implement periodic reschedule callbacks

[software/libev.git] / README

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libev is a high-performanc3 event loop/event model with lots of features.
+libev is a high-performance event loop/event model with lots of features.

 
 It is modelled (very losely) after libevent
 (http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/) and the Event perl module, but aims
 
 It is modelled (very losely) after libevent
 (http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/) and the Event perl module, but aims


@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ to be faster and more correct, and also more featureful.
 
 DIFFERENCES AND COMPARISON TO LIBEVENT:
 
 
 DIFFERENCES AND COMPARISON TO LIBEVENT:
 

-(comparisons relative to libevent-1.3e and libev-0.00)
+(comparisons relative to libevent-1.3e and libev-0.00, see also the benchmark
+at http://libev.schmorp.de/bench.html).

 
 - multiple watchers can wait for the same event without deregistering others,
   both for file descriptors as well as signals.
 
 - multiple watchers can wait for the same event without deregistering others,
   both for file descriptors as well as signals.


@@ -27,9 +28,6 @@ DIFFERENCES AND COMPARISON TO LIBEVENT:
 - detects time jumps and adjusts timers
   (works for both forward and backward time jumps and also for absolute timers).
 
 - detects time jumps and adjusts timers
   (works for both forward and backward time jumps and also for absolute timers).
 

-- can correctly remove timers while executing callbacks
-  (libevent doesn't handle this reliably and can crash).
-

 - race-free signal processing
   (libevent may delay processing signals till after the next event).
 
 - race-free signal processing
   (libevent may delay processing signals till after the next event).
 


@@ -66,6 +64,11 @@ DIFFERENCES AND COMPARISON TO LIBEVENT:
 - a event.h compatibility header exists, and can be used to run a wide
   range of libevent programs unchanged (such as evdns.c).
 
 - a event.h compatibility header exists, and can be used to run a wide
   range of libevent programs unchanged (such as evdns.c).
 

+- win32 compatibility for the core parts.
+
+- the event core library (ev and event layer) compiles and works both as
+  C and C++.
+

 whats missing?
 
 - evbuffer, evhttp, bufferevent are missing.
 whats missing?
 
 - evbuffer, evhttp, bufferevent are missing.