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3	EV - perl interface to libev, a high performance full-featured event loop	3	EV - perl interface to libev, a high performance full-featured event loop
4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use EV;	7	use EV;
		8
		9	# TIMERS
		10
		11	my $w = EV::timer 2, 0, sub {
		12	warn "is called after 2s";
		13	};
		14
		15	my $w = EV::timer 2, 2, sub {
		16	warn "is called roughly every 2s (repeat = 2)";
		17	};
		18
		19	undef $w; # destroy event watcher again
		20
		21	my $w = EV::periodic 0, 60, 0, sub {
		22	warn "is called every minute, on the minute, exactly";
		23	};
		24
		25	# IO
		26
		27	my $w = EV::io *STDIN, EV::READ, sub {
		28	my ($w, $revents) = @_; # all callbacks receive the watcher and event mask
		29	warn "stdin is readable, you entered: ", <STDIN>;
		30	};
		31
		32	# SIGNALS
		33
		34	my $w = EV::signal 'QUIT', sub {
		35	warn "sigquit received\n";
		36	};
		37
		38	# CHILD/PID STATUS CHANGES
8		39
9	# TIMERS	40	my $w = EV::child 666, 0, sub {
		41	my ($w, $revents) = @_;
		42	my $status = $w->rstatus;
		43	};
10		44
11	my $w = EV::timer 2, 0, sub {	45	# STAT CHANGES
12	warn "is called after 2s";	46	my $w = EV::stat "/etc/passwd", 10, sub {
13	};
14
15	my $w = EV::timer 2, 1, sub {
16	warn "is called roughly every 2s (repeat = 1)";
17	};
18
19	undef $w; # destroy event watcher again
20
21	my $w = EV::periodic 0, 60, sub {
22	warn "is called every minute, on the minute, exactly";
23	};
24
25	# IO
26
27	my $w = EV::io *STDIN, EV::READ, sub {
28	my ($w, $revents) = @_; # all callbacks get the watcher object and event mask
29	warn "stdin is readable, you entered: ", <STDIN>;
30	};
31
32	# SIGNALS
33
34	my $w = EV::signal 'QUIT', sub {
35	warn "sigquit received\n";
36	};
37
38	my $w = EV::signal 3, sub {
39	warn "sigquit received (this is GNU/Linux, right?)\n";
40	};
41
42	# CHILD/PID STATUS CHANGES
43
44	my $w = EV::child 666, sub {
45	my ($w, $revents) = @_;	47	my ($w, $revents) = @_;
46	# my $pid = $w->rpid;	48	warn $w->path, " has changed somehow.\n";
47	my $status = $w->rstatus;
48	};	49	};
49		50
50	# MAINLOOP	51	# MAINLOOP
51	EV::loop; # loop until EV::loop_done is called	52	EV::loop; # loop until EV::unloop is called or all watchers stop
52	EV::loop EV::LOOP_ONESHOT; # block until at least one event could be handled	53	EV::loop EV::LOOP_ONESHOT; # block until at least one event could be handled
53	EV::loop EV::LOOP_NONBLOCK; # try to handle same events, but do not block	54	EV::loop EV::LOOP_NONBLOCK; # try to handle same events, but do not block
54		55
55	=head1 DESCRIPTION	56	=head1 DESCRIPTION
56		57
57	This module provides an interface to libev	58	This module provides an interface to libev
58	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html>).	59	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html>). While the documentation
		60	below is comprehensive, one might also consult the documentation of libev
		61	itself (L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod>) for more
		62	subtle details on watcher semantics or some discussion on the available
		63	backends, or how to force a specific backend with C<LIBEV_FLAGS>, or just
		64	about in any case because it has much more detailed information.
		65
		66	This module is very fast and scalable. It is actually so fast that you
		67	can use it through the L<AnyEvent> module, stay portable to other event
		68	loops (if you don't rely on any watcher types not available through it)
		69	and still be faster than with any other event loop currently supported in
		70	Perl.
59		71
60	=cut	72	=cut
61		73
62	package EV;	74	package EV;
63		75
64	use strict;	76	use strict;
65		77
66	BEGIN {	78	BEGIN {
67	our $VERSION = '0.5';	79	our $VERSION = '3.42';
68	use XSLoader;	80	use XSLoader;
69	XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION;	81	XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION;
70	}	82	}
71		83
72	@EV::Io::ISA =	84	@EV::IO::ISA =
73	@EV::Timer::ISA =	85	@EV::Timer::ISA =
74	@EV::Periodic::ISA =	86	@EV::Periodic::ISA =
75	@EV::Signal::ISA =	87	@EV::Signal::ISA =
		88	@EV::Child::ISA =
		89	@EV::Stat::ISA =
76	@EV::Idle::ISA =	90	@EV::Idle::ISA =
77	@EV::Prepare::ISA =	91	@EV::Prepare::ISA =
78	@EV::Check::ISA =	92	@EV::Check::ISA =
79	@EV::Child::ISA = "EV::Watcher";	93	@EV::Embed::ISA =
		94	@EV::Fork::ISA =
		95	@EV::Async::ISA =
		96	"EV::Watcher";
		97
		98	@EV::Loop::Default::ISA = "EV::Loop";
		99
		100	=head1 EVENT LOOPS
		101
		102	EV supports multiple event loops: There is a single "default event loop"
		103	that can handle everything including signals and child watchers, and any
		104	number of "dynamic event loops" that can use different backends (with
		105	various limitations), but no child and signal watchers.
		106
		107	You do not have to do anything to create the default event loop: When
		108	the module is loaded a suitable backend is selected on the premise of
		109	selecting a working backend (which for example rules out kqueue on most
		110	BSDs). Modules should, unless they have "special needs" always use the
		111	default loop as this is fastest (perl-wise), best supported by other
		112	modules (e.g. AnyEvent or Coro) and most portable event loop.
		113
		114	For specific programs you can create additional event loops dynamically.
		115
		116	If you want to take avdantage of kqueue (which often works properly for
		117	sockets only) even though the default loop doesn't enable it, you can
		118	I<embed> a kqueue loop into the default loop: running the default loop
		119	will then also service the kqueue loop to some extent. See the example in
		120	the section about embed watchers for an example on how to achieve that.
