--- cvsroot/EV/EV.xs	2007/12/20 09:26:40	1.93
+++ cvsroot/EV/EV.xs	2007/12/20 09:45:52	1.95
@@ -605,14 +605,22 @@
 	OUTPUT:
         RETVAL
 
-ev_embed *embed (struct ev_loop *loop, SV *cb)
+ev_embed *embed (struct ev_loop *loop, SV *cb = &PL_sv_undef)
 	ALIAS:
         embed_ns = 1
 	CODE:
+{
+        if (!(ev_backend (loop) & ev_embeddable_backends ()))
+          croak ("passed loop is not embeddable via EV::embed,");
+
         RETVAL = e_new (sizeof (ev_embed), cb, default_loop_sv);
         RETVAL->fh = newSVsv (ST (0));
         ev_embed_set (RETVAL, loop);
+
+        if (!SvOK (cb)) ev_set_cb (RETVAL, 0);
+
         if (!ix) START (embed, RETVAL);
+}
 	OUTPUT:
         RETVAL
 
@@ -1113,7 +1121,7 @@
         if (!loop)
           XSRETURN_UNDEF;
 
-        RETVAL = sv_bless (newRV_noinc (newSViv (PTR2IV (evapi.default_loop))), stash_loop);
+        RETVAL = sv_bless (newRV_noinc (newSViv (PTR2IV (loop))), stash_loop);
 }
 	OUTPUT:
         RETVAL
@@ -1123,3 +1131,19 @@
         if (loop != evapi.default_loop) /* global destruction sucks */
           ev_loop_destroy (loop);
 
+ev_io *io (struct ev_loop *loop, SV *fh, int events, SV *cb)
+	ALIAS:
+        io_ns = 1
+	CODE:
+{
+	int fd = sv_fileno (fh);
+        CHECK_FD (fh, fd);
+
+        RETVAL = e_new (sizeof (ev_io), cb, ST (0));
+        RETVAL->fh = newSVsv (fh);
+        ev_io_set (RETVAL, fd, events);
+        if (!ix) START (io, RETVAL);
+}
+	OUTPUT:
+        RETVAL
+