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   35
   36:- module(prolog_stack,
   37          [ get_prolog_backtrace/2,     % +MaxDepth, -Stack
   38            get_prolog_backtrace/3,     % +MaxDepth, -Stack, +Options
   39            prolog_stack_frame_property/2, % +Frame, ?Property
   40            print_prolog_backtrace/2,   % +Stream, +Stack
   41            print_prolog_backtrace/3,   % +Stream, +Stack, +Options
   42            backtrace/1                 % +MaxDepth
   43          ]).   44:- autoload(library(debug),[debug/3]).   45:- autoload(library(error),[must_be/2]).   46:- autoload(library(lists),[nth1/3,append/3]).   47:- autoload(library(option),[option/2,option/3,merge_options/3]).   48:- autoload(library(prolog_clause),
   49	    [clause_name/2,predicate_name/2,clause_info/4]).   50
   51
   52:- dynamic stack_guard/1.   53:- multifile stack_guard/1.   54
   55:- predicate_options(print_prolog_backtrace/3, 3,
   56                     [ subgoal_positions(boolean)
   57                     ]).

Examine the Prolog stack

This module defines high-level primitives for examining the Prolog stack, primarily intended to support debugging. It provides the following functionality:

This library may be enabled by default to improve interactive debugging, for example by adding the lines below to your <config>/init.pl to decorate uncaught exceptions:

:- use_module(library(prolog_stack)).
bug
- Use of this library may negatively impact performance of applications that process (error-)exceptions frequently as part of their normal processing. */
   89:- create_prolog_flag(backtrace,            true, [type(boolean), keep(true)]).   90:- create_prolog_flag(backtrace_depth,      20,   [type(integer), keep(true)]).   91:- create_prolog_flag(backtrace_goal_depth, 3,    [type(integer), keep(true)]).   92:- create_prolog_flag(backtrace_show_lines, true, [type(boolean), keep(true)]).
 get_prolog_backtrace(+MaxDepth, -Backtrace) is det
 get_prolog_backtrace(+MaxDepth, -Backtrace, +Options) is det
Obtain a backtrace from the current location. The backtrace is a list of frames. Each frame is an opaque term that can be inspected using the predicate prolog_stack_frame_property/2 can be used to extract information from these frames. Most use scenarios will pass the stack to print_prolog_backtrace/2. The following options are provided:
frame(+Frame)
Start at Frame instead of the current frame.
goal_depth(+Depth)
If Depth > 0, include a shallow copy of the goal arguments into the stack. Default is set by the Prolog flag backtrace_goal_depth, set to 2 initially, showing the goal and toplevel of any argument.
guard(+Guard)
Do not show stack frames above Guard. See stack_guard/1.
clause_references(+Bool)
Report locations as Clause+PC or as a location term that does not use clause references, allowing the exception to be printed safely in a different context.
Arguments:
Frame- is the frame to start from. See prolog_current_frame/1.
MaxDepth- defines the maximum number of frames returned.
Compatibility
- get_prolog_backtrace/3 used to have the parameters +Frame, +MaxDepth, -Backtrace. A call that matches this signature is mapped to get_prolog_backtrace(MaxDepth, Backtrace, [frame(Frame)]).
  125get_prolog_backtrace(MaxDepth, Stack) :-
  126    get_prolog_backtrace(MaxDepth, Stack, []).
  127
  128get_prolog_backtrace(Fr, MaxDepth, Stack) :-
  129    integer(Fr), integer(MaxDepth), var(Stack),
  130    !,
  131    get_prolog_backtrace_lc(MaxDepth, Stack, [frame(Fr)]),
  132    nlc.
  133get_prolog_backtrace(MaxDepth, Stack, Options) :-
  134    get_prolog_backtrace_lc(MaxDepth, Stack, Options),
  135    nlc.            % avoid last-call-optimization, such that
  136                        % the top of the stack is always a nice Prolog
  137                        % frame
  138
  139nlc.
