A FFI for evaluable functions

From	Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.prolog
Subject	A FFI for evaluable functions
Date	2024-10-10 00:14 +0200
Message-ID	<ve6v8n$7df2$1@solani.org> (permalink)
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The implementation to allow native libraries to register
new evaluable functions is the same as how predicates
are consulted. Take these two files:

$ cat > foo.p

test :- hello.

$ cat > bar.p

hello :- write('hello'), nl.

If I consult foo.p before bar.p there is a forward reference.
But if I ultimately consult bar.p the forward reference is
resolved. How does a Prolog system do that?

$ target/release/scryer-prolog
?- ['foo.p'].
    true.

?- test.
    error(existence_error(procedure,hello/0),hello/0).

?- ['bar.p'].
    true.

?- test.
hello
    true.

Now enhance is/2, etc... so that it uses the same resultion
meachanism, but only for the evaluable function namespace,
and provide a FFI where one can register evaluable functions,

in the evaluable function namespace, eh voila you are done,
makeing your Prolog extensible. Allowing to register evaluable
functions like gdc/2, popcount/1, etc.. outside of the core.

Mild Shock schrieb:
> The new multilingual strings are also an exercise in
> Novacore. There were a few issues that needed novel
> Prolog solutions, to make a Novacore solution.
> 
> One problem was I didn't want to use library(format)
> and format/3 to format multilingual strings when
> generating error messages. This addresses more
> 
> the later multilingual strings processing than the
> multilingual strings store itself. So how resolve this
> paradox? Here is my take, a mini format/3 boostraped
> 
> from the Dogelog Player specific atom_split/3:
> 
> % sys_inter_polate(+Stream, +Atom, +List)
> sys_inter_polate(Stream, Template, Args) :-
>     atom_split(Template, '~', [Head|Tail]),
>     put_atom(Stream, Head),
>     sys_zipper_output(Args, Tail, Stream).
> 
> % sys_zipper_output(+List, +List, +Stream)
> sys_zipper_output([Arg|Args], [Head|Tail], Stream) :-
>     writeq(Stream, Arg),
>     put_atom(Stream, Head),
>     sys_zipper_output(Args, Tail, Stream).
> sys_zipper_output([], [], _).
> 
> It only understands format specifier '~', but is sufficient:
> 
> /* German Text */
> strings('syntax_error.singleton_var', de, 'Alleinstehende Variable(n) ~, anonyme Variable(n) (_) benutzen.').
> 
> /* English and Fallback Text */
> strings('syntax_error.singleton_var', '', 'Singleton variable(s) ~, use anonymous variable(s) (_).').
> 
> LoL
>

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    Differences among the "bomb" and "xbetween" (Was: Request for comments, Novacore the sequel to ISO modules) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-09-24 17:10 +0200
      The issue with free speech Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-09 15:29 +0200
        failure of formal verification [software.imdea.org] (Was: The issue with free speech) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 09:33 +0100
          Re: failure of formal verification [software.imdea.org] (Was: The issue with free speech) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 09:35 +0100
            Re: failure of formal verification [software.imdea.org] (Was: The issue with free speech) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 09:37 +0100
      variant_term/2 is faster than variant/1 (Was: Request for comments, Novacore the sequel to ISO modules) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-12 22:02 +0200
        Re: variant_term/2 is faster than variant/1 (Was: Request for comments, Novacore the sequel to ISO modules) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-12 23:16 +0200
        Re: variant_term/2 is faster than variant/1 (Was: Request for comments, Novacore the sequel to ISO modules) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-12 23:34 +0200
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    New milestone float formatting [LoL] (Was: Request for comments, Novacore the sequel to ISO modules) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-07-28 14:32 +0200
      Re: New milestone float formatting [LoL] (Was: Request for comments, Novacore the sequel to ISO modules) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-07-28 14:38 +0200
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          Re: Differences among the "bomb" and "xbetween" (Was: New milestone float formatting [LoL]) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-09-24 17:20 +0200
            New milestone time formatting (Was: Differences among the "bomb" and "xbetween") Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-09-26 13:22 +0200
      More Prolog Improvement Proposals (PIPs) [PIP401 - PIP404] Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-09 09:43 +0200
        Even More Prolog Improvement Proposals (PIPs) [PIP301 - PIP303] (Was: More Prolog Improvement Proposals (PIPs) [PIP401 - PIP404]) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-09 09:45 +0200
          Re: Even More Prolog Improvement Proposals (PIPs) [PIP301 - PIP303] (Was: More Prolog Improvement Proposals (PIPs) [PIP401 - PIP404]) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-09 10:00 +0200
            Re: Even More Prolog Improvement Proposals (PIPs) [PIP301 - PIP303] (Was: More Prolog Improvement Proposals (PIPs) [PIP401 - PIP404]) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-09 11:22 +0200
    A FFI for evaluable functions Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-10 00:14 +0200
      Name resolution is a blackbox (Re: A FFI for evaluable functions) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-10 00:16 +0200
        plonk in discourse (Was: The issue with free speech) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-10 00:48 +0200
          When do two Prolog terms marry? (Was: The issue with free speech) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-14 19:15 +0200
            Re: When do two Prolog terms marry? (Was: The issue with free speech) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-14 19:22 +0200
            native implementation of variant/2 can be fast (Was: When do two Prolog terms marry?) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-10-15 01:35 +0200
      KISS principle pays off (Was: A FFI for evaluable functions) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-03 00:52 +0100
    Waste of EU money / bread and butter of statistics (Was: failure of formal verification [software.imdea.org]) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 09:51 +0100
      Re: Waste of EU money / bread and butter of statistics (Was: failure of formal verification [software.imdea.org]) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 10:09 +0100
      Re: Waste of EU money / bread and butter of statistics (Was: failure of formal verification [software.imdea.org]) Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2024-11-06 10:43 +0100
        SICStus Prolog is overrated (Was: Waste of EU money / bread and butter of statistics) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 12:57 +0100
          Crashing under its own bloath, Scryer Prolog (Was: SICStus Prolog is overrated) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 13:03 +0100
            “Luce,” which is Italian for “light.” (Was: Crashing under its own bloath, Scryer Prolog) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 13:12 +0100
              More Poisened Meat balls? [NIVIDIA & OpenAI] (Way: “Luce,” which is Italian for “light.”) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2024-11-06 13:33 +0100
                Re: More Poisened Meat balls? [NIVIDIA & OpenAI] (Way: “Luce,” which is Italian for “light.”) Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2024-11-06 14:17 +0100
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