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The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a
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specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
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reached.
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libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in event
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driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch()
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and can then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the
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event loop.
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Currently, libevent supports kqueue(2) and select(2). Support for poll(2)
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and /dev/poll is planned. The internal event mechanism is completely
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independent of the exposed event API, and a simple update of libevent can
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provide this new functionality without having to redesign the server
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applications.
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