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5.7 Using buffered streams

5.7.2 Useful types when using buffers

The following types are used in operations that involve buffers.

<byte>

Type

A type representing limited integers in the range 0 to 255 inclusive.
<byte-character>

Type

A type representing 8-bit characters that instances of <byte-string> can contain.
<unicode-character>

Type

A type representing Unicode characters that instances of <unicode-string> can contain.
<byte-vector>

Type

A subtype of <vector> whose element-type is <byte>.

System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000

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