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Module Lwt_engineSource
Lwt unix main loop engine
Events
Type of events. An event represent a callback registered to be called when some event occurs.
Event loop functions
iter block performs one iteration of the main loop. If block is true the function must block until one event becomes available, otherwise it should just check for available events and return immediately.
on_readable fd f calls f each time fd becomes readable.
on_readable fd f calls f each time fd becomes writable.
on_timer delay repeat f calls f one time after delay seconds. If repeat is true then f is called each delay seconds, otherwise it is called only one time.
Returns the number of events waiting for a file descriptor to become readable.
Returns the number of events waiting for a file descriptor to become writable.
Returns the number of registered timers.
Simulates activity on the given file descriptor.
Called internally by Lwt_unix.fork to make sure we don't get strange behaviour
Engines
An engine represents a set of functions used to register different kinds of callbacks for different kinds of events.
Predefined engines
Type of libev loops.
Engine based on libev. If not compiled with libev support, the creation of the class will raise Lwt_sys.Not_available.
Engine based on Unix.select.
Abstract class for engines based on a select-like function.
Abstract class for engines based on a poll-like function.
The current engine
set ?transfer ?destroy engine replaces the current engine by the given one.
If transfer is true (the default) all events from the current engine are transferred to the new one.
If destroy is true (the default) then the current engine is destroyed before being replaced.