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								<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
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									"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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									<title>public/1</title>
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									<link rel=stylesheet  href="../../styles.css" type="text/css">
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								<h2><code><a class="back" title="Return to index" href="../index.html#public1">public/1</a></code></h2>
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								<h4>Description</h4>
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								<blockquote>
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								<pre>
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								public(Predicate)
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								public(Predicate1, Predicate2, ...)
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								public([Predicate1, Predicate2, ...])
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								</pre>
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									Declares public predicates.  A public predicate can be called from any object.
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								<h4>Template and modes</h4>
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								public(+predicate_indicator_term)
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								<h4>Examples</h4>
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								<pre>
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								:- public(ancestor/1).
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								:- public(instance/1, instances/1).
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								:- public([leaf/1, leaves/1]).
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								</pre>
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								<strong><a href="protected1.html">Previous</a> | <a href="../builtins/current_category1.html">Next</a> | <a href="../index.html">Table of Contents</a> | <a href="../../bibliography.html">Bibliography</a> | <a href="../../glossary.html">Glossary</a></strong>
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								Last updated on: July 4, 2000
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								</html>
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