		121
		122	=over 4
		123
		124	=item $loop = new EV::loop [$flags]
		125
		126	Create a new event loop as per the specified flags. Please refer to the
		127	C<ev_loop_new ()> function description in the libev documentation
		128	(L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS>)
		129	for more info.
		130
		131	The loop will automatically be destroyed when it is no longer referenced
		132	by any watcher and the loop object goes out of scope.
		133
		134	Using C<EV::FLAG_FORKCHECK> is recommended, as only the default event loop
		135	is protected by this module.
		136
		137	=item $loop->loop_fork
		138
		139	Must be called after a fork in the child, before entering or continuing
		140	the event loop. An alternative is to use C<EV::FLAG_FORKCHECK> which calls
		141	this function automatically, at some performance loss (refer to the libev
		142	documentation).
		143
		144	=item $loop->loop_verify
		145
		146	Calls C<ev_verify> to make internal consistency checks (for debugging
		147	libev) and abort the program if any data structures were found to be
		148	corrupted.
		149
		150	=item $loop = EV::default_loop [$flags]
		151
		152	Return the default loop (which is a singleton object). Since this module
		153	already creates the default loop with default flags, specifying flags here
		154	will not have any effect unless you destroy the default loop first, which
		155	isn't supported. So in short: don't do it, and if you break it, you get to
		156	keep the pieces.
		157
		158	=back
		159
80		160
81	=head1 BASIC INTERFACE	161	=head1 BASIC INTERFACE
82		162
83	=over 4	163	=over 4
84		164
85	=item $EV::DIED	165	=item $EV::DIED
86		166
87	Must contain a reference to a function that is called when a callback	167	Must contain a reference to a function that is called when a callback
88	throws an exception (with $@ containing thr error). The default prints an	168	throws an exception (with $@ containing the error). The default prints an
89	informative message and continues.	169	informative message and continues.
90		170
91	If this callback throws an exception it will be silently ignored.	171	If this callback throws an exception it will be silently ignored.
92		172
		173	=item $flags = EV::supported_backends
		174
		175	=item $flags = EV::recommended_backends
		176
		177	=item $flags = EV::embeddable_backends
		178
		179	Returns the set (see C<EV::BACKEND_*> flags) of backends supported by this
		180	instance of EV, the set of recommended backends (supposed to be good) for
		181	this platform and the set of embeddable backends (see EMBED WATCHERS).
		182
		183	=item EV::sleep $seconds
		184
		185	Block the process for the given number of (fractional) seconds.
		186
93	=item $time = EV::time	187	=item $time = EV::time
94		188
95	Returns the current time in (fractional) seconds since the epoch.	189	Returns the current time in (fractional) seconds since the epoch.
96		190
97	=item $time = EV::now	191	=item $time = EV::now
		192
		193	=item $time = $loop->now
98		194
99	Returns the time the last event loop iteration has been started. This	195	Returns the time the last event loop iteration has been started. This
100	is the time that (relative) timers are based on, and refering to it is	196	is the time that (relative) timers are based on, and refering to it is
101	usually faster then calling EV::time.	197	usually faster then calling EV::time.
102		198
103	=item $method = EV::ev_method	199	=item $backend = EV::backend
		200
		201	=item $backend = $loop->backend
104		202
105	Returns an integer describing the backend used by libev (EV::METHOD_SELECT	203	Returns an integer describing the backend used by libev (EV::METHOD_SELECT
106	or EV::METHOD_EPOLL).	204	or EV::METHOD_EPOLL).
107		205
108	=item EV::loop [$flags]	206	=item EV::loop [$flags]
109		207
		208	=item $loop->loop ([$flags])
		209
110	Begin checking for events and calling callbacks. It returns when a	210	Begin checking for events and calling callbacks. It returns when a
111	callback calls EV::loop_done.	211	callback calls EV::unloop.
112		212
113	The $flags argument can be one of the following:	213	The $flags argument can be one of the following:
114		214
115	0 as above	215	0 as above
116	EV::LOOP_ONESHOT block at most once (wait, but do not loop)	216	EV::LOOP_ONESHOT block at most once (wait, but do not loop)
117	EV::LOOP_NONBLOCK do not block at all (fetch/handle events but do not wait)	217	EV::LOOP_NONBLOCK do not block at all (fetch/handle events but do not wait)
118		218
119	=item EV::loop_done [$how]	219	=item EV::unloop [$how]
120		220
		221	=item $loop->unloop ([$how])
		222
121	When called with no arguments or an argument of 1, makes the innermost	223	When called with no arguments or an argument of EV::UNLOOP_ONE, makes the
122	call to EV::loop return.	224	innermost call to EV::loop return.
123		225
124	When called with an agrument of 2, all calls to EV::loop will return as	226	When called with an argument of EV::UNLOOP_ALL, all calls to EV::loop will return as
125	fast as possible.	227	fast as possible.
126		228
127	=back	229	=item $count = EV::loop_count
128		230
129	=head2 WATCHER	231	=item $count = $loop->loop_count
		232
		233	Return the number of times the event loop has polled for new
		234	events. Sometiems useful as a generation counter.
		235
		236	=item EV::once $fh_or_undef, $events, $timeout, $cb->($revents)
		237
		238	=item $loop->once ($fh_or_undef, $events, $timeout, $cb->($revents))
		239
		240	This function rolls together an I/O and a timer watcher for a single
		241	one-shot event without the need for managing a watcher object.
		242
		243	If C<$fh_or_undef> is a filehandle or file descriptor, then C<$events>
		244	must be a bitset containing either C<EV::READ>, C<EV::WRITE> or C<EV::READ
		245	\| EV::WRITE>, indicating the type of I/O event you want to wait for. If
		246	you do not want to wait for some I/O event, specify C<undef> for
		247	C<$fh_or_undef> and C<0> for C<$events>).
		248
		249	If timeout is C<undef> or negative, then there will be no
		250	timeout. Otherwise a EV::timer with this value will be started.
		251
		252	When an error occurs or either the timeout or I/O watcher triggers, then
		253	the callback will be called with the received event set (in general
		254	you can expect it to be a combination of C<EV::ERROR>, C<EV::READ>,
		255	C<EV::WRITE> and C<EV::TIMEOUT>).
		256
		257	EV::once doesn't return anything: the watchers stay active till either
		258	of them triggers, then they will be stopped and freed, and the callback
		259	invoked.
