13 The MP Package

process-run-function

Function

Summary

Create a new process, passing it a function to run.

Package

mp

Signature

process-run-function name keywords function &rest arguments => process

Arguments

name: A name for the new process.
keywords: Keywords to be passed to the new process. Seecreate-process for details.
function: A function to apply.
arguments: Arguments to pass to function.

Values

process: The newly created process.

Description

This function creates a new Lisp process, passing it name (a string) and keywords. The new process is preset to apply function to arguments and runs in parallel, whileprocess-run-function returns immediately.

See also

create-simple-process