in Utility::ArraySplicer

    2002/01/26
        Applied small documentation corrections suggested by Adam Spiers.

        Added Standard::Universal:alias.

  Version 1.003

    2002/01/24
        Folded "Getting Started Guide" POD into main module documentation.

        Renamed Utility::TakeName to Emulator.

        Split Template and Emulator packages into their own distributions.

        Please Note: This means that to fully upgrade you must retrieve all
        three of these files:

          Class-MakeMethods-1.003.tar.gz 
          Class-MakeMethods-Template-1.003.tar.gz 
          Class-MakeMethods-Emulator-1.003.tar.gz 

        Of course, if you're not using the Template or Emulator classes,
        there's no need to download them...

    2002/01/21
        Started bumping sub-version numbers and not using sub-sub-versions,
        to shorten distribution names and more closely match standard
        practice.

        Added Composite::Inheritable:hook and matching test. Added
        Composite->CurrentResults method to easily access, update composite
        method results.

  Version 1.000.*

    v1.000.16 - 2002/01/21
        Released to CPAN as v1.000.016.

    v1.000.16 - 2002/01/20
        Adjusted the hash and array methods in the Standard::* and
        Composite::* packages to properly accept a set-contents call with a
        single reference argument, and to return contents rather than ref in
        list context.

    v1.000.16 - 2002/01/14
        Fixed a subtle bug in a test script inherited from
        Class::MethodMaker: 4_Template_hash_hash_array.t and
        7_MethodMaker_hash_of_lists.t both relied on "keys %hash" returning
        the keys in a particular order, which *almost* always worked, but
        caused failures on one or more Perl version/platform combinations.

    v1.000.15 - 2002/01/14
        Released to CPAN as v1.000.015.

    v1.000.15 - 2002/01/12
        Renamed Basic::Static to Basic::Global for consistency with Standard
        and Composite. Hopefully, there aren't many users of this module
        yet; please accept my apologies if this breaks your code.

        Eliminated "local @_ = ...", which appears to cause a scoping
        problem on Perl 5.6. Thanks to Adam Spiers for a thorough bug
        report. (See http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=138370 for
        details.)

        Extended Template::Generic to support "array --get_set_ref" method
        style requested by Adam Spiers.

        Various documentation tweaks, including feedback from Adam Spiers:
        Adjusted documentation to downplay Basic::* modules as a starting
        point, in favor of Standard::* ones. Trimmed out some duplicated
        documentation in favor of more "See L<...>" links. Adjusted
        documentation of *::Inheritable packages in an attempt to clarify
        the way in which the inheritance tree is searched for a value.

        Factored out common code from Standard::Inheritable and
        Composite::Inheritable to new module, Utility::Inheritable. Factored
        out common code from Standard::Hash and Standard::Array to new
        module, Utility::ArraySplicer. Factored out common code from
        Template::Universal to new module, Utility::Ref. Renamed
        Emulator::TakeName to Utility::TakeName (this is internal use only,
        so there should be no public impact).

    v1.000.15 - 2001/12/01
        Adjusted Template::Universal's code for _CALL_METHODS_FROM_HASH_, to
        ensure that method/arg pairs are called in order they were passed
        in.

    v1.000.15 - 2001/07/04, 2001/07/19
        Minor additions to documentation of various method types.

    v1.000.14 - 2001/07/01
        Released as v1.000.014.

    v1.000.14 - 2001/06/25, 2001/06/29, 2001/07/01
        Removed Makefile rule from Makefile.PL to avoid warnings when used
        with recent versions of ExtUtils::MakeMaker, which also define a
        similar rule. (Based on bug report from Ron Savage.)

        Fixed test failure for machines with P5.6 but no
        Attribute::Handlers. (Reported by Ron Savage, Jay Lawrence.)

        Added Template::Flyweight:string_index. (But still needs test
        script.)

        Added Standard::Universal. (But still needs test scripts.)

        Minor touch-ups to ReadMe and Guide documentation.

    v1.000.13 - 2001/05/16, 2001/05/18, 2001/05/20, 2001/06/02, 2001/06/22,
    2001/06/24
        To date, this module has been circulated under several provisional
        names: it was originally floated as a possible version-2 rewrite of
        Class::MethodMaker, then renamed to Class::Methods when it forked
        from that project, and then briefly to Class::MethodGenerator. (Note
        that it can be surprisingly difficult to comply with both of these
        the perlmodlib manpage guidelines: "To be portable each component of
        a module name should be limited to 11 characters. [...] Always try
        to use two or more whole words.") In the end, I selected
        Class::MakeMethods, as it is two whole words, and is reminiscent of
        Class::MethodMaker without being confusing (I hope!), and I believe
        this issue is now settled.

