[zeromq-dev] zmq_close() semantics and handling outstanding messages

Martin Lucina mato at kotelna.sk
Mon Jul 12 17:00:01 CEST 2010


sustrik at 250bpm.com said:
> A straightforward behaviour for zmq_term would be to block until all the 
> sockets are deallocated -- each depending on it's SO_LINGER policy.
> 
> (This could obviously result in deadlock on zmq_term, but that's beside 
> the point once again I think.)
> 
> Thoughts?

For the record, I also agree; I think there is now consensus on what the
correct semantics for zmq_close() and zmq_term() should be. Good
discussion!

-mato



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