TIME REPRESENTATION

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Libev represents time as a single floating point number, representing the (fractional) number of seconds since the (POSIX) epoch (somewhere near the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This type is called ev_tstamp, which is what you should use too. It usually aliases to the double type in C.

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ev_tstamp ev_time ()

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If you use threads, a common model is to run the default event loop -in your main thread (or in a separate thrad) and for each thread you +in your main thread (or in a separate thread) and for each thread you create, you also create another event loop. Libev itself does no locking whatsoever, so if you mix calls to the same event loop in different threads, make sure you lock (this is usually a bad idea, though, even if -- cgit v1.2.3

TIME AND OTHER GLOBAL FUNCTIONS

TIME REPRESENTATION

GLOBAL FUNCTIONS