  140
  141get_prolog_backtrace_lc(MaxDepth, Stack, Options) :-
  142    (   option(frame(Fr), Options)
  143    ->  PC = call
  144    ;   prolog_current_frame(Fr0),
  145        prolog_frame_attribute(Fr0, pc, PC),
  146        prolog_frame_attribute(Fr0, parent, Fr)
  147    ),
  148    (   option(goal_term_depth(GoalDepth), Options)
  149    ->  true
  150    ;   current_prolog_flag(backtrace_goal_depth, GoalDepth)
  151    ),
  152    option(guard(Guard), Options, none),
  153    (   def_no_clause_refs(Guard)
  154    ->  DefClauseRefs = false
  155    ;   DefClauseRefs = true
  156    ),
  157    option(clause_references(ClauseRefs), Options, DefClauseRefs),
  158    must_be(nonneg, GoalDepth),
  159    backtrace(MaxDepth, Fr, PC, GoalDepth, Guard, ClauseRefs, Stack, Options).
  160
  161def_no_clause_refs(system:catch_with_backtrace/3).
  162
  163backtrace(0, _, _, _, _, _, [], _) :- !.
  164backtrace(MaxDepth, Fr, PC, GoalDepth, Guard, ClauseRefs,
  165          [frame(Level, Where, Goal)|Stack], Options) :-
  166    prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, level, Level),
  167    (   PC == foreign
  168    ->  prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, predicate_indicator, Pred),
  169        Where = foreign(Pred)
  170    ;   PC == call
  171    ->  prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, predicate_indicator, Pred),
  172        Where = call(Pred)
  173    ;   prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, clause, Clause)
  174    ->  clause_where(ClauseRefs, Clause, PC, Where, Options)
  175    ;   Where = meta_call
  176    ),
  177    (   Where == meta_call
  178    ->  Goal = 0
  179    ;   copy_goal(GoalDepth, Fr, Goal)
  180    ),
  181    (   prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, pc, PC2)
  182    ->  true
  183    ;   PC2 = foreign
  184    ),
  185    (   prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, parent, Parent),
  186        prolog_frame_attribute(Parent, predicate_indicator, PI),
  187        PI == Guard                             % last frame
  188    ->  backtrace(1, Parent, PC2, GoalDepth, Guard, ClauseRefs, Stack, Options)
  189    ;   prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, parent, Parent),
  190        more_stack(Parent)
  191    ->  D2 is MaxDepth - 1,
  192        backtrace(D2, Parent, PC2, GoalDepth, Guard, ClauseRefs, Stack, Options)
  193    ;   Stack = []
  194    ).
  195
  196more_stack(Parent) :-
  197    prolog_frame_attribute(Parent, predicate_indicator, PI),
  198    \+ (   PI = ('$toplevel':G),
  199           G \== (toplevel_call/1)
  200       ),
  201    !.
  202more_stack(_) :-
  203    current_prolog_flag(break_level, Break),
  204    Break >= 1.
 clause_where(+UseClauseRef, +Clause, +PC, -Where, +Options) is det
Get a description of the frame source location from Clause and the PC inside clause. If UseClauseRef is true, this is the a term clause(Clause,PC), providing all abvailable information to the caller at low time overhead. If however the exception need to be printed in an environment where the clause references may differ, for example because the program is not loaded, it is printed in a different thread and contains references to dynamic predicates, etc, it is better to use the information inside the clause here.
  217clause_where(true, Clause, PC, clause(Clause, PC), _).
  218clause_where(false, Clause, PC, pred_line(PredName, File:Line), Options) :-
  219    option(subgoal_positions(true), Options, true),
  220    subgoal_position(Clause, PC, File, CharA, _CharZ),
  221    File \= @(_),                 % XPCE Object reference
  222    lineno(File, CharA, Line),
  223    clause_predicate_name(Clause, PredName),
  224    !.
  225clause_where(false, Clause, _PC, pred_line(PredName, File:Line), _Options) :-
  226    clause_property(Clause, file(File)),
  227    clause_property(Clause, line_count(Line)),
  228    clause_predicate_name(Clause, PredName),
  229    !.
