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event.new

Event Core4 Lua Event System

SYNOPSIS

app = event.new()

DESCRIPTION

This function creates a new event processor instance which is needed to run an event loop using event:poll(). An application usually has exactly one event processor.

RETURN VALUE

An event processor instance.

NOTES

Traditionally, the variable used to hold the event processor is called app.

EXAMPLE

app = event.new()

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