# 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).

## Modes and number of proofs

    expand_goal(?term, ?term) - one

## Errors

(none)

## Examples

(none)

See also

expand_term/2, goal_expansion/2, term_expansion/2