		260
		261	=item EV::feed_fd_event ($fd, $revents)
		262
		263	=item $loop->feed_fd_event ($fd, $revents)
		264
		265	Feed an event on a file descriptor into EV. EV will react to this call as
		266	if the readyness notifications specified by C<$revents> (a combination of
		267	C<EV::READ> and C<EV::WRITE>) happened on the file descriptor C<$fd>.
		268
		269	=item EV::feed_signal_event ($signal)
		270
		271	Feed a signal event into EV. EV will react to this call as if the signal
		272	specified by C<$signal> had occured.
		273
		274	=item EV::set_io_collect_interval $time
		275
		276	=item $loop->set_io_collect_interval ($time)
		277
		278	=item EV::set_timeout_collect_interval $time
		279
		280	=item $loop->set_timeout_collect_interval ($time)
		281
		282	These advanced functions set the minimum block interval when polling for I/O events and the minimum
		283	wait interval for timer events. See the libev documentation at
		284	L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#FUNCTIONS_CONTROLLING_THE_EVENT_LOOP> for
		285	a more detailed discussion.
		286
		287	=back
		288
		289
		290	=head1 WATCHER OBJECTS
130		291
131	A watcher is an object that gets created to record your interest in some	292	A watcher is an object that gets created to record your interest in some
132	event. For instance, if you want to wait for STDIN to become readable, you	293	event. For instance, if you want to wait for STDIN to become readable, you
133	would create an EV::io watcher for that:	294	would create an EV::io watcher for that:
134		295
135	my $watcher = EV::io *STDIN, EV::READ, sub {	296	my $watcher = EV::io *STDIN, EV::READ, sub {
136	my ($watcher, $revents) = @_;	297	my ($watcher, $revents) = @_;
137	warn "yeah, STDIN should not be readable without blocking!\n"	298	warn "yeah, STDIN should now be readable without blocking!\n"
138	};	299	};
139		300
140	All watchers can be active (waiting for events) or inactive (paused). Only	301	All watchers can be active (waiting for events) or inactive (paused). Only
141	active watchers will have their callbacks invoked. All callbacks will be	302	active watchers will have their callbacks invoked. All callbacks will be
142	called with at least two arguments: the watcher and a bitmask of received	303	called with at least two arguments: the watcher and a bitmask of received
143	events.	304	events.
144		305
145	Each watcher type has its associated bit in revents, so you can use the	306	Each watcher type has its associated bit in revents, so you can use the
146	same callback for multiple watchers. The event mask is named after the	307	same callback for multiple watchers. The event mask is named after the
147	type, i..e. EV::child sets EV::CHILD, EV::prepare sets EV::PREPARE,	308	type, i..e. EV::child sets EV::CHILD, EV::prepare sets EV::PREPARE,
148	EV::periodic sets EV::PERIODIC and so on, with the exception of IO events	309	EV::periodic sets EV::PERIODIC and so on, with the exception of I/O events
149	(which can set both EV::READ and EV::WRITE bits), and EV::timer (which	310	(which can set both EV::READ and EV::WRITE bits), and EV::timer (which
150	uses EV::TIMEOUT).	311	uses EV::TIMEOUT).
151		312
152	In the rare case where one wants to create a watcher but not start it at	313	In the rare case where one wants to create a watcher but not start it at
153	the same time, each constructor has a variant with a trailing C<_ns> in	314	the same time, each constructor has a variant with a trailing C<_ns> in
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159		320
160	Also, all methods changing some aspect of a watcher (->set, ->priority,	321	Also, all methods changing some aspect of a watcher (->set, ->priority,
161	->fh and so on) automatically stop and start it again if it is active,	322	->fh and so on) automatically stop and start it again if it is active,
162	which means pending events get lost.	323	which means pending events get lost.
163		324
164	=head2 WATCHER TYPES	325	=head2 COMMON WATCHER METHODS
165		326
166	Now lets move to the existing watcher types and asociated methods.	327	This section lists methods common to all watchers.
167
168	The following methods are available for all watchers. Then followes a
169	description of each watcher constructor (EV::io, EV::timer, EV::periodic,
170	EV::signal, EV::child, EV::idle, EV::prepare and EV::check), followed by
171	any type-specific methods (if any).
172		328
173	=over 4	329	=over 4
174		330
175	=item $w->start	331	=item $w->start
176		332
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180		336
181	=item $w->stop	337	=item $w->stop
182		338
183	Stop a watcher if it is active. Also clear any pending events (events that	339	Stop a watcher if it is active. Also clear any pending events (events that
184	have been received but that didn't yet result in a callback invocation),	340	have been received but that didn't yet result in a callback invocation),
185	regardless of wether the watcher was active or not.	341	regardless of whether the watcher was active or not.
186		342
187	=item $bool = $w->is_active	343	=item $bool = $w->is_active
188		344
189	Returns true if the watcher is active, false otherwise.	345	Returns true if the watcher is active, false otherwise.
		346
		347	=item $current_data = $w->data
		348
		349	=item $old_data = $w->data ($new_data)
		350
		351	Queries a freely usable data scalar on the watcher and optionally changes
		352	it. This is a way to associate custom data with a watcher:
		353
		354	my $w = EV::timer 60, 0, sub {
		355	warn $_[0]->data;
		356	};
		357	$w->data ("print me!");
190		358
191	=item $current_cb = $w->cb	359	=item $current_cb = $w->cb
192		360
193	=item $old_cb = $w->cb ($new_cb)	361	=item $old_cb = $w->cb ($new_cb)
194		362
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203	watchers with higher priority will be invoked first. The valid range of	371	watchers with higher priority will be invoked first. The valid range of
204	priorities lies between EV::MAXPRI (default 2) and EV::MINPRI (default	372	priorities lies between EV::MAXPRI (default 2) and EV::MINPRI (default
205	-2). If the priority is outside this range it will automatically be	373	-2). If the priority is outside this range it will automatically be
206	normalised to the nearest valid priority.	374	normalised to the nearest valid priority.
207		375
208	The default priority of any newly-created weatcher is 0.	376	The default priority of any newly-created watcher is 0.
209		377
		378	Note that the priority semantics have not yet been fleshed out and are
		379	subject to almost certain change.
