[zeromq-dev] Costs of creating sockets?

[Martin Sustrik]

Ilja,

> is the fact  "Connecting it actually creates the connection"
> unavoidable even for inproc?
>
> My question is if we are going to see the same design (TCP socket per every inproc)
> in future 0mq versions or it is a subject to change.

"connection" means different things depending on the transport:

TCP = TCP connection
IPC = named pipe
inproc = internal pipe, not visible to the OS
PGM/EPGM = IGMP subscription

Martin