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Separators
A separator is a space, a tab, an end-of-line marker, a compiler option,
or a comment. Separators are used to separate reserved words,
identifiers, numbers, strings, and special symbols. At least one
separator must appear between any pair of consecutive identifiers,
numbers, or reserved words. When one or both elements are special
symbols, however, the separator is optional.
Separators may not appear within special symbols having more than one
component (:=, for example). Certain special symbols have synonyms. In
particular, (. and .) may replace the left and right brackets, [ and ].
The symbol @ may substitute for the up-arrow ^, also (* and *) may take
the place of the left and right braces, { and }.
Example
IF EOF THEN GOTO 99 { Required separators. }
x := x + 1 { Optional separators. }
x:=x+1 { No separators. }