[zeromq-dev] Idea draft : a module system on top of zyre/zbeacon.

Arnaud Loonstra arnaud at sphaero.org
Fri Dec 13 12:15:25 CET 2013


On 12/13/2013 12:05 AM, crocket wrote:
> I'm not good with current module systems because they are difficult to
> use and maintain.
> Binding modules from other languages is difficult with FFI(Foreign
> language interface).
>
> Publishing namespace or answering namespace requests via zbeacon would
> be convenient.
> Each namespace has a list of methods or even variables. Namespace
> collisions can be detected via UDP discovery.
> Module inspection API might answer what serialization protocols they use
> and serve method signature requests.
>
> For now, that's all, and it seems simple and easy enough.
>
> Since I'll have been tied to a 9-6 job until Feb 2015 by some serious
> laws and commute takes 4 hours a day, I may not have time until then. So
> it's just an idea for now.

Can you elaborate a bit more about what you mean? I'm not sure if I can 
follow you? It sounds like you are suggesting an RPC interface exchange? 
In regards to zbeacon/zyre I think the headers should be used to 
exchange capabilities.

Arnaud
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