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+* Macro names and macro parameter names can now be any identifier that would
+  also be legal as a symbol elsewhere. For macro parameter names, this is
+  known to cause problems in certain sources when the respective target uses
+  characters inconsistently, and thus macro parameter references may no longer
+  be recognized as such (see the documentation for details).
+
 * Support the .f_floating, .d_floating, .g_floating and .h_floating directives
   for the VAX target in order to be more compatible with the VAX MACRO
   assembler.