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537 | =back |
537 | =back |
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539 | =head1 THE Async::Interrupt::EventPipe CLASS |
539 | =head1 THE Async::Interrupt::EventPipe CLASS |
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541 | Pipes are the predominent utility to make asynchronous signals |
541 | Pipes are the predominant utility to make asynchronous signals |
542 | synchronous. However, pipes are hard to come by: they don't exist on the |
542 | synchronous. However, pipes are hard to come by: they don't exist on the |
543 | broken windows platform, and on GNU/Linux systems, you might want to use |
543 | broken windows platform, and on GNU/Linux systems, you might want to use |
544 | an C<eventfd> instead. |
544 | an C<eventfd> instead. |
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546 | This class creates selectable event pipes in a portable fashion: on |
546 | This class creates selectable event pipes in a portable fashion: on |