make-mailbox

Name

make-mailbox -- Create an empty mailbox.

Type: function

Synopsis

make-mailbox(, mbox);

Return Values

mbox

An instance of <mailbox>

Description

Creates and returns a new, empty mailbox. Mailboxes are the basic building block for high-level synchronization in RScheme threads. They are unbounded, synchronized FIFO queues which can pass arbitrary Scheme objects from sender to receiver.