[zeromq-dev] Question about ROUTER queue (what if client dies)

[Alexey Komarov]

Hi,

I have implemented Simple Pirate Pattern, it works perfectly, but I 
would like to understand one thing: what if client dies immediately 
after request. As I see it's not a problem for ROUTER, the send 
operation does not return any error.

But what happens with this message(s) sent to nowhere? As I understand 
they fall into a queue or a buffer but I don't understand how long they 
are stored there. What if I have a lot a real big message or a lot of 
died clients? Can these useless messages overflow queue and broke 
interaction between my broker and other clients?

Thanks,
Alexey