On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 07:32:48PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Perhaps you can do something like this:
> >
> > Event->timer(interval => 2, cb => sub {
> > warn 'Event memory: ' . join ' ', Event::_memory_counters()
> > });
>
> I see. I took my first steps and recognized the format:
>
> 00002000000000000000
>
> So, there are two watchers of type 4. Unfortunately, I'm going to install a lot of
>watchers
> simultaniously, so it is hard to read what
>
> 0000297000000000000000
>
> really means.
>
> I suggest a format change. Maybe the slots could be seperated by a non digit, e.g.
>this way
>
> 0-0-0-0-297-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.
>
> This would be helpful.
Huh? _memory_counters() returns an array. You can formatted it as well
or badly as you like. :-)
> Later on - but this is NOT really necessary to run checks, only a thought - there
>could be constants
> indicating which slot means which type of watcher. (For now, a grep on the C sources
>makes it clear.)
I sympathize, but if you need a heavy duty memory debugger then you
might consider linking with one of the debugging malloc libraries. This
little event feature is just a stop gap.
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