[zeromq-dev] Abandon a multipart message?

[James Harvey]

You could send a zero length message with no (SND_MORE) flag to signify that’s the last part.



From: zeromq-dev <zeromq-dev-bounces at lists.zeromq.org> On Behalf Of Al Grant
Sent: 08 August 2018 12:56
To: zeromq-dev at lists.zeromq.org
Subject: [zeromq-dev] Abandon a multipart message?

Is there a way to abandon a multipart message if for some reason
I can't complete sending all the parts? I.e.:

   zmq_send(pubsock, ... ZMQ_SNDMORE)
   ... decide I don't want to send the rest of the message ...
   zmq_abandon(pubsock);   // does this exist

Without this, there's a risk that the next message sent - either a
single-part message with flags 0 or the first part of a multipart
message with ZMQ_SNDMORE - would be interpreted as the later
part of a multipart message.

An alternative way to do this would be to introduce a new send
flag meaning "first (or only) part of a message". If seen while
ZMQ_SNDMORE is outstanding it would abandon the previous
multipart message and release its resources (including calling
free-functions). This would be upwards compatible - flags 0 would
have its current meaning - but it would provide extra robustness
and the new ability to abandon sending multipart messages.

At the risk of bikeshedding, I'd suggest a flag ZMQ_SNDFIRST,
then ZMQ_SNDSINGLE could be an alias, with ZMQ_SNDMULTI
being defined as (ZMQ_SNDFIRST|ZMQ_SNDMORE).

Al
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