16.2.3 simple-string [Type]

Supertypes::

simple-string, string, vector, simple-array, array, sequence, t

Description::

A simple string is a specialized one-dimensional simple array whose elements are of type character or a subtype of type character. When used as a type specifier for object creation, simple-string means (simple-array character (size)).

Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(simple-string{[size]})

Compound Type Specifier Arguments::

size—a non-negative fixnum, or the symbol *.

Compound Type Specifier Description::

This denotes the union of all types (simple-array c (size)) for all subtypes c of character; that is, the set of simple strings of size size.