2 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 02009c9..519edbf 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop.
 
         - change EV_UNDEF to 0xffffffff to silence some overzealous compilers.
+        - use "(libev) " prefix for all libev error messages now.
 
 4.00 Mon Oct 25 12:32:12 CEST 2010
 	- "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading.
diff --git a/ev.c b/ev.c
index d62dd2b..512e15d 100644
--- a/ev.c
+++ b/ev.c
@@ -593,11 +593,9 @@ ev_syserr (const char *msg)
   else
     {
 #if EV_AVOID_STDIO
-      const char *err = strerror (errno);
-
       ev_printerr (msg);
       ev_printerr (": ");
-      ev_printerr (err);
+      ev_printerr (strerror (errno));
       ev_printerr ("\n");
 #else
       perror (msg);
@@ -641,9 +639,9 @@ ev_realloc (void *ptr, long size)
   if (!ptr && size)
     {
 #if EV_AVOID_STDIO
-      ev_printerr ("libev: memory allocation failed, aborting.\n");
+      ev_printerr ("(libev) memory allocation failed, aborting.\n");
 #else
-      fprintf (stderr, "libev: cannot allocate %ld bytes, aborting.", size);
+      fprintf (stderr, "(libev) cannot allocate %ld bytes, aborting.", size);
 #endif
       abort ();
     }