On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 04:24:55PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> From the pod:
>
> hits=>$int
> A watcher increments 'hits' every time it registers an event.
> Signals in
> quick succession can be clumped into a single event.
>
> What happens if two sigs come in at the same time?
Then $e->hits == 2;
> Will all signals be handled by the cb accordingly?
Yes.
> Also, does signal handling using Event.pm suffer from the same
> problems
> in perl where a signal handler that does something that malloc()'s?
> ie print().
No. Signals are handled outside of the signal handler so they will
never cause crashes.
> >Only loop() once. ;-)
>
> Ok. I have a better understanding now. loop until unloop() (which
> needs to be
> in a cb) So I can create many event watchers, and once I loop(),
> they all kick off.
Yah.
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