
[+File_1, ...., +File_N]

   Compile file or list of files --- shorthand for compile/1.



Arguments
   File_i              Atom or string.

Type
   Predicate Database and Compiler

Description
   Used to compile file or list of files.  The ``square bracket'' notation
   is used as a shorthand notation for compile/1.  See the specification of
   compile/1 for details.




Modes and Determinism
   [+] is det

Modules
   This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).

Exceptions
     4 --- File_n is not instantiated.
     5 --- File_n is instantiated, but not to an atom or string.
   171 --- File_n does not exist.

Examples
   
Success:
     [hanoi].         % compiles the file hanoi.pl

     [eclipse]: sh('cat file1').
     p:-writeln(hello).
     yes.
     [eclipse]: sh('cat file2').
     q(X) :- write(X).
     yes.
     [eclipse]: [user], p.
      p :- writeln(hi).
      user compiled 92 bytes in 0.00 seconds
     hi
     yes.
     [eclipse]: [file1, file2], p.
     /home/lp/user/file1 compiled 32 bytes in 0.02 seconds
     /home/lp/user/file2 compiled 92 bytes in 0.00 seconds
     hello
     yes.
Error:
     [F].            (Error 4).
     [file1/1].      (Error 5).
     [noexist].      (Error 171).





See Also
   compile / 1, compile / 2, fcompile : fcompile / 1