        Standardized syntax for global options; renamed -implementation to
        -MakerClass and -target_class to -TargetClass. Moved $TargetClass
        and other context information into %CONTEXT with _context accessor.
        Added ForceInstall.

        Completed re-simplification of build directories; we're back to a
        single Makefile, which avoids a warning in P5.6.0.

        Added Attribute interface for use with P5.6 and later, based on
        Attribute::Handlers.

        Renamed "Simple" subclasses to "Basic". Added documentation and
        initial tests.

        Added Standard subclasses with parameter parsing and more powerful
        accessors.

        Modified Emulator::Struct to use Standard::* methods. Found struct
        test from P5.7, and added auto_init functionality to match.

        Added Composite::* subclasses.

        Added Emulator::AccessorFast.

        Added Class::MakeMethods::Guide with introduction and examples.

        Continued clean-up effort on Template documentation. Renamed
        Template "attributes" to "method parameters" to avoid confusion with
        Perl attributes. Retitled Template naming rules from "templates" to
        "interfaces".

        Changed initialization code expressions of Template::Class in hopes
        of P5.6.1 compatibility. (Problem reported by M Schwern.)

        Added 'Template::Generic:new --and_then_init' based on feedback from
        Jay Lawrence.

  Early 1.000 versions

    v1.000.12 - 2001/05/14
        Renamed module to Class::MethodGenerator, although naming questions
        remain.

        Moved Template subclasses into Template::* namespace. Simplified
        build directory and makefile structure.

        Changed initialization code expressions of Template::PackageVar,
        ClassVar for P5.6.0 compatibility. (Reported by M Schwern.)

    v1.000.11 - 2001/05/07, 2001/05/12
        Eliminated Bundle file. Moved general documentation to cm_base.

        Renamed Class::Methods::Base to Class::Methods::Generator.

        Extracted code for Template declarations to new
        Class::Methods::Template module. Extracted disk-caching to new
        Template::DiskCache module. Moved TextBuilder into the Template::
        tree.

        Moved _namespace_capture code to new package
        Class::Methods::Emulator::TakeName.

        Added Simple::Hash subclass.

    v1.000.10 - 2001/04/26, 2001/05/02, 2001/05/04
        Moved _namespace_capture and _namespace_release to
        Class::Methods::Base.

        Additional doc tweakage. Moved ReadMe documentation to
        Bundle::ClassMethods. Merged Extending documentation into Base.

        Removed spurious uses of -default => 'default' in templates.

        Added new ClassInherit subclass and Emulator::Inheritable.

        Expunged Index subclass in favor of boolean_index and string_index
        types on Generic.

        Moved Struct:builtin_isa type to new package, StructBuiltin.

        Refactored code templating function as
        Class::Methods::Base::TextBuilder.

    v1.000.9 - 2001/03/24
        Reversed sense of - and --, as it was in 1.000.1.

        Separated source files into separate directories with distinct
        Makefiles and test hierarchies. This should clarify the boundaries
        between the core method-generation code, the common
        constructor/accessor methods, and the various emulator and
        experimental packages.

    v1.000.8 - 2001/01/19
        Following receipt of a suggestion to fork from the maintainer of
        Class::MethodMaker, renamed packge from Class::MethodMaker v2.0 to
        Class::Methods v1.000.

        Adjusted documentation to reflect fork, although additional cleanup
        is still needed.

        Moved backward compatibility to Emulator::MethodMaker subclass.

        Added Generic -compatibility array index_* and hash_of_arrays *_last
        and *_set methods to match changes in Class::MethodMaker v1.02.
        Added Emulator::MethodMaker support for the '-static' flag. The
        emulator now completely satisfies the enclosed test suites, from
        Class::MethodMaker v0.92 and v1.02.

    v1.000.7 - 2001/01/05, 2001/01/06, 2001/01/07
        Moved core code and internal code to Internals.pm. MethodMaker.pm
        now contains only some require statements and the general user guide
        documentation.

        Moved ReadMe.pod, Changes.pod, and ToDo.pod into MethodMaker
        directory. Separated Catalog.pod, Extending.pod, RelatedModules.pod.

        Included version 1 docs as Class::Methods::OriginalDocs; minor
        revisions for clarity.

        Renamed Package subclass to PackageVar, Class to ClassVar.

        Added Emulation::Struct subclass.

        Added support for shifting targets with make( -target_class =>
        Package, ... ).

        Extended ClassName subclass to handle requiring, rather than
        creating subclases.

    v1.000.6 - 2000/12/29, 2001/01/02, 2001/01/04
        Restored -sugar import option for compatibility with earlier
        versions.

        Added plural names to "Generic:hash -compatibility" to support v0.92
        usage.