		380
210	=item $w->trigger ($revents)	381	=item $w->invoke ($revents)
211		382
212	Call the callback now with the given event mask.	383	Call the callback now with the given event mask.
213		384
		385	=item $w->feed_event ($revents)
		386
		387	Feed some events on this watcher into EV. EV will react to this call as if
		388	the watcher had received the given C<$revents> mask.
		389
		390	=item $revents = $w->clear_pending
		391
		392	If the watcher is pending, this function clears its pending status and
		393	returns its C<$revents> bitset (as if its callback was invoked). If the
		394	watcher isn't pending it does nothing and returns C<0>.
		395
		396	=item $previous_state = $w->keepalive ($bool)
		397
		398	Normally, C<EV::loop> will return when there are no active watchers
		399	(which is a "deadlock" because no progress can be made anymore). This is
		400	convinient because it allows you to start your watchers (and your jobs),
		401	call C<EV::loop> once and when it returns you know that all your jobs are
		402	finished (or they forgot to register some watchers for their task :).
		403
		404	Sometimes, however, this gets in your way, for example when the module
		405	that calls C<EV::loop> (usually the main program) is not the same module
		406	as a long-living watcher (for example a DNS client module written by
		407	somebody else even). Then you might want any outstanding requests to be
		408	handled, but you would not want to keep C<EV::loop> from returning just
		409	because you happen to have this long-running UDP port watcher.
		410
		411	In this case you can clear the keepalive status, which means that even
		412	though your watcher is active, it won't keep C<EV::loop> from returning.
		413
		414	The initial value for keepalive is true (enabled), and you cna change it
		415	any time.
		416
		417	Example: Register an I/O watcher for some UDP socket but do not keep the
		418	event loop from running just because of that watcher.
		419
		420	my $udp_socket = ...
		421	my $udp_watcher = EV::io $udp_socket, EV::READ, sub { ... };
		422	$udp_watcher->keepalive (0);
		423
		424	=item $loop = $w->loop
		425
		426	Return the loop that this watcher is attached to.
		427
		428	=back
		429
		430
		431	=head1 WATCHER TYPES
		432
		433	Each of the following subsections describes a single watcher type.
		434
		435	=head3 I/O WATCHERS - is this file descriptor readable or writable?
		436
		437	=over 4
214		438
215	=item $w = EV::io $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback	439	=item $w = EV::io $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback
216		440
217	=item $w = EV::io_ns $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback	441	=item $w = EV::io_ns $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback
218		442
		443	=item $w = $loop->io ($fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback)
		444
		445	=item $w = $loop->io_ns ($fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback)
		446
219	As long as the returned watcher object is alive, call the C<$callback>	447	As long as the returned watcher object is alive, call the C<$callback>
220	when the events specified in C<$eventmask>.	448	when at least one of events specified in C<$eventmask> occurs.
221		449
222	The $eventmask can be one or more of these constants ORed together:	450	The $eventmask can be one or more of these constants ORed together:
223		451
224	EV::READ wait until read() wouldn't block anymore	452	EV::READ wait until read() wouldn't block anymore
225	EV::WRITE wait until write() wouldn't block anymore	453	EV::WRITE wait until write() wouldn't block anymore
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241		469
242	=item $old_eventmask = $w->events ($new_eventmask)	470	=item $old_eventmask = $w->events ($new_eventmask)
243		471
244	Returns the previously set event mask and optionally set a new one.	472	Returns the previously set event mask and optionally set a new one.
245		473
		474	=back
		475
		476
		477	=head3 TIMER WATCHERS - relative and optionally repeating timeouts
		478
		479	=over 4
246		480
247	=item $w = EV::timer $after, $repeat, $callback	481	=item $w = EV::timer $after, $repeat, $callback
248		482
249	=item $w = EV::timer_ns $after, $repeat, $callback	483	=item $w = EV::timer_ns $after, $repeat, $callback
250		484
251	Calls the callback after C<$after> seconds. If C<$repeat> is non-zero,	485	=item $w = $loop->timer ($after, $repeat, $callback)
252	the timer will be restarted (with the $repeat value as $after) after the	486
253	callback returns.	487	=item $w = $loop->timer_ns ($after, $repeat, $callback)
		488
		489	Calls the callback after C<$after> seconds (which may be fractional). If
		490	C<$repeat> is non-zero, the timer will be restarted (with the $repeat
		491	value as $after) after the callback returns.
254		492
255	This means that the callback would be called roughly after C<$after>	493	This means that the callback would be called roughly after C<$after>
256	seconds, and then every C<$repeat> seconds. "Roughly" because the time of	494	seconds, and then every C<$repeat> seconds. The timer does his best not
257	callback processing is not taken into account, so the timer will slowly	495	to drift, but it will not invoke the timer more often then once per event
258	drift. If that isn't acceptable, look at EV::periodic.	496	loop iteration, and might drift in other cases. If that isn't acceptable,
		497	look at EV::periodic, which can provide long-term stable timers.
259		498
260	The timer is based on a monotonic clock, that is if somebody is sitting	499	The timer is based on a monotonic clock, that is, if somebody is sitting
261	in front of the machine while the timer is running and changes the system	500	in front of the machine while the timer is running and changes the system
262	clock, the timer will nevertheless run (roughly) the same time.	501	clock, the timer will nevertheless run (roughly) the same time.
263		502
264	The C<timer_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.	503	The C<timer_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
265		504
266	=item $w->set ($after, $repeat)	505	=item $w->set ($after, $repeat)
267		506
268	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be at	507	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be called at
269	any time.	508	any time.
270		509
271	=item $w->again	510	=item $w->again
272		511
273	Similar to the C<start> method, but has special semantics for repeating timers:	512	Similar to the C<start> method, but has special semantics for repeating timers:
		513
		514	If the timer is active and non-repeating, it will be stopped.
274		515
275	If the timer is active and repeating, reset the timeout to occur	516	If the timer is active and repeating, reset the timeout to occur
276	C<$repeat> seconds after now.	517	C<$repeat> seconds after now.
277		518
278	If the timer is active and non-repeating, it will be stopped.
279
280	If the timer is in active and repeating, start it.	519	If the timer is inactive and repeating, start it using the repeat value.
281		520
282	Otherwise do nothing.	521	Otherwise do nothing.
283		522
284	This behaviour is useful when you have a timeout for some IO	523	This behaviour is useful when you have a timeout for some IO
285	operation. You create a timer object with the same value for C<$after> and	524	operation. You create a timer object with the same value for C<$after> and
286	C<$repeat>, and then, in the read/write watcher, run the C<again> method	525	C<$repeat>, and then, in the read/write watcher, run the C<again> method
287	on the timeout.	526	on the timeout.
