[zeromq-dev] basic question - integrating zmq with a windows message pump

[David.Briant at ubs.com]

Hi

Is it possible to integrate zmq into a standard MS Windows message
pump/loop? The only option I can see so far is to have zmq on a separate
thread, have queues in shared memory (i.e. shared between the two
threads), use PostMessage to inform the UI thread a message has arrived
and call the send method in zmq from the windows thread - little
concerned with the cross thread call into zmq but since I'm in python
with the GIL I figure it may be okay in this instance.

If I could write my own message pump I can do a short poll on zmq (which
my concern is would slow down the UI) but I don't always have access to
the pump, especially if using a 3rd party widget set.

I'd prefer to have the zmq on the same thread as the UI, i.e. doing
something equivalent to QSAAsyncSelect. If this is possible I would like
to use zmq for intra-process, inter-thread communication.

Am I missing something?

Thx

David
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