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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Section A3: Inform directives</TITLE></HEAD>
 
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<TR><TD Valign="top"><A HREF="contents.html">Contents</A><BR><A HREF="sectionA2.html">Back</A><BR><A HREF="sectionA4.html">Forward</A><TD bgcolor="#F5DEB3"><BLOCKQUOTE><H3>A3. Inform directives</H3></BLOCKQUOTE><TR><TD><TD>
 
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
 
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<TT>Abbreviate</TT> <I><B>&#60;word-1&#62;</B></I> ... <I><B>&#60;word-n&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Array</TT> <I><B>&#60;new-name&#62;</B></I> <I><B>&#60;type&#62;</B></I> <I><B>&#60;initial values&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Attribute</TT> <I><B>&#60;new-name&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Class</TT> <I><B>&#60;new-name&#62;</B></I> <I><B>&#60;body of definition&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Constant</TT> <I><B>&#60;new-name&#62;</B></I> <TT>=</TT> <I><B>&#60;value&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Default</TT> <I><B>&#60;possibly-new-name&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>End</TT><BR>
 
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<TT>Endif</TT><BR>
 
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<TT>Extend</TT> <I><B>&#60;grammar extension&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Global</TT> <I><B>&#60;new-name&#62;</B></I> <TT>=</TT> <I><B>&#60;value&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Ifdef</TT> <I><B>&#60;symbol-name&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Ifndef</TT> <I><B>&#60;symbol-name&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Ifnot</TT><BR>
 
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<TT>Iftrue</TT> <I><B>&#60;condition&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Iffalse</TT> <I><B>&#60;condition&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Import</TT> <I><B>&#60;list of imported goods&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Include</TT> <I><B>&#60;source code filename&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Link</TT> <I><B>&#60;module filename&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Lowstring</TT> <I><B>&#60;text&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Message</TT> <I><B>&#60;message-type&#62;</B></I> <I><B>&#60;diagnostic-message&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Object</TT> <I><B>&#60;header&#62;</B></I> <I><B>&#60;body of definition&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Property</TT> <I><B>&#60;new-name&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Release</TT> <I><B>&#60;number&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Replace</TT> <I><B>&#60;routine-name&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Serial</TT> <TT>"</TT><I><B>&#60;serial number&#62;</B></I><TT>"</TT><BR>
 
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<TT>Switches</TT> <I><B>&#60;list of switches&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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<TT>Statusline</TT> <TT>score</TT> <I> or</I> <TT>time</TT><BR>
 
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<TT>System_file</TT><BR>
 
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<TT>Verb</TT> <I><B>&#60;verb-definition&#62;</B></I><BR>
 
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
 
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<TT>Nearby</TT>, much used in Inform 5 code, is still allowed but
 
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in modern code the notation <TT>Object -&#62;</TT> is preferable.  A few
 
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other directives, <TT>Dictionary</TT>, <TT>Fake_action</TT>, <TT>Ifv3</TT>,
 
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<TT>Ifv5</TT>, <TT>Stub</TT>, <TT>Trace</TT> and <TT>Version</TT>, are obsolete or
 
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for compiler maintenance.
 
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<HR><A HREF="contents.html">Contents</A> / <A HREF="sectionA2.html">Back</A> / <A HREF="sectionA4.html">Forward</A> <BR>
 
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<A HREF="chapter1.html">Chapter I</A> / <A HREF="chapter2.html">Chapter II</A> / <A HREF="chapter3.html">Chapter III</A> / <A HREF="chapter4.html">Chapter IV</A> / <A HREF="chapter5.html">Chapter V</A> / <A HREF="chapter6.html">Chapter VI</A> / <A HREF="chapterA.html">Appendix</A><HR><SMALL><I>Mechanically translated to HTML from third edition as revised 16 May 1997. Copyright &#169; Graham Nelson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997: all rights reserved.</I></SMALL></BODY></HTML>