[zeromq-dev] "No throw" alternative version of zmq.hpp

[Martin Sustrik]

Matt Weinstein wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Martin Sustrik wrote:
> 
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>>> It looks like I'm going to have to write (branch) a "no throw"  
>>> version
>>> of the C++ wrappers for our blended (C/C++) environment.
>>>
>>> I hate maintaining alternative forks, but IMO it's better to expect a
>>> return value consistently, and the "value of destruction" is too  
>>> great.
>>>
>>> I presume I'll get rights to submit it.  Will anyone else find it
>>> useful?
>> Why not use raw C API then? The C++ API does basically nothing aside  
>> of
>> converting POSIX error codes into C++ exceptions.
> 
> Primarily to prevent the introduction of leaks, forgotten closes,  
> etc.  I'm handing zmq::message_t s into naive userland.
> 
> I was thinking about writing a private wrapper, but figure a  
> contribution would be useful.

I would make it an alternative C++ binding. When you have it ready we 
can link it from C++ bindings wiki page: "For those who prefer not to 
deal with C++ exceptions..." etc.

>>> Any preference on returning bool vs. int for status? Why?
>> Because EAGAIN as returned by zmq_send and zmq_recv is not a real  
>> error
>> that should be turned into exception, rather it is success status  
>> saying
>> "everything is OK, but the action cannot be accomplished immediately,
>> try again later".
>>
> That's fair, I'll return a positive error number, or 0 for success?

I would mimic the C error handling. The less different ways of reporting 
errors the better.

Martin