288		527
		528	=back
289		529
		530
		531	=head3 PERIODIC WATCHERS - to cron or not to cron?
		532
		533	=over 4
		534
290	=item $w = EV::periodic $at, $interval, $callback	535	=item $w = EV::periodic $at, $interval, $reschedule_cb, $callback
291		536
292	=item $w = EV::periodic_ns $at, $interval, $callback	537	=item $w = EV::periodic_ns $at, $interval, $reschedule_cb, $callback
293		538
294	Similar to EV::timer, but the time is given as an absolute point in time	539	=item $w = $loop->periodic ($at, $interval, $reschedule_cb, $callback)
295	(C<$at>), plus an optional C<$interval>.
296		540
297	If the C<$interval> is zero, then the callback will be called at the time	541	=item $w = $loop->periodic_ns ($at, $interval, $reschedule_cb, $callback)
298	C<$at> if that is in the future, or as soon as possible if it is in the
299	past. It will not automatically repeat.
300		542
301	If the C<$interval> is nonzero, then the watcher will always be scheduled	543	Similar to EV::timer, but is not based on relative timeouts but on
302	to time out at the next C<$at + N * $interval> time.	544	absolute times. Apart from creating "simple" timers that trigger "at" the
		545	specified time, it can also be used for non-drifting absolute timers and
		546	more complex, cron-like, setups that are not adversely affected by time
		547	jumps (i.e. when the system clock is changed by explicit date -s or other
		548	means such as ntpd). It is also the most complex watcher type in EV.
303		549
304	This can be used to schedule a callback to run at very regular intervals,	550	It has three distinct "modes":
305	as long as the processing time is less then the interval (otherwise	551
306	obviously events will be skipped).	552	=over 4
		553
		554	=item * absolute timer ($interval = $reschedule_cb = 0)
		555
		556	This time simply fires at the wallclock time C<$at> and doesn't repeat. It
		557	will not adjust when a time jump occurs, that is, if it is to be run
		558	at January 1st 2011 then it will run when the system time reaches or
		559	surpasses this time.
		560
		561	=item * repeating interval timer ($interval > 0, $reschedule_cb = 0)
		562
		563	In this mode the watcher will always be scheduled to time out at the
		564	next C<$at + N * $interval> time (for some integer N) and then repeat,
		565	regardless of any time jumps.
		566
		567	This can be used to create timers that do not drift with respect to system
		568	time:
		569
		570	my $hourly = EV::periodic 0, 3600, 0, sub { print "once/hour\n" };
		571
		572	That doesn't mean there will always be 3600 seconds in between triggers,
		573	but only that the the clalback will be called when the system time shows a
		574	full hour (UTC).
307		575
308	Another way to think about it (for the mathematically inclined) is that	576	Another way to think about it (for the mathematically inclined) is that
309	EV::periodic will try to run the callback at the next possible time where	577	EV::periodic will try to run the callback in this mode at the next
310	C<$time = $at (mod $interval)>, regardless of any time jumps.	578	possible time where C<$time = $at (mod $interval)>, regardless of any time
		579	jumps.
311		580
312	This periodic timer is based on "wallclock time", that is, if the clock	581	=item * manual reschedule mode ($reschedule_cb = coderef)
313	changes (C<ntp>, C<date -s> etc.), then the timer will nevertheless run at	582
314	the specified time. This means it will never drift (it might jitter, but	583	In this mode $interval and $at are both being ignored. Instead, each
315	it will not drift).	584	time the periodic watcher gets scheduled, the reschedule callback
		585	($reschedule_cb) will be called with the watcher as first, and the current
		586	time as second argument.
		587
		588	I<This callback MUST NOT stop or destroy this or any other periodic
		589	watcher, ever, and MUST NOT call any event loop functions or methods>. If
		590	you need to stop it, return 1e30 and stop it afterwards. You may create
		591	and start a C<EV::prepare> watcher for this task.
		592
		593	It must return the next time to trigger, based on the passed time value
		594	(that is, the lowest time value larger than or equal to to the second
		595	argument). It will usually be called just before the callback will be
		596	triggered, but might be called at other times, too.
		597
		598	This can be used to create very complex timers, such as a timer that
		599	triggers on each midnight, local time (actually 24 hours after the last
		600	midnight, to keep the example simple. If you know a way to do it correctly
		601	in about the same space (without requiring elaborate modules), drop me a
		602	note :):
		603
		604	my $daily = EV::periodic 0, 0, sub {
		605	my ($w, $now) = @_;
		606
		607	use Time::Local ();
		608	my (undef, undef, undef, $d, $m, $y) = localtime $now;
		609	86400 + Time::Local::timelocal 0, 0, 0, $d, $m, $y
		610	}, sub {
		611	print "it's midnight or likely shortly after, now\n";
		612	};
		613
		614	=back
316		615
317	The C<periodic_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.	616	The C<periodic_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
318		617
319	=item $w->set ($at, $interval)	618	=item $w->set ($at, $interval, $reschedule_cb)
320		619
321	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be at	620	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be called at
322	any time.	621	any time.
323		622
		623	=item $w->again
		624
		625	Simply stops and starts the watcher again.
		626
		627	=item $time = $w->at
		628
		629	Return the time that the watcher is expected to trigger next.
		630
		631	=back
		632
		633
		634	=head3 SIGNAL WATCHERS - signal me when a signal gets signalled!
		635
		636	=over 4
324		637
325	=item $w = EV::signal $signal, $callback	638	=item $w = EV::signal $signal, $callback
326		639
327	=item $w = EV::signal_ns $signal, $callback	640	=item $w = EV::signal_ns $signal, $callback
328		641
329	Call the callback when $signal is received (the signal can be specified	642	Call the callback when $signal is received (the signal can be specified by
330	by number or by name, just as with kill or %SIG).	643	number or by name, just as with C<kill> or C<%SIG>).
