4 The COMMON-LISP Package

make-sequence

Function

Summary

Redefines the standardmake-sequence function allowing it to take any type specifier.

Package

common-lisp

Signature

make-sequence result-type size &key initial-element => sequence

Arguments

result-type: A type specifier.
size: A non-negative integer.
initial-element: An object.

Values

sequence: A sequence.

Description

Themake-sequence function has been extended to take any Common Lisp type. The sequence will be of type result-type unless this is not possible, in which case atype-error is signalled.

See also

concatenate
map
merge