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| 806 | =over 4 |
806 | =over 4 |
| 807 | |
807 | |
| 808 | =item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found. |
808 | =item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found. |
| 809 | |
809 | |
| 810 | EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in |
810 | EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in |
| 811 | use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will try Event, and, failing |
811 | use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will fall back to its own |
| 812 | that, will fall back to its own pure-perl implementation, which is |
812 | pure-perl implementation, which is available everywhere as it comes with |
| 813 | available everywhere as it comes with AnyEvent itself. |
813 | AnyEvent itself. |
| 814 | |
814 | |
| 815 | AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice). |
815 | AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice). |
| 816 | AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches. |
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| 817 | AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable. |
816 | AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable. |
| 818 | |
817 | |
| 819 | =item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used. |
818 | =item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used. |
| 820 | |
819 | |
| 821 | These will be used when they are currently loaded when the first watcher |
820 | These will be used when they are currently loaded when the first watcher |
| 822 | is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using |
821 | is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using |
| 823 | them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend |
822 | them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend |
| 824 | when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to |
823 | when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to |
| 825 | create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program. |
824 | create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program. |
| 826 | |
825 | |
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826 | AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches. |
| 827 | AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable. |
827 | AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable. |
| 828 | AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken. |
828 | AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken. |
| 829 | AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse. |
829 | AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse. |
| 830 | AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations. |
830 | AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations. |
| 831 | AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi used when running within irssi. |
831 | AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi used when running within irssi. |
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| 1151 | $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6"; |
1151 | $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6"; |
| 1152 | } |
1152 | } |
| 1153 | |
1153 | |
| 1154 | my @models = ( |
1154 | my @models = ( |
| 1155 | [EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV:: , 1], |
1155 | [EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV:: , 1], |
| 1156 | [Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::, 1], |
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| 1157 | [AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: , 1], |
1156 | [AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: , 1], |
| 1158 | # everything below here will not (normally) be autoprobed |
1157 | # everything below here will not (normally) be autoprobed |
| 1159 | # as the pureperl backend should work everywhere |
1158 | # as the pureperl backend should work everywhere |
| 1160 | # and is usually faster |
1159 | # and is usually faster |
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1160 | [Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::, 1], |
| 1161 | [Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib:: , 1], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers |
1161 | [Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib:: , 1], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers |
| 1162 | [Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy |
1162 | [Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy |
| 1163 | [Irssi:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi::], # Irssi has a bogus "Event" package |
1163 | [Irssi:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi::], # Irssi has a bogus "Event" package |
| 1164 | [Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles |
1164 | [Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles |
| 1165 | [Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program |
1165 | [Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program |
