/* Part of SWI-Prolog Author: Jan Wielemaker E-mail: J.Wielemaker@vu.nl WWW: http://www.swi-prolog.org Copyright (c) 1999-2019, University of Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam CWI, Amsterdam All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ :- module(edinburgh, [ display/1, display/2, unknown/2, reconsult/1, debug/0, nodebug/0, fileerrors/2 ]). :- meta_predicate unknown(:, :), reconsult(:). /** Some traditional Edinburgh predicates This module defines predicates from `traditional Edinburgh Prolog' (Dec10 and C-Prolog) whose functionality has been replaced by (ISO) Standard Prolog. */ /******************************* * TERM I/O * *******************************/ %! display(+Term) is det. %! display(+Stream, +Term) is det. % % Write a term, ignoring operators and special syntax constructs such % as _brace terms_ (`{a}`) and lists (`[a,b,c]`). Currently does print % dicts using the dict notation. % % @see write_canonical/2. SWI-Prolog's write_canonical/2, however, % prints lists using list notation to reduce incompatibility due to % the modified list functor (`'[|]'` rather than `.`) and reduce % memory usage while parsing lists. display(Term) :- display(current_output, Term). display(Stream, Term) :- write_term(Stream, Term, [ quoted(true), ignore_ops(true), no_lists(true), brace_terms(false) ]). %! unknown(-Old, +New) is det. % % Edinburgh Prolog predicate for dealing dealing with undefined % procedures unknown(M:Old, M:New) :- current_prolog_flag(M:unknown, O), map_unknown(O, Old), map_unknown(N, New), !, set_prolog_flag(M:unknown, N). map_unknown(error, trace). map_unknown(warning, trace). map_unknown(fail, fail). %! reconsult(+FileOrList) is det. % % Load source file(s), wiping the old content first. SWI-Prolog's % consult/1 and related predicates always do this. % % @deprecated The Edinburgh Prolog consult/reconsult distinction % is no longer used throughout most of the Prolog world. reconsult(File) :- consult(File). %! debug is det. %! nodebug is det. % % Switch on/off debug mode. Note that nodebug/0 has been defined % such that is is not traced itself. debug :- set_prolog_flag(debug, true). nodebug :- notrace, set_prolog_flag(debug, false). :- '$hide'(nodebug/0). %! fileerrors(-Old, +New) is det. % % Query and change the fileerrors flag. Default it is set to % =true=, causing file operations to raise an exception. Setting % it to =false= activates the old Edinburgh mode of silent % failure. % % @deprecated New code should use catch/3 to handle file errors % silently fileerrors(Old, New) :- current_prolog_flag(fileerrors, Old), ( Old == New -> true ; set_prolog_flag(fileerrors, New) ).