        Replaced use of substr(..., 0, 1) with ... =~ s/^-// for P5.004
        compatibility; problem found by Scott Godin.

        Copy @_ before splicing and pushing on to it for P5.004
        compatibility.

        Expunged duplicate lines from Generic.pm's array_of_objects; found
        by Ron Savage.

        Renamed Hash.pm's delete and exists behaviors to avoid possible
        run-time import conflict with Generic.pm's behaviors; failure
        reported by Ron Savage.

        Added _STATIC_ATTR_{return_value_undefined} attributes to Generic
        string and number to allow overrides of this functionality.

        Minor doc touchups and expanded examples section.

    v1.000.5 - 2000/11/28, 2000/12/16, 2000/12/28
        Added Universal -warn_calls modifier.

        Folded various pod files together into main module's inline
        documentation. Updated catalog of existing implementations in
        documentation. Added pointers to some tutorials and books which
        discuss Class::Methods.

        Standardized naming of test scripts.

        Can now specify default template name, via -default=>"foo".

    v1.000.4 - 2000/11/22
        Separated string, number, and boolean from the Generic scalar
        methods.

        Provide _disk_cache to shortcut the lengthy _interpret_text_builder
        process.

        Fixes to ClassName implementation.

        Change to forward methods to provide better error messages when
        object is empty.

    v1.000.3 - 2000/11/03
        Rearranged documentation into separate files in the pod/ directory.

        Collapsed find_target_class and make functionality into import;
        moved support for the old functions to the Compatibility module.

        Adjusted tests to generally use standard syntax, and not
        Compatibility hooks.

    v1.000.2.1 - 2000/10/23
        Moved commonly-accessible information to Universal.

        Added block{...} replacement for enhanced behavior templating.

        Added modifier mechanism to support -private and -protected.

        May need to be able to specify import ordering so that modifiers are
        applied in the right order. This hasn't bit me yet, but it's there.
        Darn.

    v1.000.2 - 2000/10/22
        Completed generalization of Generic methods from Static and Hash.
        Rewrote ClassVar and PackageVar to use Generic framework.

        Attribute expansion can now substitute values besides name, using
        *{attr}.

        Added _diagnostics function and documentation of all failure
        messages.

        Added SEE ALSO section to documentation, brief review of Class::* on
        CPAN. Stumbled across Damian Conway's very nice Class::Contract
        module.

        Added Scalar and Flyweight implementations.

    v1.000.1.1 - 2000/10/21
        Rolled back change from yesterday; can still pick templates like
        '-java'. Allow attributes to be specified as '--foo'=>'bar' or
        '--'=>{foo=>'bar'}

        Automated caching for meta-method definition hashes.

        Generalized several Static and Hash interfaces into Generic
        templates. Added Static:array and Static:code support.

        Allow global -import to set default sources for templates, exprs,
        behaviors.

    v1.000.1 - 2000/10/19
        Support inheritance of templates between meta-methods with -import.

        Made "template" an attribute, rather than a special state variable.

        Allow any attribute to be specified as -foo=>'bar'. Changed
        selection of standard templates from '-java' to '--java'.

        Initial support for string-eval behaviors and code_exprs, and
        Generic.pm

    v1.000.0 - 2000/10/14, 2000/10/15
        Completed initial pass of full rewrite.

        Assorted cleanup of syntax and documentation.

        Moved Hash, Static, and Index implementations into separate
        packages.

    v0.9.3 - 2000/09/30
        Refactored subclass_name and class_registry.

        Folded in some misc improvements from Class::MethodMaker 1.0.

    v0.97x - 2000/08/04 to 2000/08/13
        Forked from Class::MethodMaker 0.96. Substantial rewrite started

        Created build_meta_method and refactored many methods to use it.

        Added new_hash, hash_init, new_from_prototype.

        Extended arg format. Added -template=>behavior_name. Added support
        for array-of-names arguments.

        Performance tuning. Additional refactoring to support AutoSplit
        functionality.

        Also folded in some older changes and additions from Evolution's
        internal collection of MethodMaker subclasses:

  Class::MethodMaker::Extensions

    Change notes from unreleased collection of extensions to
    Class::MethodMaker that were later folded into Class::MakeMethods:

      2000/01/12 Added set_foo, clear_foo to class_var hashes.
      1999/07/27 Added subclass_name.
      1999/04/15 Changed class_var to use symbol table lookups, not eval "".
      1999/04/05 Changed determine_once to check again if undefined.
      1999/03/25 Added singleton method.
      1998/09/18 Finished integration of class_registry handlers.
      1998/07/31 Added class_var and classnames handlers.
      1998/06/12 Added lookup handlers.
      1998/05/09 Created no_op and determine_once method groups.

