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Event-Lib-0.99_10
River stage one • 1 direct dependent • 1 total dependent
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Changes for version 0.99_10 - 2005-12-11

  • THIS RELEASE IS NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE ****
  • TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS SO READ THE PODS ****
  • Interface-changes:
  • event_dispatch() is gone forever: Its job is now done by three separate functions event_mainloop, event_one_loop, event_one_nbloop. Chose the one most appropriate. Those are no longer instance methods either.
  • new interface for exception handlers
  • it's no longer OK to enter the event loop (previously with event_dispatch) more than once. A warning will be raised in such a case and it will be turned into a no-op.
  • explicit use of free()/event_free() will raise a warning.
  • event_log_level() allows to specify which libevent log-messages to display
  • Internal changes:
  • the garbage-collecting has been radically re-done: event_free() is now _strongly_ deprecated. Events are instead freed when they are no longer needed.
  • libevent's event_set is no longer called from (event|timer|signal)_new but from event_add() which most notably fixes many ref-count and clean-up issues but is also slightly more efficient.
  • many spurious items were removed form the list of exported symbols.
  • Other:
  • tiny fixes for Makefile.PL: -DHAVE_CONFIG_H is now passed and 'perl Makefile.PL CCFLAGS=-static' is possible (thanks to <harm AT tty DOT nl> and one anonymous RT-requestor)
  • many additions to the test-suite
  • countless additions to the PODs
  • All of the above has been done with the help and imperturbable patience of Stas Bekman <stas AT stason DOT org> and the other chaps from MailChannels (http://mailchannels.com)

Modules

Event::Lib
Perl extentions for event-based programming

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