[zeromq-dev] UUIDs

[gonzalo diethelm]

> > IMHO, this feature is not related to messaging itself. Thus,
exporting
> > such function to messaging API will only trash it, and 0MQ will end
> > being another AMQP.
> 
> :-)  That would be a terrible fate indeed...

I thought of the same smiley here... ;-)

> But indeed 0MQ is not intended to be a portability library.  However a
> very thin portability library could be useful.  We've used APR in some
> projects but it's not that thin.

Exactly. UUIDs are (I believe) very common in messaging settings, and
are used to identify nodes, messages, etc. Having one way of generating
them, that works the same way across all bindings, would be useful, in
my opinion.

Perhaps we could have zmq_util_XXX() functions and/or a zmq::util
namespace where UUID functions (as well as the timer and sleeping
functions, and perhaps the version function) are stashed.

-- 
Gonzalo Diethelm



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