set-default-character-element-type

set-default-character-element-type Function

Summary

Configures the value of *default-character-element-type*.

Package

lispworks

Signature

set-default-character-element-type type => type-defaults

Arguments

type⇩

A character type. This can take any of the values cl:base-char, bmp-char and cl:character. For backwards compatibility, simple-char is also allowed, and is treated as if cl:character was passed.

Values

type-defaults

The new value of *default-character-element-type*.

Description

The function set-default-character-element-type sets the value of *default-character-element-type* to type, ensuring that the system's internal state is also updated accordingly.

If you are running an existing 8-bit application you will only need to have this in your site or user configuration file:

(lw:set-default-character-element-type 'base-char)

It would be a mistake to call this function in a loadable package and it is not intended to be called while running code. In particular, it is global, not thread-specific.

Hence we consider *default-character-element-type* a parameter.

Compatibility note:

simple-char is deprecated. Its meaning has changed between LispWorks 6 and 7.