--- EV/EV.pm 2008/01/28 12:24:05 1.83 +++ EV/EV.pm 2008/02/01 13:08:54 1.84 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ use strict; BEGIN { - our $VERSION = '3.0'; + our $VERSION = '3.1'; use XSLoader; XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION; } @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ @EV::Check::ISA = @EV::Embed::ISA = @EV::Fork::ISA = +@EV::Async::ISA = "EV::Watcher"; @EV::Loop::Default::ISA = "EV::Loop"; @@ -970,6 +971,16 @@ =back +=head3 ASYNC WATCHERS - how to wake up another event loop + +Async watchers are provided by EV, but have little use in perl directly, as perl +neither supports threads nor direct access to signal handlers or other +contexts where they could be of value. + +It is, however, possible to use them from the XS level. + +Please see the libev documentation for further details. + =head1 PERL SIGNALS