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*default-character-element-type*

Parameter
Summary

Provides defaults for all character type parameters.

Package

lispworks

Description

This variable provides defaults for all character type parameters. The legal values are base-char , lw:simple-char , and character . Its value must only be set via a call to lw:set-default-character-element-type .

This is intended mainly for running old 8-bit applications efficiently. If you write for a fat character implementation you should already be aware of these issues, and make some attempt to provide explicit types.

When the compiler does type inferencing it behaves as if this variable was bound to character ; if you want assumptions about types to be hard-coded into your program, you must supply explicit declarations and type arguments.

See also

string
open
set-default-character-element-type
with-output-to-string


LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 22 Dec 2009

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