| 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 | 4.01 Fri Nov 5 21:51:29 CET 2010 |
| 4 | TODO: ev_pdef stupid idea? |
4 | - automake fucked it up, apparently, --add-missing -f is not quite enough |
| 5 | TODO: EVRUN_XXX? |
5 | to make it update its files, so 4.00 didn't install ev++.h and |
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6 | event.h on make install. grrr. |
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7 | - ev_loop(count|depth) didn't return anything (Robin Haberkorn). |
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8 | - change EV_UNDEF to 0xffffffff to silence some overzealous compilers. |
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9 | - use "(libev) " prefix for all libev error messages now. |
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11 | 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. |
12 | - "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 |
13 | - ev_embed_stop did not correctly stop the watcher (very good |
| 8 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
14 | testcase by Vladimir Timofeev). |
| 9 | - ev_run will now always update the current loop time - it erroneously |
15 | - 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. |
16 | 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). |
18 | in the libevent emulation (testcase by Péter Szabó). |
| 13 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
19 | - applied win32 fixes by Michael Lenaghan (also James Mansion). |
| 14 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
20 | - replace EV_MINIMAL by EV_FEATURES. |
| 15 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
21 | - prefer EPOLL_CTL_ADD over EPOLL_CTL_MOD in some more cases, as it |
| 16 | seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. |
22 | seems the former is *much* faster than the latter. |
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23 | - linux kernel version detection (for inotify bug workarounds) |
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24 | did not work properly. |
| 17 | - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. |
25 | - reduce the number of spurious wake-ups with the ports backend. |
| 18 | - remove dependency on sys/queue.h on freebsd (patch by Vanilla Hsu). |
26 | - 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 |
27 | - 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 |
28 | an API quirk where the set function must be called in the C++ API |
| 21 | even when there is nothing to set. |
29 | even when there is nothing to set. |
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| 40 | - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. |
48 | - new EV_CHILD_ENABLE and EV_SIGNAL_ENABLE configurable settings. |
| 41 | - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. |
49 | - update libev.m4 HAVE_CLOCK_SYSCALL test for newer glibcs. |
| 42 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
50 | - add section on accept() problems to the manpage. |
| 43 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
51 | - rename EV_TIMEOUT to EV_TIMER. |
| 44 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. |
52 | - rename ev_loop_count/depth/verify/loop/unloop. |
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53 | - remove ev_default_destroy and ev_default_fork. |
| 45 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
54 | - switch to two-digit minor version. |
| 46 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
55 | - work around an apparent gentoo compiler bug. |
| 47 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
56 | - define _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT. just so. |
| 48 | - use enum instead of #define for most constants. |
57 | - use enum instead of #define for most constants. |
| 49 | - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. |
58 | - improve compatibility to older C++ compilers. |
| 50 | - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now |
59 | - (experimental) ev_run/ev_default_loop/ev_break/ev_loop_new have now |
| 51 | default arguments when compiled as C++. |
60 | default arguments when compiled as C++. |
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61 | - enable automake dependency tracking. |
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62 | - ev_loop_new no longer leaks memory when loop creation failed. |
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63 | - new ev_cleanup watcher type. |
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| 53 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
65 | 3.9 Thu Dec 31 07:59:59 CET 2009 |
| 54 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
66 | - signalfd is no longer used by default and has to be requested |
| 55 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
67 | explicitly - this means that easy to catch bugs become hard to |
| 56 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
68 | catch race conditions, but the users have spoken. |
