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sicstus

The examples in this folder are adapted from the SICStus Prolog manual.

Print Logtalk, Prolog backend, and kernel versions (if running as a notebook):

%versions

Start by loading the example and necessary library supporting files:

logtalk_load(sicstus(loader)).

Try some simple queries.

Sort a list using rational numbers order:

sort(rational)::sort([1/8, 2/7, 6/5, 2/9, 1/3], Sorted).

<!-- Sorted = [1/8, 2/9, 2/7, 1/3, 6/5]. -->

Sort a list using colors order:

sort(colours)::sort([orange, indigo, red, yellow, violet, blue, green], Sorted).

<!-- Sorted = [red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet]. -->

Using the pseudo-object user implies using the Prolog built-in standard order operators:

sort(user)::sort([3, 1, 4, 2, 9], Sorted).

<!-- Sorted = [1, 2, 3, 4, 9]. -->

Some messages testing object parameter passing and using:

red_circle(3)::color(Color).

<!-- Color = red. -->

red_circle(3)::area(Area).

<!-- Area = 28.274334. -->

red_circle(3)::ancestors(As).

<!-- As = [circle(3, red), ellipse(3, 3, red)]. -->

Show the execution context using a method (context/3) that is defined in the hierarchy root and specialized (using super calls) in each descendant:

red_circle(3)::context.

<!-- red_circle1 self: red_circle(3) this: red_circle(3) sender: user

circle2 self: red_circle(3) this: circle(3,red) sender: user

ellipse3 self: red_circle(3) this: ellipse(3,3,red) sender: user

true. -->

Send a conjunction of messages/goals to an object; just some useful syntax sugar (don't use message broadcasting syntax in order to workaround a XSB parser bug):

square(2)::side(Side), square(2)::width(Width), square(2)::height(Height), square(2)::area(Area).

<!-- Side = 2, Width = 2, Height = 2, Area = 4. -->

Find all messages accepted by an object:

%%table
square(2)::current_predicate(Pred).

<!-- Pred = side/1 ; Pred = width/1 ; Pred = height/1 ; Pred = area/1 ; false. -->

Find all properties of a specific message accepted by an object:

%%table
square(_)::predicate_property(side(_), Prop).

<!-- Prop = public ; Prop = static ; Prop = declared_in(square(_133)) ; Prop = defined_in(square(_164)). -->