SWI-Prolog -- API-function PL_register

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PL_register_atom()

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        PL_register_atom()
        
        PL_unregister_atom()
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Availability:C-language interface function

void PL_register_atom(atom_t atom)

Increment the reference count of the atom by one. PL_new_atom() performs this automatically, returning an atom with a reference count of at least one.^{218Otherwise
asynchronous atom garbage collection might destroy the atom before it is
used.}