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 this argument.
 =head2 TIME REPRESENTATION
 Libev represents time as a single floating point number, representing
-the (fractional) number of seconds since the (POSIX) epoch (somewhere
+the (fractional) number of seconds since the (POSIX) epoch (in practise
-near the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This
+somewhere near the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't
-type is called C<ev_tstamp>, which is what you should use too. It usually
+ask). This type is called C<ev_tstamp>, which is what you should use
-aliases to the C<double> type in C. When you need to do any calculations
+too. It usually aliases to the C<double> type in C. When you need to do
-on it, you should treat it as some floating point value. Unlike the name
+any calculations on it, you should treat it as some floating point value.
-component C<stamp> might indicate, it is also used for time differences
+Unlike the name component C<stamp> might indicate, it is also used for
-throughout libev.
+time differences (e.g. delays) throughout libev.
 =head1 ERROR HANDLING
 Libev knows three classes of errors: operating system errors, usage errors
 and internal errors (bugs).
 as this indicates an incompatible change. Minor versions are usually
 compatible to older versions, so a larger minor version alone is usually
 not a problem.
 Example: Make sure we haven't accidentally been linked against the wrong
-version.
+version (note, however, that this will not detect ABI mismatches :).
    assert (("libev version mismatch",
             ev_version_major () == EV_VERSION_MAJOR
             && ev_version_minor () >= EV_VERSION_MINOR));
 useful to try out specific backends to test their performance, or to work
 around bugs.
 =item C<EVFLAG_FORKCHECK>
-Instead of calling C<ev_default_fork> or C<ev_loop_fork> manually after
+Instead of calling C<ev_loop_fork> manually after a fork, you can also
-a fork, you can also make libev check for a fork in each iteration by
+make libev check for a fork in each iteration by enabling this flag.
-enabling this flag.
 This works by calling C<getpid ()> on every iteration of the loop,
 and thus this might slow down your event loop if you do a lot of loop
 iterations and little real work, but is usually not noticeable (on my
 GNU/Linux system for example, C<getpid> is actually a simple 5-insn sequence
 name, you can call it anytime, but it makes most sense after forking, in
 the child process (or both child and parent, but that again makes little
 sense). You I<must> call it in the child before using any of the libev
 functions, and it will only take effect at the next C<ev_loop> iteration.
+Again, you I<have> to call it on I<any> loop that you want to re-use after
+a fork, I<even if you do not plan to use the loop in the parent>. This is
+because some kernel interfaces *cough* I<kqueue> *cough* do funny things
+during fork.
 On the other hand, you only need to call this function in the child
-process if and only if you want to use the event library in the child. If
+process if and only if you want to use the event loop in the child. If you
-you just fork+exec, you don't have to call it at all.
+just fork+exec or create a new loop in the child, you don't have to call
+it at all.
 The function itself is quite fast and it's usually not a problem to call
 it just in case after a fork. To make this easy, the function will fit in
 quite nicely into a call to C<pthread_atfork>:
 =item ev_loop_fork (loop)
 Like C<ev_default_fork>, but acts on an event loop created by
 C<ev_loop_new>. Yes, you have to call this on every allocated event loop
-after fork that you want to re-use in the child, and how you do this is
+after fork that you want to re-use in the child, and how you keep track of
-entirely your own problem.
+them is entirely your own problem.
 =item int ev_is_default_loop (loop)
 Returns true when the given loop is, in fact, the default loop, and false
 otherwise.
-=item unsigned int ev_loop_count (loop)
+=item unsigned int ev_iteration (loop)
-Returns the count of loop iterations for the loop, which is identical to
+Returns the current iteration count for the loop, which is identical to
 the number of times libev did poll for new events. It starts at C<0> and
 happily wraps around with enough iterations.
 This value can sometimes be useful as a generation counter of sorts (it
 "ticks" the number of loop iterations), as it roughly corresponds with
-C<ev_prepare> and C<ev_check> calls.
