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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2013-08-09 23:53:51 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2013-08-09 23:53:51 +0200
commit8c9236bb2c47ba18f21ae4e4d0bfa0f2ac89cbcc (patch)
treeeab6bcd777cc86e92889748de1f210b8d93c17a8 /docs/libcurl
parent2af0b10c9504347ec6393792036dd43f2dae0679 (diff)
curl_multi_add_handle.3: ... that timer callback is for event-based
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-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_multi_add_handle.37
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_add_handle.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_add_handle.3
index b8d52bc89..506ea41f4 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_add_handle.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_add_handle.3
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ that is shared between all easy handles within the multi handle when
\fIcurl_multi_add_handle(3)\fP is called.
If you have CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION set in the multi handle (and you really
-should), that callback will be called from within this function to ask for an
-updated timer so that your main event loop will get the activity on this
-handle to get started.
+should if you're working event-based with \fIcurl_multi_socket_action(3)\fP
+and friends), that callback will be called from within this function to ask
+for an updated timer so that your main event loop will get the activity on
+this handle to get started.
The easy handle will remain added until you remove it again with
\fIcurl_multi_remove_handle(3)\fP. You should remove the easy handle from the