spawn-form

Purpose
Evaluate forms in a new thread.

Package   :portable-threads

Module   :portable-threads

Arguments and values

Returns
The object representing the new thread.

Errors
Threads (multiprocessing) is not supported on the Common Lisp implementation.

See also
    all-threads
    awaken-thread
    current-thread
    hibernate-thread
    kill-thread
    spawn-thread
    thread-alive-p
    thread-name
    thread-whostate
    threadp
    run-in-thread
    symbol-value-in-thread

Example

  > (spawn-form (sleep 60))
  #<thread Form (sleep 60)>
  >

spawn-form