.. _library_dif:

dif

The dif object provides a portable abstraction over how the dif/2 predicate is made available by the supported backend Prolog systems that implement it (B-Prolog, ECLiPSe, XVM, SICStus Prolog, SWI-Prolog, Trealla Prolog, XSB, and YAP).

Calls to the library predicates are inlined when compiled with the optimize flag turned on. In this case, there is no overhead compared with calling the abstracted predicate directly.

See also the coroutining library.

API documentation

Open the `../../docs/library_index.html#dif <../../docs/library_index.html#dif>`__ link in a web browser.

Loading

To load all entities in this library, load the loader.lgt file:

::

| ?- logtalk_load(dif(loader)).

Testing

To test this library predicates, load the tester.lgt file:

::

| ?- logtalk_load(dif(tester)).

Usage

Load this library from your application loader file. To call the dif/1-2 predicates using implicit message sending, add the following directive to any object or category calling the predicates:

::

:- uses(dif, [ dif/2, dif/1 ]).