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Names

1995 Version of ANSI (Equivalent to Current ISO Version) of Standard

2 Expression elements
2.1 Names

The use of ident in names is restricted to upper case alphabetic characters. While there is no explicit limit on name length, only the first eight characters are uniquely distinguished. This length restriction places an implicit limit on the number of unique names.

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