built-in method

sender/1

Description

sender(Sender)

Unifies its argument with the object that sent the message under processing. This private method is translated into a unification between its argument and the corresponding implicit context argument in the predicate clause making the call. This unification occurs at the clause head when the argument is not bound at compile time (the most common case).

Modes and number of proofs

sender(?object_identifier) - zero_or_one

Errors

(none)

Examples

% after compilation, the write/1 call will
% be the first goal on the clause body
test :-
    sender(Sender),
    write('executing a method to answer a message sent by '),
    writeq(Sender), nl.

See also

context/1, parameter/2, self/1, this/1