[zeromq-dev] [PATCH] Additional preparation for IPv6 in 3.0

[Steven McCoy]

On 17 July 2011 14:04, Martin Sustrik <sustrik at 250bpm.com> wrote:

> The problem here is that 0MQ layer as such doesn't deal with specifics of
> addressing used by underlying transports.
>
> As far as 0MQ is concerned addresses are just opaque strings (eg.
> "eth0:5555") and it's up to transport layer to interpret the string.
>
> So, when we are faced with need for additional info to interpret the
> address we can take two different paths:
>
>
I'm preferring the Java route as it allows you to run dual-stack, with
optional single stack.  The SMTP route is too clumsy and restrictive.

Anyway I'm following on with the patches and we can see how it goes, at
least this way it isn't going to surprise anyone which is generally a good
idea.

-- 
Steve-o
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