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scryer-prolog/src/lib/pio.pl
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/** Pure I/O.
Our goal is to encourage the use of definite clause grammars (DCGs)
for describing strings. The predicates `phrase_from_file/[2,3]`,
`phrase_to_file/[2,3]` and `phrase_to_stream/2` let us apply DCGs
transparently to files and streams, and therefore decouple side-effects
from declarative descriptions.
*/
:- module(pio, [phrase_from_file/2,
phrase_from_file/3,
phrase_to_file/2,
phrase_to_file/3,
phrase_to_stream/2
]).
:- use_module(library(dcgs)).
:- use_module(library(error)).
:- use_module(library(freeze)).
:- use_module(library(iso_ext), [setup_call_cleanup/3, partial_string/3]).
:- use_module(library(lists), [member/2, maplist/2]).
:- use_module(library(charsio), [get_n_chars/3]).
:- meta_predicate(phrase_from_file(2, ?)).
:- meta_predicate(phrase_from_file(2, ?, ?)).
:- meta_predicate(phrase_to_file(2, ?)).
:- meta_predicate(phrase_to_file(2, ?, ?)).
:- meta_predicate(phrase_to_stream(2, ?)).
%% phrase_from_file(+GRBody, +File)
%
% True if grammar rule body GRBody covers the contents of File,
% represented as a list of characters.
phrase_from_file(NT, File) :-
phrase_from_file(NT, File, []).
%% phrase_from_file(+GRBody, +File, +Options)
%
% Like `phrase_from_file/2`, using Options to open the file.
phrase_from_file(NT, File, Options) :-
( var(File) -> instantiation_error(phrase_from_file/3)
; must_be(list, Options),
( member(Var, Options), var(Var) -> instantiation_error(phrase_from_file/3)
; member(type(Type), Options) ->
must_be(atom, Type),
member(Type, [text,binary])
; Type = text
),
setup_call_cleanup(open(File, read, Stream, [reposition(true)|Options]),
( stream_to_lazy_list(Stream, Xs),
phrase(NT, Xs) ),
close(Stream))
).
stream_to_lazy_list(Stream, Xs) :-
stream_property(Stream, position(Pos)),
freeze(Xs, reader_step(Stream, Pos, Xs)).
reader_step(Stream, Pos, Xs0) :-
set_stream_position(Stream, Pos),
( at_end_of_stream(Stream)
-> Xs0 = []
; get_n_chars(Stream, 4096, Cs),
partial_string(Cs, Xs0, Xs),
stream_to_lazy_list(Stream, Xs)
).
%% phrase_to_stream(+GRBody, +Stream)
%
% Emit the list of characters described by the grammar rule body
% GRBody to Stream.
%
% An ideal implementation of `phrase_to_stream/2` writes each
% character as soon as it becomes known and no choice-points remain,
% and thus avoids the manifestation of the entire string in memory.
% See [#691](https://github.com/mthom/scryer-prolog/issues/691) for
% more information.
%
% The current preliminary implementation is provided so that Prolog
% programmers can already get used to describing output with DCGs,
% and then writing it to a file when necessary. This simple
% implementation suffices as long as the entire contents can be
% represented in memory, and thus covers a large number of use cases.
phrase_to_stream(GRBody, Stream) :-
phrase(GRBody, Cs),
must_be(chars, Cs),
( stream_property(Stream, type(binary)) ->
( '$first_non_octet'(Cs, N) ->
domain_error(octet_character, N, phrase_to_stream/2)
; true
)
; true
),
% we use a specialised internal predicate that uses only a
% single "write" operation for efficiency. It is equivalent to
% maplist(put_char(Stream), Cs). It also works for binary streams.
'$put_chars'(Stream, Cs).
%% phrase_to_file(+GRBody, +File)
%
% Write the string described by GRBody to File.
phrase_to_file(GRBody, File) :-
phrase_to_file(GRBody, File, []).
%% phrase_to_file(+GRBody, +File, +Options)
%
% Like `phrase_to_file/2`, using Options to open the file.
phrase_to_file(GRBody, File, Options) :-
setup_call_cleanup(open(File, write, Stream, Options),
phrase_to_stream(GRBody, Stream),
close(Stream)).