  230clause_where(false, Clause, _PC, clause_name(ClauseName), _Options) :-
  231    clause_name(Clause, ClauseName).
 copy_goal(+TermDepth, +Frame, -Goal) is det
Create a shallow copy of the frame's goal to help debugging. In addition to shallow copying, high-arity terms are represented as below. Currently the 16 first arguments are hardcoded.
name(A1, ..., A16, <skipped Skipped of Arity>, An)
  243copy_goal(0, _, 0) :- !.                        % 0 is not a valid goal
  244copy_goal(D, Fr, Goal) :-
  245    prolog_frame_attribute(Fr, goal, Goal0),
  246    (   Goal0 = Module:Goal1
  247    ->  copy_term_limit(D, Goal1, Goal2),
  248        (   hidden_module(Module)
  249        ->  Goal = Goal2
  250        ;   Goal = Module:Goal2
  251        )
  252    ;   copy_term_limit(D, Goal0, Goal)
  253    ).
  254
  255hidden_module(system).
  256hidden_module(user).
  257
  258copy_term_limit(0, In, '...') :-
  259    compound(In),
  260    !.
  261copy_term_limit(N, In, Out) :-
  262    is_dict(In),
  263    !,
  264    dict_pairs(In, Tag, PairsIn),
  265    N2 is N - 1,
  266    MaxArity = 16,
  267    copy_pairs(PairsIn, N2, MaxArity, PairsOut),
  268    dict_pairs(Out, Tag, PairsOut).
  269copy_term_limit(N, In, Out) :-
  270    compound(In),
  271    !,
  272    compound_name_arity(In, Functor, Arity),
  273    N2 is N - 1,
  274    MaxArity = 16,
  275    (   Arity =< MaxArity
  276    ->  compound_name_arity(Out, Functor, Arity),
  277        copy_term_args(0, Arity, N2, In, Out)
  278    ;   OutArity is MaxArity+2,
  279        compound_name_arity(Out, Functor, OutArity),
  280        copy_term_args(0, MaxArity, N2, In, Out),
  281        SkipArg is MaxArity+1,
  282        Skipped is Arity - MaxArity - 1,
  283        format(atom(Msg), '<skipped ~D of ~D>', [Skipped, Arity]),
  284        arg(SkipArg, Out, Msg),
  285        arg(Arity, In, InA),
  286        arg(OutArity, Out, OutA),
  287        copy_term_limit(N2, InA, OutA)
  288    ).
  289copy_term_limit(_, In, Out) :-
  290    copy_term_nat(In, Out).
  291
  292copy_term_args(I, Arity, Depth, In, Out) :-
  293    I < Arity,
  294    !,
  295    I2 is I + 1,
  296    arg(I2, In, InA),
  297    arg(I2, Out, OutA),
  298    copy_term_limit(Depth, InA, OutA),
  299    copy_term_args(I2, Arity, Depth, In, Out).
  300copy_term_args(_, _, _, _, _).
  301
  302copy_pairs([], _, _, []) :- !.
  303copy_pairs(Pairs, _, 0, ['<skipped>'-Skipped]) :-
  304    !,
  305    length(Pairs, Skipped).
  306copy_pairs([K-V0|T0], N, MaxArity, [K-V|T]) :-
  307    copy_term_limit(N, V0, V),
  308    MaxArity1 is MaxArity - 1,
  309    copy_pairs(T0, N, MaxArity1, T).
 prolog_stack_frame_property(+Frame, ?Property) is nondet
True when Property is a property of Frame. Frame is an element of a stack-trace as produced by get_prolog_backtrace/2. Defined properties are:
  322prolog_stack_frame_property(frame(Level,_,_), level(Level)).
  323prolog_stack_frame_property(frame(_,Where,_), predicate(PI)) :-
  324    frame_predicate(Where, PI).
  325prolog_stack_frame_property(frame(_,clause(Clause,PC),_), location(File:Line)) :-
  326    subgoal_position(Clause, PC, File, CharA, _CharZ),
  327    File \= @(_),                   % XPCE Object reference
  328    lineno(File, CharA, Line).
  329prolog_stack_frame_property(frame(_,_,_,Goal), goal(Goal)) :-
  330    Goal \== 0.
  331
  332
  333frame_predicate(foreign(PI), PI).
