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% start by loading the example:

| ?- logtalk_load(proxies(loader)). ...

% print the area and the perimeter for all circle proxies:

| ?- forall(circle(Id, R, C), circle(Id, R, C)::print).

id: #1, area: 4.75291, perimeter: 7.72831, color: blue id: #2, area: 43.2412, perimeter: 23.3106, color: yellow id: #3, area: 0.477836, perimeter: 2.45044, color: green id: #4, area: 103.508, perimeter: 36.0655, color: black id: #5, area: 217.468, perimeter: 52.2761, color: cyan true.

% Logtalk provides a convenient notation for accessing proxies % represented as Prolog facts when sending a message:

| ?- {circle(_, _, _)}::print, fail; true.

id: #1, area: 4.75291, perimeter: 7.72831, color: blue id: #2, area: 43.2412, perimeter: 23.3106, color: yellow id: #3, area: 0.477836, perimeter: 2.45044, color: green id: #4, area: 103.508, perimeter: 36.0655, color: black id: #5, area: 217.468, perimeter: 52.2761, color: cyan true.

% print the area and the perimeter for the circle #2:

| ?- {circle('#2', R, C)}::print.

id: #2, area: 43.2412, perimeter: 23.3106, color: yellow R = 3.71, C = yellow.

% construct a list with the areas of all circles:

| ?- findall(Area, {circle(_, _, _)}::area(Area), Areas).

Areas = [4.75291, 43.2412, 0.477836, 103.508, 217.468].

% some example queries for backend Prolog compilers implementing the % time/1 timing predicate (e.g. SWI-Prolog or YAP; the adapter files % for these two systems ensure that a ::/2 goal in the argument of the % time/1 predicate is compiled prior to calling it so that we benchmark % the code instead of the compiler):

?- set_logtalk_flag(optimize, on). true.

?- logtalk_load(proxies(loader)). ... true.

?- time(true). % autoload the predicate in the case of SWI-Prolog % 2 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (67% CPU, 250000 Lips) true.

?- time(circle(one, 7, red)::id(Id)). % 1 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (56% CPU, 76923 Lips) Id = one.

?- time(circle(one, 7, red)::radius(Radius)). % 1 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (61% CPU, 83333 Lips) Radius = 7.

?- time(circle(one, 7, red)::color(Color)). % 1 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (56% CPU, 71429 Lips) Color = red.

?- Id0 = one, time(circle(Id0, 7, red)::id(Id)). % 1 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (56% CPU, 76923 Lips) Id0 = Id, Id = one.

?- Radius0 = 7, time(circle(one, Radius0, red)::radius(Radius)). % 1 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (61% CPU, 83333 Lips) Radius0 = Radius, Radius = 7.

?- Color0 = red, time(circle(one, 7, Color0)::color(Color)). % 1 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (56% CPU, 71429 Lips) Color0 = Color, Color = red.

?- time({circle('#2', Radius, Color)}::id(Id)). % 2 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (71% CPU, 90909 Lips) Radius = 3.71, Color = yellow, Id = '#2'.