11 The MP Package

This chapter describes symbols available in the MP package, giving you access to the multi-processing capabilities of LispWorks. You should use this chapter in conjunction with the relevant chapter in the LispWorks User Guide .

claim-lock

create-simple-process

*current-process*

debug-other-process

*default-process-priority*

*default-simple-process-priority*

ensure-process-cleanup

find-process-from-name

initialize-multiprocessing

*initial-processes*

list-all-processes

lock-name

lock-owner

mailbox-empty-p

mailbox-peek

mailbox-read

mailbox-reader-process

mailbox-send

make-lock

make-mailbox

make-named-timer

make-timer

map-all-processes

map-all-processes-backtrace

map-process-backtrace

map-process

notice-fd

process-alive-p

process-allow-scheduling

process-arrest-reasons

process-break

*process-initial-bindings*

process-interrupt

process-kill

process-lock

process-name

process-p

process-plist

process-priority

process-reset

process-run-function

process-run-reasons

process-send

process-unlock

process-wait

process-wait-function

process-wait-with-timeout

ps

release-lock

schedule-timer

schedule-timer-milliseconds

schedule-timer-relative

schedule-timer-relative-milliseconds

setf timer-name

simple-process-p

timer-expired-p

timer-name

unnotice-fd

unschedule-timer

with-lock

without-interrupts

without-preemption

yield