X-Git-Url: https://git.llucax.com/software/libev.git/blobdiff_plain/80b007e04bb3f75ae92cf173ccb6af0510b214ba..4d842bfffe9d21022fb0e6ea51d3a5eedb39e69e:/ev.pod diff --git a/ev.pod b/ev.pod index e409a03..075d672 100644 --- a/ev.pod +++ b/ev.pod @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ will not have this argument. =head1 TIME AND OTHER GLOBAL FUNCTIONS -Libev represents time as a single floating point number. This type is +Libev represents time as a single floating point number, representing the +(fractional) number of seconds since the (POSIX) epoch (somewhere near +the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This type is called C, which is what you should use too. It usually aliases to the double type in C. @@ -467,7 +469,7 @@ the timer, and again will automatically restart it if need be. =back -=head2 ev_periodic +=head2 ev_periodic - to cron or not to cron it Periodic watchers are also timers of a kind, but they are very versatile (and unfortunately a bit complex).