Class eclipse

Constructor method Usage: eclipse( path, args ) path - path to ECLiPSe executable (default: 'eclipse') args - command line arguments (default: '')

self.engine becomes pexpect spawn instance of ECLiPSe Prolog shell

Raises: ECLiPSeExecutableNotFound

Loads module into self.engine Usage: instance.load( path ) path - path to module file

Raises: ECLiPSeCompileError

Queries current engine state
Usage: instance.query( query )
query - usual ECLiPSe Prolog query (example: 'likes( X, Y )')

Returns:
  True - if yes/no query and answer is yes
  False - if yes/no query and answer is no
  List of dictionaries - if normal query. Dictionary keys are returned
  variable names. Example:
  >>> instance.query( 'likes( Person, Food )' )
  [{'Person': 'john', 'Food': 'curry'}, {'Person': 'sandy', 'Food': 'mushrooms'}]

Raises: ECLiPSeQueryError