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Diffstat (limited to 'ev.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | ev.pod | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -1380,8 +1380,10 @@ Before a watcher can be registered with the event looop it has to be initialised. This can be done with a call to C<ev_TYPE_init>, or calls to C<ev_init> followed by the watcher-specific C<ev_TYPE_set> function. -In this state it is simply some block of memory that is suitable for use -in an event loop. It can be moved around, freed, reused etc. at will. +In this state it is simply some block of memory that is suitable for +use in an event loop. It can be moved around, freed, reused etc. at +will - as long as you either keep the memory contents intact, or call +C<ev_TYPE_init> again. =item started/running/active @@ -1419,8 +1421,9 @@ of whether it was active or not, so stopping a watcher explicitly before freeing it is often a good idea. While stopped (and not pending) the watcher is essentially in the -initialised state, that is it can be reused, moved, modified in any way -you wish. +initialised state, that is, it can be reused, moved, modified in any way +you wish (but when you trash the memory block, you need to C<ev_TYPE_init> +it again). =back |