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Copyright 1998-2019 Paulo Moura <pmoura@logtalk.org>

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About
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This library supports implementations optimized compilation of meta-calls
for the predicates defined in the `meta` library. 


API documentation
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Open the [../docs/index.html](../docs/index.html) file in a web browser
and choose the library index.


Loading
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To load the main entities in this library, load the `loader.lgt` utility file:

	| ?- logtalk_load(meta_compiler(loader)).


Usage
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To use the meta-predicates compiler, declare `meta_compiler` as the default
hook object or use the `hook(meta_compiler)` and `optimize(on)` complier
options when compiling and loading the code that you want to optimize.

See also the `metapredicates_compiled` example and unit tests.
