signed-byte (original) (raw)

ANSI Common Lisp 12 Numbers 12.2 Dictionary of Numbers

Supertypes:

signed-byte,integer,rational,real,number,t

Description:

The atomic type specifier signed-byte denotes the same type as is denoted by the type specifier integer; however, the list forms of these two type specifiers have different semantics.

Compound Type Specifier Kind:

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax:

(signed-byte [s | *])

Compound Type Specifier Arguments:

s - a positive integer.

Compound Type Specifier Description:

This denotes the set of integers that can be represented in two's-complement form in a byte of s bits. This is equivalent to (integer -2s-1 2s-1-1). The typesigned-byte or the type (signed-byte *) is the same as the type integer.

Allegro CL Implementation Details:

None.