[zeromq-dev] Non-contiguous message thoughts

[Martin Sustrik]

Brian Granger wrote:

>> Also, you don't want 0MQ to deliver 1st part of the message while remaining
>> parts are not yet available. That kind of thing can possibly cause
>> deadlocks.
> 
> OK, this was the other aspect part I was wondering.  So will you be
> guaranteed that if 1 message from the group arrives that all will
> arrive?

Exactly. The group is meant to have exactly the same sematics as 
multi-part message would do.

It may be worth calling it "multi-part message" rather than "message 
group" to make the semantics obvious.

Martin