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135.IX Title "LIBEV 3" 135.IX Title "LIBEV 3"
136.TH LIBEV 3 "2016-02-18" "libev-4.22" "libev - high performance full featured event loop" 136.TH LIBEV 3 "2017-06-21" "libev-4.24" "libev - high performance full featured event loop"
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4521\& ev_vars.h 4521\& ev_vars.h
4522\& ev_wrap.h 4522\& ev_wrap.h
4523\& 4523\&
4524\& ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only 4524\& ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only
4525\& 4525\&
4526\& ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is enabled by default) 4526\& ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled
4527\& ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default) 4527\& ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled
4528\& ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default) 4528\& ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled
4529\& ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default) 4529\& ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled
4530\& ev_port.c only when the solaris port backend is enabled (disabled by default) 4530\& ev_port.c only when the solaris port backend is enabled
4531.Ve 4531.Ve
4532.PP 4532.PP
4533\&\fIev.c\fR includes the backend files directly when enabled, so you only need 4533\&\fIev.c\fR includes the backend files directly when enabled, so you only need
4534to compile this single file. 4534to compile this single file.
4535.PP 4535.PP
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5412Libev assumes not only that all watcher pointers have the same internal 5412Libev assumes not only that all watcher pointers have the same internal
5413structure (guaranteed by \s-1POSIX\s0 but not by \s-1ISO C\s0 for example), but it also 5413structure (guaranteed by \s-1POSIX\s0 but not by \s-1ISO C\s0 for example), but it also
5414assumes that the same (machine) code can be used to call any watcher 5414assumes that the same (machine) code can be used to call any watcher
5415callback: The watcher callbacks have different type signatures, but libev 5415callback: The watcher callbacks have different type signatures, but libev
5416calls them using an \f(CW\*(C`ev_watcher *\*(C'\fR internally. 5416calls them using an \f(CW\*(C`ev_watcher *\*(C'\fR internally.
5417.IP "null pointers and integer zero are represented by 0 bytes" 4
5418.IX Item "null pointers and integer zero are represented by 0 bytes"
5419Libev uses \f(CW\*(C`memset\*(C'\fR to initialise structs and arrays to \f(CW0\fR bytes, and
5420relies on this setting pointers and integers to null.
5417.IP "pointer accesses must be thread-atomic" 4 5421.IP "pointer accesses must be thread-atomic" 4
5418.IX Item "pointer accesses must be thread-atomic" 5422.IX Item "pointer accesses must be thread-atomic"
5419Accessing a pointer value must be atomic, it must both be readable and 5423Accessing a pointer value must be atomic, it must both be readable and
5420writable in one piece \- this is the case on all current architectures. 5424writable in one piece \- this is the case on all current architectures.
5421.ie n .IP """sig_atomic_t volatile"" must be thread-atomic as well" 4 5425.ie n .IP """sig_atomic_t volatile"" must be thread-atomic as well" 4

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