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15.1.2 Specialized Arrays

An array can be a general array, meaning each element may be any object, or it may be a specialized array, meaning that each element must be of a restricted type.

The phrasing “an array specialized to type <<type>>” is sometimes used to emphasize the element type of an array. This phrasing is tolerated even when the <<type>> is t, even though an array specialized to type t is a general array, not a specialized array.

Figure 15–1 lists some defined names that are applicable to array creation, access, and information operations.

 adjust-array             array-in-bounds-p      svref                       
 adjustable-array-p       array-rank             upgraded-array-element-type 
 aref                     array-rank-limit       upgraded-complex-part-type  
 array-dimension          array-row-major-index  vector                      
 array-dimension-limit    array-total-size       vector-pop                  
 array-dimensions         array-total-size-limit vector-push                 
 array-element-type       fill-pointer           vector-push-extend          
 array-has-fill-pointer-p make-array                                         

           Figure 15–1: General Purpose Array-Related Defined Names