SYNOPSIS

void *zmq_ctx_new ();

DESCRIPTION

The zmq_ctx_new() function creates a new ØMQ context.

This function replaces the deprecated function zmq_init(3).

Thread safety

A ØMQ context is thread safe and may be shared among as many application threads as necessary, without any additional locking required on the part of the caller.

RETURN VALUE

The zmq_ctx_new() function shall return an opaque handle to the newly created context if successful. Otherwise it shall return NULL and set errno to one of the values defined below.

ERRORS

EMFILE

The limit on the total number of open files has been reached and it wasn’t possible to create a new context.

EMFILE

The limit on the total number of open files in system has been reached and it wasn’t possible to create a new context.

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

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