tutor

This tool adds explanations and suggestions for selected warning and error messages from the compiler/runtime and the developer tools. It’s specially useful for new users not yet familiar with the warning and error messages and looking for advice on how to solve the reported issues.

API documentation

This tool API documentation is available at:

../../docs/library_index.html#tutor

Loading

This tool can be loaded using the query:

| ?- logtalk_load(tutor(loader)).

Usage

Simply load the tool at startup (e.g., from a settings file). As an example, with this tool loaded, instead of terse compiler warnings such as:

*     No matching clause for goal: baz(a)
*       while compiling object main_include_compiler_warning
*       in file logtalk/examples/errors/include_compiler_warning.lgt between lines 37-38
*
*     Duplicated clause: b(one)
*       first found at or above line 45
*       while compiling object main_include_compiler_warning
*       in file logtalk/examples/errors/include_compiler_warning.lgt at or above line 48

the user will get:

*     No matching clause for goal: baz(a)
*       while compiling object main_include_compiler_warning
*       in file logtalk/examples/errors/include_compiler_warning.lgt between lines 37-38
*     Calls to locally defined predicates without a clause with a matching head
*     fail. Typo in a predicate argument? Predicate definition incomplete?
*
*     Duplicated clause: b(one)
*       first found at or above line 45
*       while compiling object main_include_compiler_warning
*       in file logtalk/examples/errors/include_compiler_warning.lgt at or above line 48
*     Duplicated clauses are usually a source code editing error and can
*     result in spurious choice-points, degrading performance. Delete or
*     correct the duplicated clause to fix this warning.