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.. index:: set_logtalk_flag/2
.. _predicates_set_logtalk_flag_2:

set_logtalk_flag/2
==================

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

::

   set_logtalk_flag(Flag, Value)

Sets Logtalk default, global, flag values. For local flag scope, use the
corresponding :ref:`directives_set_logtalk_flag_2`
directive. To set a global flag value when compiling and loading a
source file, wrap the calls to this built-in predicate with an
:ref:`directives_initialization_1` directive.

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

::

   set_logtalk_flag(+atom, +nonvar) - one

Errors
------

| Flag is a variable:
|     ``instantiation_error``
| Value is a variable:
|     ``instantiation_error``
| Flag is neither a variable nor an atom:
|     ``type_error(atom, Flag)``
| Flag is an atom but an invalid flag:
|     ``domain_error(flag, Flag)``
| Value is not a valid value for flag Flag:
|     ``domain_error(flag_value, Flag + Value)``
| Flag is a read-only flag:
|     ``permission_error(modify, flag, Flag)``

Examples
--------

::

   % turn off globally and by default the compiler
   % unknown entities warnings:
   | ?- set_logtalk_flag(unknown_entities, silent).

.. seealso::

   :ref:`predicates_create_logtalk_flag_3`,
   :ref:`predicates_current_logtalk_flag_2`
