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 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.
 
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None. |