On 11/27/2010 10:53 PM, Chuck Remes wrote: > Let's assume that zmq_term() calls zmq_close() on each known socket. > > Why can't zmq_term() block for a *maximum* of milliseconds as set on each > socket by the ZMQ_LINGER option? If the goal is to avoid dropping packets > when exiting, then zmq_term() can interrupt those sockets (so that no > additional messages can be queued) and then wait ZMQ_LINGER milliseconds > before socket termination is complete. > > At that point, the context should be able to exit cleanly. > > Doesn't that solve the original problem of dropping packets on exit? What am > I missing? > The fact that there may be other threads still running and using the sockets. You cannot deallocate a socket while it is still in use by another thread.
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