[zeromq-dev] Disconnect notification.

[Martin Sustrik]

Hi Brian,

> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Martin Sustrik <sustrik at 250bpm.com> wrote:
>> The heartbeats are an interesting problem. I haven't yet made my mind about
>> them. AFAICT the only real use cases for heartbeats is in high-availability
>> systems to initiate fail-over.
> 
> Yes, that is the usage case that we have.  Even if the heartbeat
> doesn't go into 0MQ itself, it would be nice if the device API were
> more public so projects could create their own devices.  It is such a
> simple API, that this shouldn't be an issue once we figure out the
> full device API.

What exactly do you mean by "device API"? AFAIU everyone is free to 
implement his own device even now.

Martin