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- /************************************************************************
- * *
- * The SB-Prolog System *
- * Copyright SUNY at Stony Brook, 1986; University of Arizona,1987 *
- * *
- ************************************************************************/
-
- /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
- SB-Prolog is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. No author or distributor
- accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
- or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
- unless he says so in writing. Refer to the SB-Prolog General Public
- License for full details.
-
- Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
- SB-Prolog, but only under the conditions described in the
- SB-Prolog General Public License. A copy of this license is
- supposed to have been given to you along with SB-Prolog so you
- can know your rights and responsibilities. It should be in a
- file named COPYING. Among other things, the copyright notice
- and this notice must be preserved on all copies.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
-
- $record_export([$erase/1,$recorda/3,$recordz/3,$recorded/3]).
-
- % $record_use : $buff $bmeta $assert $decompile $bio $io
-
- /* $erase(Clref): retracts the fact referenced by Clref. It
- does this by simply making the first instruction of the clause a
- fail instruction. */
-
- $erase(Clref) :-
- $is_buffer(Clref),
- $opcode(fail, FailOp),
- $buff_code(Clref,12,3 /*pb*/ , FailOp /*fail*/ ).
-
- $recorda(Key,Term,Ref) :-
- $chk_record_args(Key,Ref),
- $asserta('_$record_db'(Key,Term),Ref0),
- Ref = Ref0.
-
- $recordz(Key,Term,Ref) :-
- $chk_record_args(Key,Ref),
- $assertz('_$record_db'(Key,Term),Ref0),
- Ref = Ref0.
-
- $recorded(Key,Term,Ref) :-
- $chk_record_args(Key,Ref),
- $clause('_$record_db'(Key,Term),_,Ref).
-
- $chk_record_args(Key,Ref) :-
- $atomic(Key) -> true ;
- ($errmsg('*** Error : Uninstantiated key in record operation'),
- fail).
-
- /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-