Jonathan, > I intend to create a fairly complex networking topology using zmq_rep > and zmq_req sockets. I have a couple questions: > > 1. When using IPC as the transport method, after binding a zmq_rep > socket to an IPC pathname, can I have multiple zmq_req sockets connect > to that same pathname and expect replies to be routed correctly by ZMQ? > (Are you using ports to identify to whom replies should be sent?)
Yes, you can. The mechanism underneath uses UNIX domain sockets rather than TCP i.e. no ports. > 2. I believe I need zmq_queue for my topology as well. I noticed in > the manual that it has no documentation (all fields are "to be > written"). If it is incomplete, are there any updates on when it will > be released? If it's finished, but simply doesn't have a manual page > yet, are there any examples of its usage out there that I could check out? zmq_queue is and multi-hop REQ/REP is unfinished. You can make it work, but it requires some manual tweaking. Jon Dyte was already able to get it working so he may consider commenting here. Martin _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
