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Built-in method: expand_goal/2
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## expand_goal/2

#### Description

    expand_goal(Goal, ExpandedGoal)

Expands a goal.

The expansion works as follows: if the first argument is a variable, then it is unified with the second argument; if the first argument is not a variable and there are local or inherited clauses for the `goal_expansion/2` hook predicate within scope, then this predicate is recursively called until a fixed-point is reached to provide an expansion that is then unified with the second argument; if the `goal_expansion/2` predicate is not within scope, the two arguments are unified.

Automatic goal expansion is only performed at compile time (to expand the body of clauses and meta-directives read from a source file) when using hook objects. This predicate can be used by the user to manually perform goal expansion at runtime (for example, before asserting a clause).

#### Template and modes

    expand_goal(?term, ?term)

#### Errors

`(none)`

#### Examples

`(none)`

#### See also

`expand_term/2`, `goal_expansion/2`, `term_expansion/2`