copy_predicate_clauses/2

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copy_predicate_clauses(:From, :To)

Copy all clauses of predicate From to To. The predicate To must be dynamic or undefined. If To is undefined, it is created as a dynamic predicate holding a copy of the clauses of From. If To is a dynamic predicate, the clauses of From are added (as in assertz/1) to the clauses of To. To and From must have the same arity. Acts as if defined by the program below, but at a much better performance by avoiding decompilation and compilation.

copy_predicate_clauses(From, To) :-
        head(From, MF:FromHead),
        head(To, MT:ToHead),
        FromHead =.. [_|Args],
        ToHead =.. [_|Args],
        forall(clause(MF:FromHead, Body),
               assertz(MT:ToHead, Body)).

head(From, M:Head) :-
        strip_module(From, M, Name/Arity),
        functor(Head, Name, Arity).