Changelog.md

Changelog

0.6.2 (November, 2017)

Release 0.6.2 is a minor release and contains new features and bug fixes but also several internal changes:

• Documentation: Add docstring to every public method
• Bugfix #257: Readme example variable had been capitalized (thanks to @fedesismo)
• Add appveyor.yml for Windows testing; However, Windows testing is disabled due to #258
• Bugfix #262: Timeout threads prevented program from execution when main thread ended (thanks to @tkuester)
• prep_ordered_arg is now protected in core
• Convert logger instances to _LOGGER to comply with protected module constant naming standards
• traverse is now protected in HierarchicalMachine
• Remove abstract class Diagram since it did not add functionality to diagrams
• Specify several overrides of add_state or add_transition to keep the base class parameters instead of *args and **kwargs
• Change several if len(x) > 0: checks to if x: as suggested by the static code analysis to make use of falsy empty lists/strings.

0.6.1 (September, 2017)

Release 0.6.1 is a minor release and contains new features as well as bug fixes:

• Feature #245: Callback definitions ('before', 'on_enter', ...) have been moved to classes Transition and State
• Bugfix #253: Machine.remove_transitions converted defaultdict into dict (thanks @Synss)
• Bugfix #248: HierarchicalStateMachine's copy procedure used to cause issues with function callbacks and object references (thanks @Grey-Bit)
• Renamed Machine.id to Machine.name to be consistent with the constructor parameter name
• Add Machine.add_transitions for adding multiple transitions at once (thanks @Synss)

0.6.0 (August, 2017)

Release 0.6.0 is a major release and introduces new state features and bug fixes:

• add_state_features convenience decorator supports creation of custom states
• Tags makes states taggable
• Error checks for error states (not accepted states that cannot be left); subclass of Tags
• Volatile enables scoped/temporary state objects to handle context parameters
• Removed add_self from Machine constructor
• pygraphviz is now optional; use pip install transitions[diagrams] to install it
• Narrowed warnings filter to prevent output cluttering by other 3rd party modules (thanks to @ksandeep)
• Reword HSM exception when wrong state object had been passedn (thanks to @Blindfreddy)
• Improved handling of partials during graph generation (thanks to @Synss)
• Introduced check to allow explicit passing of callback functions which match the on_enter_<state> scheme (thanks to @termim)
• Bug #243: on_enter/exit callbacks defined in dictionaries had not been assigned correctly in HSMs (thanks to @Blindfreddy)
• Introduced workaround for Python 3 versions older than 3.4 to support dill version 0.2.7 and higher (thanks to @mmckerns)
• Improved manifest (#242) to comply with distribution standards (thanks to @jodal)

0.5.3 (May, 2017)

Release 0.5.3 is a minor release and contains several bug fixes:

• Bug #214: LockedMachine as a model prevented correct addition of on_enter/exit_<state> (thanks to @kr2)
• Bug #217: Filtering rules for auto transitions in graphs falsely filtered certain transitions (thanks to @KarolOlko)
• Bug #218: Uninitialized EventData.transition caused AttributeError in EventData.__repr__ (thanks to @kunalbhagawati)
• Bug #215: State instances passed to initial parameter of Machine constructor had not been processed properly (thanks @mathiasimmer)

0.5.2 (April, 2017)

Release 0.5.2 is a minor release and contains a bug fix:

• Bug #213: prevent LICENSE to be installed to root of installation path

0.5.1 (April, 2017)

Release 0.5.1 is a minor release and contains new features and bug fixes:

• Added reflexive transitions (thanks to @janLo)
• Wildcards for reflexive (wildcard_same) and all (wildcard_all) destinations are Machine class variables now which can be altered if necessary.
• Add LICENSE to packaged distribution (thanks to @bachp)
• Bug #211: prepare and finalized had not been called for HierarchicalMachines (thanks to @booware)

0.5.0 (March, 2017)

Release 0.5.0 is a major release:

• CHANGED API: MachineError is now limited to internal error and has been replaced by AttributeError and ValueError where applicable (thanks to @ankostis)
• CHANGED API: Phasing out add_self; model=None will add NO model starting from next major release; use model='self' instead.
• Introduced deprecation warnings for upcoming changes concerning Machine keywords model and add_self
• Introduced Machine.remove_transition (thanks to @PaleNeutron)
• Introduced Machine._create_state for easier subclassing of states
• LockedMachine now supports custom context managers for each model (thanks to @paulbovbel)
• Machine.before/after_state_change can now be altered dynamically (thanks to @peendebak)
• Machine.add_ordered_transitions now supports prepare, conditons, unless, before and after (thanks to @aforren1)
• New prepare_event and finalize_event keywords to handle transitions globally (thanks to @ankostis)
• New show_auto_transitions keyword for GraphMachine.__init__ (default False); if enabled, show auto transitions in graph
• New show_roi keyword for GraphMachine._get_graph (default False); if True, show only reachable states in retrieved graph
• Test suite now skips contextual tests (e.g. pygraphviz) if dependencies cannot be found (thanks to @ankostis)
• Improved string representation of several classes (thanks to @ankostis)
• Improved LockedMachine performance by removing recursive locking
• Improved graph layout for nested graphs
• transitions.extensions.nesting.AGraph has been split up into Graph and NestedGraph for easier maintenance
• Fixed bug related to pickling RLock in nesting
• Fixed order of callback execution (thanks to @ankostis)
• Fixed representation of condition names in graphs (thanks to @cemoody)

