--- cvsroot/EV/EV.pm 2009/07/14 20:31:21 1.118 +++ cvsroot/EV/EV.pm 2009/12/31 06:59:47 1.125 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ use common::sense; BEGIN { - our $VERSION = '3.7'; + our $VERSION = '3.9'; use XSLoader; XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION; } @@ -333,6 +333,18 @@ L (locally installed as F) for a more detailed discussion. +=item $count = EV::pending_count + +=item $count = $loop->pending_count + +Returns the number of currently pending watchers. + +=item EV::invoke_pending + +=item $loop->invoke_pending + +Invoke all currently pending watchers. + =back @@ -446,7 +458,7 @@ Normally, C will return when there are no active watchers (which is a "deadlock" because no progress can be made anymore). This is -convinient because it allows you to start your watchers (and your jobs), +convenient because it allows you to start your watchers (and your jobs), call C once and when it returns you know that all your jobs are finished (or they forgot to register some watchers for their task :). @@ -688,9 +700,17 @@ =item $w = EV::signal_ns $signal, $callback +=item $w = $loop->signal ($signal, $callback) + +=item $w = $loop->signal_ns ($signal, $callback) + Call the callback when $signal is received (the signal can be specified by number or by name, just as with C or C<%SIG>). +Only one event loop can grab a given signal - attempting to grab the same +signal from two EV loops will crash the program immediately or cause data +corruption. + EV will grab the signal for the process (the kernel only allows one component to receive a signal at a time) when you start a signal watcher, and removes it again when you stop it. Perl does the same when you