12.2.8 integer [System Class]

Class Precedence List::

integer, rational,

real,

number, t

Description::

An integer is a mathematical integer. There is no limit on the magnitude of an integer.

The types fixnum and bignum form an exhaustive partition of type integer.

Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(integer{[lower-limit [upper-limit]]})

Compound Type Specifier Arguments::

lower-limit, upper-limit—interval designators for type integer. The defaults for each of lower-limit and upper-limit is the symbol *.

Compound Type Specifier Description::

This denotes the integers on the interval described by lower-limit and upper-limit.

See Also::

Figure~2–9, Constructing Numbers from Tokens, Printing Integers

Notes::

The type (integer lower upper), where lower and upper are most-negative-fixnum and most-positive-fixnum, respectively, is also called fixnum.

The type (integer 0 1) is also called bit. The type (integer 0 *) is also called unsigned-byte.