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    1/*  Part of SWI-Prolog
    2
    3    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
    4    E-mail:        J.Wielemaker@vu.nl
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   35
   36:- module(charsio,
   37          [ format_to_chars/3,          % +Format, +Args, -Codes
   38            format_to_chars/4,          % +Format, +Args, -Codes, ?Tail
   39            write_to_chars/2,           % +Term, -Codes
   40            write_to_chars/3,           % +Term, -Codes, ?Tail
   41            atom_to_chars/2,            % +Atom, -Codes
   42            atom_to_chars/3,            % +Atom, -Codes, ?Tail
   43            number_to_chars/2,          % +Number, -Codes
   44            number_to_chars/3,          % +Number, -Codes, ?Tail
   45                                        % read predicates
   46            read_from_chars/2,          % +Codes, -Term
   47            read_term_from_chars/3,     % +Codes, -Term, +Options
   48            open_chars_stream/2,        % +Codes, -Stream
   49            with_output_to_chars/2,     % :Goal, -Codes
   50            with_output_to_chars/3,     % :Goal, -Codes, ?Tail
   51            with_output_to_chars/4      % :Goal, -Stream, -Codes, ?Tail
   52          ]).   53:- use_module(library(error)).   54
   55:- meta_predicate
   56    with_output_to_chars(0, -),
   57    with_output_to_chars(0, -, ?),
   58    with_output_to_chars(0, -, -, ?).   59
   60:- predicate_options(read_term_from_chars/3, 3,
   61                     [pass_to(system:read_term/3, 3)]).   62
   63/** <module> I/O on Lists of Character Codes
   64
   65This module emulates the Quintus/SICStus  library charsio.pl for reading
   66and writing from/to lists of character   codes. Most of these predicates
   67are straight calls into similar SWI-Prolog primitives.  Some can even be
   68replaced by ISO standard predicates.
   69
   70@compat The naming of this library is not in line with the ISO standard.
   71We believe that the SWI-Prolog  native   predicates  form a more elegant
   72alternative for this library.
   73*/
   74
   75%!  format_to_chars(+Format, +Args, -Codes) is det.
   76%
   77%   Use format/2 to write to a list of character codes.
   78
   79format_to_chars(Format, Args, Codes) :-
   80    format(codes(Codes), Format, Args).
   81
   82%!  format_to_chars(+Format, +Args, -Codes, ?Tail) is det.
   83%
   84%   Use format/2 to write to a difference list of character codes.
   85
   86format_to_chars(Format, Args, Codes, Tail) :-
   87    format(codes(Codes, Tail), Format, Args).
   88
   89%!  write_to_chars(+Term, -Codes)
   90%
   91%   Write a term to a code  list.  True   when  Codes  is  a list of
   92%   character codes written by write/1 on Term.
   93
   94write_to_chars(Term, Codes) :-
   95    format(codes(Codes), '~w', [Term]).
   96
   97%!  write_to_chars(+Term, -Codes, ?Tail)
   98%
   99%   Write a term to a code list.  Codes\Tail is a difference list of
  100%   character codes produced by write/1 on Term.
  101
  102write_to_chars(Term, Codes, Tail) :-
  103    format(codes(Codes, Tail), '~w', [Term]).
  104
  105%!  atom_to_chars(+Atom, -Codes) is det.
  106%
  107%   Convert Atom into a list of character codes.
  108%
  109%   @deprecated     Use ISO atom_codes/2.
  110
  111atom_to_chars(Atom, Codes) :-
  112    atom_codes(Atom, Codes).
  113
  114%!  atom_to_chars(+Atom, -Codes, ?Tail) is det.
  115%
  116%   Convert Atom into a difference list of character codes.
  117
  118atom_to_chars(Atom, Codes, Tail) :-
  119    format(codes(Codes, Tail), '~a', [Atom]).
  120
  121%!  number_to_chars(+Number, -Codes) is det.
  122%
  123%   Convert Atom into a list of character codes.
  124%
  125%   @deprecated     Use ISO number_codes/2.
  126
  127number_to_chars(Number, Codes) :-
  128    number_codes(Number, Codes).
  129
  130%!  number_to_chars(+Number, -Codes, ?Tail) is det.
  131%
  132%   Convert Number into a difference list of character codes.
  133
  134number_to_chars(Number, Codes, Tail) :-
  135    must_be(number, Number),
  136    format(codes(Codes, Tail), '~w', [Number]).
  137
  138%!  read_from_chars(+Codes, -Term) is det.
  139%
  140%   Read Codes into Term.
  141%
  142%   @compat The SWI-Prolog version does not require Codes to end
  143%           in a full-stop.
  144
  145read_from_chars([], end_of_file) :- !.
  146read_from_chars(List, Term) :-
  147    atom_to_term(List, Term, _).
  148
  149%!  read_term_from_chars(+Codes, -Term, +Options) is det.
  150%
  151%   Read Codes into Term.  Options are processed by read_term/3.
  152%
  153%   @compat sicstus
  154
  155read_term_from_chars(Codes, Term, Options) :-
  156    read_term_from_atom(Codes, Term, Options).
  157
  158%!  open_chars_stream(+Codes, -Stream) is det.
  159%
  160%   Open Codes as an input stream.
  161%
  162%   @see open_string/2.
  163
  164open_chars_stream(Codes, Stream) :-
  165    open_string(Codes, Stream).
  166
  167%!  with_output_to_chars(:Goal, -Codes) is det.
  168%
  169%   Run Goal as with once/1.  Output written to =current_output=
  170%   is collected in Codes.
  171
  172with_output_to_chars(Goal, Codes) :-
  173    with_output_to(codes(Codes), Goal).
  174
  175%!  with_output_to_chars(:Goal, -Codes, ?Tail) is det.
  176%
  177%   Run Goal as with once/1.  Output written to =current_output=
  178%   is collected in Codes\Tail.
  179
  180with_output_to_chars(Goal, Codes, Tail) :-
  181    with_output_to(codes(Codes, Tail), Goal).
  182
  183%!  with_output_to_chars(:Goal, -Stream, -Codes, ?Tail) is det.
  184%
  185%   Same as with_output_to_chars/3 using  an   explicit  stream. The
  186%   difference list Codes\Tail contains  the   character  codes that
  187%   Goal has written to Stream.
  188
  189with_output_to_chars(Goal, Stream, Codes, Tail) :-
  190    with_output_to(codes(Codes, Tail), with_stream(Stream, Goal)).
  191
  192with_stream(Stream, Goal) :-
  193    current_output(Stream),
  194    call(Goal)