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-rw-r--r--doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt3
-rw-r--r--doc/zmq_socket.txt8
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt b/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
index 98c20fb..6c7046e 100644
--- a/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
+++ b/doc/zmq_setsockopt.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
*int zmq_setsockopt (void '*socket', int 'option_name', const void '*option_value', size_t 'option_len');*
-Caution: All options, with the exception of subscription strings, only take effect for subsequent socket bind/connects.
+Caution: All options, with the exception of ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE, ZMQ_UNSUBSCRIBE and
+ZMQ_LINGER, only take effect for subsequent socket bind/connects.
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/doc/zmq_socket.txt b/doc/zmq_socket.txt
index 99fe7ad..e8c4253 100644
--- a/doc/zmq_socket.txt
+++ b/doc/zmq_socket.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ A socket of type 'ZMQ_REP' is used by a _service_ to receive requests from and
send replies to a _client_. This socket type allows only an alternating
sequence of _zmq_recv(request)_ and subsequent _zmq_send(reply)_ calls. Each
request received is fair-queued from among all _clients_, and each reply sent
-is routed to the _client_ that issued the last request.
+is routed to the _client_ that issued the last request. If the original
+requester doesn't exist any more the reply is silently discarded.
When a 'ZMQ_REP' socket enters an exceptional state due to having reached the
high water mark for a _client_, then any replies sent to the _client_ in
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ prepend a message part containing the _identity_ of the originating peer to the
message before passing it to the application. Messages received are fair-queued
from among all connected peers. When sending messages a 'ZMQ_XREP' socket shall
remove the first part of the message and use it to determine the _identity_ of
-the peer the message shall be routed to.
+the peer the message shall be routed to. If the peer does not exist anymore
+the message shall be silently discarded.
When a 'ZMQ_XREP' socket enters an exceptional state due to having reached the
high water mark for all peers, or if there are no peers at all, then any
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ Direction:: Unidirectional
Send/receive pattern:: Receive only
Incoming routing strategy:: Fair-queued
Outgoing routing strategy:: N/A
-ZMQ_HWM option action:: N/A
+ZMQ_HWM option action:: Drop
Pipeline pattern