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A.4.3 Mapping for basic types

A.4.3.3 octet

The IDL typeoctet, an 8-bit quantity, is mapped as an unsigned quantity to the typecorba:octet. The type specifiercorba:octet denotes the set of integers between 0 and 255, inclusive. This set can also be denoted by the type specifier(unsigned-byte 8).

For example:

(typep 255 'corba:octet)
> T
(typep -1 'corba:octet)
> nil


Developing Component Software with CORBA - 22 Jan 1999

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