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.
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.\" ====================================================================
+.SS "Name space"
+.\" ====================================================================
+.
+Objects in
+.I me
+follow a rigid naming convention.
+.
+To avoid conflict,
+any user-defined register,
+string,
+or macro
+names should be single numerals or uppercase letters,
+or any longer sequence of letters and numerals
+with at least one uppercase letter.
+.
+(For portability betwen BSD and
+.I groff
+.IR me ,
+limit names to
+two characters,
+and avoid the name
+.B [
+(left square bracket).)
+.
+The names employed
+by any preprocessors in use
+should also not be repurposed.
+.
+.
+.\" ====================================================================
.SS Macros
.\" ====================================================================
.