331		644
332	EV will grab the signal for the process (the kernel only allows one	645	EV will grab the signal for the process (the kernel only allows one
333	component to receive a signal at a time) when you start a signal watcher,	646	component to receive a signal at a time) when you start a signal watcher,
334	and removes it again when you stop it. Perl does the same when you	647	and removes it again when you stop it. Perl does the same when you
335	add/remove callbacks to %SIG, so watch out.	648	add/remove callbacks to C<%SIG>, so watch out.
336		649
337	You can have as many signal watchers per signal as you want.	650	You can have as many signal watchers per signal as you want.
338		651
339	The C<signal_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.	652	The C<signal_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
340		653
341	=item $w->set ($signal)	654	=item $w->set ($signal)
342		655
343	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be at	656	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be
344	any time.	657	called at any time.
345		658
346	=item $current_signum = $w->signal	659	=item $current_signum = $w->signal
347		660
348	=item $old_signum = $w->signal ($new_signal)	661	=item $old_signum = $w->signal ($new_signal)
349		662
350	Returns the previously set signal (always as a number not name) and	663	Returns the previously set signal (always as a number not name) and
351	optionally set a new one.	664	optionally set a new one.
352		665
		666	=back
353		667
		668
		669	=head3 CHILD WATCHERS - watch out for process status changes
		670
		671	=over 4
		672
354	=item $w = EV::child $pid, $callback	673	=item $w = EV::child $pid, $trace, $callback
355		674
356	=item $w = EV::child_ns $pid, $callback	675	=item $w = EV::child_ns $pid, $trace, $callback
		676
		677	=item $w = $loop->child ($pid, $trace, $callback)
		678
		679	=item $w = $loop->child_ns ($pid, $trace, $callback)
357		680
358	Call the callback when a status change for pid C<$pid> (or any pid	681	Call the callback when a status change for pid C<$pid> (or any pid
359	if C<$pid> is 0) has been received. More precisely: when the process	682	if C<$pid> is 0) has been received (a status change happens when the
		683	process terminates or is killed, or, when trace is true, additionally when
		684	it is stopped or continued). More precisely: when the process receives
360	receives a SIGCHLD, EV will fetch the outstanding exit/wait status for all	685	a C<SIGCHLD>, EV will fetch the outstanding exit/wait status for all
361	changed/zombie children and call the callback.	686	changed/zombie children and call the callback.
362		687
363	You can access both status and pid by using the C<rstatus> and C<rpid>	688	It is valid (and fully supported) to install a child watcher after a child
364	methods on the watcher object.	689	has exited but before the event loop has started its next iteration (for
		690	example, first you C<fork>, then the new child process might exit, and
		691	only then do you install a child watcher in the parent for the new pid).
365		692
		693	You can access both exit (or tracing) status and pid by using the
		694	C<rstatus> and C<rpid> methods on the watcher object.
		695
366	You can have as many pid watchers per pid as you want.	696	You can have as many pid watchers per pid as you want, they will all be
		697	called.
367		698
368	The C<child_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.	699	The C<child_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
369		700
370	=item $w->set ($pid)	701	=item $w->set ($pid, $trace)
371		702
372	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be at	703	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be called at
373	any time.	704	any time.
374		705
375	=item $current_pid = $w->pid	706	=item $current_pid = $w->pid
376
377	=item $old_pid = $w->pid ($new_pid)
378		707
379	Returns the previously set process id and optionally set a new one.	708	Returns the previously set process id and optionally set a new one.
380		709
381	=item $exit_status = $w->rstatus	710	=item $exit_status = $w->rstatus
382		711
…		…
386	=item $pid = $w->rpid	715	=item $pid = $w->rpid
387		716
388	Return the pid of the awaited child (useful when you have installed a	717	Return the pid of the awaited child (useful when you have installed a
389	watcher for all pids).	718	watcher for all pids).
390		719
		720	=back
		721
		722
		723	=head3 STAT WATCHERS - did the file attributes just change?
		724
		725	=over 4
		726
		727	=item $w = EV::stat $path, $interval, $callback
		728
		729	=item $w = EV::stat_ns $path, $interval, $callback
		730
		731	=item $w = $loop->stat ($path, $interval, $callback)
		732
		733	=item $w = $loop->stat_ns ($path, $interval, $callback)
		734
		735	Call the callback when a file status change has been detected on
		736	C<$path>. The C<$path> does not need to exist, changing from "path exists"
		737	to "path does not exist" is a status change like any other.
		738
		739	The C<$interval> is a recommended polling interval for systems where
		740	OS-supported change notifications don't exist or are not supported. If
		741	you use C<0> then an unspecified default is used (which is highly
		742	recommended!), which is to be expected to be around five seconds usually.
		743
		744	This watcher type is not meant for massive numbers of stat watchers,
		745	as even with OS-supported change notifications, this can be
		746	resource-intensive.
		747
		748	The C<stat_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
		749
		750	=item ... = $w->stat
		751
		752	This call is very similar to the perl C<stat> built-in: It stats (using
		753	C<lstat>) the path specified in the watcher and sets perls stat cache (as
		754	well as EV's idea of the current stat values) to the values found.
		755
		756	In scalar context, a boolean is return indicating success or failure of
		757	the stat. In list context, the same 13-value list as with stat is returned
		758	(except that the blksize and blocks fields are not reliable).
		759
		760	In the case of an error, errno is set to C<ENOENT> (regardless of the
		761	actual error value) and the C<nlink> value is forced to zero (if the stat
		762	was successful then nlink is guaranteed to be non-zero).
		763
		764	See also the next two entries for more info.
		765
		766	=item ... = $w->attr
		767
		768	Just like C<< $w->stat >>, but without the initial stat'ing: this returns
		769	the values most recently detected by EV. See the next entry for more info.
		770
		771	=item ... = $w->prev
		772
		773	Just like C<< $w->stat >>, but without the initial stat'ing: this returns
		774	the previous set of values, before the change.
		775
		776	That is, when the watcher callback is invoked, C<< $w->prev >> will be set
		777	to the values found I<before> a change was detected, while C<< $w->attr >>
		778	returns the values found leading to the change detection. The difference (if any)
		779	between C<prev> and C<attr> is what triggered the callback.
		780
		781	If you did something to the filesystem object and do not want to trigger
		782	yet another change, you can call C<stat> to update EV's idea of what the
		783	current attributes are.
		784
		785	=item $w->set ($path, $interval)
		786
		787	Reconfigures the watcher, see the constructor above for details. Can be
		788	called at any time.
