change the plurality of AssertItem(s), QueryItem(s) in bimetatrans.pl

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Mark Thom
2020-06-15 16:38:27 -06:00
parent 005220b6d4
commit 0f017339b7

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@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
* an equivalent Prolog/'$V' term and back to RuleML/xmL. It has the
* modes
*
* +AssertItem, +QueryItems, ?XML (Prolog->RuleML)
* ?AssertItem, ?QueryItems, +XML (RuleML->Prolog)
* +AssertItems, +QueryItems, ?XML (Prolog->RuleML)
* ?AssertItems, ?QueryItems, +XML (RuleML->Prolog)
*
* The modes constrain the inputs to fit one of two patterns, the
* first where AssertItem and QueryItem are instantiated and XML is
* first where AssertItems and QueryItems are instantiated and XML is
* possibly a variable, and conversely for the second. Instantiated
* inputs are expected to be ground, meaning they should not contain
* free variables.
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
* parse_ruleml/3 is meant to subsume an invertible function in the
* sense that the top-level query
*
* ?- parse_ruleml(AssertItem, QueryItems, XML0), % Prolog->RuleML
* parse_ruleml(AssertItem0, QueryItems0, XML), % RuleML->Prolog
* AssertItem0 == AssertItem, % Test for expected round-trip results.
* ?- parse_ruleml(AssertItems, QueryItems, XML0), % Prolog->RuleML
* parse_ruleml(AssertItems0, QueryItems0, XML), % RuleML->Prolog
* AssertItems0 == AssertItems, % Test for expected round-trip results.
* QueryItems0 == QueryItems,
* XML0 == XML.
*
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
* not 0-appended are instantiated and therefore ground.
*/
parse_ruleml(AssertItem, QueryItem, XML) :-
( ( var(AssertItem) ; var(QueryItem) ), var(XML) ->
parse_ruleml(AssertItems, QueryItems, XML) :-
( ( var(AssertItems) ; var(QueryItems) ), var(XML) ->
throw(error(instantiation_error, parse_ruleml/2))
; phrase(ruleml_top_level_items(AssertItem, QueryItem), XML),
; phrase(ruleml_top_level_items(AssertItems, QueryItems), XML),
!
).
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ parse_header -->
*
* The two arguments are (un)instantiated depending on the direction
* in which parse_ruleml/2 operates. In either direction, once
* ruleml_query_item(QueryItems) or ruleml_assert(AssertItem)
* succeeds, AssertItem and QueryItems are ground lists of terms,
* ruleml_query_item(QueryItems) or ruleml_assert(AssertItems)
* succeeds, AssertItems and QueryItems are ground lists of terms,
* corresponding to Assert/Query performative(s) of the RuleML/XML KB.
*/
ruleml_top_level_items(AssertItem, QueryItems) -->
( ruleml_assert(AssertItem),
ruleml_top_level_items(AssertItems, QueryItems) -->
( ruleml_assert(AssertItems),
ruleml_query_items(QueryItems)
; { AssertItem = [] },
; { AssertItems = [] },
ruleml_query_items(QueryItems)
).