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Interfaces to some basic operations on ECLiPSe Data.
- 
int		compare(const EC_word& pw1, const EC_word& pw2)
-  
 Similar to the compare/3 built-in predicate:
	returns 0 if the arguments are identical,
	a negative number if pw1 is smaller than pw2,
	and a positive number if pw1 is greater than pw2
	in the standard term ordering.
- int		EC_word::schedule_suspensions(int)
-  
 Similar to the
	schedule_suspensions/2
	built-in predicate.
	Waking will only happen once control is returned to ECLiPSe
	and the wake/0 predicate is invoked.
	Return code is EC_succeed or an error code.
- pword		EC_word::free_handle(const t_ext_type*)
-  
 checks whether the EC_word is an ECLiPSe external data handle of the
	expected type, and calls its free-method. After doing that, the
	handle is stale and cannot be used any longer. Calling this method
	on an already stale handle silently succeeds.
	Return code is EC_succeed or an error code.
 
 
