[zeromq-dev] Order by which PUB/SUB requests are sent/processed

[Joegen Baclor]

Fair enough.  Indeed it can be done by a virtual random delay or 
back-off mechanism if a client exceeds a certain threshold.  Thanks for 
the input martin, that's all I need.

On 01/25/2012 10:35 AM, Martin Sustrik wrote:
> On 01/25/2012 11:30 AM, Michel Pelletier wrote:
>> If I follow what you're asking, you want the numbers in your first
>> email to have a more even distribution than what they have now, where
>> no one subscriber gets the message "first", so to speak.  I'm not sure
>> it makes sense for 0mq to try to make any guarantees on the time of
>> arrival.
> It cannot do that. Exact arrival time depends on your network, jitter in
> the OS and similar.
>
>> Messages could be going out same or different transports and
>> interfaces.  Maybe a better solution for you would be for your workers
>> to "roll the dice" to see who will pop first.
> Yes. You can implement that by introducing a random delay between
> receiving the pub/sub message and popping the queue.
>
> Martin
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