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68can use it through the L<AnyEvent> module, stay portable to other event 68can use it through the L<AnyEvent> module, stay portable to other event
69loops (if you don't rely on any watcher types not available through it) 69loops (if you don't rely on any watcher types not available through it)
70and still be faster than with any other event loop currently supported in 70and still be faster than with any other event loop currently supported in
71Perl. 71Perl.
72 72
73=head2 MODULE EXPORTS
74
75This module does not export any symbols.
76
73=cut 77=cut
74 78
75package EV; 79package EV;
76 80
77no warnings; 81no warnings;
78use strict; 82use strict;
79 83
80BEGIN { 84BEGIN {
81 our $VERSION = '3.44'; 85 our $VERSION = '3.6';
82 use XSLoader; 86 use XSLoader;
83 XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION; 87 XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION;
84} 88}
85 89
86@EV::IO::ISA = 90@EV::IO::ISA =
113default loop as this is fastest (perl-wise), best supported by other 117default loop as this is fastest (perl-wise), best supported by other
114modules (e.g. AnyEvent or Coro) and most portable event loop. 118modules (e.g. AnyEvent or Coro) and most portable event loop.
115 119
116For specific programs you can create additional event loops dynamically. 120For specific programs you can create additional event loops dynamically.
117 121
118If you want to take avdantage of kqueue (which often works properly for 122If you want to take advantage of kqueue (which often works properly for
119sockets only) even though the default loop doesn't enable it, you can 123sockets only) even though the default loop doesn't enable it, you can
120I<embed> a kqueue loop into the default loop: running the default loop 124I<embed> a kqueue loop into the default loop: running the default loop
121will then also service the kqueue loop to some extent. See the example in 125will then also service the kqueue loop to some extent. See the example in
122the section about embed watchers for an example on how to achieve that. 126the section about embed watchers for an example on how to achieve that.
123 127
124=over 4 128=over 4
125 129
126=item $loop = new EV::loop [$flags] 130=item $loop = new EV::Loop [$flags]
127 131
128Create a new event loop as per the specified flags. Please refer to 132Create a new event loop as per the specified flags. Please refer to
129the C<ev_loop_new ()> function description in the libev documentation 133the C<ev_loop_new ()> function description in the libev documentation
130(L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS>, 134(L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS>,
131or locally-installed as F<EV::libev> manpage) for more info. 135or locally-installed as F<EV::libev> manpage) for more info.
195=item $time = EV::now 199=item $time = EV::now
196 200
197=item $time = $loop->now 201=item $time = $loop->now
198 202
199Returns the time the last event loop iteration has been started. This 203Returns the time the last event loop iteration has been started. This
200is the time that (relative) timers are based on, and refering to it is 204is the time that (relative) timers are based on, and referring to it is
201usually faster then calling EV::time. 205usually faster then calling EV::time.
202 206
207=item EV::now_update
208
209=item $loop->now_update
210
211Establishes the current time by querying the kernel, updating the time
212returned by C<EV::now> in the progress. This is a costly operation and
213is usually done automatically within C<EV::loop>.
214
215This function is rarely useful, but when some event callback runs for a
216very long time without entering the event loop, updating libev's idea of
217the current time is a good idea.
218
219=item EV::suspend
220
221=item $loop->suspend
222
223=item EV::resume
224
225=item $loop->resume
226
227These two functions suspend and resume a loop, for use when the loop is
228not used for a while and timeouts should not be processed.
229
230A typical use case would be an interactive program such as a game: When
231the user presses C<^Z> to suspend the game and resumes it an hour later it
232would be best to handle timeouts as if no time had actually passed while
233the program was suspended. This can be achieved by calling C<suspend>
234in your C<SIGTSTP> handler, sending yourself a C<SIGSTOP> and calling
235C<resume> directly afterwards to resume timer processing.
236
237Effectively, all C<timer> watchers will be delayed by the time spend
238between C<suspend> and C<resume>, and all C<periodic> watchers
239will be rescheduled (that is, they will lose any events that would have
240occured while suspended).
