1.4 The class PlTerm
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      • A C++ interface to SWI-Prolog
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          • The class PlTerm
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            • Casting PlTerm to native C-types
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            • Analysing compound terms
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            • The class PlString
            • The class PlCodeList
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            • The class PlCompound
            • The class PlTail

1.4.6 Miscellaneous

int PlTerm::type()
Yields the actual type of the term as PL_term_type(). Return values are PL_VARIABLE, PL_FLOAT, PL_INTEGER, PL_ATOM, PL_STRING or PL_TERM

To avoid very confusing combinations of constructors and therefore possible undesirable effects a number of subclasses of PlTerm have been defined that provide constructors for creating special Prolog terms. These subclasses are defined below.