Function

Summary

Makes a new mailbox.

Package

mp

Signature

make-mailbox &key size name => mailbox

Arguments

size

An integer

name

A Lisp object

Values

mailbox

A mailbox

Description

The function make-mailbox returns a new mailbox.

size specifies the initial size of the mailbox mailbox .

The reader process is set to nil .

name does not affect the functionality of mailbox , but can be very useful for debugging. It appears in the printed representation of mailbox , and also in the process-whostate of any process that waits for mailbox (using mailbox-read).

See also

mailbox-empty-p
mailbox-peek
mailbox-read
mailbox-send
process-whostate