12 The LISPWORKS Package
*default-character-element-type*
Parameter
- Summary
- Provides defaults for all character type parameters.
- Package
lispworks- Description
- This variable provides defaults for all character type parameters. The legal values are
base-char,lw:simple-char, andcharacter. Its value must only be set via a call tolw:set-default-character-element-type. - This is intended mainly for running old 8-bit applications efficiently. If you write for a fat character implementation you should already be aware of these issues, and make some attempt to provide explicit types.
- The compiler always behaves as if this variable was bound to
character; if you want assumptions about types to be hard-coded into your program, you must supply explicit declarations and type arguments. - See also
stringopenset-default-character-element-type