receive ( -- message )
Message-passing concurrency » Sending and receiving messages

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Vocabulary
concurrency.messaging

Inputs
None

Outputs

message

an object

Word description
Return a message from the current thread's mailbox. If the box is empty, suspend the thread until another thread places an item in the mailbox (usually via the send word).

See also
send, receive-if

Definition

USING: concurrency.mailboxes ;

IN: concurrency.messaging

: receive ( -- message ) my-mailbox mailbox-get ?linked ;