		789
		790	=item $current_path = $w->path
		791
		792	=item $old_path = $w->path ($new_path)
		793
		794	Returns the previously set path and optionally set a new one.
		795
		796	=item $current_interval = $w->interval
		797
		798	=item $old_interval = $w->interval ($new_interval)
		799
		800	Returns the previously set interval and optionally set a new one. Can be
		801	used to query the actual interval used.
		802
		803	=back
		804
		805
		806	=head3 IDLE WATCHERS - when you've got nothing better to do...
		807
		808	=over 4
391		809
392	=item $w = EV::idle $callback	810	=item $w = EV::idle $callback
393		811
394	=item $w = EV::idle_ns $callback	812	=item $w = EV::idle_ns $callback
395		813
396	Call the callback when there are no pending io, timer/periodic, signal or	814	=item $w = $loop->idle ($callback)
397	child events, i.e. when the process is idle.	815
		816	=item $w = $loop->idle_ns ($callback)
		817
		818	Call the callback when there are no other pending watchers of the same or
		819	higher priority (excluding check, prepare and other idle watchers of the
		820	same or lower priority, of course). They are called idle watchers because
		821	when the watcher is the highest priority pending event in the process, the
		822	process is considered to be idle at that priority.
		823
		824	If you want a watcher that is only ever called when I<no> other events are
		825	outstanding you have to set the priority to C<EV::MINPRI>.
398		826
399	The process will not block as long as any idle watchers are active, and	827	The process will not block as long as any idle watchers are active, and
400	they will be called repeatedly until stopped.	828	they will be called repeatedly until stopped.
401		829
		830	For example, if you have idle watchers at priority C<0> and C<1>, and
		831	an I/O watcher at priority C<0>, then the idle watcher at priority C<1>
		832	and the I/O watcher will always run when ready. Only when the idle watcher
		833	at priority C<1> is stopped and the I/O watcher at priority C<0> is not
		834	pending with the C<0>-priority idle watcher be invoked.
		835
402	The C<idle_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.	836	The C<idle_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
403		837
		838	=back
		839
		840
		841	=head3 PREPARE WATCHERS - customise your event loop!
		842
		843	=over 4
404		844
405	=item $w = EV::prepare $callback	845	=item $w = EV::prepare $callback
406		846
407	=item $w = EV::prepare_ns $callback	847	=item $w = EV::prepare_ns $callback
		848
		849	=item $w = $loop->prepare ($callback)
		850
		851	=item $w = $loop->prepare_ns ($callback)
408		852
409	Call the callback just before the process would block. You can still	853	Call the callback just before the process would block. You can still
410	create/modify any watchers at this point.	854	create/modify any watchers at this point.
411		855
412	See the EV::check watcher, below, for explanations and an example.	856	See the EV::check watcher, below, for explanations and an example.
413		857
414	The C<prepare_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.	858	The C<prepare_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
415		859
		860	=back
		861
		862
		863	=head3 CHECK WATCHERS - customise your event loop even more!
		864
		865	=over 4
416		866
417	=item $w = EV::check $callback	867	=item $w = EV::check $callback
418		868
419	=item $w = EV::check_ns $callback	869	=item $w = EV::check_ns $callback
		870
		871	=item $w = $loop->check ($callback)
		872
		873	=item $w = $loop->check_ns ($callback)
420		874
421	Call the callback just after the process wakes up again (after it has	875	Call the callback just after the process wakes up again (after it has
422	gathered events), but before any other callbacks have been invoked.	876	gathered events), but before any other callbacks have been invoked.
423		877
424	This is used to integrate other event-based software into the EV	878	This is used to integrate other event-based software into the EV
…		…
432	# do nothing unless active	886	# do nothing unless active
433	$dispatcher->{_event_queue_h}	887	$dispatcher->{_event_queue_h}
434	or return;	888	or return;
435		889
436	# make the dispatcher handle any outstanding stuff	890	# make the dispatcher handle any outstanding stuff
		891	... not shown
437		892
438	# create an IO watcher for each and every socket	893	# create an I/O watcher for each and every socket
439	@snmp_watcher = (	894	@snmp_watcher = (
440	(map { EV::io $_, EV::READ, sub { } }	895	(map { EV::io $_, EV::READ, sub { } }
441	keys %{ $dispatcher->{_descriptors} }),	896	keys %{ $dispatcher->{_descriptors} }),
		897
		898	EV::timer +($event->[Net::SNMP::Dispatcher::_ACTIVE]
		899	? $event->[Net::SNMP::Dispatcher::_TIME] - EV::now : 0),
		900	0, sub { },
442	);	901	);
443
444	# if there are any timeouts, also create a timer
445	push @snmp_watcher, EV::timer $event->[Net::SNMP::Dispatcher::_TIME] - EV::now, 0, sub { }
446	if $event->[Net::SNMP::Dispatcher::_ACTIVE];
447	};	902	};
448		903
449	The callbacks are irrelevant, the only purpose of those watchers is	904	The callbacks are irrelevant (and are not even being called), the
450	to wake up the process as soon as one of those events occurs (socket	905	only purpose of those watchers is to wake up the process as soon as
451	readable, or timer timed out). The corresponding EV::check watcher will then	906	one of those events occurs (socket readable, or timer timed out). The
452	clean up:	907	corresponding EV::check watcher will then clean up:
453		908
454	our $snmp_check = EV::check sub {	909	our $snmp_check = EV::check sub {
455	# destroy all watchers	910	# destroy all watchers
456	@snmp_watcher = ();	911	@snmp_watcher = ();
457		912
458	# make the dispatcher handle any new stuff	913	# make the dispatcher handle any new stuff
		914	... not shown
459	};	915	};
460		916
461	The callbacks of the created watchers will not be called as the watchers	917	The callbacks of the created watchers will not be called as the watchers
462	are destroyed before this cna happen (remember EV::check gets called	918	are destroyed before this cna happen (remember EV::check gets called
463	first).	919	first).
464		920
465	The C<check_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.	921	The C<check_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
466		922
467	=back	923	=back
468		924
		925
		926	=head3 FORK WATCHERS - the audacity to resume the event loop after a fork
		927
		928	Fork watchers are called when a C<fork ()> was detected. The invocation
		929	is done before the event loop blocks next and before C<check> watchers
		930	are being called, and only in the child after the fork.
