10.11 I/O on Lists of Character Codes—library(codesio)

This package defines I/O predicates that read from, or write to, a code list. There are also predicates to open a stream referring to a code list. The stream may be used with general Stream I/O predicates.

Exported predicates:

format_to_codes(+Format, :Arguments, -Codes)

format_to_codes(+Format, :Arguments, ?S0, ?S)

Prints Arguments into a code list using format/3. Codes is unified with the list, alternatively S0 and S are unified with the list and its end, respectively.

write_to_codes(+Term, -Codes)

write_to_codes(+Term, ?S0, ?S)

A specialized format_to_codes/[3,4]. Writes Term into a code list using write/2. Codes is unified with the list. Alternatively, S0 and S are unified with the list and its end, respectively.

write_term_to_codes(+Term, -Codes, +Options)

write_term_to_codes(+Term, ?S0, ?S, +Options)

A specialized format_to_codes/[3,4]. Writes Term into a code list using write_term/3 and Options. Codes is unified with the list. Alternatively, S0 and S are unified with the list and its end, respectively.

read_from_codes(+Codes, -Term)

Reads Term from Codes using read/2. The Codes must, as usual, be terminated by a full stop, i.e. a ‘.’, possibly followed by layout-text.

read_term_from_codes(+Codes, -Term, +Options)

Reads Term from Codes using read_term/3 and Options. The Codes must, as usual, be terminated by a full stop, i.e. a ‘.’, possibly followed by layout-text.

open_codes_stream(+Codes, -Stream)

Stream is opened as an input stream to an existing code list. The stream may be read with the Stream I/O predicates and must be closed using close/1. The list is copied to an internal buffer when the stream is opened and must therefore be a ground code list at that point.

with_output_to_codes(:Goal, -Codes)

with_output_to_codes(:Goal, ?S0, ?S)

with_output_to_codes(:Goal, -Stream, ?S0, ?S)

Goal is called with the current_output stream set to a new stream. This stream writes to an internal buffer, which is, after the successful execution of Goal, converted to a list of character codes. Codes is unified with the list, alternatively S0 and S are unified with the list and its end, respectively. with_output_to_codes/4 also passes the stream in the Stream argument. It can be used only by Goal for writing.