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ANSI Common Lisp  12 Numbers 12.2 Dictionary of Numbers
| 12.2.8 integer |
System Class |
- Class Precedence List:
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integer,
rational,
real,
number,
t
- Description:
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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:
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Abbreviating.
- Compound Type Specifier Syntax:
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(integer [lower-limit [upper-limit)]]
- Compound Type Specifier Arguments:
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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:
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This denotes the integers on the interval described by
lower-limit and upper-limit.
- See Also:
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Figure 2.3.1 Numbers as Tokens,
Section 2.3.2 Constructing Numbers from Tokens,
Section 22.1.3.1.1 Printing Integers
- Notes:
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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.
- Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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None.
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