Greetings to the Lisp List.... Question: Are mp Mail Boxes atomic objects in the multiprocessing world?? I.e., Do I need to "Lock" mail boxes before sending and receiving message traffic? I can find nothing definitive about this in the doco. Regards, Jack Harper Secure Outcomes Inc.
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At 03:43 AM 3/5/2010, Martin wrote: > > >> after Jack Harper said, > > > > > > Greetings to the Lisp List.... > > > > > > Question: Are mp Mail Boxes atomic objects in the > multiprocessing world?? > > > > > > I.e., Do I need to "Lock" mail boxes before sending and receiving > > > message traffic? > > > > > > I can find nothing definitive about this in the doco. >>>>> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:29:09 -0500, Paul Tarvydas said: > > > > I take the fact that mailboxes are listed in section 15.9, Synchronization > > Between Threads, to mean that mailboxes are essentially atomic. I use them > > that way (w/o locks) and have encountered no problems. >Yes, that's right. > >-- >Martin Simmons >LispWorks Ltd >http://www.lispworks.com/ Thank You Martin for the definitive info - I appreciate it. Regards to the List - Jack Harper Secure Outcomes Inc Evergreen, Colorado USA