0.4.3 (December, 2016)

Release 0.4.3 is a minor release and contains bug fixes and several new features:

• Support dynamic model addition via Machine.add_model (thanks to @paulbovbel)
• Allow user to explicitly pass a lock instance or context manager to LockedMachine (thanks to @paulbovbel)
• Fixed issue related to parsing of HSMs (thanks to @steval and @user2154065 from SO)
• When State is passed to Machine.add_transition, it will check if the state (and not just the name) is known to the machine

0.4.2 (October, 2016)

Release 0.4.2 contains several new features and bugfixes:

• Machines can work with multiple models now (thanks to @gemerden)
• New initial keyword for nested states to automatically enter a child
• New Machine.trigger method to trigger events by name (thanks to @IwanLD)
• Bug fixes related to remapping in nested (thanks to @imbaczek)
• Log messages in Transition.execute and Machine.__init__ have been reassigned to DEBUG log level (thanks to @ankostis)
• New Machine.get_triggers method to return all valid transitions from (a) certain state(s) (thanks to @limdauto and @guilhermecgs)

0.4.1 (July, 2016)

Release 0.4.1 is a minor release containing bug fixes, minor API changes, and community feedback:

• async is renamed to queued since it describes the mechanism better

• HierarchicalStateMachine.is_state now provides allow_substates as an optional argument(thanks to @jonathanunderwood)

• Machine can now be used in scenarios where multiple inheritance is required (thanks to @jonathanunderwood)

• Adds support for tox (thanks to @medecau and @aisbaa)

• Bug fixes:

  • Problems with conditions shown multiple times in graphs
  • Bug which omitted transitions with same source and destination in diagrams (thanks to @aisbaa)
  • Conditions passed incorrectly when HSMs are used as a nested state
  • Class nesting issue that prevented pickling with dill
  • Two bugs in HierarchicalStateMachine (thanks to @ajax2leet)
  • Avoided recursion error when naming a transition 'process' (thanks to @dceresuela)

• Minor PEP8 fixes (thanks to @medecau)

0.4.0 (April, 2016)

Release 0.4 is a major release that includes several new features:

• New async Machine keyword allows queueing of transitions (thanks to @khigia)
• New name Machine keyword customizes transitions logger output for easier debugging of multiple running instances
• New prepare Transition keyword for callbacks before any 'conditions' are checked (thanks to @TheMysteriousX)
• New show_conditions GraphSupport keyword adds condition checks to dot graph edges (thanks to @khigia)
• Nesting now supports custom (unicode) substate separators
• Nesting no longer requires a leaf state (e.g. to_C() does not enter C_1 automatically)
• Factory for convenient extension mixins
• Numerous minor improvements and bug fixes

0.3.1 (January 3, 2016)

Mostly a bug fix release. Changes include:

• Fixes graphing bug introduced in 0.3.0 (thanks to @wtgee)
• Fixes bug in dynamic addition of before/after callbacks (though this is a currently undocumented feature)
• Adds coveralls support and badge
• Adds a few tests to achieve near-100% coverage

0.3.0 (January 2, 2016)

Release 0.3 includes a number of new features (nesting, multithreading, and graphing) as well as bug fixes and minor improvements:

• Support for nested states (thanks to @aleneum)
• Basic multithreading support for function access (thanks to @aleneum)
• Basic graphing support via graphviz (thanks to @svdgraaf)
• Stylistic edits, minor fixes, and improvements to README
• Expanded and refactored tests
• Minor bug fixes

0.2.9 (November 10, 2015)

• Enabled pickling in Python 3.4 (and in < 3.4 with the dill module)
• Added reference to generating Transition in EventData objects
• Fixed minor bugs

0.2.8 (August, 6, 2015)

• README improvements, added TOC, and typo fixes
• Condition checks now receive optional data
• Removed invasive basicConfig() call introduced with logging in 0.2.6

0.2.7 (July 27, 2015)

• Fixed import bug that prevented dependency installation at setup

0.2.6 (July 26, 2015)

• Added rudimentary logging for key transition and state change events
• Added generic before/after callbacks that apply to all state changes
• Ensured string type compatibility across Python 2 and 3

0.2.5 (May 4, 2015)

• Added ability to suppress invalid trigger calls
• Shorthand definition of transitions via lists

0.2.4 (March 11, 2015)

• Automatic detection of predefined state callbacks
• Fixed bug in automatic transition creation
• Added Changelog

0.2.3 (January 14, 2015)

• Added travis-ci support
• Cleaned up and PEP8fied code
• Added 'unless' argument to transitions that mirrors 'conditions'

0.2.2 (December 28, 2014)

• Python 2/3 compatibility
• Added automatic to_{state}() methods
• Added ability to easily add ordered transitions