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suspend(+Goal, +Prio, +CondList)

Delay the Goal and wake it with priority Prio as soon as one of the specifications in CondList occurs.
+Goal
A callable term.
+Prio
An integer.
+CondList
A term of the form Vars->Cond or trigger(Atom) or a list of such terms.

Description

The specified goal Goal is suspended (a suspension is created) and it is woken with the priority Prio as soon as one trigger conditions specified in CondList arises.

The Prio argument determines the priority with which the Goal will be scheduled when woken. It can be a positive number between 1 and 12, or zero, in which case the priority defaults to the priority setting of the predicate which is called in Goal.

CondList is one term or a list of terms of the form Vars->Cond. The condition Cond is either the name of a predefined suspension list or the specification of a suspension list in one of the variable's attributes. The predefined suspension lists are inst (for instantiation), bound (bound to another variable) and constrained (any constraining attribute modification). The general specification has the form

    Vars->moduleName:(suspListName of attrStruct)
which can be abbreviated (if moduleName and attrStruct are identical) to

    Vars->moduleName:suspListName
The following are examples for valid conditions:

    Vars->inst
    Vars->constrained
    Vars->fd:min
    Vars->fd:(min of fd)
A specification of the form trigger(Atom) states that the goal should be woken by a symbolic trigger, ie. by a matching invocation of the built-in schedule_suspensions/1. The name of the trigger can be an arbitrary atom.

Fail Conditions

None.

Resatisfiable

No.

Exceptions

(6) out of range
CondList is ill-formed.

Examples

[eclipse 1]: suspend(writeln(hello), 2, X->inst).

X = X

Delayed goals:
        writeln(hello)
yes.
[eclipse 2]: suspend(writeln(hello), 2, X->inst),
        writeln(one),
        X=1,            % causes waking
        writeln(two).
one
hello
two

X = 1
yes.
[eclipse 3]: suspend(writeln(X), 2, [X,Y]->bound), X=Y.
X

X = X
Y = X
yes.
[eclipse 4]: suspend(writeln(world), 2, trigger(hello)),    
        schedule_suspensions(hello).
world

yes.




See Also

make_suspension / 3, insert_suspension / 3, suspend / 4, attach_suspensions / 2, schedule_suspensions / 1