readutil.pl -- Read utilities

This library provides some commonly used reading predicates. As these predicates have proven to be time-critical in some applications we moved them to C. For compatibility as well as to reduce system dependency, we link the foreign code at runtime and fallback to the Prolog implementation if the shared object cannot be found.

See also

- library(pure_input) allows for processing files with DCGs.

- library(lazy_lists) for creating lazy lists from input.

Undocumented predicates

The following predicates are exported, but not or incorrectly documented.

 read_file_to_terms(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)

 read_line_to_string(Arg1, Arg2)

 read_stream_to_codes(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)

 read_file_to_codes(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)

 read_line_to_codes(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)

 read_stream_to_codes(Arg1, Arg2)

 read_line_to_codes(Arg1, Arg2)

 read_file_to_string(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)