make-mailbox

make-mailbox Function

Summary

Makes a new mailbox.

Package

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).