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<p class="purpose">A miscellany of properties, variables, rulebooks and activities. Whereas the Standard Rules for interactive fiction are luxuriant in providing these, the Basic Inform kernel is as small as it sensibly can be, with just a few of each.</p>
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<ul class="toc"><li><a href="S-md.html#SP2">§2. Properties</a></li><li><a href="S-md.html#SP5">§5. Variables</a></li><li><a href="S-md.html#SP7">§7. Rulebooks</a></li></ul><hr class="tocbar">
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§1. </b></p>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Part</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Two</span><span class="plain-syntax"> - </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Miscellaneous</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Definitions</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§2. Properties. </b>The following declaration is misleading, since Inform doesn't read it
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literally. "Variable initial value" is in fact the only property common
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to global variables, a behind-the-scenes convenience. It's not visible
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or useful in regular coding, and doesn't belong to objects.
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">has</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">called</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">variable</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">initial</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§3. </b>Objects do, however, have a wealth of properties to do with their naming.
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"Specification" is special: it isn't compiled, but holds text used to
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annotate the Kinds index. "Indefinite appearance text" is also an internal
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property (it holds the text sometimes given in double-quotes immediately
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after an object is created).
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">has</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">called</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">specification</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">has</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">called</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">indefinite</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">appearance</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">has</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">called</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printed</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">has</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">called</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printed</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">has</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">called</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">an</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">indefinite</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">article</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</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">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">singular</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax">. </span><span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">usually</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">singular</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</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">proper</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">improper</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax">. </span><span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">usually</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">improper</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">An</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</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">ambiguously</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§4. </b>These are Inter identifier names.
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">indefinite</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">article</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"article"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printed</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"plural"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printed</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"short_name"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"pluralname"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ambiguously</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"ambigpluralname"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">proper</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">named</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"proper"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP5" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§5. Variables. </b>Most of the built-in kinds and kind constructors, such as "number" and
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"list of K", are defined in special low-level files read in by Inform early
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in its run — not here. "Natural language" is an exception.
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<p class="commentary">"Language of play" should no longer be taken to imply play; it's really the
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natural language of our output text, if any. It affects how verbs conjugate,
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and what "say N in words" does, for example.
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<span class="identifier-syntax">A</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">natural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">language</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">language</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">play</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">natural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">language</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">that</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">varies</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP6" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§6. </b>The "parameter-object" is, as its hyphenated name suggests, an internal
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implementation convenience. When a rulebook runs on a given value, it holds
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that value. It is really an alias, not a fixed variable, and has whatever
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kind is appropriate to the rulebook currently running. (In particular,
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despite the definition below, it is not necessarily an object.)
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parameter</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">an</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">that</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">varies</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parameter</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="identifier-syntax">object</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">variable</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"parameter_value"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§7. Rulebooks. </b>The Standard Rules (for interactive fiction) create a wealth of rulebooks
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and activities in order to model a fictional world. Here we are much more
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sparing: a Basic Inform project begins with a very minimal number of rules.
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<p class="commentary">The startup and shutdown rulebooks, and the "starting the virtual machine"
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activity, are not normally used in Basic Inform, but need to be defined here
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for technical reasons.
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<p class="commentary">Be wary modifying these: rulebooks and activities must be defined in exactly
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the right order, matching definitions both in the Inform 7 compiler and in the
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template libraries. (Remember that creating an activity creates three rulebooks.)
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Startup</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rules</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Startup</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rules</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">have</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">outcomes</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">allow</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">startup</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">success</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">and</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">deny</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">startup</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">failure</span><span class="plain-syntax">).</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Shutdown</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rules</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">a</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Starting</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">virtual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">machine</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">documented</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">act_startvm</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">an</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">final</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">code</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">startup</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">listed</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">first</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">starting</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">virtual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">machine</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">final</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">code</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">startup</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"FINAL_CODE_STARTUP_R"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§8. </b>However, the two activities for printing names of objects are indeed
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functional in Basic Inform.
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">something</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">documented</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">act_pn</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">an</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">standard</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">listed</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">last</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">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">standard</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"STANDARD_NAME_PRINTING_R"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">Printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">of</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">something</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">documented</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">at</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">act_ppn</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">an</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">standard</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">is</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">listed</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">last</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">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">The</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">standard</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">printing</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">the</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">rule</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">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">as</span>
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<span class="string-syntax">"STANDARD_PLURAL_NAME_PRINTING_R"</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span>
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