source: tags/1.8.0/doc/manual/threads.tex

\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:CURRENT-THREAD}
\index{CURRENT-THREAD}
--- Function: \textbf{current-thread} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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Returns a reference to invoking thread.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:DESTROY-THREAD}
\index{DESTROY-THREAD}
--- Function: \textbf{destroy-thread} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:GET-MUTEX}
\index{GET-MUTEX}
--- Function: \textbf{get-mutex} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{mutex}

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Acquires the lock associated with the MUTEX
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:INTERRUPT-THREAD}
\index{INTERRUPT-THREAD}
--- Function: \textbf{interrupt-thread} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{thread function \&rest args}

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Interrupts THREAD and forces it to apply FUNCTION to ARGS.
When the function returns, the thread's original computation continues. If  multiple interrupts are queued for a thread, they are all run, but the order is not guaranteed.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAILBOX-EMPTY-P}
\index{MAILBOX-EMPTY-P}
--- Function: \textbf{mailbox-empty-p} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{mailbox}

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Returns non-NIL if the mailbox can be read from, NIL otherwise.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAILBOX-PEEK}
\index{MAILBOX-PEEK}
--- Function: \textbf{mailbox-peek} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{mailbox}

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Returns two values. The second returns non-NIL when the mailbox
is empty. The first is the next item to be read from the mailbox.

Note that due to multi-threading, the first value returned upon
peek, may be different from the one returned upon next read in the
calling thread.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAILBOX-READ}
\index{MAILBOX-READ}
--- Function: \textbf{mailbox-read} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{mailbox}

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Blocks on the mailbox until an item is available for reading.
When an item is available, it is returned.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAILBOX-SEND}
\index{MAILBOX-SEND}
--- Function: \textbf{mailbox-send} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{mailbox item}

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Sends an item into the mailbox, notifying 1 waiter
to wake up for retrieval of that object.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAKE-MAILBOX}
\index{MAKE-MAILBOX}
--- Function: \textbf{make-mailbox} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{\&key ((queue g305040) NIL)}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAKE-MUTEX}
\index{MAKE-MUTEX}
--- Function: \textbf{make-mutex} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{\&key ((in-use g305303) NIL)}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAKE-THREAD}
\index{MAKE-THREAD}
--- Function: \textbf{make-thread} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{function \&key name}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAKE-THREAD-LOCK}
\index{MAKE-THREAD-LOCK}
--- Function: \textbf{make-thread-lock} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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Returns an object to be used with the WITH-THREAD-LOCK macro.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:MAPCAR-THREADS}
\index{MAPCAR-THREADS}
--- Function: \textbf{mapcar-threads} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:OBJECT-NOTIFY}
\index{OBJECT-NOTIFY}
--- Function: \textbf{object-notify} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{object}

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Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on OBJECT's monitor.
If any threads are waiting on this object, one of them is chosen to be awakened. The choice is arbitrary and occurs at the discretion of the implementation. A thread waits on an object's monitor by calling one of the wait methods.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:OBJECT-NOTIFY-ALL}
\index{OBJECT-NOTIFY-ALL}
--- Function: \textbf{object-notify-all} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{object}

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Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this OBJECT's monitor.
A thread waits on an object's monitor by calling one of the wait methods.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:OBJECT-WAIT}
\index{OBJECT-WAIT}
--- Function: \textbf{object-wait} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{object \&optional timeout}

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Causes the current thread to block until object-notify or object-notify-all is called on OBJECT.
Optionally unblock execution after TIMEOUT seconds.  A TIMEOUT of zero
means to wait indefinitely.
A non-zero TIMEOUT of less than a nanosecond is interpolated as a nanosecond wait.
See the documentation of java.lang.Object.wait() for further
information.

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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:RELEASE-MUTEX}
\index{RELEASE-MUTEX}
--- Function: \textbf{release-mutex} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{mutex}

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Releases a lock associated with MUTEX
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:SYNCHRONIZED-ON}
\index{SYNCHRONIZED-ON}
--- Special Operator: \textbf{synchronized-on} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:THREAD}
\index{THREAD}
--- Class: \textbf{thread} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:THREAD-ALIVE-P}
\index{THREAD-ALIVE-P}
--- Function: \textbf{thread-alive-p} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{thread}

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Boolean predicate whether THREAD is alive.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:THREAD-JOIN}
\index{THREAD-JOIN}
--- Function: \textbf{thread-join} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{thread}

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Waits for THREAD to die before resuming execution
Returns the result of the joined thread as its primary value.
Returns T if the joined thread finishes normally or NIL if it was interrupted.
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:THREAD-NAME}
\index{THREAD-NAME}
--- Function: \textbf{thread-name} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:THREADP}
\index{THREADP}
--- Function: \textbf{threadp} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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not-documented
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:WITH-MUTEX}
\index{WITH-MUTEX}
--- Macro: \textbf{with-mutex} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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Acquires a lock on MUTEX, executes BODY, and then releases the lock
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:WITH-THREAD-LOCK}
\index{WITH-THREAD-LOCK}
--- Macro: \textbf{with-thread-lock} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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Acquires the LOCK, executes BODY and releases the LOCK
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\paragraph{}
\label{THREADS:YIELD}
\index{YIELD}
--- Function: \textbf{yield} [\textbf{threads}] \textit{}

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A hint to the scheduler that the current thread is willing to yield its current use of a processor. The scheduler is free to ignore this hint. 

See java.lang.Thread.yield().
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