[zeromq-dev] ZMQ_WEBSOCKET - any work in progress?

Michael Haberler mail17 at mah.priv.at
Sun Aug 11 14:47:57 CEST 2013


Am 11.08.2013 um 02:09 schrieb Justin Karneges <justin at affinix.com>:

> On 08/09/2013 10:50 AM, Michael Haberler wrote:
>> 
>> Am 27.06.2013 um 20:58 schrieb Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com>:
>> 
>>> So ZMQ_STREAM is now a usable socket type for TCP clients and servers,
>>> and I've made a test case that shows simple a HTTP ping-pong, in
>>> tests/test_stream.cpp.
>> 
>> I think it's a great idea!
>> 
>> Is anybody planning/working on a similar idea for websockets (maybe using the libwebsockets.org code)?
> 
> You could just use ZMQ_STREAM to talk to a websocket client/server. IMO, 
> anything beyond what is supported by 0MQ should be the job of a gateway 
> worker. Websockets would be in the realm of Mongrel2, ZeroGW, Zurl, etc.

I am aware of the available gateway process solutions. I do not like them for the extra process and extra context switches involved, which doesnt exactly improve latency. A in-process solution with worker threads would be fine though.

> Even ZMQ_STREAM smells like feature creep ("send and receive from a 
> non-0MQ peer" - what the what?). But everyone loves a good raw mode.

I dont concur on the 'feature creep' view. That is rather basic interoperability - you can't expect the rest of networking applications to all become ZMQ-aware.

- Michael




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