| 1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
1 | Revision history for libev, a high-performance and full-featured event loop. |
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| 3 | TODO: ABI??? API????? Changes??? |
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| 4 | TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example? |
3 | TODO: include ev_xyz_start in each example? |
| 5 | TODO: section watcher states/lifetime |
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| 6 | TODO: ALL ev_xxx_set funtions must be called from ev++ set methods, somehow. |
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| 7 | - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. |
4 | - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. |
| 8 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
5 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
| 9 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
6 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
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7 | - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it errornously |
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8 | didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. |
| 10 | - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire |
9 | - fix a bug where a timeout of zero caused the timer not to fire |
| 11 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
10 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
| 12 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
11 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
| 13 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
12 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
| 14 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
13 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
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| 23 | not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). |
22 | not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). |
| 24 | - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't |
23 | - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't |
| 25 | on freebsd...). |
24 | on freebsd...). |
| 26 | - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still |
25 | - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still |
| 27 | override it. |
26 | override it. |
| 28 | - greatly expanded the portability section. |
27 | - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting |
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28 | section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes. |
| 29 | - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace |
29 | - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace |
| 30 | and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported |
30 | and it's not worth working around dead platforms (reported |
| 31 | and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). |
31 | and analyzed by Aivars Kalvans). |
| 32 | - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code |
32 | - improve header file compatibility of the standalone eventfd code |
| 33 | in an obscure case. |
33 | in an obscure case. |
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| 36 | no sscanf dependency). |
36 | no sscanf dependency). |
| 37 | - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. |
37 | - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. |
| 38 | - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. |
38 | - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. |
| 39 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
39 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
| 40 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
40 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
| 41 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify. |
41 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. |
| 42 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
42 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
| 43 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
43 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
| 44 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
44 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
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45 | - use enum instead of #define for most constants. |
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46 | - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. |
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| 46 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
48 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
| 47 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
49 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
| 48 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
50 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
| 49 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
51 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
