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<H2><A NAME="sec:7.4"><SPAN class="sec-nr">7.4</SPAN> <SPAN class="sec-title">Handling
default arguments</SPAN></A></H2>
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<P>The predicate <A NAME="idx:default3:237"></A><A class="pred" href="udcpreds.html#default/3">default/3</A>
provides a comfortable way to specify the meaning of default arguments.
Future versions may incorporate the default value in the <A class="" href="summary.html#class:type">type</A>
object itself.
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<DT class="pubdef"><A NAME="default/3"><STRONG>default</STRONG>(<VAR>+Argument,
+Default, -Value</VAR>)</A></DT>
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Used to specify and compute defaults for arguments. <EM>Argument</EM> is
the actual argument passed to the method implementation, <EM>Default</EM>
is any valid <font size=-1>XPCE</font> object description (reference,
integer, real, atom or compound ground term describing an object, see
<A NAME="idx:send212:238"></A><A class="pred" href="sec-7.1.html#send/[2-12]">send/[2-12]</A>). <EM>Default</EM>
can also be the term
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resource(<Object>, <Name>)
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<P>In which case the <B><CODE><-</CODE>resource_value</B>: <<VAR>Name</VAR>>
from <<VAR>Object</VAR>> will be used as default value. <EM>Value</EM>
is unified with <EM>Argument</EM> if <EM>Argument</EM> is not <A NAME="idx:default:239"></A><B>@default</B>
and with <EM>Default</EM> otherwise.
<P>The following is an example that sets the volume to a specified value
or the value of the resource `volume' if <A NAME="idx:default:240"></A><B>@default</B>
is passed as an argument.
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resource(volume, 0..130, 75, "Volume in decibels").
volume(X, Vol:[0..130]) :->
default(Vol, resource(X, volume), V),
<set the volume here>.
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