12.2.9 signed-byte [Type]

Supertypes::

signed-byte, integer, rational,

real,

number, t

Description::

The atomic type specifier signed-byte denotes the same type as is denoted by the type specifier integer; however, the list forms of these two type specifiers have different semantics.

Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(signed-byte{[s | *]})

Compound Type Specifier Arguments::

s—a positive integer.

Compound Type Specifier Description::

This denotes the set of integers that can be represented in two’s-complement form in a byte of s bits. This is equivalent to (integer -2^s-1 2^s-1-1). The type signed-byte or the type (signed-byte *) is the same as the type integer.