4 The COMMON-LISP Package

stream-element-type

Generic Function

Summary

Implementsstream-element-type as a generic function.

Package

common-lisp

Signature

stream-element-type stream => type

Arguments

stream: A stream.

Values

type: A type specifier.

Description

The functionstream-element-type is implemented as a generic function. Depending on the stream, a method should be defined for this generic function that returns the element type of the stream.

For the classfundamental-character-stream a default method is provided which returnsCHARACTER. A method should be defined for stream classes based on thefundamental-binary-stream class.