.. index:: meta_compiler .. _meta_compiler/0:

.. rst-class:: right

object

meta_compiler

Compiler for the meta object meta-predicates. Generates auxiliary predicates in order to avoid meta-call overheads.

| Availability: | logtalk_load(meta_compiler(loader))

| Author: Paulo Moura | Version: 0:13:1 | Date: 2022-05-06

| Compilation flags: | static, context_switching_calls

| Implements: | public :ref:`expanding <expanding/0>` | Uses: | :ref:`gensym <gensym/0>` | :ref:`list <list/0>` | :ref:`logtalk <logtalk/0>`

| Remarks:

• Usage: Compile source files with calls to the meta object meta-predicates using the compiler option hook(meta_compiler).

| Inherited public predicates: |  :ref:`expanding/0::goal_expansion/2`  :ref:`expanding/0::term_expansion/2`  

.. contents:: :local: :backlinks: top

Public predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Protected predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Private predicates

.. index:: generated_predicate_/1 .. _meta_compiler/0::generated_predicate_/1:

generated_predicate_/1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Table of generated auxiliary predicates.

| Compilation flags: | dynamic

| Template: | generated_predicate_(Predicate) | Mode and number of proofs: | generated_predicate_(?predicate_indicator) - zero_or_more

---

Operators

(none)

.. seealso::

:ref:`meta <meta/0>`