On 27 Nov 2014 04:29, "Fongang Dassi Jean" <djfongang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> atÂhttp://www.wangafu.net/~nickm/libevent-book/Ref3_eventloop.html, there is a note that
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> "Ordinarily, the loop will exit as soon as it has no pending or active events. You can override this behavior by passing the EVLOOP_NO_EXIT_ON_EMPTY flag---for example, if youâre going to be adding events from some other thread."
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> This seems to imply that it is only recommended to add events if another thread is used?
No, you could add events from callbacks too.
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> This program:Âhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/bagder/curl/master/docs/examples/hiperfifo.cÂmanages to register additional events after dispatch is called, but seems to rely on the existence of a persisting event.
It has one timer.
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> Is that the only way? What is the best way?
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> Thanks in advance