--- cvsroot/libev/README.embed 2007/11/08 17:56:30 1.8 +++ cvsroot/libev/README.embed 2007/11/12 00:43:24 1.24 @@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ This will automatically include ev.h, too, and should be done in a single C source file only to provide the function implementations. To - use it, do the same for ev.h in all users: + use it, do the same for ev.h in all files wishing to use this API + (best done by writing a wrapper around ev.h that you can include + instead and where you can put other configuration options): #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): @@ -29,9 +35,10 @@ ev.c ev_vars.h ev_wrap.h - ev_win32.c - ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is by default) + ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only + + 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) @@ -55,10 +62,17 @@ 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([libev.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 @@ -92,7 +106,17 @@ done: if no other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise the select backend will not be compiled in. - EV_SELECT_USE_WIN32_HANDLES + EV_SELECT_USE_FD_SET + + If defined to 1, then the select backend will use the system fd_set + structure. This is useful if libev doesn't compile due to a missing + NFDBITS or fd_mask definition or it misguesses the bitset layout on + exotic systems. This usually limits the range of file descriptors + to some low limit such as 1024 or might have other limitations + (winsocket only allows 64 sockets). The FD_SETSIZE macro, set + before compilation, might influence the size of the fd_set used. + + EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET When defined to 1, the select backend will assume that select doesn't understand file descriptors but wants osf handles on @@ -104,9 +128,8 @@ EV_USE_POLL If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the poll(2) - backend. No attempt at autodetection will be done. poll usually - performs worse than select, so its not enabled by default (it is - also slightly less portable). + backend. Otherwise it will be enabled on non-win32 platforms. It + takes precedence over select. EV_USE_EPOLL @@ -120,22 +143,26 @@ If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the BSD style kqueue backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime, otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the - preferred backend for BSD and BSd-like systems. Darwin brokenness + preferred backend for BSD and BSD-like systems. Darwin brokenness will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this backend. - EV_COMMON - - By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining - this macro to a something else you can include more and other types - of members. You have to define it each time you include one of the - files, though, and it must be identical each time. + EV_USE_DEVPOLL + EV_USE_PORTS + + reserved for future expansion, works like the USE symbols above. + + 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. - For example, the perl EV module uses this: + EV_EVENT_H - #define EV_COMMON \ - SV *self; /* contains this struct */ \ - SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */ + 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_PROTOTYPES @@ -152,6 +179,36 @@ event loop pointer argument. Instead, all functions act on the single default loop. + EV_PERIODICS + + If undefined or defined to be "1", then periodic timers are + supported, otherwise not. This saves a few kb of code. + + EV_COMMON + + By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining + this macro to a something else you can include more and other types + of members. You have to define it each time you include one of the + files, though, and it must be identical each time. + + For example, the perl EV module uses this: + + #define EV_COMMON \ + SV *self; /* contains this struct */ \ + SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */ + + 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