241
242After calling C<suspend> you B<must not> call I<any> function on the given
243loop other than C<resume>, and you B<must not> call C<resume>
244without a previous call to C<suspend>.
245
246Calling C<suspend>/C<resume> has the side effect of updating the event
247loop time (see C<now_update>).
248
203=item $backend = EV::backend 249=item $backend = EV::backend
204 250
205=item $backend = $loop->backend 251=item $backend = $loop->backend
206 252
207Returns an integer describing the backend used by libev (EV::METHOD_SELECT 253Returns an integer describing the backend used by libev (EV::BACKEND_SELECT
208or EV::METHOD_EPOLL). 254or EV::BACKEND_EPOLL).
209 255
210=item EV::loop [$flags] 256=item EV::loop [$flags]
211 257
212=item $loop->loop ([$flags]) 258=item $loop->loop ([$flags])
213 259
233=item $count = EV::loop_count 279=item $count = EV::loop_count
234 280
235=item $count = $loop->loop_count 281=item $count = $loop->loop_count
236 282
237Return the number of times the event loop has polled for new 283Return the number of times the event loop has polled for new
238events. Sometiems useful as a generation counter. 284events. Sometimes useful as a generation counter.
239 285
240=item EV::once $fh_or_undef, $events, $timeout, $cb->($revents) 286=item EV::once $fh_or_undef, $events, $timeout, $cb->($revents)
241 287
242=item $loop->once ($fh_or_undef, $events, $timeout, $cb->($revents)) 288=item $loop->once ($fh_or_undef, $events, $timeout, $cb->($revents))
243 289
307called with at least two arguments: the watcher and a bitmask of received 353called with at least two arguments: the watcher and a bitmask of received
308events. 354events.
309 355
310Each watcher type has its associated bit in revents, so you can use the 356Each watcher type has its associated bit in revents, so you can use the
311same callback for multiple watchers. The event mask is named after the 357same callback for multiple watchers. The event mask is named after the
312type, i..e. EV::child sets EV::CHILD, EV::prepare sets EV::PREPARE, 358type, i.e. EV::child sets EV::CHILD, EV::prepare sets EV::PREPARE,
313EV::periodic sets EV::PERIODIC and so on, with the exception of I/O events 359EV::periodic sets EV::PERIODIC and so on, with the exception of I/O events
314(which can set both EV::READ and EV::WRITE bits), and EV::timer (which 360(which can set both EV::READ and EV::WRITE bits), and EV::timer (which
315uses EV::TIMEOUT). 361uses EV::TIMEOUT).
316 362
317In the rare case where one wants to create a watcher but not start it at 363In the rare case where one wants to create a watcher but not start it at
413because you happen to have this long-running UDP port watcher. 459because you happen to have this long-running UDP port watcher.
414 460
415In this case you can clear the keepalive status, which means that even 461In this case you can clear the keepalive status, which means that even
416though your watcher is active, it won't keep C<EV::loop> from returning. 462though your watcher is active, it won't keep C<EV::loop> from returning.
417 463
418The initial value for keepalive is true (enabled), and you cna change it 464The initial value for keepalive is true (enabled), and you can change it
419any time. 465any time.
420 466
421Example: Register an I/O watcher for some UDP socket but do not keep the 467Example: Register an I/O watcher for some UDP socket but do not keep the
422event loop from running just because of that watcher. 468event loop from running just because of that watcher.
423 469
917 # make the dispatcher handle any new stuff 963 # make the dispatcher handle any new stuff
918 ... not shown 964 ... not shown
919 }; 965 };
920 966
921The callbacks of the created watchers will not be called as the watchers 967The callbacks of the created watchers will not be called as the watchers
922are destroyed before this cna happen (remember EV::check gets called 968are destroyed before this can happen (remember EV::check gets called
923first). 969first).
924 970
925The C<check_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher. 971The C<check_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
926 972
927=back 973=back

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