Python 的 select 模块只是 select()、poll() 和 epoll() 系统调用的包装,而 libev 和 libevent 实现了一个事件循环。事件循环管理观察者和计时器,将待处理的事件排队,调用你的回调等。
如果您想将 libev/libevent 与 Python 对应项进行比较,则需要将它们与 twisted 的 reactor 和 tornado 的 IOLoop 进行比较。
来自libev 文档:
以下是 ev_run 所做的血淋淋的细节(这是为了您的理解,不保证在未来的版本中事情会完全像这样工作):
- Increment loop depth.
- Reset the ev_break status.
- Before the first iteration, call any pending watchers.
LOOP:
- If EVFLAG_FORKCHECK was used, check for a fork.
- If a fork was detected (by any means), queue and call all fork watchers.
- Queue and call all prepare watchers.
- If ev_break was called, goto FINISH.
- If we have been forked, detach and recreate the kernel state
as to not disturb the other process.
- Update the kernel state with all outstanding changes.
- Update the "event loop time" (ev_now ()).
- Calculate for how long to sleep or block, if at all
(active idle watchers, EVRUN_NOWAIT or not having
any active watchers at all will result in not sleeping).
- Sleep if the I/O and timer collect interval say so.
- Increment loop iteration counter.
- Block the process, waiting for any events.
- Queue all outstanding I/O (fd) events.
- Update the "event loop time" (ev_now ()), and do time jump adjustments.
- Queue all expired timers.
- Queue all expired periodics.
- Queue all idle watchers with priority higher than that of pending events.
- Queue all check watchers.
- Call all queued watchers in reverse order (i.e. check watchers first).
Signals and child watchers are implemented as I/O watchers, and will
be handled here by queueing them when their watcher gets executed.
- If ev_break has been called, or EVRUN_ONCE or EVRUN_NOWAIT
were used, or there are no active watchers, goto FINISH, otherwise
continue with step LOOP.
FINISH:
- Reset the ev_break status iff it was EVBREAK_ONE.
- Decrement the loop depth.
- Return.