encode-lisp-string

encode-lisp-string Function

Summary

Converts a string to an encoded binary vector.

Package

external-format

Signature

encode-lisp-string string external-format &key start end => vector

Arguments

`string`⇩	A string.
`external-format`⇩	An external format spec.
`start`⇩, `end`⇩	Bounding index designators of `string`.

Values

vector⇩

A binary vector.

Description

The function encode-lisp-string converts the part of string bounded by start and end to a binary vector vector encoded in encoding external-format.

The element type of vector matches the external-format-foreign-type of external-format.

Compatibility notes

This function exists in LispWorks 5.0 but is not documented and does not take the :start and :end arguments. Also, it was inefficient prior to LispWorks 5.0.1.