		931
		932	=over 4
		933
		934	=item $w = EV::fork $callback
		935
		936	=item $w = EV::fork_ns $callback
		937
		938	=item $w = $loop->fork ($callback)
		939
		940	=item $w = $loop->fork_ns ($callback)
		941
		942	Call the callback before the event loop is resumed in the child process
		943	after a fork.
		944
		945	The C<fork_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
		946
		947	=back
		948
		949
		950	=head3 EMBED WATCHERS - when one backend isn't enough...
		951
		952	This is a rather advanced watcher type that lets you embed one event loop
		953	into another (currently only IO events are supported in the embedded
		954	loop, other types of watchers might be handled in a delayed or incorrect
		955	fashion and must not be used).
		956
		957	See the libev documentation at
		958	L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod#code_ev_embed_code_when_one_backend_>
		959	for more details.
		960
		961	In short, this watcher is most useful on BSD systems without working
		962	kqueue to still be able to handle a large number of sockets:
		963
		964	my $socket_loop;
		965
		966	# check wether we use SELECT or POLL _and_ KQUEUE is supported
		967	if (
		968	(EV::backend & (EV::BACKEND_POLL \| EV::BACKEND_SELECT))
		969	&& (EV::supported_backends & EV::embeddable_backends & EV::BACKEND_KQUEUE)
		970	) {
		971	# use kqueue for sockets
		972	$socket_loop = new EV::Loop EV::BACKEND_KQUEUE \| EV::FLAG_NOENV;
		973	}
		974
		975	# use the default loop otherwise
		976	$socket_loop \|\|= EV::default_loop;
		977
		978	=over 4
		979
		980	=item $w = EV::embed $otherloop, $callback
		981
		982	=item $w = EV::embed_ns $otherloop, $callback
		983
		984	=item $w = $loop->embed ($otherloop, $callback)
		985
		986	=item $w = $loop->embed_ns ($otherloop, $callback)
		987
		988	Call the callback when the embedded event loop (C<$otherloop>) has any
		989	I/O activity. The C<$callback> should alwas be specified as C<undef> in
		990	this version of EV, which means the embedded event loop will be managed
		991	automatically.
		992
		993	The C<embed_ns> variant doesn't start (activate) the newly created watcher.
		994
		995	=back
		996
		997	=head3 ASYNC WATCHERS - how to wake up another event loop
		998
		999	Async watchers are provided by EV, but have little use in perl directly, as perl
		1000	neither supports threads nor direct access to signal handlers or other
		1001	contexts where they could be of value.
		1002
		1003	It is, however, possible to use them from the XS level.
		1004
		1005	Please see the libev documentation for further details.
		1006
		1007	=over 4
		1008
		1009	=item $w = EV::async $callback
		1010
		1011	=item $w = EV::async_ns $callback
		1012
		1013	=item $w->send
		1014
		1015	=item $bool = $w->async_pending
		1016
		1017	=back
		1018
		1019
		1020	=head1 PERL SIGNALS
		1021
		1022	While Perl signal handling (C<%SIG>) is not affected by EV, the behaviour
		1023	with EV is as the same as any other C library: Perl-signals will only be
		1024	handled when Perl runs, which means your signal handler might be invoked
		1025	only the next time an event callback is invoked.
		1026
		1027	The solution is to use EV signal watchers (see C<EV::signal>), which will
		1028	ensure proper operations with regards to other event watchers.
		1029
		1030	If you cannot do this for whatever reason, you can also force a watcher
		1031	to be called on every event loop iteration by installing a C<EV::check>
		1032	watcher:
		1033
		1034	my $async_check = EV::check sub { };
		1035
		1036	This ensures that perl gets into control for a short time to handle any
		1037	pending signals, and also ensures (slightly) slower overall operation.
		1038
469	=head1 THREADS	1039	=head1 THREADS
470		1040
471	Threads are not supported by this in any way. Perl pseudo-threads is evil	1041	Threads are not supported by this module in any way. Perl pseudo-threads
472	stuff and must die.	1042	is evil stuff and must die. As soon as Perl gains real threads I will work
		1043	on thread support for it.
		1044
		1045	=head1 FORK
		1046
		1047	Most of the "improved" event delivering mechanisms of modern operating
		1048	systems have quite a few problems with fork(2) (to put it bluntly: it is
		1049	not supported and usually destructive). Libev makes it possible to work
		1050	around this by having a function that recreates the kernel state after
		1051	fork in the child.
		1052
		1053	On non-win32 platforms, this module requires the pthread_atfork
		1054	functionality to do this automatically for you. This function is quite
		1055	buggy on most BSDs, though, so YMMV. The overhead for this is quite
		1056	negligible, because everything the function currently does is set a flag
		1057	that is checked only when the event loop gets used the next time, so when
		1058	you do fork but not use EV, the overhead is minimal.
		1059
		1060	On win32, there is no notion of fork so all this doesn't apply, of course.
473		1061
474	=cut	1062	=cut
475		1063
476	our $DIED = sub {	1064	our $DIED = sub {
477	warn "EV: error in callback (ignoring): $@";	1065	warn "EV: error in callback (ignoring): $@";
478	};	1066	};
479		1067
480	default_loop	1068	default_loop
481	or die 'EV: cannot initialise libev backend. bad $ENV{LIBEV_METHODS}?';	1069	or die 'EV: cannot initialise libev backend. bad $ENV{LIBEV_FLAGS}?';
482
483	push @AnyEvent::REGISTRY, [EV => "EV::AnyEvent"];
484		1070
485	1;	1071	1;
486		1072
487	=head1 SEE ALSO	1073	=head1 SEE ALSO
488		1074
489	L<EV::DNS>, L<EV::AnyEvent>.	1075	L<EV::ADNS> (asynchronous DNS), L<Glib::EV> (makes Glib/Gtk2 use EV as
		1076	event loop), L<EV::Glib> (embed Glib into EV), L<Coro::EV> (efficient
		1077	coroutines with EV), L<Net::SNMP::EV> (asynchronous SNMP), L<AnyEvent> for
		1078	event-loop agnostic and portable event driven programming.
490		1079
491	=head1 AUTHOR	1080	=head1 AUTHOR
492		1081
493	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1082	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
494	http://home.schmorp.de/	1083	http://home.schmorp.de/
495		1084
496	=cut	1085	=cut
497		1086

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