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<H2><A NAME="sec:12.2"><SPAN class="sec-nr">12.2</SPAN> <SPAN class="sec-title">Tracing
methods</SPAN></A></H2>
<P>It is often useful to inspect the execution of a particular method.
Suppose we want to monitor geometry-changes of graphical objects. The
utility predicate <A NAME="idx:tracepce1:578"></A><A class="pred" href="sec-D.2.html#tracepce/1">tracepce/1</A>
(see also <A class="sec" href="interface.html">section D</A>) may be
used:
<PRE class="code">
1 ?- tracepce((graphical->geometry)).
Trace method: graphical ->geometry
</PRE>
<P>As <CODE>-></CODE> is a standard Prolog operator with priority
over 1000,
<A NAME="idx:tracepce1:579"></A><A class="pred" href="sec-D.2.html#tracepce/1">tracepce/1</A>
requires two brackets. Get-methods may be specified in a similar way. <CODE><-</CODE>
is not an operator. It is suggested to define <CODE><-</CODE> as an
infix operator in the <font size=-1>XPCE</font> initialisation file, so
this operator is available during program development:
<PRE class="code">
:- op(100, xfx, <-).
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<P>Instance variables may be specified as <<VAR>class</VAR>>-<<VAR>variable</VAR>>.
A trace-point on an instance variable makes both reading and writing the
variable visible.
<P>The predicate <A NAME="idx:notracepce1:580"></A><A class="pred" href="sec-D.2.html#notracepce/1">notracepce/1</A>
disables a tracepoint.
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