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# scopes

This simple programming example illustrates predicate scope semantics.
See the comments in the `scopes.lgt` file for detailed explanations.

Print Logtalk, Prolog backend, and kernel versions (if running as a notebook):

```logtalk
%versions
```

Start by loading the example:

```logtalk
logtalk_load(scopes(loader)).
```

We can always send a message for a public predicate:

```logtalk
prototype::foo(Foo).
```

<!--
Foo = 1.
-->

But we cannot send messages for protected predicates:

```logtalk
catch(prototype::bar(_), Error, true).
```

<!--
Error = error(permission_error(access,protected_predicate,bar/1),logtalk(prototype::bar(_),c(user,user,r(user,prototype,[],[])))).
-->

Or for private predicates:

```logtalk
catch(prototype::baz(_), Error, true).
```

<!--
Error = error(permission_error(access,private_predicate,baz/1),logtalk(prototype::baz(_),c(user,user,r(user,prototype,[],[])))).
-->

Same for local predicates not declared by a scope directive; note the
different exception term compared with the two previous queries:

```logtalk
catch(prototype::local(_), Error, true).
```

<!--
Error = error(existence_error(predicate_declaration,local/1),logtalk(prototype::local(_),c(user,user,r(user,prototype,[],[])))).
-->

From the object holding the scope directives, we can always access any
predicate redefinition in the descendants (note that the `p_foo/1`, `p_bar/1`,
and `p_baz/1` predicates are declared public, defined in the _prototype_
object, and inherited by the _descendant_ object):

```logtalk
descendant::p_foo(Foo).
```

<!--
Foo = 2.
-->

```logtalk
descendant::p_bar(Bar).
```

<!--
Bar = 2.
-->

```logtalk
descendant::p_baz(Baz).
```

<!--
Baz = 2.
-->

From descendant objects, we can access inherited predicate definitions for
public and protected predicates:

```logtalk
descendant::d_foo(Foo).
```

<!--
Foo = 1.
-->

```logtalk
descendant::d_bar(Bar).
```

<!--
Bar = 1.
-->
