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+_I_d_e_n_t_i_f_i_e_r_s
+
+An identifier consists of a letter followed by zero or more additional
+characters which may be letters digits or occurrences of _ or '
+(underscore and single quote) Examples:
+ x yellow p11d y' GROSS_INCOME
+Note that both upper and lower case letters are allowed, and they are
+treated as different, so x and X are not the same identifier. There is
+no restriction on the length of identifiers, and all the characters are
+significant in deciding whether two identifiers are the same.
+Identifiers fall into two different classes (called in the formal syntax
+`identifier' and `IDENTIFIER') depending on whether their initial letter
+is upper or lower case.
+
+Identifiers are used for three different purposes in Miranda - (i) as
+variables, i.e. names for values (note that the names of functions are
+also considered to be variables), (ii) as typenames, such as `bool' and
+`char', and (iii) as constructors (see section on algebraic types). The
+names of constructors must begin with an upper case letter, while
+variables and typenames must begin with a lower case letter.
+
+Reserved words - the following are special symbols of the Miranda
+language.
+
+_a_b_s_t_y_p_e _d_i_v _i_f _m_o_d _o_t_h_e_r_w_i_s_e _r_e_a_d_v_a_l_s _s_h_o_w _t_y_p_e _w_h_e_r_e _w_i_t_h
+ (10)
+
+These are often shown as underlined (or bold) in published documents,
+but in programs they are typed as ordinary lower case words (which means
+that these words cannot be used as identifiers).
+
+_P_r_e_d_e_f_i_n_e_d_ _i_d_e_n_t_i_f_i_e_r_s
+
+The following identifiers are normally* predefined and always in scope.
+They constitute the `standard environment'. They are defined in the
+script "stdenv.m", contained in the directory /usr/lib/miralib.
+
+(a) predefined typenames
+ bool char num sys_message
+
+(b) predefined constructors
+ False True :: bool
+ Appendfile Closefile Exit Stderr Stdout System Tofile :: sys_message
+
+(c) predefined variables
+ abs and arctan cjustify code concat const converse cos decode digit
+ drop dropwhile e entier error exp filemode filter foldl foldl1 foldr
+ foldr1 force fst getenv hd hugenum id index init integer iterate
+ last lay layn letter limit lines ljustify log log10 map map2 max
+ max2 member merge min min2 mkset neg numval or pi postfix product
+ read readb rep repeat reverse rjustify scan seq showfloat showhex
+ shownum showoct showscaled sin snd sort spaces sqrt subtract sum
+ system take takewhile tinynum tl transpose undef until zip zip2 zip3
+ zip4 zip5 zip6 (91)
+
+See manual entry `Standard environment' for a listing of its contents.
+
+[*You can suppress automatic inclusion of <stdenv> by calling mira with
+ flag "-stdenv". See manual section 31/7 "Options, setup files etc"]
+