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+/*************************************************************************
+*									 *
+*	 YAP Prolog 							 *
+*									 *
+*	Yap Prolog was developed at NCCUP - Universidade do Porto	 *
+*									 *
+* Copyright L.Damas, V.S.Costa and Universidade do Porto 1985-1997	 *
+*									 *
+**************************************************************************
+*									 *
+* File:		readutil.yap						 *
+* Last rev:	5/12/99							 *
+* mods:									 *
+* comments:	SWI compatible read utilities				 *
+*									 *
+*************************************************************************/
+
+:- module(readutil, [
+	read_line_to_codes/2,
+	read_line_to_codes/3,
+	read_stream_to_codes/2,
+	read_stream_to_codes/3,
+	read_file_to_codes/2,
+	read_file_to_codes/3,
+	read_file_to_terms/2,
+	read_file_to_terms/3
+		    ]).
+
+
+read_stream_to_codes(Stream, Codes) :-
+	read_stream_to_codes(Stream, Codes, []).
+
+read_file_to_codes(File, Codes) :-
+	open(File, read, Stream),
+	read_stream_to_codes(Stream, Codes, []),
+	close(Stream).
+
+read_file_to_codes(File, Codes, _) :-
+	open(File, read, Stream),
+	read_stream_to_codes(Stream, Codes, []),
+	close(Stream).
+
+read_file_to_codes(File, Codes) :-
+	open(File, read, Stream),
+	read_stream_to_terms(Stream, Codes, []),
+	close(Stream).
+
+read_file_to_terms(File, Codes, _) :-
+	open(File, read, Stream),
+	read_stream_to_terms(Stream, Codes, []),
+	close(Stream).
+
+read_file_to_terms(File, Codes) :-
+	open(File, read, Stream),
+	read_stream_to_terms(Stream, Codes, []),
+	close(Stream).
+
+
+
+
+
+