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.. index:: abolish/1
.. _methods_abolish_1:

abolish/1
=========

Description
-----------

::

   abolish(Predicate)

Abolishes a runtime declared object dynamic predicate or an object 
local dynamic predicate. Only predicates that are dynamically declared
at runtime (using a call to the :ref:`methods_asserta_1` or
:ref:`methods_assertz_1` built-in methods) can be abolished. 

When the predicate indicator is declared in a :ref:`directives_uses_2`
or :ref:`directives_use_module_2` directive, the predicate is abolished
in the referenced object or module.


Modes and number of proofs
--------------------------

::

   abolish(@predicate_indicator) - one

Errors
------

| Predicate is a variable:
|     ``instantiation_error``
| Functor is a variable:
|     ``instantiation_error``
| Arity is a variable:
|     ``instantiation_error``
| Predicate is neither a variable nor a valid predicate indicator:
|     ``type_error(predicate_indicator, Predicate)``
| Functor is neither a variable nor an atom:
|     ``type_error(atom, Functor)``
| Arity is neither a variable nor an integer:
|     ``type_error(integer, Arity)``
| Predicate is statically declared:
|     ``permission_error(modify, predicate_declaration, Name/Arity)``
| Predicate is a private predicate:
|     ``permission_error(modify, private_predicate, Name/Arity)``
| Predicate is a protected predicate:
|     ``permission_error(modify, protected_predicate, Name/Arity)``
| Predicate is a static predicate:
|     ``permission_error(modify, static_predicate, Name/Arity)``
| Predicate is not declared for the object receiving the message:
|     ``existence_error(predicate_declaration, Name/Arity)``

Examples
--------

| To abolish a local dynamic predicate or a dynamic predicate in :term:`this`:
|     ``abolish(Predicate)``
| To abolish a public or protected dynamic predicate in :term:`self`:
|     ``::abolish(Predicate)``
| To abolish a public dynamic predicate in an explicit object:
|     ``Object::abolish(Predicate)``

.. seealso::

   :ref:`methods_asserta_1`,
   :ref:`methods_assertz_1`,
   :ref:`methods_clause_2`,
   :ref:`methods_retract_1`,
   :ref:`methods_retractall_1`
   :ref:`directives_dynamic_0`,
   :ref:`directives_dynamic_1`,
   :ref:`directives_uses_2`,
   :ref:`directives_use_module_2`
