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 ANSI Common Lisp    16 Strings    16.2 Dictionary of Strings
 
 
 - Supertypes:
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base-string,
string,
vector,
array,
sequence,
t
  - Description:
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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:
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Abbreviating.
  - Compound Type Specifier Syntax:
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(base-string [size])
  - Compound Type Specifier Arguments:
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size - a non-negative fixnum,
	    or the symbol *.
  - Compound Type Specifier Description:
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This is equivalent to the type (vector base-char size);
that is, the set of base strings of size size.
 
  - Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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 None.
  
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