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.

• ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM
• JUN90-TRIVIAL-ISSUES:24
• CHARACTER-VS-CHAR:LESS-INCONSISTENT-SHORT
• CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-3-3