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external-format-type Function

Summary

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

Package

external-format

Signature

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

Arguments
external-format
An external character format.
Values
type-specifier
A type specifier describing the character types handled by external-format.
Description

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

Examples
(ef:external-format-type :latin-1)
=> base-char
See also

26.6 External Formats to translate Lisp characters from/to external encodings
external-format-foreign-type


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