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								< pre > call(Closure, Arg) 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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								Calls a goal constructed by appending additional arguments to a closure. The upper limit for < code > N< / code >  depends on the upper limit for the arity of a compound term of the back-end Prolog compiler.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								call(+callable, ?term, ?term)
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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									< dt > Closure is a variable:< / dt > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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									< dt > Call a goal in < a  class = "glossary"  title = "Go to glossary definition"  href = "../../glossary.html#this" > this< / a >  constructed by appending addtional arguments to a closure:< / dt > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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									< dt > Call a goal in < a  class = "glossary"  title = "Go to glossary definition"  href = "../../glossary.html#self" > self< / a >  constructed by appending addtional arguments to a closure:< / dt > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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									< dt > Call a goal in an object constructed by appending addtional arguments to a closure:< / dt > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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