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/*  $Id$

    Part of SWI-Prolog

    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
    E-mail:        J.Wielemaker@vu.nl
    WWW:           http://www.swi-prolog.org
    Copyright (C): 1985-2011, University of Amsterdam
			      VU University Amsterdam

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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*/

:- module(edinburgh,
	  [ display/1,
	    display/2,
	    unknown/2,
	    reconsult/1,
	    debug/0,
	    nodebug/0,
	    fileerrors/2
	  ]).

:- meta_predicate
	unknown(:, :),
	reconsult(:).


/** <module> 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(Dec10 and C-Prolog) whose functionality  has   been  replaced  by (ISO)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.
%
%	@deprecated	New code must use write_term/3 using the option
%			ignore_ops(true).

display(Term) :-
	write_term(Term, [ignore_ops(true)]).
display(Stream, Term) :-
	write_term(Stream, Term, [ignore_ops(true)]).

%%	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)
	).