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write_canonical/1/2

writes a term to a stream ignoring operator definitions.

write_canonical(+Term)
write_canonical(+Stream, +Term)

write_canonical/1 writes a single term (Term) to the current outputstream.
write_canonical/2 writes a single term (Term) to the given stream(Stream).

write_canonical/1/2 quotes atoms or functor names and ignores operator definitions. The predicate corresponds to write_term with the option list [quoted(true), numbervars(false),ignore_ops(true)].

Arguments

Stream                 text output stream
Term                   term

Examples

?- write_canonical(a+b*c).
+(a,*(b,c))

Standard

These predicates are part of the ISO-Prolog Standard.

See also

current_op/3, op/3, print/1/2, println/1/2, read/1/2, read_term/2/3, write/1/2, write_term/2/3, writeq/2.


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