+/* these may evaluate ev multiple times, and the other arguments at most once */
+/* either use ev_watcher_init + ev_TYPE_set, or the ev_TYPE_init macro, below, to first initialise a watcher */
+#define ev_watcher_init(ev,cb_) do { (ev)->active = 0; (ev)->pending = 0; (ev)->cb = (cb_); } while (0)
+
+#define ev_io_set(ev,fd_,events_) do { (ev)->fd = (fd_); (ev)->events = (events_); } while (0)
+#define ev_timer_set(ev,after_,repeat_) do { (ev)->at = (after_); (ev)->repeat = (repeat_); } while (0)
+#define ev_periodic_set(ev,at_,interval_) do { (ev)->at = (at_); (ev)->interval = (interval_); } while (0)
+#define ev_signal_set(ev,signum_) do { (ev)->signum = (signum_); } while (0)
+#define ev_idle_set(ev) /* nop, yes, this is a serious in-joke */
+#define ev_prepare_set(ev) /* nop, yes, this is a serious in-joke */
+#define ev_check_set(ev) /* nop, yes, this is a serious in-joke */
+#define ev_child_set(ev,pid_) do { (ev)->pid = (pid_); } while (0)
+
+#define ev_io_init(ev,cb,fd,events) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_io_set ((ev),(fd),(events)); } while (0)
+#define ev_timer_init(ev,cb,after,repeat) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_timer_set ((ev),(after),(repeat)); } while (0)
+#define ev_periodic_init(ev,cb,at,interval) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_periodic_set ((ev),(at),(interval)); } while (0)
+#define ev_signal_init(ev,cb,signum) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_signal_set ((ev), (signum)); } while (0)
+#define ev_idle_init(ev,cb) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_idle_set ((ev)); } while (0)
+#define ev_prepare_init(ev,cb) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_prepare_set ((ev)); } while (0)
+#define ev_check_init(ev,cb) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_check_set ((ev)); } while (0)
+#define ev_child_init(ev,cb,pid) do { ev_watcher_init ((ev), (cb)); ev_child_set ((ev),(pid)); } while (0)
+
+#define ev_is_active(ev) (0 + (ev)->active) /* true when the watcher has been started */
+
+/* stopping (enabling, adding) a watcher does nothing if it is already running */
+/* stopping (disabling, deleting) a watcher does nothing unless its already running */
+#if EV_PROTOTYPES
+void ev_io_start (struct ev_io *w);
+void ev_io_stop (struct ev_io *w);
+
+void ev_timer_start (struct ev_timer *w);
+void ev_timer_stop (struct ev_timer *w);
+void ev_timer_again (struct ev_timer *w); /* stops if active and no repeat, restarts if active and repeating, starts if inactive and repeating */
+
+void ev_periodic_start (struct ev_periodic *w);
+void ev_periodic_stop (struct ev_periodic *w);
+
+void ev_signal_start (struct ev_signal *w);
+void ev_signal_stop (struct ev_signal *w);
+
+void ev_idle_start (struct ev_idle *w);
+void ev_idle_stop (struct ev_idle *w);
+
+void ev_prepare_start (struct ev_prepare *w);
+void ev_prepare_stop (struct ev_prepare *w);
+
+void ev_check_start (struct ev_check *w);
+void ev_check_stop (struct ev_check *w);
+
+void ev_child_start (struct ev_child *w);
+void ev_child_stop (struct ev_child *w);
+#endif