--- EV/EV.pm	2007/10/27 14:54:20	1.7
+++ EV/EV.pm	2007/10/27 19:11:27	1.8
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
    XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION;
 }
 
-=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
+=head1 BASIC INTERFACE
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@
 
 How many priority levels are available.
 
+=item $EV::DIED
+
+Must contain a reference to a function that is called when a callback
+throws an exception (with $@ containing thr error). The default prints an
+informative message and continues.
+
+If this callback throws an exception it will be silently ignored.
+
 =item $time = EV::now
 
 Returns the time in (fractional) seconds since the epoch.
@@ -233,6 +241,10 @@
 
 =cut
 
+our $DIED = sub {
+   warn "EV: error in callback (ignoring): $@";
+};
+
 our $NPRI = 4;
 our $BASE = init;
 priority_init $NPRI;