--- EV/EV.pm	2007/12/01 22:51:34	1.59
+++ EV/EV.pm	2007/12/03 13:41:24	1.60
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 use strict;
 
 BEGIN {
-   our $VERSION = '1.5';
+   our $VERSION = '1.6';
    use XSLoader;
    XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION;
 }
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@
 When called with an argument of EV::UNLOOP_ALL, all calls to EV::loop will return as
 fast as possible.
 
+=item $count = EV::loop_count
+
+Return the number of times the event loop has polled for new
+events. Sometiems useful as a generation counter.
+
 =item EV::once $fh_or_undef, $events, $timeout, $cb->($revents)
 
 This function rolls together an I/O and a timer watcher for a single