Process.send

You're seeing just the function send, go back to Process module for more information.

send(dest, msg, options)

Specs

send(dest, msg, [option]) :: :ok | :noconnect | :nosuspend
when dest: dest(), msg: any(), option: :noconnect | :nosuspend

Sends a message to the given dest.

dest may be a remote or local PID, a local port, a locally registered name, or a tuple in the form of {registered_name, node} for a registered name at another node.

Inlined by the compiler.

Options

:noconnect - when used, if sending the message would require an auto-connection to another node the message is not sent and :noconnect is returned.
:nosuspend - when used, if sending the message would cause the sender to be suspended the message is not sent and :nosuspend is returned.

Otherwise the message is sent and :ok is returned.

Examples

iex> Process.send({:name, :node_that_does_not_exist}, :hi, [:noconnect])
:noconnect