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@@ -3283,11 +3283,15 @@ Choosing a model is hard - look around, learn, know that usually you can do better than you currently do :-) =item * often you need to talk to some other thread which blocks in the -event loop - C<ev_async> watchers can be used to wake them up from other -threads safely (or from signal contexts...). +event loop. + +C<ev_async> watchers can be used to wake them up from other threads safely +(or from signal contexts...). -=item * some watcher types are only supported in the default loop - use -C<ev_async> watchers to tell your other loops about any such events. +An example use would be to communicate signals or other events that only +work in the default loop by registering the signal watcher with the +default loop and triggering an C<ev_async> watcher from the default loop +watcher callback into the event loop interested in the signal. =back |