Programmer's Reference
The following instance methods pertain to process-related blocks:
- critical
- Execute the zero-argument block under async message disabled state.
If the interrupts are being disabled from a previously enabled
state, then we insure they are re-enabled after evaluating the block.
If the state was already disabled, we only have to evaluate the block.
- fork
- Creates and schedules a new process to evaluate the receiver block, using
the priority of the activeProcess (Processor
activePriority).
- forkAt:
- Creates and schedules a new process to evaluate the receiver block, at the
specified priority.
- newProcess
- Creates a new process to evaluate the receiver block, using the priority
of the activeProcess, and places it in suspended state. The
new process is scheduled by sending it the resume message.
- newProcessWith:
- Creates a new process to evaluate the receiver block with the specified
arguments, using the current priority, and places it in suspended
state. The new process is scheduled by sending it the resume
message.
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