external-format-foreign-type

external-format-foreign-type Function

Summary

Returns a type specifier for the integers handled by a specified external format.

Package

external-format

Signature

external-format-foreign-type external-format => type-specifier

Arguments

external-format⇩

An external character format.

Values

type-specifier

A type specifier describing the integer types handled by external-format.

Description

The function external-format-foreign-type returns a Lisp type specifier for the type of integers that external-format handles on the foreign side.

Examples

(ef:external-format-foreign-type :latin-1)
=> (unsigned-byte 8)