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@@ -4877,8 +4877,8 @@ and work, but the library code will of course be larger. =item active -A watcher is active as long as it has been started (has been attached to -an event loop) but not yet stopped (disassociated from the event loop). +A watcher is active as long as it has been started and not yet stopped. +See L<WATCHER STATES> for details. =item application @@ -4890,7 +4890,7 @@ The address of a function that is called when some event has been detected. Callbacks are being passed the event loop, the watcher that received the event, and the actual event bitset. -=item callback invocation +=item callback/watcher invocation The act of calling the callback associated with a watcher. @@ -4919,12 +4919,8 @@ watchers and events. =item pending -A watcher is pending as soon as the corresponding event has been detected, -and stops being pending as soon as the watcher will be invoked or its -pending status is explicitly cleared by the application. - -A watcher can be pending, but not active. Stopping a watcher also clears -its pending status. +A watcher is pending as soon as the corresponding event has been +detected. See L<WATCHER STATES> for details. =item real time @@ -4941,10 +4937,6 @@ clock. A data structure that describes interest in certain events. Watchers need to be started (attached to an event loop) before they can receive events. -=item watcher invocation - -The act of calling the callback associated with a watcher. - =back =head1 AUTHOR |