[zeromq-dev] dev_poll

[Martin Sustrik]

Michael,

> At first glance, I would recommend a feature such as this, specifically
> for integrating with other third-party, open-source libraries ... one
> scenario that comes to mind immediately might be a QuickFIX to ZMQ
> gateway (or vice versa).  Not 100% certain, but offhand, I think this
> feature would be useful in that context.

Yes, it would be useful for integrating 0MQ into any kind of framework.

Unfortunately, the current proposal is a hack rather than systematic 
solution. The right way to proceed would be to turn 0MQ sockets into 
full-blown POSIX file descriptors.

Martin