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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ web page you might find easier to navigate when reading it for the first
 time: L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.html>.
 
 Libev is an event loop: you register interest in certain events (such as a
 time: L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.html>.
 
 Libev is an event loop: you register interest in certain events (such as a

-file descriptor being readable or a timeout occuring), and it will manage
+file descriptor being readable or a timeout occurring), and it will manage

 these event sources and provide your program with events.
 
 To do this, it must take more or less complete control over your process
 these event sources and provide your program with events.
 
 To do this, it must take more or less complete control over your process


@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ Libev represents time as a single floating point number, representing the
 the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This type is
 called C<ev_tstamp>, which is what you should use too. It usually aliases
 to the C<double> type in C, and when you need to do any calculations on
 the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This type is
 called C<ev_tstamp>, which is what you should use too. It usually aliases
 to the C<double> type in C, and when you need to do any calculations on

-it, you should treat it as such.
+it, you should treat it as some floatingpoint value. Unlike the name
+component C<stamp> might indicate, it is also used for time differences
+throughout libev.

 
 =head1 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
 
 
 =head1 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
 


@@ -331,8 +333,8 @@ need to use non-blocking I/O or other means to avoid blocking when no data
 
 Kqueue deserves special mention, as at the time of this writing, it
 was broken on all BSDs except NetBSD (usually it doesn't work with
 
 Kqueue deserves special mention, as at the time of this writing, it
 was broken on all BSDs except NetBSD (usually it doesn't work with

-anything but sockets and pipes, except on Darwin, where of course its
-completely useless). For this reason its not being "autodetected"
+anything but sockets and pipes, except on Darwin, where of course it's
+completely useless). For this reason it's not being "autodetected"

 unless you explicitly specify it explicitly in the flags (i.e. using
 C<EVBACKEND_KQUEUE>).
 
 unless you explicitly specify it explicitly in the flags (i.e. using
 C<EVBACKEND_KQUEUE>).
 


@@ -404,9 +406,18 @@ etc.). None of the active event watchers will be stopped in the normal
 sense, so e.g. C<ev_is_active> might still return true. It is your
 responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yoursef I<before>
 calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually
 sense, so e.g. C<ev_is_active> might still return true. It is your
 responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yoursef I<before>
 calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually

-the easiest thing, youc na just ignore the watchers and/or C<free ()> them
+the easiest thing, you can just ignore the watchers and/or C<free ()> them

 for example).
 
 for example).
 

+Note that certain global state, such as signal state, will not be freed by
+this function, and related watchers (such as signal and child watchers)
+would need to be stopped manually.
+
+In general it is not advisable to call this function except in the
+rare occasion where you really need to free e.g. the signal handling
+pipe fds. If you need dynamically allocated loops it is better to use
+C<ev_loop_new> and C<ev_loop_destroy>).
+

 =item ev_loop_destroy (loop)
 
 Like C<ev_default_destroy>, but destroys an event loop created by an
 =item ev_loop_destroy (loop)
 
 Like C<ev_default_destroy>, but destroys an event loop created by an


@@ -460,7 +471,7 @@ Returns the current "event loop time", which is the time the event loop
 received events and started processing them. This timestamp does not
 change as long as callbacks are being processed, and this is also the base
 time used for relative timers. You can treat it as the timestamp of the
 received events and started processing them. This timestamp does not
 change as long as callbacks are being processed, and this is also the base
 time used for relative timers. You can treat it as the timestamp of the

-event occuring (or more correctly, libev finding out about it).
+event occurring (or more correctly, libev finding out about it).

 
 =item ev_loop (loop, int flags)
 
 
 =item ev_loop (loop, int flags)
 


@@ -1782,7 +1793,7 @@ Make a single, non-blocking sweep over the embedded loop. This works
 similarly to C<ev_loop (embedded_loop, EVLOOP_NONBLOCK)>, but in the most
 apropriate way for embedded loops.
 
 similarly to C<ev_loop (embedded_loop, EVLOOP_NONBLOCK)>, but in the most
 apropriate way for embedded loops.
 

-=item struct ev_loop *loop [read-only]
+=item struct ev_loop *other [read-only]

 
 The embedded event loop.
 
