[zeromq-dev] Zero-copy message API

[Martin Lucina]

sustrik at 250bpm.com said:
> On 04/03/2011 11:51 AM, Pieter Hintjens wrote:
> 
> > zmq_msg_t msg;
> > zmq_msg_init (&msg, 0);  // instead of zmq_msg_init (&msg);
> > zmq_recvmsg (s,&msg, 0);
> >
> > It does make receiving a message slightly weird, but it gives a single
> > 'normal' init method, which is worth a lot IMO.
> 
> I am not against. The less functions the better. Let's see what others say.

What happened to the original idea with 3.0 to have zmq_recv() and
zmq_send() use char * buffers thus avoiding any zmq_msg_t complexity for
the simple cases and users that don't need that, and keep the current
zero-copy API but use zmq_recvmsg() and zmq_sendmsg() instead?

-mato