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Joachim Nilsson
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Refactor uev_timer_create() to support a periodic (msec) argument. For such timers libuev automaticlly respawns them. Effectively resetting the timeout using the period value. Also, refactor argument order to uev_timer_create() and uev_io_create(). Rename UEV_FHIN, UEV_FHOUT to UEV_DIR_INBOUND and UEV_DIR_OUTBOUND. Remove unnecessary return value for watcher callbacks. What would those have been usefu for, ever? Not even the original code checked the return value after calling a handler. Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
libuev - Asynchronous event loop library
The libuev library is a small event library in the style of the venerable Xt(3) event loop.
Basically an event context is created,and handlers for timeounts and stream events can be registered with this context.
After initial setup, the typical application will enter the event loop that will only return at program termination.
The C API
The typical application will do the following steps
- Create the event context with uev_ctx_create()
- Register callbacks with uev_io_create() and uev_timer_create()
- Enter the event loop with uev_run()
Building
Use make:
- make all: The library
- make test: Test and showcase
Installation
Is purely manual, but would be something along the lines of: sudo install -m 444 libuev.so.1 /usr/lib/libuev.so.1
Warning
Not thread safe!
The ctxt structure needs mutex protection in case of multi threaded access.