.. _api-gfql-hop:

GFQL Hop Matcher
==================

Hop is the core primitive behind a single matcher step in chain.

Calling hop directly has performance benefits over calling chain so may be helpful for larger graphs.

For cross-step constraints, use `g.gfql([...], where=[...])` (or the explicit
`Chain(..., where=[...])` form); see :doc:`/gfql/where`.

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