scope:

Provides specifications for: - required symbols for Modula-2 program representation, including comments, literals, and source code directives; - the lexical structure, the syntactic structure and the semantics of Modula-2 programs, including programs that make use of system modules. - the interface to and the semantics of standard Modula-2 library modules; - those separate modules of the standard library that a conforming implementation is required to supply; - violations of the rules for use of the language, system modules and standard library modules that a conforming implementation is required to detect; - certain criteria for the size and complexity of programs that a conforming implementation must accept; - further compliance requirements for implementations, including documentation requirements.