  334frame_predicate(call(PI), PI).
  335frame_predicate(clause(Clause, _PC), PI) :-
  336    clause_property(Clause, PI).
  337
  338default_backtrace_options(Options) :-
  339    (   current_prolog_flag(backtrace_show_lines, true)
  340    ->  Options = []
  341    ;   Options = [subgoal_positions(false)]
  342    ).
 print_prolog_backtrace(+Stream, +Backtrace) is det
 print_prolog_backtrace(+Stream, +Backtrace, +Options) is det
Print a stacktrace in human readable form to Stream. Options is an option list that accepts:
subgoal_positions(+Boolean)
If true, print subgoal line numbers. The default depends on the Prolog flag backtrace_show_lines.
Arguments:
Backtrace- is a list of frame(Depth,Location,Goal) terms.
  356print_prolog_backtrace(Stream, Backtrace) :-
  357    print_prolog_backtrace(Stream, Backtrace, []).
  358
  359print_prolog_backtrace(Stream, Backtrace, Options) :-
  360    default_backtrace_options(DefOptions),
  361    merge_options(Options, DefOptions, FinalOptions),
  362    phrase(message(Backtrace, FinalOptions), Lines),
  363    print_message_lines(Stream, '', Lines).
  364
  365:- public                               % Called from some handlers
  366    message//1.  367
  368message(Backtrace) -->
  369    {default_backtrace_options(Options)},
  370    message(Backtrace, Options).
  371
  372message(Backtrace, Options) -->
  373    message_frames(Backtrace, Options),
  374    warn_nodebug(Backtrace).
  375
  376message_frames([], _) -->
  377    [].
  378message_frames([H|T], Options) -->
  379    message_frames(H, Options),
  380    (   {T == []}
  381    ->  []
  382    ;   [nl],
  383        message_frames(T, Options)
  384    ).
  385
  386message_frames(frame(Level, Where, 0), Options) -->
  387    !,
  388    level(Level),
  389    where_no_goal(Where, Options).
  390message_frames(frame(Level, _Where, '$toplevel':toplevel_call(_)), _) -->
  391    !,
  392    level(Level),
  393    [ '<user>'-[] ].
  394message_frames(frame(Level, Where, Goal), Options) -->
  395    level(Level),
  396    [ '~p'-[Goal] ],
  397    where_goal(Where, Options).
  398
  399where_no_goal(foreign(PI), _) -->
  400    [ '~w <foreign>'-[PI] ].
  401where_no_goal(call(PI), _) -->
  402    [ '~w'-[PI] ].
  403where_no_goal(pred_line(PredName, File:Line), _) -->
  404    !,
  405    [ '~w at ~w:~d'-[PredName, File, Line] ].
  406where_no_goal(clause_name(ClauseName), _) -->
  407    !,
  408    [ '~w <no source>'-[ClauseName] ].
  409where_no_goal(clause(Clause, PC), Options) -->
  410    { nonvar(Clause),
  411      !,
  412      clause_where(false, Clause, PC, Where, Options)
  413    },
  414    where_no_goal(Where, Options).
  415where_no_goal(meta_call, _) -->
  416    [ '<meta call>' ].
  417
  418where_goal(foreign(_), _) -->
  419    [ ' <foreign>'-[] ],
  420    !.
  421where_goal(pred_line(_PredName, File:Line), _) -->
  422    !,
  423    [ ' at ~w:~d'-[File, Line] ].
  424where_goal(clause_name(ClauseName), _) -->
  425    !,
  426    [ '~w <no source>'-[ClauseName] ].
  427where_goal(clause(Clause, PC), Options) -->
  428    { nonvar(Clause),
  429      !,
  430      clause_where(false, Clause, PC, Where, Options)
  431    },
  432    where_goal(Where, Options).
  433where_goal(clause(Clause, _PC), _) -->
  434    { clause_property(Clause, file(File)),
  435      clause_property(Clause, line_count(Line))
  436    },
  437    !,
  438    [ ' at ~w:~d'-[ File, Line] ].
