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13 The MP Package

process-wait-with-timeout

Function

Summary

Suspend the current process until certain conditions are true, or until a timeout expires.
Package

mp

Signature

process-wait-with-timeout wait-reason timeout 
    &optional wait-function &rest wait-arguments => bool

Arguments

wait-reason

A reason that the process is waiting. This is a string.

timeout

A timeout, in seconds.

wait-function

A function to test.

wait-arguments

The arguments to apply to wait-function.

Values

bool

A boolean.

Description

This function usesprocess-wait to suspend the current Lisp process until the predicate wait-function applied to wait-arguments returnst, or until timeout seconds have passed.
See also

process-wait


LispWorks Reference Manual - 15 Oct 1998

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