.TH "event_base" 3 "Tue Jan 31 2017" "libevent" \" -*- nroff -*- .ad l .nh .SH NAME event_base \- Structure to hold information and state for a Libevent dispatch loop\&. .SH SYNOPSIS .br .PP .PP \fC#include \fP .SH "Detailed Description" .PP Structure to hold information and state for a Libevent dispatch loop\&. The \fBevent_base\fP lies at the center of Libevent; every application will have one\&. It keeps track of all pending and active events, and notifies your application of the active ones\&. .PP This is an opaque structure; you can allocate one using \fBevent_base_new()\fP or \fBevent_base_new_with_config()\fP\&. .PP \fBSee also:\fP .RS 4 \fBevent_base_new()\fP, \fBevent_base_free()\fP, \fBevent_base_loop()\fP, \fBevent_base_new_with_config()\fP .RE .PP .SH "Author" .PP Generated automatically by Doxygen for libevent from the source code\&.