 
 The embedded event loop.
 


@@ -2131,7 +2142,7 @@ applications. Examples of applications that embed it include the Deliantra
 Game Server, the EV perl module, the GNU Virtual Private Ethernet (gvpe)
 and rxvt-unicode.
 
 Game Server, the EV perl module, the GNU Virtual Private Ethernet (gvpe)
 and rxvt-unicode.
 

-The goal is to enable you to just copy the neecssary files into your
+The goal is to enable you to just copy the necessary files into your

 source directory without having to change even a single line in them, so
 you can easily upgrade by simply copying (or having a checked-out copy of
 libev somewhere in your source tree).
 source directory without having to change even a single line in them, so
 you can easily upgrade by simply copying (or having a checked-out copy of
 libev somewhere in your source tree).


@@ -2231,7 +2242,7 @@ If defined to be C<1>, libev will try to detect the availability of the
 monotonic clock option at both compiletime and runtime. Otherwise no use
 of the monotonic clock option will be attempted. If you enable this, you
 usually have to link against librt or something similar. Enabling it when
 monotonic clock option at both compiletime and runtime. Otherwise no use
 of the monotonic clock option will be attempted. If you enable this, you
 usually have to link against librt or something similar. Enabling it when

-the functionality isn't available is safe, though, althoguh you have
+the functionality isn't available is safe, though, although you have

 to make sure you link against any libraries where the C<clock_gettime>
 function is hiding in (often F<-lrt>).
 
 to make sure you link against any libraries where the C<clock_gettime>
 function is hiding in (often F<-lrt>).
 


@@ -2241,8 +2252,8 @@ If defined to be C<1>, libev will try to detect the availability of the
 realtime clock option at compiletime (and assume its availability at
 runtime if successful). Otherwise no use of the realtime clock option will
 be attempted. This effectively replaces C<gettimeofday> by C<clock_get
 realtime clock option at compiletime (and assume its availability at
 runtime if successful). Otherwise no use of the realtime clock option will
 be attempted. This effectively replaces C<gettimeofday> by C<clock_get

-(CLOCK_REALTIME, ...)> and will not normally affect correctness. See tzhe note about libraries
-in the description of C<EV_USE_MONOTONIC>, though.
+(CLOCK_REALTIME, ...)> and will not normally affect correctness. See the
+note about libraries in the description of C<EV_USE_MONOTONIC>, though.

 
 =item EV_USE_SELECT
 
 
 =item EV_USE_SELECT
 


@@ -2431,11 +2442,36 @@ For example, the perl EV module uses something like this:
 
 Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each watcher,
 and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand to a struct member
 
 Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each watcher,
 and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand to a struct member

-definition and a statement, respectively. See the F<ev.v> header file for
+definition and a statement, respectively. See the F<ev.h> header file for

 their default definitions. One possible use for overriding these is to
 avoid the C<struct ev_loop *> as first argument in all cases, or to use
 method calls instead of plain function calls in C++.
 
 their default definitions. One possible use for overriding these is to
 avoid the C<struct ev_loop *> as first argument in all cases, or to use
 method calls instead of plain function calls in C++.
 

+=head2 EXPORTED API SYMBOLS
+
+If you need to re-export the API (e.g. via a dll) and you need a list of
+exported symbols, you can use the provided F<Symbol.*> files which list
+all public symbols, one per line:
+
+  Symbols.ev      for libev proper
+  Symbols.event   for the libevent emulation
+
+This can also be used to rename all public symbols to avoid clashes with
+multiple versions of libev linked together (which is obviously bad in
+itself, but sometimes it is inconvinient to avoid this).
+
+A sed command like this will create wrapper C<#define>'s that you need to
+include before including F<ev.h>:
+
+   <Symbols.ev sed -e "s/.*/#define & myprefix_&/" >wrap.h
+
+This would create a file F<wrap.h> which essentially looks like this:
+
+   #define ev_backend     myprefix_ev_backend
+   #define ev_check_start myprefix_ev_check_start
+   #define ev_check_stop  myprefix_ev_check_stop
+   ...
+

 =head2 EXAMPLES
 
 For a real-world example of a program the includes libev
 =head2 EXAMPLES
 
 For a real-world example of a program the includes libev