send_async

Arguments

Returns

t if the message was successfully delivered, otherwise nil.

Description

This function constructs a string representation of the given expression and delivers it via asynchronous interprocess communication to the receiving task. If the message could not be delivered, send_async returns nil. There is no indication of the status of the receiving task as a result of processing the message.

Example

Task 1:

    Gamma> init_ipc ("a","a");
    t
    Gamma> tsk = locate_task("b",t);
    #<Task:9751>
    Gamma> send_async(tsk, #princ("hello, b\n"));
    t
    Gamma> send_async(tsk, #princ(cos(5), "\n"));
    t
    Gamma> 
    		

Task 2:

    Gamma> init_ipc ("b","b");
    t
    Gamma> while(t) next_event();
    hello, b
    0.28366218546322624627
    		

See the Sending Messages section of the Common Functions for Any Program chapter (Tutorial Two) in the Cogent Tools Demo and Tutorials book for an example of this function used in context.

See Also

isend, locate_task, send, send_string, send_string_async