yap-6.3/swi/library/operators.pl

/*  $Id: operators.pl,v 1.1 2008-02-12 17:03:53 vsc Exp $

    Part of SWI-Prolog

    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
    E-mail:        jan@swi.psy.uva.nl
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*/


:- module(prolog_operator,
	[ push_operators/1,		% +List
	  push_operators/2,		% +List, -Undo
	  pop_operators/0,
	  pop_operators/1,		% +Undo
	  push_op/3			% Precedence, Type, Name
	]).


/** <module> Manage operators
@ingroup SWILibrary

Often, one wants to define operators to  improve the readibility of some
very specific code. Operators in Prolog  are global objects and changing
operators changes syntax and possible semantics of existing sources. For
this reason it is desirable  to   reset  operator declarations after the
code that needs them has been read.   This module defines a rather cruel
-but portable- method to do this. 

Usage:

==
:- push_operators(
	[ op(900, fx, hello_world)
	, op(600, xf, *)
	]).
	
hello_world World :-
	....

:- pop_operators.
==

While the above are for  source-code,   the  calls  push_operators/2 and
pop_operators/1 can be used  for  local   processing  where  it  is more
comfortable to carry the undo context around.

NOTE: In recent versions of SWI-Prolog operators   are local to a module
and can be exported using the syntax   below.  This is not portable, but
otherwise a more structured approach for operator handling.

==
:- module(mymodule,
	  [ mypred/1,
	    op(500, fx, myop)
	  ]).
==

@compat	SWI-Prolog
*/

:- thread_local
	operator_stack/1.

:- module_transparent
	push_operators/1,
	push_operators/2,
	push_op/3.

%%	push_operators(:New) is det.
%%	push_operators(:New, -Undo) is det.
%	
%	Installs the operators from New, where New is a list of op(Prec,
%	Type, :Name). The modifications to the operator table are undone
%	in a matching call to pop_operators/0.

push_operators(New, Undo) :-
	strip_module(New, Module, Ops0),
	tag_ops(Ops0, Module, Ops),
	undo_operators(Ops, Undo),
	set_operators(Ops).

push_operators(New) :-
	push_operators(New, Undo),
	assert_op(mark),
	assert_op(Undo).

%%	push_op(+Precedence, +Type, :Name) is det.
%	
%	As op/3, but this call must  appear between push_operators/1 and
%	pop_operators/0.  The  change  is   undone    by   the  call  to
%	pop_operators/0

push_op(P, T, A0) :-
	(   A0 = _:_
	->  A = A0
	;   context_module(M),
	    A = M:A0
	),
	undo_operator(op(P,T,A), Undo),
	assert_op(Undo),
	op(P, T, A).

%%	pop_operators is det.
%	
%	Revert all changes to the operator table realised since the last
%	push_operators/1.

pop_operators :-
	retract_op(Undo),
	(   Undo == mark
	->  !
	;   set_operators(Undo),
	    fail
	).

%%	pop_operators(+Undo) is det.
%
%	Reset operators as pushed by push_operators/2.

pop_operators(Undo) :-
	set_operators(Undo).

tag_ops([], _, []).
tag_ops([op(P,Tp,N0)|T0], M, [op(P,Tp,N)|T]) :-
	(   N0 = _:_
	->  N = N0
	;   N = M:N0
	),
	tag_ops(T0, M, T).

set_operators([]).
set_operators([H|R]) :-
	set_operators(H),
	set_operators(R).
set_operators(op(P,T,A)) :-
	op(P, T, A).

undo_operators([], []).
undo_operators([O0|T0], [U0|T]) :-
	undo_operator(O0, U0),
	undo_operators(T0, T).

undo_operator(op(_P, T, N), op(OP, OT, N)) :-
	current_op(OP, OT, N),
	same_op_type(T, OT), !.
undo_operator(op(P, T, [H|R]), [OH|OT]) :- !,
	undo_operator(op(P, T, H), OH),
	undo_operator(op(P, T, R), OT).
undo_operator(op(_, _, []), []) :- !.
undo_operator(op(_P, T, N), op(0, T, N)).
	
same_op_type(T, OT) :-
	op_type(T, Type),
	op_type(OT, Type).

op_type(fx,  prefix).
op_type(fy,  prefix).
op_type(xfx, infix).
op_type(xfy, infix).
op_type(yfx, infix).
op_type(yfy, infix).
op_type(xf,  postfix).
op_type(yf,  postfix).

%%	assert_op(+Term) is det.
%%	retract_op(-Term) is det.
%	
%	Force local assert/retract.

assert_op(Term) :-
	asserta(operator_stack(Term)).

retract_op(Term) :-
	retract(operator_stack(Term)).