Aspect-0.98

Changes for version 0.98

Production release, no change from 0.97_06
Major refactoring, documentation and and 1.00 preparation release
The API has now moved closed to the AspectJ API where sensible

Changes for version 0.97_06

Generalised and moved Aspec::Pointcut::Highest::Clean to Aspect::Guard
Removed dedicated Aspect::Advice::AfterReturning advice type
Removed dedicated Aspect::Advice::AfterThrowing advice type
Collapsing of nested and/or pointcuts is now done at constructor time
Expanded testing for corner case pointcut currying scenarios
Deprecated after_returning and after_throwing

Changes for version 0.97_05

Advice code is now always run consistently in void context, the ->wantarray method is now the only way to check the calling context of the active joint point. This is not only more consistent in having all context come from methods, is also prevents inconsistent behaviour when calling methods directly with $_->self->method and it allows context-senstive behaviour to be added to the advice methods.
Replaced params and params_ref with args, with a different behaviour based on the wantarray context it is called in. This is semantically much closer to the AspectJ version, and more importantly it has no "convenience" features which will prevent weird complexity later on.
Rewrote return_value to act on context in the same manner as args. This is theoretically not backwards compatible, but the entire test suite continued to pass after change, which shows that the only things backcompatible would be things using methods in a strange manner.
Added POD documentation for most of the methods in Aspect::Point.
Added basic POD skeletons for the different Aspect::Advice:: classes.
Minor optimisation in generated code to check for exceptions directly, rather than via the slower accessor method.
Clarified that only after and after_throwing support exception handling and throwing.
Aspect::Advice::AfterReturning now inherits from ::After
Aspect::Advice::AfterThrowing now inherits from ::After
Added the returning pointcut for use with after advice
Added a second curry method for use prior to weave-time compilation
Added support for naked throwing() without a specific exception value

Changes for version 0.97_04

Added more POD to the main page, this is closer to the final form

Changes for version 0.97_03

Simplified if_true to true and ::If to ::True
Expanded XS acceleration to more classes and methods
Completed reasonable thorough main documentation for Aspect.pm
Prohibit usage of the highest pointcut to one per advice declaration due to implementation complexity and unclear semantics.
Added Advice::Point::Static for the cflow point details in line with AspectJ's idea of "static parts" of join points.
Removed deprecated Aspect::AdviceContext now it is no longer needed by the cflow pointcut.
Pointcut logic operations & | ! now validate their children
The cflow declarator is now documented everywhere as single param, defaulting to an "enclosing" accessor, which is accelerated.
Added specific accelerated Aspect::Point::pointcut method
Move Aspect::Pointcut::Highest::Cleanup into its own module file

Changes for version 0.97_02

Removed the barely document, untested and rarely used append_param(s)
Added an improved SYNOPSIS and generally improving main POD
Added limited XS acceleration if Class::XSAccessor 1.08 installed.
Remove the use of test recursion in preparation for XS vs PP copying

Changes for version 0.97_01

Now all standard keys have their own methods, remove the weird automagic from the AUTOLOAD method.
Some more minor performance tweaks
Removed excessive exception method from begin advice
Moved proceed to the specific method it is used
Renamed run_original to proceed, keeping the original as an alias