[zeromq-dev] ROUTER/PULL

[Justin Karneges]

Why not make it allowed in a future version? It doesn't seem any more unusual 
than other mixings.

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:32:33 PM Chuck Remes wrote:
> No, do not do this. If it works at all right now, it will break in a future
> library release when the wire protocol enforces peer socket type checking.
> ROUTER -> ROUTER is fine as is ROUTER -> DEALER.
> 
> Alternately, do PUB -> SUB. As of libzmq 3.2, the publisher filters out the
> outgoing messages so only those SUBs that have subscribed to the message
> will receive it. This will require you to add a subscription string as the
> first message part for all outgoing messages so the socket can filter it.
> 
> Please read the guide if this doesn't make sense to you yet. There are lots
> of great examples with code.
> 
> cr
> 
> On Nov 13, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Justin Karneges <justin at affinix.com> wrote:
> > Inspired by the PUSH/ROUTER question a moment ago, I wonder if it ought to
> > be possible to match ROUTER and PULL, for one-way directed communication?
> > 
> > Currently I am using ROUTER->ROUTER for this, and the receiver just
> > ignores
> > the envelope. Being able to make the receiver PULL seems like it would be
> > more natural.
> > 
> > Justin
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