[zeromq-dev] Identities & PUB/SUB

[Martin Sustrik]

On 04/05/2011 06:38 PM, Brian Granger wrote:

>> Well, same applies to XREP/XREQ, and for PUSH/PULL. Sometimes
>> identities can assist routing, but it's quite hackish and rare solution.
>> So may be drop the whole identities feature?
>
> No way.  We have production code that relies on the XREP/XREQ identity
> routing features.  Not being able to route to specific hosts, is a
> critical need in any distributed infrastructure.

Sure. No features will be dropped that people use and that have no 
replacement in the system. However, it would be nice to have your use 
case so that we at least know what it is being used for.

Martin