Global key-value metadata storage for Scryer Prologgithub.com/jjtolton 13 pointstriska10 months ago1 commentSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−shawa_a_a10moIt's been a long time since I've programmed Prolog so I'm not sure if these ideas are even relevant (global state might be more than enough!) ; but at first impressions from the readme this really reminds me of ETShttps://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/stdlib/ets.htmlEssentially system-global state under named tables.Have/did you consider having named `env` instances? This would allow for say, feature flags to be kept in a `features` set of relations.You could also draw from Erlang's 'match specs' and query with a predicate over the keys.
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It's been a long time since I've programmed Prolog so I'm not sure if these ideas are even relevant (global state might be more than enough!) ; but at first impressions from the readme this really reminds me of ETS
https://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/stdlib/ets.html
Essentially system-global state under named tables.
Have/did you consider having named `env` instances? This would allow for say, feature flags to be kept in a `features` set of relations.
You could also draw from Erlang's 'match specs' and query with a predicate over the keys.