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| <h2><code><a class="back" title="Return to index" href="../index.html#to_object2">::/2</a></code></h2>
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| <h4>Description</h4>
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| Object::Predicate
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| (Object1, Object2, ...)::Predicate
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| (Object1; Object2; ...)::Predicate
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| Object::(Predicate1, Predicate2, ...)
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| Object::(Predicate1; Predicate2; ...)
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| Sends a message to an object. The message argument must match a public predicate of the receiver object. We can also send the same message to a set of objects or a set of messages to the same object. The "<code>,</code>" and "<code>;</code>" in the list have the usual Prolog meaning.
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| <h4>Template and modes</h4>
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| +receivers::+messages
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| <h4>Errors</h4>
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| 	<dt>Either Object or Predicate is a variable:</dt>
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| 		<dd><code>instantiation_error</code></dd>
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| 	<dt>Predicate is declared private:</dt>
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| 		<dd><code>permission_error(access, private_predicate, Predicate)</code></dd>
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| 	<dt>Predicate is declared protected:</dt>
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| 		<dd><code>permission_error(access, protected_predicate, Predicate)</code></dd>
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| 	<dt>Predicate is not declared:</dt>
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| 		<dd><code>existence_error(predicate_declaration, Predicate)</code></dd>
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| 	<dt>Object does not exist:</dt>
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| 		<dd><code>existence_error(object, Object)</code></dd>
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| <h4>Examples</h4>
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| | ?- list::member(X, [1, 2, 3]).
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| Last updated on: August 6, 2002
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