+C<ev_prepare> and C<ev_check> calls - and is incremented between the
+prepare and check phases.
-=item unsigned int ev_loop_depth (loop)
+=item unsigned int ev_depth (loop)
 Returns the number of times C<ev_loop> was entered minus the number of
 times C<ev_loop> was exited, in other words, the recursion depth.
 Outside C<ev_loop>, this number is zero. In a callback, this number is
 C<1>, unless C<ev_loop> was invoked recursively (or from another thread),
 in which case it is higher.
 Leaving C<ev_loop> abnormally (setjmp/longjmp, cancelling the thread
-etc.), doesn't count as exit.
+etc.), doesn't count as "exit" - consider this as a hint to avoid such
+ungentleman behaviour unless it's really convenient.
 =item unsigned int ev_backend (loop)
 Returns one of the C<EVBACKEND_*> flags indicating the event backend in
 use.
    {
      // stop the I/O watcher, we received the event, but
      // are not yet ready to handle it.
      ev_io_stop (EV_A_ w);
-     // start the idle watcher to ahndle the actual event.
+     // start the idle watcher to handle the actual event.
      // it will not be executed as long as other watchers
      // with the default priority are receiving events.
      ev_idle_start (EV_A_ &idle);
    }
 somewhere, as that would have given you a big clue).
 =head3 The special problem of accept()ing when you can't
 Many implementations of the POSIX C<accept> function (for example,
-found in port-2004 Linux) have the peculiar behaviour of not removing a
+found in post-2004 Linux) have the peculiar behaviour of not removing a
 connection from the pending queue in all error cases.
 For example, larger servers often run out of file descriptors (because
 of resource limits), causing C<accept> to fail with C<ENFILE> but not
 rejecting the connection, leading to libev signalling readiness on
    callback (loop, timer, EV_TIMER);
 And when there is some activity, simply store the current time in
 C<last_activity>, no libev calls at all:
-   last_actiivty = ev_now (loop);
+   last_activity = ev_now (loop);
 This technique is slightly more complex, but in most cases where the
 time-out is unlikely to be triggered, much more efficient.
 Changing the timeout is trivial as well (if it isn't hard-coded in the
 define before including (or compiling) any of its files. The default in
 the absence of autoconf is documented for every option.
 Symbols marked with "(h)" do not change the ABI, and can have different
 values when compiling libev vs. including F<ev.h>, so it is permissible
-to redefine them before including F<ev.h> without breakign compatibility
+to redefine them before including F<ev.h> without breaking compatibility
 to a compiled library. All other symbols change the ABI, which means all
 users of libev and the libev code itself must be compiled with compatible
 settings.
 =over 4
 involves iterating over all running async watchers or all signal numbers.
 =back
-=head1 PORTING FROM 3.X TO 4.X
+=head1 PORTING FROM LIBEV 3.X TO 4.X
 The major version 4 introduced some minor incompatible changes to the API.
+At the moment, the C<ev.h> header file tries to implement superficial
+compatibility, so most programs should still compile. Those might be
+removed in later versions of libev, so better update early than late.
 =over 4
+=item C<ev_loop_count> renamed to C<ev_iteration>
+=item C<ev_loop_depth> renamed to C<ev_depth>
+=item C<ev_loop_verify> renamed to C<ev_verify>
+Most functions working on C<struct ev_loop> objects don't have an
+C<ev_loop_> prefix, so it was removed. Note that C<ev_loop_fork> is
+still called C<ev_loop_fork> because it would otherwise clash with the
+C<ev_fork> typedef.
-=item C<EV_TIMEOUT> replaced by C<EV_TIMER> in C<revents>
+=item C<EV_TIMEOUT> renamed to C<EV_TIMER> in C<revents>
 This is a simple rename - all other watcher types use their name
 as revents flag, and now C<ev_timer> does, too.
 Both C<EV_TIMER> and C<EV_TIMEOUT> symbols were present in 3.x versions

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