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ANSI Common Lisp 4 Types and Classes 4.4 Dictionary of Types and Classes

4.4.23 eql Type Specifier

Compound Type Specifier Kind:

Combining.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax:

(eql object)

Compound Type Specifier Arguments:

object - an object.

Compound Type Specifier Description:

Represents the _type_of all x for which (eql object x) is true.

The argument object is required. The object can be *, but if so it denotes itself (the symbol *) and does not represent an unspecified value. The symbol eql is not valid as an atomic type specifier.

Allegro CL Implementation Details:

None.