  439where_goal(clause(Clause, _PC), _) -->
  440    { clause_name(Clause, ClauseName)
  441    },
  442    !,
  443    [ ' ~w <no source>'-[ClauseName] ].
  444where_goal(_, _) -->
  445    [].
  446
  447level(Level) -->
  448    [ '~|~t[~D]~6+ '-[Level] ].
  449
  450warn_nodebug(Backtrace) -->
  451    { contiguous(Backtrace) },
  452    !.
  453warn_nodebug(_Backtrace) -->
  454    [ nl,nl,
  455      'Note: some frames are missing due to last-call optimization.'-[], nl,
  456      'Re-run your program in debug mode (:- debug.) to get more detail.'-[]
  457    ].
  458
  459contiguous([frame(D0,_,_)|Frames]) :-
  460    contiguous(Frames, D0).
  461
  462contiguous([], _).
  463contiguous([frame(D1,_,_)|Frames], D0) :-
  464    D1 =:= D0-1,
  465    contiguous(Frames, D1).
 clause_predicate_name(+ClauseRef, -Predname) is det
Produce a name (typically Functor/Arity) for a predicate to which Clause belongs.
  473clause_predicate_name(Clause, PredName) :-
  474    user:prolog_clause_name(Clause, PredName),
  475    !.
  476clause_predicate_name(Clause, PredName) :-
  477    nth_clause(Head, _N, Clause),
  478    !,
  479    predicate_name(user:Head, PredName).
 backtrace(+MaxDepth)
Get and print a stacktrace to the user_error stream.
  486backtrace(MaxDepth) :-
  487    get_prolog_backtrace_lc(MaxDepth, Stack, []),
  488    print_prolog_backtrace(user_error, Stack).
  489
  490
  491subgoal_position(ClauseRef, PC, File, CharA, CharZ) :-
  492    debug(backtrace, 'Term-position in ~p at PC=~w:', [ClauseRef, PC]),
  493    clause_info(ClauseRef, File, TPos, _),
  494    '$clause_term_position'(ClauseRef, PC, List),
  495    debug(backtrace, '\t~p~n', [List]),
  496    find_subgoal(List, TPos, PosTerm),
  497    arg(1, PosTerm, CharA),
  498    arg(2, PosTerm, CharZ).
  499
  500find_subgoal([A|T], term_position(_, _, _, _, PosL), SPos) :-
  501    is_list(PosL),
  502    nth1(A, PosL, Pos),
  503    nonvar(Pos),
  504    !,
  505    find_subgoal(T, Pos, SPos).
  506find_subgoal([], Pos, Pos).
 lineno(+File, +Char, -Line)
Translate a character location to a line-number. Note that this calls try_open_source/2, but this is always loaded as we would not have clause info without.
  515lineno(File, Char, Line) :-
  516    setup_call_cleanup(
  517        ( prolog_clause:try_open_source(File, Fd),
  518          set_stream(Fd, newline(detect))
  519        ),
  520        lineno_(Fd, Char, Line),
  521        close(Fd)).
  522
  523lineno_(Fd, Char, L) :-
  524    stream_property(Fd, position(Pos)),
  525    stream_position_data(char_count, Pos, C),
  526    C > Char,
  527    !,
  528    stream_position_data(line_count, Pos, L0),
  529    L is L0-1.
  530lineno_(Fd, Char, L) :-
  531    skip(Fd, 0'\n),
  532    lineno_(Fd, Char, L).
  533
  534
  535                 /*******************************
  536                 *        DECORATE ERRORS       *
  537                 *******************************/
 prolog_stack:stack_guard(+PI) is semidet
Dynamic multifile hook that is normally not defined. The hook is called with PI equal to none if the exception is not caught and with a fully qualified (e.g., Module:Name/Arity) predicate indicator of the predicate that called catch/3 if the exception is caught.

The exception is of the form error(Formal, ImplDef) and this hook succeeds, ImplDef is unified to a term context(prolog_stack(StackData), Message). This context information is used by the message printing system to print a human readable representation of the stack when the exception was raised.

For example, using a clause stack_guard(none) prints contexts for uncaught exceptions only. Using a clause stack_guard(_) prints a full stack-trace for any error exception if the exception is given to print_message/2. See also library(http/http_error), which limits printing of exceptions to exceptions in user-code called from the HTTP server library.

