FDBG Showing Selected Constraints (simple version) (SICStus Prolog)

Sometimes the programmer is not interested in every constraint, only some selected ones. Such a filter can be easily implemented with a user-defined visualizer. Suppose that you are interested in the constraints all_different/[1,2] and all_distinct/[1,2] only:

%% spec_filter(+Constraint, +Actions):  Call fdbg_show for all constraints
%%   for which interesting_event(Constraint) succeeds.
%%
%%   Use this filter by giving the constraint_hook(spec_filter) option to
%%   fdbg_on.
spec_filter(Constraint, Actions) :-
        interesting_event(Constraint),
        fdbg_show(Constraint, Actions).

interesting_event(all_different(_)).
interesting_event(all_different(_,_)).
interesting_event(all_distinct(_)).
interesting_event(all_distinct(_,_)).

Here is a session using the visualizer. Note that the initialization part (domain/3 events), are filtered out, leaving only the all_distinct/[1,2] constraints:

| ?- [library('clpfd/examples/suudoku')].
[…]
| ?- fdbg_on([constraint_hook(spec_filter)]).
% The clp(fd) debugger is switched on
% advice
| ?- suudoku([], 1, domain).
all_distinct([1,<fdvar_1>,<fdvar_2>,8,<fdvar_3>,
               4,<fdvar_4>,<fdvar_5>,<fdvar_6>],[consistency(domain)])
    fdvar_1 = 1..9 -> (2..3)\/(5..7)\/{9}
    fdvar_2 = 1..9 -> (2..3)\/(5..7)\/{9}
    fdvar_3 = 1..9 -> (2..3)\/(5..7)\/{9}
    fdvar_4 = 1..9 -> (2..3)\/(5..7)\/{9}
    fdvar_5 = 1..9 -> (2..3)\/(5..7)\/{9}
    fdvar_6 = 1..9 -> (2..3)\/(5..7)\/{9}

[…]

all_distinct([7,6,2,5,8,4,1,3,9],[consistency(domain)])
    Constraint exited.
1 5 6 8 9 4 3 2 7 
9 2 8 7 3 1 4 5 6 
4 7 3 2 6 5 9 1 8 
3 6 2 4 1 7 8 9 5 
7 8 9 3 5 2 6 4 1 
5 1 4 9 8 6 2 7 3 
8 3 1 5 4 9 7 6 2 
6 9 7 1 2 3 5 8 4 
2 4 5 6 7 8 1 3 9 
yes
% advice
| ?- fdbg_off.
% The clp(fd) debugger is switched off

10.15.4.4 Showing Selected Constraints (simple version)