[zeromq-dev] czmqpp

[Yi Ding]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Yeah, I use cppzmq in my code as well, and it works well for being a thin
layer on top of the basic C API.  It does lack a lot of the convenience of
czmq though.


> > 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
>

Thanks for the encouragement.  I had a crack at it, but got a little bit
bogged down because of the interconnectedness of zhash, zstr, zlist, etc.
with the rest of the code.

I will try again later though, and hopefully have something that people can
look at on github.

Ideally, czmqpp can be a thin layer on top of czmq like cppzmq is on top of
zmq, so there doesn't have to be too much constant maintenance.
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