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126.IX Title "LIBEV 3" 126.IX Title "LIBEV 3"
127.TH LIBEV 3 "2012-05-06" "libev-4.11" "libev - high performance full featured event loop" 127.TH LIBEV 3 "2012-05-26" "libev-4.11" "libev - high performance full featured event loop"
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4088libev sources can be compiled as \*(C+. Therefore, code that uses the C \s-1API\s0 4088libev sources can be compiled as \*(C+. Therefore, code that uses the C \s-1API\s0
4089will work fine. 4089will work fine.
4090.PP 4090.PP
4091Proper exception specifications might have to be added to callbacks passed 4091Proper exception specifications might have to be added to callbacks passed
4092to libev: exceptions may be thrown only from watcher callbacks, all 4092to libev: exceptions may be thrown only from watcher callbacks, all
4093other callbacks (allocator, syserr, loop acquire/release and periodioc 4093other callbacks (allocator, syserr, loop acquire/release and periodic
4094reschedule callbacks) must not throw exceptions, and might need a \f(CW\*(C`throw 4094reschedule callbacks) must not throw exceptions, and might need a \f(CW\*(C`throw
4095()\*(C'\fR specification. If you have code that needs to be compiled as both C 4095()\*(C'\fR specification. If you have code that needs to be compiled as both C
4096and \*(C+ you can use the \f(CW\*(C`EV_THROW\*(C'\fR macro for this: 4096and \*(C+ you can use the \f(CW\*(C`EV_THROW\*(C'\fR macro for this:
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4364.IP "Lua" 4 4364.IP "Lua" 4
4365.IX Item "Lua" 4365.IX Item "Lua"
4366Brian Maher has written a partial interface to libev for lua (at the 4366Brian Maher has written a partial interface to libev for lua (at the
4367time of this writing, only \f(CW\*(C`ev_io\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer\*(C'\fR), to be found at 4367time of this writing, only \f(CW\*(C`ev_io\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer\*(C'\fR), to be found at
4368http://github.com/brimworks/lua\-ev <http://github.com/brimworks/lua-ev>. 4368http://github.com/brimworks/lua\-ev <http://github.com/brimworks/lua-ev>.
4369.IP "Javascript" 4
4370.IX Item "Javascript"
4371Node.js (<http://nodejs.org>) uses libev as the underlying event library.
4372.IP "Others" 4
4373.IX Item "Others"
4374There are others, and I stopped counting.
4369.SH "MACRO MAGIC" 4375.SH "MACRO MAGIC"
4370.IX Header "MACRO MAGIC" 4376.IX Header "MACRO MAGIC"
4371Libev can be compiled with a variety of options, the most fundamental 4377Libev can be compiled with a variety of options, the most fundamental
4372of which is \f(CW\*(C`EV_MULTIPLICITY\*(C'\fR. This option determines whether (most) 4378of which is \f(CW\*(C`EV_MULTIPLICITY\*(C'\fR. This option determines whether (most)
4373functions and callbacks have an initial \f(CW\*(C`struct ev_loop *\*(C'\fR argument. 4379functions and callbacks have an initial \f(CW\*(C`struct ev_loop *\*(C'\fR argument.
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4668.IX Item "EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD(fd)" 4674.IX Item "EV_WIN32_CLOSE_FD(fd)"
4669If programs implement their own fd to handle mapping on win32, then this 4675If programs implement their own fd to handle mapping on win32, then this
4670macro can be used to override the \f(CW\*(C`close\*(C'\fR function, useful to unregister 4676macro can be used to override the \f(CW\*(C`close\*(C'\fR function, useful to unregister
4671file descriptors again. Note that the replacement function has to close 4677file descriptors again. Note that the replacement function has to close
4672the underlying \s-1OS\s0 handle. 4678the underlying \s-1OS\s0 handle.
4679.IP "\s-1EV_USE_WSASOCKET\s0" 4
4680.IX Item "EV_USE_WSASOCKET"
4681If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will use \f(CW\*(C`WSASocket\*(C'\fR to create its internal
4682communication socket, which works better in some environments. Otherwise,
4683the normal \f(CW\*(C`socket\*(C'\fR function will be used, which works better in other
4684environments.
4673.IP "\s-1EV_USE_POLL\s0" 4 4685.IP "\s-1EV_USE_POLL\s0" 4
4674.IX Item "EV_USE_POLL" 4686.IX Item "EV_USE_POLL"
4675If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will compile in support for the \f(CW\*(C`poll\*(C'\fR(2) 4687If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will compile in support for the \f(CW\*(C`poll\*(C'\fR(2)
4676backend. Otherwise it will be enabled on non\-win32 platforms. It 4688backend. Otherwise it will be enabled on non\-win32 platforms. It
4677takes precedence over select. 4689takes precedence over select.

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