17 The STREAM package

stream-read-char

Generic Function

Summary

Read one character from a stream.

Package

stream

Signature

stream-read-char stream => character

Arguments

stream: A stream.

Values

character: A character or the:EOF symbol.

Description

The generic functionstream-read-char reads one item from stream. The item read is either a character or the end of file symbol:EOF if the stream is at the end of a file. Every subclass offundamental-character-input-stream must define a method for this function.