Thanks. Is it acceptable to backport zmq_proxy_steerable to libzmq 4.0.4?
Or if not, when do you estimate the next stable release that would contain
it?

Best,
Cosmo


On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Pieter Hintjens <p...@imatix.com> wrote:

> CZMQ has its own steerable proxy so that it can run on older versions
> of libzmq. Also, some optimizations, but that's secondary. Also,
> wrapping libzmq's method is extra work, it turns out.
>
> The zmq_steerable_proxy method is quite recent so hasn't been wrapped
> by other bindings yet.
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Cosmo Harrigan
> <cosmo.harri...@singularityu.org> wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply. I took a look, and my understanding is that the
> CZMQ
> > zproxy class waits for messages from both a backend and a pipe (which is
> a
> > PAIR socket to expose the API) and updates a local variable 'stopped'
> which
> > ends the loop when the pipe receives the 'STOP' command.
> >
> > And it refers to that as a 'steerable proxy'.
> >
> > Then, I found that there is a class in libzmq called zmq_proxy_steerable
> > (http://api.zeromq.org/4-1:zmq-proxy-steerable), which seems to offer
> > exactly what I was asking about.
> >
> > Why isn't CZMQ zproxy using zmq_proxy_steerable?
> >
> > For C++ programming, cppzmq doesn't wrap either of those classes. Niether
> > does zmqpp.
> >
> > So, I'm wondering, what pattern do other people who are using ZeroMQ in
> C++
> > currently follow in this case to control their proxy loops? I suppose one
> > solution is the one mentioned in the other thread, namely, wrapping CZMQ
> in
> > your C++ application. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Cosmo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Pieter Hintjens <p...@imatix.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> You can look at the CZMQ zproxy class to see one way to do this.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Cosmo Harrigan
> >> <cosmo.harri...@singularityu.org> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > What is the best practice when you are creating a loop that functions
> >> > like
> >> > the zmq_proxy device, to bind a PULL socket that is fed by a backend
> >> > ventilator with a frontend PUB socket, in order to properly handle a
> >> > clean
> >> > shutdown?
> >> >
> >> > Most of the examples on the zguide just show "while (1)" with a loop
> >> > that
> >> > never terminates. What's the suggested way of signaling to the loop
> >> > which is
> >> > running in its own thread that it is time to shut down?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Cosmo
> >> >
> >> >
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