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6.2.8 Foreign Code Examples

Given: a Prolog file ex.pl and a C file ex.c shown below.

ex.pl
foreign_resource(ex, [c1, c2, c11, c21, c3, c4, c5, c6]).

foreign(c1,  c, c1(+integer, [-integer])).
foreign(c2,  c, c2(-integer)).
foreign(c11, c, c11(+atom, [-atom])).
foreign(c21, c, c21(+atom, -atom)).
foreign(c3,  c, c3(+float, [-float])).
foreign(c4,  c, c4(-float)).
foreign(c5,  c, c5(+string,[-string])).
foreign(c6,  c, c6(-string)).

:- load_foreign_resource(ex).
ex.c
#include <sicstus/sicstus.h>
/* ex_glue.h is generated by splfr from the foreign/[2,3] facts. 
   Always include the glue header in your foreign resource code.
*/
#include "ex_glue.h"

/* c1(+integer, [-integer]) */
SP_integer c1(SP_integer a)
{
   return(a+9);
}

/* c2(-integer) */
void c2(SP_integer *a)
{
   *a = 99;
}

/* c11(+atom, [-atom]) */
SP_atom c11(SP_atom a)
{
   return(a);
}

/* c21(+atom, -atom) */
void c21(SP_atom a, SP_atom *b)
{
   *b = a;
}

/* c3(+float, [-float]) */
double c3(double a)
{
   return(a+9.0);
}
/* c4(-float) */
void c4(double *a)
{
   *a = 9.9;
}
/* c5(string, [-string]) */
char const * c5(char const * a)
{
   return(a);
}
/* c6(-string) */
void c6(char const * *a)
{
   *a = "99";
}

Dialog at the command level:

% splfr ex.pl ex.c
% sicstus -l ex
% compiling /home/matsc/sicstus4/ex.pl...
%  loading foreign resource /home/matsc/sicstus4/ex.so in module user
% compiled /home/matsc/sicstus4/ex.pl in module user, 0 msec 3184 bytes
SICStus 4.8.0 …
Licensed to SICS
| ?- c1(1,X1), c2(X2), c11(foo,X11), c21(foo,X21),
     c3(1.5,X3), c4(X4), c5(foo,X5), c6(X6).
X1 = 10,
X2 = 99,
X3 = 10.5,
X4 = 9.9,
X5 = foo,
X6 = '99',
X11 = foo,
X21 = foo ? RET
yes

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