|  | ANSI Common Lisp  16 Strings  16.2 Dictionary of Strings 
 
| 16.2.3  simple-string | Type |  
 Supertypes:
simple-string,
string,
vector,
simple-array,
array,
sequence,
t
Description:
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:
(simple-string [size])
Compound Type Specifier Arguments:
size - a non-negative fixnum,
	    or the symbol *.
Compound Type Specifier Description:
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.
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None.
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