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-rw-r--r-- | ev.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | ev.h | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | ev.pod | 38 |
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ ev_set_invoke_pending_cb (EV_P_ void (*invoke_pending_cb)(EV_P)) EV_THROW } void -ev_set_loop_release_cb (EV_P_ void (*release)(EV_P), void (*acquire)(EV_P)) EV_THROW +ev_set_loop_release_cb (EV_P_ void (*release)(EV_P) EV_THROW, void (*acquire)(EV_P) EV_THROW) EV_THROW { release_cb = release; acquire_cb = acquire; @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ typedef struct ev_periodic ev_tstamp offset; /* rw */ ev_tstamp interval; /* rw */ - ev_tstamp (*reschedule_cb)(struct ev_periodic *w, ev_tstamp now); /* rw */ + ev_tstamp (*reschedule_cb)(struct ev_periodic *w, ev_tstamp now) EV_THROW; /* rw */ } ev_periodic; /* invoked when the given signal has been received */ @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ EV_API_DECL void ev_set_timeout_collect_interval (EV_P_ ev_tstamp interval) EV_T EV_API_DECL void ev_set_userdata (EV_P_ void *data) EV_THROW; EV_API_DECL void *ev_userdata (EV_P) EV_THROW; EV_API_DECL void ev_set_invoke_pending_cb (EV_P_ void (*invoke_pending_cb)(EV_P)) EV_THROW; -EV_API_DECL void ev_set_loop_release_cb (EV_P_ void (*release)(EV_P), void (*acquire)(EV_P)) EV_THROW; +EV_API_DECL void ev_set_loop_release_cb (EV_P_ void (*release)(EV_P), void (*acquire)(EV_P) EV_THROW) EV_THROW; EV_API_DECL unsigned int ev_pending_count (EV_P) EV_THROW; /* number of pending events, if any */ EV_API_DECL void ev_invoke_pending (EV_P); /* invoke all pending watchers */ @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ the current system, you would need to look at C<ev_embeddable_backends () See the description of C<ev_embed> watchers for more info. -=item ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size)) +=item ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size) throw ()) Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar - the semantics are identical to the C<realloc> C89/SuS/POSIX function). It is @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ retries (example requires a standards-compliant C<realloc>). ... ev_set_allocator (persistent_realloc); -=item ev_set_syserr_cb (void (*cb)(const char *msg)) +=item ev_set_syserr_cb (void (*cb)(const char *msg) throw ()) Set the callback function to call on a retryable system call error (such as failed select, poll, epoll_wait). The message is a printable string @@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ invoke the actual watchers inside another context (another thread etc.). If you want to reset the callback, use C<ev_invoke_pending> as new callback. -=item ev_set_loop_release_cb (loop, void (*release)(EV_P), void (*acquire)(EV_P)) +=item ev_set_loop_release_cb (loop, void (*release)(EV_P) throw (), void (*acquire)(EV_P) throw ()) Sometimes you want to share the same loop between multiple threads. This can be done relatively simply by putting mutex_lock/unlock calls around @@ -3899,6 +3899,38 @@ to use the libev header file and library. =head1 C++ SUPPORT +=head2 C API + +The normal C API should work fine when used from C++: both ev.h and the +libev sources can be compiled as C++. Therefore, code that uses the C API +will work fine. + +Proper exception specifications might have to be added to callbacks passed +to libev: exceptions may be thrown only from watcher callbacks, all +other callbacks (allocator, syserr, loop acquire/release and periodioc +reschedule callbacks) must not throw exceptions, and might need a C<throw +()> specification. If you have code that needs to be compiled as both C +and C++ you can use the C<EV_THROW> macro for this: + + static void + fatal_error (const char *msg) EV_THROW + { + perror (msg); + abort (); + } + + ... + ev_set_syserr_cb (fatal_error); + +The only API functions that can currently throw exceptions are C<ev_run>, +C<ev_inoke> and C<ev_invoke_pending>. + +Throwing exceptions in watcher callbacks is only supported if libev itself +is compiled with a C++ compiler or your C and C++ environments allow +throwing exceptions through C libraries (most do). + +=head2 C++ API + Libev comes with some simplistic wrapper classes for C++ that mainly allow you to use some convenience methods to start/stop watchers and also change the callback model to a model using method callbacks on objects. |