/* Part of SWI-Prolog Author: Jan Wielemaker E-mail: J.Wielemaker@vu.nl WWW: http://www.swi-prolog.org Copyright (c) 1985-2013, University of Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ :- module(gensym, [ reset_gensym/0, reset_gensym/1, % +Base gensym/2 % +Base, -Symbol ]). :- set_prolog_flag(generate_debug_info, false). /** Generate unique symbols Gensym (_Generate Symbols_) is an old library for generating unique symbols (atoms). Such symbols are generated from a base atom which gets a sequence number appended. Of course there is no guarantee that `catch22` is not an already defined atom and therefore one must be aware these atoms are only unique in an isolated context. The SWI-Prolog gensym library is thread-safe. The sequence numbers are global over all threads and therefore generated atoms are unique over all threads. */ %! gensym(+Base, -Unique) % % Generate 1, 2, etc atoms on each subsequent call. % Note that there is nothing that prevents other parts of the % application to `invent' the same identifier. The predicate % gensym/2 is thread-safe in the sense that two threads generating % identifiers from the same Base will never generate the same % identifier. % % @see uuid/1, term_hash/2, variant_sha1/2 may be used to % generate various unique or content-based identifiers % safely. gensym(Base, Atom) :- atom_concat('$gs_', Base, Key), flag(Key, Old, Old+1), record_gensym(Key, Old), New is Old+1, atom_concat(Base, New, Atom). record_gensym(Key, 0) :- !, recordz('$gensym', Key). record_gensym(_, _). %! reset_gensym % % Reset gensym for all registered keys. This predicate is available % for compatibility only. New code is strongly advised to avoid the % use of reset_gensym or at least to reset only the keys used by your % program to avoid unexpected side effects on other components. reset_gensym :- with_mutex('$gensym', do_reset_gensym). do_reset_gensym :- ( recorded('$gensym', Key, Ref), erase(Ref), set_flag(Key, 0), fail ; true ). %! reset_gensym(+Base) % % Restart generation of identifiers from Base at 1. Used to make % sure a program produces the same results on subsequent runs. Use % with care. reset_gensym(Base) :- atom_concat('$gs_', Base, Key), set_flag(Key, 0). :- multifile sandbox:safe_primitive/1. sandbox:safe_primitive(gensym:gensym(_,_)).