| 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: include ev_xyz_start in each example? |
3 | - change EV_UNDEF to 0xffffffff to silence some overzealous compilers. |
| 4 | TODO: ev_pdef stupid idea? |
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| 5 | TODO: EVRUN_XXX? |
5 | 4.00 Mon Oct 25 12:32:12 CEST 2010 |
| 6 | - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. |
6 | - "PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X" (in ev.pod) is recommended reading. |
| 7 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
7 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
| 8 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
8 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
| 9 | - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously |
9 | - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously |
| 10 | didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. |
10 | didn't when idle watchers were active, causing timers not to fire. |
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| 12 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
12 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
| 13 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
13 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
| 14 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
14 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
| 15 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
15 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
| 16 | seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. |
16 | seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. |
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17 | - linux kernel version detection (for inotify bug workarounds) |
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18 | did not work properly. |
| 17 | - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. |
19 | - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. |
| 18 | - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). |
20 | - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). |
| 19 | - do async init within ev_async_start, not ev_async_set, which avoids |
21 | - do async init within ev_async_start, not ev_async_set, which avoids |
| 20 | an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API |
22 | an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API |
| 21 | even when there is nothing to set. |
23 | even when there is nothing to set. |
| 22 | - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, |
24 | - add (undocumented) EV_ENABLE when adding events with kqueue, |
| 23 | this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting |
25 | this might help with OS X, which seems to need it despite documenting |
| 24 | not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). |
26 | not to need it (helpfully pointed out by Tilghman Lesher). |
| 25 | - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't |
27 | - do not use poll by default on freebsd, it's broken (what isn't |
| 26 | on freebsd...). |
28 | on freebsd...). |
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29 | - allow to embed epoll on kernels >= 2.6.32. |
| 27 | - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still |
30 | - configure now prepends -O3, not appends it, so one can still |
| 28 | override it. |
31 | override it. |
| 29 | - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting |
32 | - ev.pod: greatly expanded the portability section, added a porting |
| 30 | section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes. |
33 | section, a description of watcher states and made lots of minor fixes. |
| 31 | - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace |
34 | - disable poll backend on AIX, the poll header spams the namespace |
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| 39 | - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. |
42 | - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. |
| 40 | - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. |
43 | - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. |
| 41 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
44 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
| 42 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
45 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
| 43 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. |
46 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. |
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47 | - remove ev_default_destroy and ev_default_fork. |
| 44 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
48 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
| 45 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
49 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
| 46 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
50 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
| 47 | - use enum instead of #define for most constants. |
51 | - use enum instead of #define for most constants. |
| 48 | - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. |
52 | - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. |
| 49 | - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now |
53 | - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now |
| 50 | default arguments when compiled as C++. |
54 | default arguments when compiled as C++. |
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55 | - enable automake dependency tracking. |
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56 | - ev_loop_new no longer leaks memory when loop creation failed. |
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57 | - new ev_cleanup watcher type. |
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| 52 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
59 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
| 53 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
60 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
| 54 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
61 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
| 55 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
62 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
