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authorroot <root>2007-12-19 00:56:38 +0000
committerroot <root>2007-12-19 00:56:38 +0000
commit8f05d352659f0ea4f97f55ccfadfc322b72966bf (patch)
tree185c42f650e6ef170fae3b442dac2ea5023e5fcc
parent97441c8a52d3482101c90e3c9e22fc00d5199b75 (diff)
*** empty log message ***
-rw-r--r--LICENSE2
-rw-r--r--ev.347
-rwxr-xr-ximport_libevent3
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 7fcf4e0..595e81f 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+All files in libev are Copyright (C)2007 Marc Alexander Lehmann.
+
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:
diff --git a/ev.3 b/ev.3
index 86f8a57..6630804 100644
--- a/ev.3
+++ b/ev.3
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
.rm #[ #] #H #V #F C
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
-.IX Title ""<STANDARD INPUT>" 1"
-.TH "<STANDARD INPUT>" 1 "2007-12-12" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
+.IX Title "EV 1"
+.TH EV 1 "2007-12-18" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
.SH "NAME"
libev \- a high performance full\-featured event loop written in C
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ Libev represents time as a single floating point number, representing the
the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This type is
called \f(CW\*(C`ev_tstamp\*(C'\fR, which is what you should use too. It usually aliases
to the \f(CW\*(C`double\*(C'\fR type in C, and when you need to do any calculations on
-it, you should treat it as such.
+it, you should treat it as some floatingpoint value. Unlike the name
+component \f(CW\*(C`stamp\*(C'\fR might indicate, it is also used for time differences
+throughout libev.
.SH "GLOBAL FUNCTIONS"
.IX Header "GLOBAL FUNCTIONS"
These functions can be called anytime, even before initialising the
@@ -557,8 +559,17 @@ etc.). None of the active event watchers will be stopped in the normal
sense, so e.g. \f(CW\*(C`ev_is_active\*(C'\fR might still return true. It is your
responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yoursef \fIbefore\fR
calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually
-the easiest thing, youc na just ignore the watchers and/or \f(CW\*(C`free ()\*(C'\fR them
+the easiest thing, you can just ignore the watchers and/or \f(CW\*(C`free ()\*(C'\fR them
for example).
+.Sp
+Not that certain global state, such as signal state, will not be freed by
+this function, and related watchers (such as signal and child watchers)
+would need to be stopped manually.
+.Sp
+In general it is not advisable to call this function except in the
+rare occasion where you really need to free e.g. the signal handling
+pipe fds. If you need dynamically allocated loops it is better to use
+\&\f(CW\*(C`ev_loop_new\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ev_loop_destroy\*(C'\fR).
.IP "ev_loop_destroy (loop)" 4
.IX Item "ev_loop_destroy (loop)"
Like \f(CW\*(C`ev_default_destroy\*(C'\fR, but destroys an event loop created by an
@@ -1381,6 +1392,10 @@ called.
The current reschedule callback, or \f(CW0\fR, if this functionality is
switched off. Can be changed any time, but changes only take effect when
the periodic timer fires or \f(CW\*(C`ev_periodic_again\*(C'\fR is being called.
+.IP "ev_tstamp at [read\-only]" 4
+.IX Item "ev_tstamp at [read-only]"
+When active, contains the absolute time that the watcher is supposed to
+trigger next.
.PP
Example: Call a callback every hour, or, more precisely, whenever the
system clock is divisible by 3600. The callback invocation times have
@@ -2201,18 +2216,18 @@ constructor already stores the event loop.
.IP "w\->stop ()" 4
.IX Item "w->stop ()"
Stops the watcher if it is active. Again, no \f(CW\*(C`loop\*(C'\fR argument.
-.ie n .IP "w\->again () ""ev::timer""\fR, \f(CW""ev::periodic"" only" 4
-.el .IP "w\->again () \f(CWev::timer\fR, \f(CWev::periodic\fR only" 4
-.IX Item "w->again () ev::timer, ev::periodic only"
+.ie n .IP "w\->again () (""ev::timer""\fR, \f(CW""ev::periodic"" only)" 4
+.el .IP "w\->again () (\f(CWev::timer\fR, \f(CWev::periodic\fR only)" 4
+.IX Item "w->again () (ev::timer, ev::periodic only)"
For \f(CW\*(C`ev::timer\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ev::periodic\*(C'\fR, this invokes the corresponding
\&\f(CW\*(C`ev_TYPE_again\*(C'\fR function.
-.ie n .IP "w\->sweep () ""ev::embed"" only" 4
-.el .IP "w\->sweep () \f(CWev::embed\fR only" 4
-.IX Item "w->sweep () ev::embed only"
+.ie n .IP "w\->sweep () (""ev::embed"" only)" 4
+.el .IP "w\->sweep () (\f(CWev::embed\fR only)" 4
+.IX Item "w->sweep () (ev::embed only)"
Invokes \f(CW\*(C`ev_embed_sweep\*(C'\fR.
-.ie n .IP "w\->update () ""ev::stat"" only" 4
-.el .IP "w\->update () \f(CWev::stat\fR only" 4
-.IX Item "w->update () ev::stat only"
+.ie n .IP "w\->update () (""ev::stat"" only)" 4
+.el .IP "w\->update () (\f(CWev::stat\fR only)" 4
+.IX Item "w->update () (ev::stat only)"
Invokes \f(CW\*(C`ev_stat_stat\*(C'\fR.
.RE
.RS 4
@@ -2246,9 +2261,9 @@ the constructor.
.Ve
.SH "MACRO MAGIC"
.IX Header "MACRO MAGIC"
-Libev can be compiled with a variety of options, the most fundemantal is
-\&\f(CW\*(C`EV_MULTIPLICITY\*(C'\fR. This option determines whether (most) functions and
-callbacks have an initial \f(CW\*(C`struct ev_loop *\*(C'\fR argument.
+Libev can be compiled with a variety of options, the most fundamantal
+of which is \f(CW\*(C`EV_MULTIPLICITY\*(C'\fR. This option determines whether (most)
+functions and callbacks have an initial \f(CW\*(C`struct ev_loop *\*(C'\fR argument.
.PP
To make it easier to write programs that cope with either variant, the
following macros are defined:
diff --git a/import_libevent b/import_libevent
index 2f2fc2c..6eb4a8d 100755
--- a/import_libevent
+++ b/import_libevent
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ cvs update -AdP libev
rsync -avP libev/. . --exclude CVS
rm -f configure.ac
-mv LICENSE.libevent LICENSE
LE=../libevent-1.4.0-beta
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ perl -ne '
s/\bevent-internal.h\b//g;
s/\bevsignal.h\b//g;
s/^(man_MANS\s*=)/$1 ev.3 /;
- s/^(EXTRA_DIST\s*=)/$1 LICENSE libev.m4 ev.h ev_vars.h ev_wrap.h event_compat.h ev++.h ev_epoll.c ev_select.c ev_poll.c ev_kqueue.c ev_port.c ev_win32.c ev.3 ev.pod /;
+ s/^(EXTRA_DIST\s*=)/$1 libev.m4 ev.h ev_vars.h ev_wrap.h event_compat.h ev++.h ev_epoll.c ev_select.c ev_poll.c ev_kqueue.c ev_port.c ev_win32.c ev.3 ev.pod /;
s/^(include_HEADERS\s*=)/$1 ev.h event_compat.h ev++.h /;
s/^(CORE_SRC\s*=)/$1 ev.c /;
s/^(SYS_LIBS\s*=)/$1 -lm /;