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Diffstat (limited to 'ev.pod')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -3190,7 +3190,7 @@ cleanup functions are called. =head2 C<ev_async> - how to wake up an event loop -In general, you cannot use an C<ev_run> from multiple threads or other +In general, you cannot use an C<ev_loop> from multiple threads or other asynchronous sources such as signal handlers (as opposed to multiple event loops - those are of course safe to use in different threads). @@ -3310,10 +3310,12 @@ trust me. =item ev_async_send (loop, ev_async *) Sends/signals/activates the given C<ev_async> watcher, that is, feeds -an C<EV_ASYNC> event on the watcher into the event loop. Unlike -C<ev_feed_event>, this call is safe to do from other threads, signal or -similar contexts (see the discussion of C<EV_ATOMIC_T> in the embedding -section below on what exactly this means). +an C<EV_ASYNC> event on the watcher into the event loop, and instanlty +returns. + +Unlike C<ev_feed_event>, this call is safe to do from other threads, +signal or similar contexts (see the discussion of C<EV_ATOMIC_T> in the +embedding section below on what exactly this means). Note that, as with other watchers in libev, multiple events might get compressed into a single callback invocation (another way to look at this |