ADDED: library(os), reasoning about environment variables.

Together with library(files), this addresses #511.

src/lib/os.pl

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+/* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+   Predicates for reasoning about the operating system (OS) environment.
+   Written July 2020 by Markus Triska (triska@metalevel.at).
+
+   Lists of characters are used throughout to represent keys and values.
+
+   Example:
+
+       ?- getenv("LANG", Ls).
+          Ls = "en_US.UTF-8"
+       ;  false.
+
+   Public domain code.
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+
+:- module(os, [getenv/2,
+               setenv/2,
+               unsetenv/1]).
+
+:- use_module(library(error)).
+:- use_module(library(charsio)).
+:- use_module(library(lists)).
+
+getenv(Key, Value) :-
+        must_be_env_var(Key),
+        '$getenv'(Key, Value).
+
+setenv(Key, Value) :-
+        must_be_env_var(Key),
+        must_be_chars(Value),
+        '$setenv'(Key, Value).
+
+unsetenv(Key) :-
+        must_be_env_var(Key),
+        '$unsetenv'(Key).
+
+/* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+   For now, we only support a restricted subset of variable names.
+
+   The reason is that Rust may panic if a key is empty, contains an
+   ASCII equals sign '=' or the NUL character '\0', or when the value
+   contains the NUL character.
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+
+must_be_env_var(Cs) :-
+        must_be_chars(Cs),
+        Cs = [_|_],
+        (   maplist(permitted, Cs) -> true
+        ;   domain_error(env_var, Cs, os)
+        ).
+
+permitted(C) :- char_type(C, alnum).
+permitted(C) :- char_type(C, ascii_punctuation).
+permitted('_').
+
+must_be_chars(Cs) :-
+        must_be(list, Cs),
+        maplist(must_be(character), Cs).