Type simple-string

Supertypes:

simple-string, 2.15.0 23string, vector, simple-array, array, sequence, t

Description:

A \term{string} that is not displaced to another \term{array}, has no \term{fill pointer}, and is not to have its size adjusted dynamically after creation is a \typeref{simple-string}.A simple string is a specialized one-dimensional simple array whose elements are of type character or a subtype of type character. When used as a type specifier for object creation, simple-string means (simple-array character (size)).

Compound Type Specifier Kind:

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax:

Compound Type Specifier Arguments:

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

Compound Type Specifier Description:

4.6.0 11 \itemitem{\tt (simple-string \param{size})}

This denotes the union of all types (simple-array c (size)) for all subtypes c of character; that is, the set of simple strings of size size.