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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Preamble</title>
<link href="../docs-assets/Breadcrumbs.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width initial-scale=1">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb">
<link href="../docs-assets/Contents.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="../docs-assets/Progress.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="../docs-assets/Navigation.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="../docs-assets/Fonts.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="../docs-assets/Base.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="../docs-assets/Colours.css" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body class="commentary-font">
<nav role="navigation">
<h1><a href="../index.html">
<img src="../docs-assets/Inform.png" height=72">
</a></h1>
<ul><li><a href="../index.html">home</a></li>
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<main role="main">
<!--Weave of 'Preamble' generated by Inweb-->
<div class="breadcrumbs">
<ul class="crumbs"><li><a href="../index.html">Home</a></li><li><a href="../extensions.html">Extensions</a></li><li><a href="index.html">basicinform</a></li><li><b>Preamble</b></li></ul></div>
<p class="purpose">Basic Inform is like a boot program for a computer that is starting up: it sets up the compiler to implement the familiar language, beginning with basic verbs and use options.</p>
<ul class="toc"><li><a href="S-prm.html#SP1">&#167;1. Title</a></li><li><a href="S-prm.html#SP2">&#167;2. Verbs</a></li><li><a href="S-prm.html#SP8">&#167;8. Use Options</a></li></ul><hr class="tocbar">
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;1. Title. </b>Every Inform 7 extension begins with a standard titling line and a
rubric text, and this is no exception:
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">Version</span><span class="plain-syntax"> [[</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Version</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Number</span><span class="plain-syntax">]] </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Basic</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Inform</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">by</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Graham</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Nelson</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">begins</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">here</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="string-syntax">"Basic Inform, included in every project, defines the basic framework</span>
<span class="string-syntax">of Inform as a programming language."</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Part</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">One</span><span class="plain-syntax"> - </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Preamble</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;2. Verbs. </b>The first task is to create the verbs which enable us to do everything
else. The first sentence should really read "The verb to mean means the
built-in verb-means meaning", but that would be circular. So Inform
starts with two verbs built in, "to mean" and "to be", with "to mean"
having the built-in "verb-means meaning", and "to be" initially having
no meaning at all.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">mean</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">action</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">adjective</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">either</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">defined</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">by</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">table</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">listed</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">figure</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">sound</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">file</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">episode</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">equality</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;3. </b>We allow "imply" as a synonym for "mean".
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">imply</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">imply</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4. </b>And now miscellaneous other important verbs. Note the plus notation, new
in May 2016, which marks for a second object phrase, and is thus only
useful for built-in meanings.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">able</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">can</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">have</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">possession</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">specify</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">specifies</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">notation</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">universal</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">substitute</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">substitutes</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">do</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">does</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nothing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">do</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">does</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nothing</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">do</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">when</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">does</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nothing</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">do</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">unless</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">does</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nothing</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">unless</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">into</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">into</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">unicode</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">into</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">into</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i6</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">into</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">into</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">language</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">use</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">provide</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">provision</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP5" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;5. </b>Next, the verbs used as imperatives:
</p>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">imperative</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">include</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">imperative</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">include</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">omit</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">imperative</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">omit</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">test</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">with</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">imperative</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">built</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">test</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">with</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP6" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;6. </b>We might as well declare these numerical comparisons now, too, though
they're not needed for any of the world-building work.
</p>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">greater</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">greater</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">less</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">less</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">least</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">greater</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">equal</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">verb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">be</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">most</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">less</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">equal</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;7. </b>And these have symbolic equivalents as operators, declared using the
following syntax. Operators are unlike other verbs in that they have no
inflected forms and exist only in the present tense.
