:NAME

Purpose

This references the appropriate "name" slot in the KBMS. Since different KBMS may have different conventions for naming a frame, this is a KBMS-independent way to reference the name slot.

Parameters

frame: The frame or a variable.
String: A name string or a variable.

Examples

  (:NAME Frogs ?x)
  (:NAME ?what "Piranha")

Success criteria

Succeeds if it can retrieve the name of a frame, or if it can retrieve a frame with the given name.

Failure criteria

Fails if the name of the frame can not be set, or if the frame's name can't be retrieved.

Notes

None.

Related commands

:ADD-CLASS
:ADD-INSTANCE
:FORC-CLASS
:FORC-INSTANCE
:THE-CLASS
:THE-INSTANCE

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