[zeromq-dev] libzutil - utility library

[Pieter Hintjens]

2011/4/16 Paul Colomiets <tailhook at yandex.ua>:

> BTW, whats relationship between libzapi and libzutil?

IMO libzutil sits above libzmq and serves all language bindings,
including libzapi (the C binding).

> Most languages has their own thread creation API. Doesn't this would
> conflict with languages' threads on any platforms?

Indeed, this affects only C and C++. Should not be in libzutil, therefore.

>> * A //router// device that switches messages in and out of a front-end
>> ROUTER socket, switching addresses during each cross-over.
>
> I don't understand what this means. Is it LRU broker or some helper
> for building custom broker?

It's just a common device pattern, one I've not yet covered in the
Guide but which lets you route messages between a set of nodes.

-Pieter