</p>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">operator</span><span class="plain-syntax"> &gt; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">greater</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">operator</span><span class="plain-syntax"> &lt; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">less</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">operator</span><span class="plain-syntax"> &gt;= </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">greater</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">equal</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">operator</span><span class="plain-syntax"> &lt;= </span><span class="identifier-syntax">means</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numerically</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">less</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">than</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">equal</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">to</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;8. Use Options. </b>The following has no effect, and exists only to be a default non-value for
"use option" variables, should anyone ever create them:
</p>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ineffectual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- ! </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ineffectual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">does</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">nothing</span><span class="plain-syntax">. -).</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;9. </b>We can now make definitions of miscellaneous options: none are used by default,
but all translate into I6 constant definitions if used. (These are constants
whose values are used in the I6 library or in the template layer, which is
how they have effect.)
</p>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">American</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">dialect</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">DIALECT_US</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">serial</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">comma</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">SERIAL_COMMA</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">memory</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">economy</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MEMORY_ECONOMY</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">engineering</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">notation</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">USE_E_NOTATION</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">unabbreviated</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">UNABBREVIATED_OBJECT_NAMES</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">predictable</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">randomisation</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FIX_RNG</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">fast</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">route</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">finding</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FAST_ROUTE_FINDING</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">slow</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">route</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">finding</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">SLOW_ROUTE_FINDING</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">numbered</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rules</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NUMBERED_RULES</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">telemetry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">recordings</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TELEMETRY_ON</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">no</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">deprecated</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">features</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NO_DEPRECATED_FEATURES</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gn</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">testing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">version</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">GN_TESTING_VERSION</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">authorial</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">modesty</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">AUTHORIAL_MODESTY</span><span class="plain-syntax">; -).</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP10" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;10. </b>These, on the other hand, are settings used by the dynamic memory management
code, which runs in I6 as part of the template layer. Each setting translates
to an I6 constant declaration, with the value chosen being substituted for
<span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">{N}</span></span>.
</p>
<p class="commentary">The "dynamic memory allocation" defined here is slightly misleading, in
that the memory is only actually consumed in the event that any of the
kinds needing to use the heap is actually employed in the source
text being compiled. (8192 bytes may not sound much these days, but in the
tight array space of the Z-machine it's quite a large commitment, and we
want to avoid it whenever possible.)
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">dynamic</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">memory</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">allocation</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">least</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">8192</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">DynamicMemoryAllocation</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = {</span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</span><span class="plain-syntax">}; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">maximum</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">length</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">least</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">1024</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TEXT_TY_BufferSize</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = {</span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</span><span class="plain-syntax">}+3; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">index</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">figure</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">thumbnails</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">least</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">50</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">translates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> (- </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Constant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_FIGURE_THUMBNAILS_IN_INDEX</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = {</span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</span><span class="plain-syntax">}; -).</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">dynamic</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">memory</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">allocation</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">least</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">8192</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP11" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;11. </b>Some Inform 7 projects are rather heavy-duty by the expectations of the
Inform 6 compiler (which it uses as a code-generator): I6 was written fifteen
years earlier, when computers were unimaginably smaller and slower. So many
of its default memory settings need to be raised to higher maxima.
</p>
<p class="commentary">Note that the Z-machine cannot accommodate more than 255 verbs, so this is
the highest <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">MAX_VERBS</span></span> setting we can safely make here.
</p>
<p class="commentary">The <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">MAX_LOCAL_VARIABLES</span></span> setting is suppressed by I7 if we're compiling
to the Z-machine, because it's only legal in I6 when compiling to Glulx.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ALLOC_CHUNK_SIZE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">32000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_ARRAYS</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">10000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_CLASSES</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">200</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_VERBS</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">255</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_LABELS</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">10000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_ZCODE_SIZE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">1000000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_STATIC_DATA</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">500000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_NUM_STATIC_STRINGS</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">500000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_PROP_TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">200000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_INDIV_PROP_TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">20000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_STACK_SIZE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">65536</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_SYMBOLS</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">20000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_EXPRESSION_NODES</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">256</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_LABELS</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">200000</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">Use</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">MAX_LOCAL_VARIABLES</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">256</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
</pre>
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