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    3    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
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   35
   36:- module(edinburgh,
   37          [ display/1,
   38            display/2,
   39            unknown/2,
   40            reconsult/1,
   41            debug/0,
   42            nodebug/0,
   43            fileerrors/2
   44          ]).   45
   46:- meta_predicate
   47    unknown(:, :),
   48    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This module defines predicates from `traditional Edinburgh Prolog' (Dec10 and C-Prolog) whose functionality has been replaced by (ISO) Standard Prolog. */

   58                 /*******************************
   59                 *            TERM I/O          *
   60                 *******************************/
 display(+Term) is det
 display(+Stream, +Term) is det
Write a term, ignoring operators.
deprecated
- New code must use write_term/3 using the option ignore_ops(true).
   70display(Term) :-
   71    write_term(Term, [quoted(true), ignore_ops(true)]).
   72display(Stream, Term) :-
   73    write_term(Stream, Term, [quoted(true), ignore_ops(true)]).
 unknown(-Old, +New) is det
Edinburgh Prolog predicate for dealing dealing with undefined procedures
   80unknown(M:Old, M:New) :-
   81    current_prolog_flag(M:unknown, O),
   82    map_unknown(O, Old),
   83    map_unknown(N, New),
   84    !,
   85    set_prolog_flag(M:unknown, N).
   86
   87map_unknown(error,   trace).
   88map_unknown(warning, trace).
   89map_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.
   99reconsult(File) :-
  100    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.
  108debug   :- set_prolog_flag(debug, true).
  109nodebug :- notrace, set_prolog_flag(debug, false).
  110
  111:- '$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
  123fileerrors(Old, New) :-
  124    current_prolog_flag(fileerrors, Old),
  125    (   Old == New
  126    ->  true
  127    ;   set_prolog_flag(fileerrors, New)
  128    )