Prolog interface and ASCII parsing

[Mats Cronqvist]

   like this?

 > {ok,Toks,_} = erl_scan:string("[{foo,bla},x].").

 > {ok,Term} = erl_parse:parse_term(Toks).

 > Term.
{ok,[{foo,bla},x]}

   mats

Rupert Meese wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to create an interface between parts of my system in Erlang 
> and prolog.  However, I can not see a way of creating a communication 
> channel over which I can send from prolog an ACSII list to be parsed in 
> Erlang as an Erlang term.  That is, in Erlang I can use file:read() to 
> read a term, but only from a file, not a pipe.  I can create a link using 
> gen_tcp:*, open_port() etc. but receive binary objects or lists of bytes 
> that I can not see how parse as ASCII Erlang terms.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> Rupert Meese