[m-dev.] Aditi updates

Peter Schachte pets at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Mon Dec 7 10:18:56 AEDT 1998


On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 01:05:31PM +1100, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> Well, the interface could be much more high level.
> For example, it could be
> 
> 	Syntax:
> 		Inside a DCG:
> 		(a) delete <relation>(<attributes>)
> 		(b) delete <relation>(<attributes>) where <condition>
> 
> 		Outside of a DCG:
> 		(a) delete(<relation>(<attributes>), <state_var>, <state_var>)
> 		(b) delete((<relation>(<attributes>) where <condition>),

That'd be *much* nicer to use.  What about the syntax for invoking the
relation?


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