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spmkds
and spmkrs
tools for creating stand-alone
executables have been replaced by a common spld
tool, which
takes several new options. Runtime systems do not always need a main
program in C. Under Windows, the resulting executable can optionally be
windowed. The splfr
tool takes several new options.
The development and runtime kernels have been merged into a single one.
save_files/2
, save_modules/2
, and save_predicates/2
respectively. These predicates create files in a binary format, by
default with the prefix .po
(for Prolog object file), which can
be loaded by load_files/[1,2]
. The load_type(Type)
option
of load_files/2
has been extended. Partial saved-states render
.ql
files obsolescent.
trimcore/0
reclaims any dead clauses
and predicates, defragmentizes Prolog's memory, and attempts to return
unused memory to the operating system. It is called automatically at
every top level query.
host_type
is an atom identifying the platform, such as 'x86-linux-glibc2.1'
.
source_info
Prolog flag, introduced in
release 3.7, has been extended beyond the Emacs interface. Line number
information is now included in error exceptions whenever possible. This
information is displayed in debugging and error messages (outside Emacs)
or causes Emacs to highlight the culprit line of code. Valid values are
off
, on
, and emacs
.
spy/[1,2]
, nospy/1
, listing/1
, abolish/1
,
profile_data/4
, profile_reset/1
,
save_predicates/2
, and gauge:view/1
.
SP_chdir()
and SP_getcwd()
provide access to the current working directory.
SP_load()
has been generalized to
correspond to load_files/1
.
SP_deinitialize()
is now documented.
sprt<xx>.dll
. SP_PATH
is only used as a last
resort. See Windows Notes.
README
and INSTALL
in the source code
distribution for documentation.
library(bdb)
provides an interface to the Berkeley DB
toolset for persistent storage, and replaces library(db)
. The
programming interface of the new module is similar to that of the old
one, with some new concepts added such as iterators. The sources
of the old library module are available from:
ftp://ftp.sics.se/archive/sicstus3/libdb.tgz
library(db)
is obsolete and will be removed in the next major
release.
spld
and exist in three flavors: generic character based (sprt
),
generic character based interactive (sprti
), and generic
windowed (sprtw
). See Generic Runtime Systems under Windows.
library(tcltk)
has been rewritten and greatly
expanded.
library(clpq)
and library(clpr)
: new predicates inf/4
and sup/4
.
library(gcla)
has been removed.
initialization/[0,1]
have been replaced by ISO compliant
initializations.