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5.1 Overview of the Interface

A special include file called SWI-Prolog.h should be included with each C-source file that is to be loaded via the foreign interface. The installation process installs this file in the directory include in the SWI-Prolog home directory (?- feature(home, Home).). This C-header file defines various data types, macros and functions that can be used to communicate with SWI-Prolog. Functions and macros can be divided into the following categories: