[zeromq-dev] Java to C++: junk appended to message?

[Naveen Chawla]

In C++ to C++, I was sending a message inited to 6 bytes containing "Hello".
In Java, the problem described persists even if, as per your
suggestion, I send an extra character, e.g. "Hellox".

On 30 August 2010 19:02, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> C++ to C++ works fine. Message is only "[Hello]"
>
> You're sending five bytes, 'Hello', which is not a valid C string as
> required by the printf function.  Either send six bytes (string plus 0
> byte) or else convert the received message data to a valid string.
>
> I've wondered if 0MQ should not automatically and always append a null
> byte to received messages (not included in stated message size) so
> that strings can be safely passed between C/C++ and other languages.
>
> -
> Pieter Hintjens
> iMatix - www.imatix.com
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