X-Git-Url: https://git.llucax.com/software/libev.git/blobdiff_plain/736c339cd39bb22dacbf56274203876871f63196..08f366939c60afffe3eb0bf658f52a607c8bb693:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 4c58623..de8bb0b 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 @@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ at http://libev.schmorp.de/bench.html). - 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). @@ -67,13 +64,15 @@ at http://libev.schmorp.de/bench.html). - 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 cna use idle watchers + to get a similar effect). -- windows support (whats windows?).