--- cvsroot/libev/README.embed 2007/11/08 18:38:51 1.9 +++ cvsroot/libev/README.embed 2007/11/10 15:02:07 1.18 @@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ #define EV_STANDALONE 1 #include "ev.h" + Both header files and implementation files can be compiled with a C++ + compiler (at least, thats a stated goal, and breakage will be treated + as a bug). + You need the following files in your source tree, or in a directory in your include path (e.g. in libev/ when using -Ilibev): @@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ ev_wrap.h ev_win32.c - ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is by default) + ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default) ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default) ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default) ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default) @@ -57,10 +61,17 @@ event.h event.c +AUTOCONF SUPPORT + + Instead of using EV_STANDALONE=1 and providing your config in whatever + way you want, you can also m4_include([ev.m4]) in your configure.ac + and leave EV_STANDALONE off. ev.c will then include "config.h" and + configure itself accordingly. + PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS Libev can be configured via a variety of preprocessor symbols you have to define - before including any of its files. The default is not to build for mulciplicity + before including any of its files. The default is not to build for multiplicity and only include the select backend. EV_STANDALONE @@ -126,6 +137,18 @@ will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this backend. + EV_H + + The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default + if undefined is in event.h and "ev.h" in ev.c. This can + be used to virtually rename the ev.h header file in case of + conflicts. + + EV_EVENT_H + + Similarly to EV_H, this macro cna be used to override event.c's idea + of how the event.h header can be found. + EV_COMMON By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining @@ -154,6 +177,18 @@ event loop pointer argument. Instead, all functions act on the single default loop. + EV_CB_DECLARE(type) + EV_CB_INVOKE(watcher,revents) + ev_set_cb(ev,cb) + + Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each + watcher, and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand + to a struct member definition and a statement, respectively. See + the ev.v header file for their default definitions. One possible + use for overriding these is to avoid the ev_loop pointer as first + argument in all cases, or to use method calls instead of plain + function calls in C++. + EXAMPLES For a real-world example of a program the includes libev