Hello, I am wondering about space need and implicit copying of terms in my code. What are the rules in swi-prolog that help me determine when terms are copied and when linked. For example, I have a dictionary (assoc) that holds as value a list, to add an item to the list i first lookup the (Key, L…

"copy constructors" -- when are terms copied and when linked

EricGT January 19, 2020, 8:16pm 15

Have you seen:

Take a look at this post by Jan W.

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