Merge pull request #2534 from hurufu/document_non_counted_backtracking

Document non counted backtracking
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Mark Thom
2024-09-16 17:41:53 -06:00
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2 changed files with 11 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ run_cleaners_without_handling(Cp) :-
%% call_with_inference_limit(Goal, Limit, Result).
%
% Similar to `call(Goal)` but it limits the number of inferences for each solution of Goal.
% Calls to it may be nested, but only the last limit will be in power.
call_with_inference_limit(G, L, R) :-
( integer(L) ->
( L < 0 ->

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@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@
:- op(1199, fx, meta_predicate).
/* this is an implementation specific declarative operator used to implement call_with_inference_limit/3
and setup_call_cleanup/3. switches to the default trust_me and retry_me_else. Indexing choice
instructions are unchanged. */
% Implementation specific declarative operator used to implement
% call_with_inference_limit/3 and setup_call_cleanup/3. Compiler switches
% to the default trust_me, retry_me_else and some other instructions for all
% predicates that are marked with it. Indexing choice instructions are unchanged.
%
% Implementation details:
% Default instructions are not subject to inference counting, so their
% execution will not be considered if they happen to be called by
% call_with_inference_limit/3.
%
:- op(700, fx, non_counted_backtracking).
% arithmetic operators.