[zeromq-dev] Blocking receive with timeout

[Andrew Hume]

thats true.
but philosophically, its the same reason as teh UNIX read system call doesn't have a timeout.
if you want to read, read.
if you need a timeout, thats what alarm() is for, or as mikko says, do polling.

On Jul 6, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Mikko Koppanen wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Christian Martinez <chmar at microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Quick question, am I missing a timeout option for a blocking receive perhaps
>> in one of the flags? If it’s not there, is there a philosophical or
>> technical reason for it not to exist?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> you can use zmq_poll with a timeout to see when the socket becomes readable.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mikko
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