[zeromq-dev] zproxy (hopefully) improvements

AJ Lewis aj.lewis at quantum.com
Fri Dec 6 16:19:16 CET 2013


On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 02:05:50PM +0100, Pieter Hintjens wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:18 PM, AJ Lewis <aj.lewis at quantum.com> wrote:
> 
> > Absolutely - so if you build czmq against a newer version of zeromq, and
> > then drop that czmq build into an environment with an older version of
> > zeromq installed, what happens?  I think this fails spectacularly right now,
> > even before any of the changes discussed below.
> 
> This fails spectacularly, because CZMQ uses compile-time decisions
> about what version of ZMQ to support, and how. It's never been raised
> as a necessary problem to solve. If it was, I'd start by detecting
> this and asserting in zctx_new for instance. Second, perhaps by
> switching to a runtime detection of the version.

Yep, I'm not sure that it's an issue for anyone, but Brian certainly
shouldn't worry about it with the work he's doing.  If it is an issue, it
needs to be fixed throughout czmq, not just the work he's doing.  :)

Regards,
-- 
AJ Lewis
Software Engineer
Quantum Corporation

Work:    651 688-4346
email:   aj.lewis at quantum.com

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