CLHS: Type SIMPLE-BASE-STRING

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Type SIMPLE-BASE-STRING

Supertypes:

simple-base-string, base-string, simple-string, string, vector, simple-array, array, sequence, t

Description:

The type simple-base-string is equivalent to `(simple-array base-char (*))`.

Compound Type Specifier Kind:

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax:

simple-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 `(simple-array base-char (`size`))`; that is, the set of simple base strings of size size.

The following X3J13 cleanup issues, not part of the specification, apply to this section:

- ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM
- JUN90-TRIVIAL-ISSUES:24
- CHARACTER-VS-CHAR:LESS-INCONSISTENT-SHORT

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