built-in method
instantiation_error/0
Description
instantiation_error
Throws an instantiation error. Used when an argument or one of its sub-arguments is a variable but a non-variable term is required. For example, trying to open a file with a variable for the input/output mode.
This built-in method is declared private and thus cannot be used as a message to an object. Calling this predicate is equivalent to the following sequence of calls:
...,
context(Context),
throw(error(instantiation_error, Context)).
This allows the user to generate errors in the same format used by the runtime.
Modes and number of proofs
instantiation_error - error
Errors
When called:
instantiation_error
Examples
...,
var(Handler),
instantiation_error.