X-Git-Url: https://git.llucax.com/software/libev.git/blobdiff_plain/30631bd56b6a2fc3b938bc1fd9fa76ccae0be7eb..cb9d5ceca0dedb51385e9e980a040a9e32d25faf:/README diff --git a/README b/README index e30d7b4..e0e2eda 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ to be faster and more correct, and also more featureful. 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. @@ -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). -- 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). @@ -66,13 +64,15 @@ 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). -whats missing? +- win32 compatibility for the core parts. -- evbuffer, evhttp, bufferevent are missing. +- the event core library (ev and event layer) compiles and works both as + C and C++. -- no priority support at the moment (but likely to be delivered later). +whats missing? -- kqueue, poll (libev currently implements epoll and select). +- no event-like priority support at the moment (the ev priorities + are not yet finished and work differently, but you can use idle watchers + to get a similar effect). -- windows support (whats windows?).