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  • I think it's great that you're working on IO::KQueue (and I think the name is fine, in the vein of IO::Select and IO::Poll).

    I've been quite happy with Event::Lib as a wrapper around various IO polling mechanisms (and although I don't use a system that supports kqueue, I hear libevent doesn't mind using it).

    Was there something keeping you from using Event::Lib? The external library dependancy? I'm just curious, and like to hear about the selection process from others.

    Congrats on settling in, I've been d

    • Re:Event::Lib ? (Score:2)

      by Matts (1087) on 2005.02.17 9:32 (#38305) Journal
      It's a number of things really - primarily that libevent is just more stuff than I need, and my code all integrates with Danga::Socket which uses low level calls to epoll/poll (and now kqueue) rather than going through another abstraction layer.

      Also I know some people more knowledgeable than I am about this stuff who don't have high opinions of libevent :-)
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