The <A HREF="#item_dequeue_nb"><CODE>dequeue_nb</CODE></A> method, like the <A HREF="#item_dequeue"><CODE>dequeue</CODE></A> method, removes a scalar from
the head of the queue and returns it. Unlike <A HREF="#item_dequeue"><CODE>dequeue</CODE></A>, though,
<A HREF="#item_dequeue_nb"><CODE>dequeue_nb</CODE></A> won't block if the queue is empty, instead returning