Details of the exception decoration is controlled by two Prolog flags:

backtrace_depth
Integer that controls the maximum number of frames collected. Default is 20. If a guard is specified, callers of the guard are removed from the stack-trace.
backtrace_show_lines
Boolean that indicates whether the library tries to find line numbers for the calls. Default is true.
  573:- multifile
  574    user:prolog_exception_hook/4.  575:- dynamic
  576    user:prolog_exception_hook/4.  577
  578user:prolog_exception_hook(error(E, context(Ctx0,Msg)),
  579                           error(E, context(prolog_stack(Stack),Msg)),
  580                           Fr, GuardSpec) :-
  581    current_prolog_flag(backtrace, true),
  582    \+ is_stack(Ctx0, _Frames),
  583    (   atom(GuardSpec)
  584    ->  debug(backtrace, 'Got uncaught (guard = ~q) exception ~p (Ctx0=~p)',
  585              [GuardSpec, E, Ctx0]),
  586        stack_guard(GuardSpec),
  587        Guard = GuardSpec
  588    ;   prolog_frame_attribute(GuardSpec, predicate_indicator, Guard),
  589        debug(backtrace, 'Got exception ~p (Ctx0=~p, Catcher=~p)',
  590              [E, Ctx0, Guard]),
  591        stack_guard(Guard)
  592    ),
  593    (   current_prolog_flag(backtrace_depth, Depth)
  594    ->  Depth > 0
  595    ;   Depth = 20                  % Thread created before lib was loaded
  596    ),
  597    get_prolog_backtrace(Depth, Stack0,
  598                         [ frame(Fr),
  599                           guard(Guard)
  600                         ]),
  601    debug(backtrace, 'Stack = ~p', [Stack0]),
  602    clean_stack(Stack0, Stack1),
  603    join_stacks(Ctx0, Stack1, Stack).
  604
  605clean_stack(List, List) :-
  606    stack_guard(X), var(X),
  607    !.      % Do not stop if we catch all
  608clean_stack(List, Clean) :-
  609    clean_stack2(List, Clean).
  610
  611clean_stack2([], []).
  612clean_stack2([H|_], [H]) :-
  613    guard_frame(H),
  614    !.
  615clean_stack2([H|T0], [H|T]) :-
  616    clean_stack2(T0, T).
  617
  618guard_frame(frame(_,clause(ClauseRef, _, _))) :-
  619    nth_clause(M:Head, _, ClauseRef),
  620    functor(Head, Name, Arity),
  621    stack_guard(M:Name/Arity).
  622
  623join_stacks(Ctx0, Stack1, Stack) :-
  624    nonvar(Ctx0),
  625    Ctx0 = prolog_stack(Stack0),
  626    is_list(Stack0), !,
  627    append(Stack0, Stack1, Stack).
  628join_stacks(_, Stack, Stack).
 stack_guard(+Reason) is semidet
Dynamic multifile predicate. It is called with none, 'C' or the predicate indicator of the guard, the predicate calling catch/3. The exception must be of compatible with the shape error(Formal, context(Stack, Msg)). The default is to catch none, uncaught exceptions. 'C' implies that the callback from C will handle the exception.
  640stack_guard(none).
  641stack_guard(system:catch_with_backtrace/3).
  642
  643
  644                 /*******************************
  645                 *           MESSAGES           *
  646                 *******************************/
  647
  648:- multifile
  649    prolog:message//1.  650
  651prolog:message(error(Error, context(Stack, Message))) -->
  652    { Message \== 'DWIM could not correct goal',
  653      is_stack(Stack, Frames)
  654    },
  655    !,
  656    '$messages':translate_message(error(Error, context(_, Message))),
  657    [ nl, 'In:', nl ],
  658    (   {is_list(Frames)}
  659    ->  message(Frames)
  660    ;   ['~w'-[Frames]]
  661    ).
  662
  663is_stack(Stack, Frames) :-
  664    nonvar(Stack),
  665    Stack = prolog_stack(Frames)