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module(+Module, ++Exports, ++Language)

Begin the definition of module Module, define some of its exports and the language it is written in.
Module
Atom.
Exports
A list of export specifications.
Language
An atom or a list of atoms.

Description

This is a directive that can occur only in a compiled file. If Module is an existing module, it is first erased. Then a new module is created and all subsequent definitions, declarations and directives are taken in the context of that new module.

The list Exports must contain valid export specifications as described in export/1. It defines the first part of the module's interface, subsequent export and reexport directives can add to that.

Unlike with module/1, the new module does not implicitly import anything. In particular, no built-in predicates are available inside the module unless a language-module is specified in the Language argument. This module (or a list of them) is imported just after the new module is created.

The main use of this feature is to write different parts of a program in different language dialects. For example, a module that contains code written in ISO-Prolog should be encapsulated in a module starting with: 

	:- module(mymodule, [], iso).
In this module, ISO language features can be used, but not (all) Eclipse features.

The system does not allow the atom [] to be used as a module name! If [] is given as the Language argument, it indicates the empty list, rather than a module with name [].

Modes and Determinism

Exceptions

(4) instantiation fault
Module is not instantiated.
(5) type error
Module is not an atom, or Module is the atom [].
(68) calling an undefined procedure
When called from Prolog.
(82) trying to access a locked module
Module is locked.

Examples

% A module in C-Prolog syntax:

     :- module(m, [p/1], cprolog).

     p("this is a list not a string").

See Also

module / 1, create_module / 1, create_module / 3, erase_module / 1, current_module / 1, export / 1