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+#
+#
+#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2013 Dominik Picheta
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+const
+  EPOLLIN* = 0x00000001
+  EPOLLPRI* = 0x00000002
+  EPOLLOUT* = 0x00000004
+  EPOLLERR* = 0x00000008
+  EPOLLHUP* = 0x00000010
+  EPOLLRDNORM* = 0x00000040
+  EPOLLRDBAND* = 0x00000080
+  EPOLLWRNORM* = 0x00000100
+  EPOLLWRBAND* = 0x00000200
+  EPOLLMSG* = 0x00000400
+  EPOLLRDHUP* = 0x00002000
+  EPOLLWAKEUP* = 1 shl 29
+  EPOLLONESHOT* = 1 shl 30
+  EPOLLET* = 1 shl 31
+
+# Valid opcodes ( "op" parameter ) to issue to epoll_ctl().
+
+const 
+  EPOLL_CTL_ADD* = 1          # Add a file descriptor to the interface.  
+  EPOLL_CTL_DEL* = 2          # Remove a file descriptor from the interface.  
+  EPOLL_CTL_MOD* = 3          # Change file descriptor epoll_event structure.  
+
+type 
+  epoll_data* {.importc: "union epoll_data", 
+      header: "<sys/epoll.h>", pure, final.} = object # TODO: This is actually a union.
+    thePtr* {.importc: "ptr".}: pointer # \
+    #fd*: cint
+    #u32*: uint32
+    #u64*: uint64
+
+  epoll_event* {.importc: "struct epoll_event", header: "<sys/epoll.h>", pure, final.} = object 
+    events*: uint32 # Epoll events 
+    data*: epoll_data # User data variable 
+
+proc epoll_create*(size: cint): cint {.importc: "epoll_create", 
+    header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
+  ## Creates an epoll instance.  Returns an fd for the new instance.
+  ##   The "size" parameter is a hint specifying the number of file
+  ##   descriptors to be associated with the new instance.  The fd
+  ##   returned by epoll_create() should be closed with close().  
+
+proc epoll_create1*(flags: cint): cint {.importc: "epoll_create1", 
+    header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
+  ## Same as epoll_create but with an FLAGS parameter.  The unused SIZE
+  ##   parameter has been dropped.  
+
+proc epoll_ctl*(epfd: cint; op: cint; fd: cint; event: ptr epoll_event): cint {.
+    importc: "epoll_ctl", header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
+  ## Manipulate an epoll instance "epfd". Returns 0 in case of success,
+  ##   -1 in case of error ( the "errno" variable will contain the
+  ##   specific error code ) The "op" parameter is one of the EPOLL_CTL_*
+  ##   constants defined above. The "fd" parameter is the target of the
+  ##   operation. The "event" parameter describes which events the caller
+  ##   is interested in and any associated user data.  
+
+proc epoll_wait*(epfd: cint; events: ptr epoll_event; maxevents: cint; 
+                 timeout: cint): cint {.importc: "epoll_wait", 
+    header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
+  ## Wait for events on an epoll instance "epfd". Returns the number of
+  ##   triggered events returned in "events" buffer. Or -1 in case of
+  ##   error with the "errno" variable set to the specific error code. The
+  ##   "events" parameter is a buffer that will contain triggered
+  ##   events. The "maxevents" is the maximum number of events to be
+  ##   returned ( usually size of "events" ). The "timeout" parameter
+  ##   specifies the maximum wait time in milliseconds (-1 == infinite).
+  ##
+  ##   This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
+  ##   __THROW.
+
+
+#proc epoll_pwait*(epfd: cint; events: ptr epoll_event; maxevents: cint; 
+#                  timeout: cint; ss: ptr sigset_t): cint {.
+#    importc: "epoll_pwait", header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
+# Same as epoll_wait, but the thread's signal mask is temporarily
+#   and atomically replaced with the one provided as parameter.
+#
+#   This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
+#   __THROW.