must either all be present or all be absent. If present, each name
stands for one item (parameter or result) of the specified type and
all non-<a href="#Blank_identifier">blank</a> names in the signature
must be <a href="#Uniqueness_of_identifiers">unique</a>.
If absent, each type stands for one item of that type.
Parameter and result
lists are always parenthesized except that if there is exactly