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diff --git a/man/man7/zmq_inproc.7 b/man/man7/zmq_inproc.7 index 7f43ca7..bc09f90 100644 --- a/man/man7/zmq_inproc.7 +++ b/man/man7/zmq_inproc.7 @@ -2,8 +2,40 @@ .SH NAME In-process (inter-thread) tranport for 0MQ .SH SYNOPSIS -.SH DESCRIPTION + +In-process transport is optimised for passing messages betweem threads in the +same process. + +Messages are passed directly from one application thread to +another application thread. There are no intervening I/O threads involved. +Thus, if you are using 0MQ for in-process messaging only, you can initialise +the library ( +.IR zmq_init +) with zero I/O worker threads. + +.SH CONNECTION STRING + +Connection string for inproc transport is "inproc://" followed by an arbitrary +string. There are no restrictions on the string format: + +.nf + inproc://my_endpoint + inproc://feeds/opra/cboe + inproc://feeds.opra.nasdaq + inproc://!&W#($)_@_123*((^^^ +.fi + +.SH WIRE FORMAT + +In-process transport transfers messages via memory thus there is no need for a +wire format specification. + .SH "SEE ALSO" + +.BR zmq_tcp (7) +.BR zmq_udp (7) +.BR zmq_pgm (7) + .SH AUTHOR Martin Sustrik <sustrik at 250bpm dot com> |