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| 531 | responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yourself I<before> |
531 | responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yourself I<before> |
| 532 | calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually |
532 | calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually |
| 533 | the easiest thing, you can just ignore the watchers and/or C<free ()> them |
533 | the easiest thing, you can just ignore the watchers and/or C<free ()> them |
| 534 | for example). |
534 | for example). |
| 535 | |
535 | |
| 536 | Note that certain global state, such as signal state, will not be freed by |
536 | Note that certain global state, such as signal state (and installed signal |
| 537 | this function, and related watchers (such as signal and child watchers) |
537 | handlers), will not be freed by this function, and related watchers (such |
| 538 | would need to be stopped manually. |
538 | as signal and child watchers) would need to be stopped manually. |
| 539 | |
539 | |
| 540 | In general it is not advisable to call this function except in the |
540 | In general it is not advisable to call this function except in the |
| 541 | rare occasion where you really need to free e.g. the signal handling |
541 | rare occasion where you really need to free e.g. the signal handling |
| 542 | pipe fds. If you need dynamically allocated loops it is better to use |
542 | pipe fds. If you need dynamically allocated loops it is better to use |
| 543 | C<ev_loop_new> and C<ev_loop_destroy>). |
543 | C<ev_loop_new> and C<ev_loop_destroy>). |
