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16.2.2 base-string [Type]

Supertypes::

base-string, string, vector, array, sequence, t

Description::

The type base-string is equivalent to

(vector base-char).

The base string representation is the most efficient string representation that can hold an arbitrary sequence of standard characters.

Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(base-string{[size]})

Compound Type Specifier Arguments::

size—a non-negative fixnum, or the symbol *.

Compound Type Specifier Description::

This is equivalent to the type (vector base-char size); that is, the set of base strings of size size.