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    3    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
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   34
   35:- module(streams,
   36	  [ with_output_to/3		% ?Output, :Goal, +Options
   37	  ]).   38:- autoload(library(error), [must_be/2]).   39:- autoload(library(option), [option/2, option/3]).   40:- autoload(library(apply), [maplist/2, maplist/3]).   41
   42:- meta_predicate with_output_to(?, 0, +).

Manage Prolog streams

This library provides high level primitives for stream operations. It is related to the charsio.pl and codesio.pl libraries. Considering these are de-facto standard Prolog libraries we prefer to leave these untouched.

*/

 with_output_to(?Output, :Goal, +Options) is det
Run Goal and once/1 while capturing all output to all streams (current_output, user_output and user_error) in the string Output. Options processed:
capture(ListOfStreams)
List of streams to capture. Default is [], causing the predicate to call with_output_to/2. The only admissible list elements are the alias names for the Prolog standard streams. As current_output is always captured, the only two values are user_output and user_error
color(Boolean)
When true, pretend the output is a terminal, causing messages to use ANSI term escape sequences for color.

For example, the following captures an error message. Note that we must catch and print the message inside Goal. If we do not do so the exception of Goal is simply propagated into the environment without binding Output.

?- with_output_to(string(Out),
                  catch(A is log(-1), E, print_message(error, E)),
                  [capture([user_error]), color(true)]).
Out = "\u001B[1;31mERROR: is/2: Arithmetic: \c
       evaluation error: `undefined'\n\u001B[0m",
E = error(evaluation_error(undefined), context(system:(is)/2, _)).
   83with_output_to(Output, Goal, []) =>
   84    with_output_to(Output, Goal).
   85with_output_to(Output, Goal, Options) =>
   86    option(capture(Streams), Options, []),
   87    must_be(list(oneof([user_output,user_error])), Streams),
   88    with_output_to(
   89	Output,
   90	setup_call_cleanup(
   91	    output_state(State, Streams),
   92	    capture(Goal, Streams, Options),
   93	    restore_output(State, Streams))).
   94
   95capture(Goal, Streams, Options) :-
   96    current_output(S),
   97    (   option(color(true), Options)
   98    ->  set_stream(S, tty(true))
   99    ;   true
  100    ),
  101    maplist(capture_output(S), Streams),
  102    once(Goal),
  103    maplist(flush_output, [current_output|Streams]).
  104
  105output_state(State, Streams) :-
  106    maplist(stream_id, Streams, State).
  107
  108stream_id(Alias, Stream) :-
  109    stream_property(Stream, alias(Alias)).
  110
  111restore_output(State, Streams) :-
  112    maplist(restore_stream, Streams, State).
  113
  114restore_stream(Alias, Stream) :-
  115    set_stream(Stream, alias(Alias)).
  116
  117capture_output(S, Alias) :-
  118    set_stream(S, alias(Alias))