CLHS: System Class STRING-STREAM

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System Class STRING-STREAM

Class Precedence List:

string-stream, stream, t

Description:

A string stream is a stream which reads input from or writes output to an associated string.

The stream element type of a string stream is always a subtype of type character.

See Also:

make-string-input-stream, make-string-output-stream, with-input-from-string, with-output-to-string

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

- STREAM-ACCESS:ADD-TYPES-ACCESSORS
- TYPE-OF-AND-PREDEFINED-CLASSES:UNIFY-AND-EXTEND

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