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Diffstat (limited to 'ev.pod')
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@@ -3328,6 +3328,22 @@ different implementation for windows, as libev offers the POSIX readiness notification model, which cannot be implemented efficiently on windows (Microsoft monopoly games). +A typical way to use libev under windows is to embed it (see the embedding +section for details) and use the following F<evwrap.h> header file instead +of F<ev.h>: + + #define EV_STANDALONE /* keeps ev from requiring config.h */ + #define EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET 1 /* configure libev for windows select */ + #define EV_STAT_ENABLE 0 /* no stat() availble */ + + #include "ev.h" + +And compile the following F<evwrap.c> file into your project (make sure +you do I<not> compile the F<ev.c> or any other embedded soruce files!): + + #include "evwrap.h" + #include "ev.c" + =over 4 =item The winsocket select function @@ -3335,7 +3351,8 @@ notification model, which cannot be implemented efficiently on windows The winsocket C<select> function doesn't follow POSIX in that it requires socket I<handles> and not socket I<file descriptors> (it is also extremely buggy). This makes select very inefficient, and also -requires a mapping from file descriptors to socket handles. See the +requires a mapping from file descriptors to socket handles (the Microsoft +C runtime provides the function C<_open_osfhandle> for this). See the discussion of the C<EV_SELECT_USE_FD_SET>, C<EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET> and C<EV_FD_TO_WIN32_HANDLE> preprocessor symbols for more info. |