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@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ file, to factor out the common features that instructions of its class share.  A
 key feature of TableGen is that it allows the end-user to define the
 abstractions they prefer to use when describing their information.</p>
 
+<p>Each def record has a special entry called "NAME."  This is the
+name of the def ("ADD32rr" above).  In the general case def names can
+be formed from various kinds of string processing expressions and NAME
+resolves to the final value obtained after resolving all of those
+expressions.  The user may refer to NAME anywhere she desires to use
+the ultimate name of the def.  NAME should not be defined anywhere
+else in user code to avoid conflict problems.</p>
+
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