diff --git a/examples/cURLv3/file.lua b/examples/cURLv3/file.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ddf256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cURLv3/file.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+local cURL = require "cURL"
+
+-- open output file
+f = io.open("example_homepage", "w")
+
+cURL.easy{
+  url = "http://www.example.com/",
+  writefunction = f
+}
+:perform()
+:close()
+
+-- close output file
+f:close()
+
+print("Done")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/cURLv3/multi.lua b/examples/cURLv3/multi.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56d6be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cURLv3/multi.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+local cURL = require("cURL")
+
+-- setup easy and url
+c1 = cURL.easy{url = "http://www.lua.org/"}
+c2 = cURL.easy{url = "http://luajit.org/"}
+
+m = cURL.multi()
+  :add_handle(c1)
+  :add_handle(c2)
+
+local f1 = io.open("lua.html",    "w+b")
+local f2 = io.open("luajit.html", "w+b")
+
+for data, type, easy in m:iperform() do
+    if type == "data" and c1 == easy then f1:write(data) end
+    if type == "data" and c2 == easy then f2:write(data) end
+end
diff --git a/examples/cURLv3/rss.lua b/examples/cURLv3/rss.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f29d914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cURLv3/rss.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+-- use LuaExpat and Lua-CuRL together for On-The-Fly XML parsing
+local lxp  = require "lxp"
+local cURL = require "cURL"
+
+-- create XML parser
+items, tags  = {}, {}
+p = lxp.new{
+   StartElement  = function (parser, tagname)
+      tags[#tags + 1] = tagname
+      if (tagname == "item") then
+         items[#items + 1] = {}
+      end
+   end;
+
+   CharacterData = function (parser, str)
+      if (tags[#tags -1] == "item") then
+         --we are parsing a item, get rid of trailing whitespace
+         items[#items][tags[#tags]] = string.gsub(str, "%s*$", "")
+      end
+   end;
+
+   EndElement    = function (parser, tagname)
+      --assuming well formed xml
+      tags[#tags] = nil
+   end;
+}
+
+-- create and setup easy handle
+c = cURL.easy{url = "http://www.lua.org/news.rss"}
+
+-- setup writer function with context
+c:setopt_writefunction(p.parse, p)
+
+-- perform request and close easy handle
+-- perform raise error if parser fail
+c:perform():close()
+
+--finish document
+assert(p:parse())
+p:close()
+
+for i, item in ipairs(items) do 
+   for k, v in pairs(item) do 
+      print(k,v)
+   end
+   print()
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lua/cURL/impl/cURL.lua b/src/lua/cURL/impl/cURL.lua
index ec43355..401bae4 100644
--- a/src/lua/cURL/impl/cURL.lua
+++ b/src/lua/cURL/impl/cURL.lua
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ local function make_iterator(self, perform)
 
   end
 
-  local remain = #self._easy
-  for _, e in ipairs(self._easy) do
-    e:setopt_writefunction (function(str) buffers:append(e, "data",   str) end)
-    e:setopt_headerfunction(function(str) buffers:append(e, "header", str) end)
+  local remain = self._easy.n
+  for h, e in pairs(self._easy) do
+    if h ~= 'n' then 
+      e:setopt_writefunction (function(str) buffers:append(e, "data",   str) end)
+      e:setopt_headerfunction(function(str) buffers:append(e, "header", str) end)
+    end
   end
 
   assert(perform(self))
@@ -78,11 +80,9 @@ local function make_iterator(self, perform)
 
       if n <= remain then
         while true do
-          local e, ok, err = assert(self:info_read())
-          if e == 0 then break end
-          for _, a in ipairs(self._easy) do
-            if e == a:handle() then e = a break end
-          end
+          local h, ok, err = assert(self:info_read())
+          if h == 0 then break end
+          local e = assert(self._easy[h])
           if ok then
             ok = e:getinfo_response_code() or ok
             buffers:append(e, "done", ok)
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ local function make_iterator(self, perform)
         end
         remain = n
       end
-
     end
   end
 end
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ local add_handle    = wrap_function("add_handle")
 local remove_handle = wrap_function("remove_handle")
 
 function Multi:__init()
-  self._easy = {}
+  self._easy = {n = 0}
   return self
 end
 
@@ -285,14 +284,26 @@ function Multi:perform()
 end
 
 function Multi:add_handle(e)
-  self._easy = self._easy or {}
-  self._easy[#self._easy + 1] = e
-  return add_handle(self, e:handle())
+  assert(self._easy.n >= 0)
+
+  local h = e:handle()
+  if self._easy[h] then return self end
+
+  local ok, err = add_handle(self, h)
+  if not ok then return nil, err end
+  self._easy[h], self._easy.n = e, self._easy.n + 1
+  return self
 end
 
 function Multi:remove_handle(e)
-  self._easy[#self._easy + 1] = e
-  return remove_handle(self, e:handle())
+  local h = e:handle()
+
+  if self._easy[h] then
+    self._easy[h], self._easy.n = nil, self._easy.n - 1
+  end
+  assert(self._easy.n >= 0)
+
+  return remove_handle(self, h)
 end
 
 end
@@ -347,8 +358,11 @@ end
 -------------------------------------------
 local Multi = class(curl.multi) do
 
+local add_handle    = wrap_function("add_handle")
+local remove_handle = wrap_function("remove_handle")
+
 function Multi:__init()
-  self._easy = {}
+  self._easy = {n = 0}
   return self
 end
 
@@ -356,18 +370,31 @@ function Multi:iperform()
   return make_iterator(self, self.perform)
 end
 
-local add_handle = wrap_function("add_handle")
 function Multi:add_handle(e)
-  self._easy[#self._easy + 1] = e
-  return add_handle(self, e:handle())
+  assert(self._easy.n >= 0)
+
+  local h = e:handle()
+  if self._easy[h] then return self end
+
+  local ok, err = add_handle(self, h)
+  if not ok then return nil, err end
+  self._easy[h], self._easy.n = e, self._easy.n + 1
+  return self
 end
 
-local remove_handle = wrap_function("remove_handle")
 function Multi:remove_handle(e)
-  self._easy[#self._easy + 1] = e
-  return remove_handle(self, e:handle())
+  local h = e:handle()
+
+  if self._easy[h] then
+    self._easy[h], self._easy.n = nil, self._easy.n - 1
+  end
+  assert(self._easy.n >= 0)
+
+  return remove_handle(self, h)
 end
 
+--! @fixme Multi:info_read(true) should also remove easy handle from self._easy
+
 end
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