6.5 Predefined Presentation Types

6.5.2 Numeric Presentation Types

The following presentation types represent the Common Lisp numeric types of the same name.

number [Presentation Type]

Summary:
The presentation type that represents a general number. It is the supertype of all the number types described here.

complex [Presentation Type]
Summary:
The presentation type that represents a complex number.

rational [Presentation Type]
Arguments:
&optional low high
Summary:
The presentation type that represents either a ratio or an integer between low and high. Options to this type are base and radix, which are the same as for the integer type.

integer [Presentation Type]
Arguments:
&optional low high
Summary:
The presentation type that represents an integer between low and high. Options to this type are base (default 10) and radix (default nil), which correspond to *print-base* and *print-radix*, respectively. It is a subtype of rational.

ratio [Presentation Type]
Arguments:
&optional low high.
The presentation type that represents a ratio between low and high. Options to this type are base and radix, which are the same as for the integer type. It is a subtype of rational.

float [Presentation Type]
Arguments:
&optional low high.
The presentation type that represents a floating point number between low and high.


CLIM 2.0 User's Guide - OCT 1998

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