Hi, thanks for your answer. The README of your QZmq project rises up an
interesting point: multipart messages. How do they work in relation to
ZMQ_FD? When the FD signals read, have all message parts been received?

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Kalle Huttunen

la 30. huhtikuuta 2016 klo 23.16 Justin Karneges <jus...@affinix.com>
kirjoitti:

> Expanding on your first point: the file descriptor only triggers read
> notifications, and the notification means to query ZMQ_EVENTS. For example,
> when a zmq socket becomes writable, the ZMQ_FD file descriptor becomes
> readable, and you react to that by checking ZMQ_EVENTS and discover the zmq
> socket can be written to.
>
> Also you may be interested in https://github.com/jkarneges/qzmq
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Kalle Huttunen wrote:
>
> The ZeroMQ FAQ (http://zeromq.org/area:faq#toc5) states in the "Why can't
> I use standard I/O multiplexing functions such as select() or poll() on
> ZeroMQ sockets?" question:
>
> > Note that there's a way to retrieve a file descriptor from ZeroMQ socket
> (ZMQ_FD socket option) that you can poll on from version 2.1 onwards,
> however, there are some serious caveats when using it. Check the
> documentation carefully before using this feature.
>
> I've prototyped integrating ZeroMQ socket receiving to Qt's and custom
> select() based event loops, and on the first glance everything seems to
> work.
>
> From the documentation I have identified two "caveats" that I handle in my
> code:
>
> 1. The ability to read from the returned file descriptor does not
> necessarily indicate that messages are available to be read from the socket
>
> This I have solved by checking ZMQ_EVENTS before reading from the socket.
>
> 2. Events are signaled in edge-triggered fashion
>
> This one I have solved by always receiving all the messages from the
> socket when the file descriptor signals.
>
> Are there some caveats that I'm missing?
>
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