[zeromq-dev] czmqpp

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Yi Ding <yi.s.ding at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember Martin or Pieter saying somewhere that zmq.hpp (cppzmq) wasn't
> really being maintained these days and wasn't super useful to begin with.

In fact cppzmq is apparently used, but doesn't change because it's
fairly complete.

> It seems to me that czmq is a much more useful binding, and the only thing
> it really lacks for C++ programming is RAII.  Would people be interested in
> creating a lightweight layer on top of czmq that would basically be czmq +
> RAII?  That would probably be useful in getting some of the later guide
> examples translated to C++ as well.

You can certainly experiment with this; my usual approach to a new
project is to make a minimal working proof, see if people like it, and
open the door to contributions. If you are solving an interesting
problem, properly, people will join you. If not, they'll ignore you.

-Pieter