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1 | Homepage: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev |
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2 | E-Mail: libev@schmorp.de |
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| 1 | libev is a high-performance event loop/event model with lots of features. |
4 | libev is a high-performance event loop/event model with lots of features. |
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| 3 | It is modelled (very losely) after libevent |
6 | It is modelled (very losely) after libevent |
| 4 | (http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/) and the Event perl module, but aims |
7 | (http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/) and the Event perl module, but aims |
| 5 | to be faster and more correct, and also more featureful. |
8 | to be faster and more correct, and also more featureful. |
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| 26 | - timers can be repeating (both absolute and relative ones). |
29 | - timers can be repeating (both absolute and relative ones). |
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| 28 | - detects time jumps and adjusts timers |
31 | - detects time jumps and adjusts timers |
| 29 | (works for both forward and backward time jumps and also for absolute timers). |
32 | (works for both forward and backward time jumps and also for absolute timers). |
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| 31 | - can correctly remove timers while executing callbacks |
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| 32 | (libevent doesn't handle this reliably and can crash). |
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| 34 | - race-free signal processing |
34 | - race-free signal processing |
| 35 | (libevent may delay processing signals till after the next event). |
35 | (libevent may delay processing signals till after the next event). |
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| 37 | - less calls to epoll_ctl |
37 | - less calls to epoll_ctl |
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| 65 | - doesn't rely on nonportable BSD header files. |
65 | - doesn't rely on nonportable BSD header files. |
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| 67 | - a event.h compatibility header exists, and can be used to run a wide |
67 | - a event.h compatibility header exists, and can be used to run a wide |
| 68 | range of libevent programs unchanged (such as evdns.c). |
68 | range of libevent programs unchanged (such as evdns.c). |
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70 | - win32 compatibility for the core parts. |
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72 | - the event core library (ev and event layer) compiles and works both as |
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73 | C and C++. |
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| 70 | whats missing? |
75 | whats missing? |
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| 72 | - evbuffer, evhttp, bufferevent are missing. |
77 | - no event-like priority support at the moment (the ev priorities |
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78 | are not yet finished and work differently, but you can use idle watchers |
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79 | to get a similar effect). |
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| 74 | - no priority support at the moment (but likely to be delivered later). |
81 | AUTHOR |
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| 76 | - kqueue, poll (libev currently implements epoll and select). |
83 | libev was written and designed by Marc Lehmann and Emanuele Giaquinta. |
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| 78 | - windows support (whats windows?). |
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