CLHS: System Class BIT-VECTOR

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System Class BIT-VECTOR

Class Precedence List:

bit-vector, vector, array, sequence, t

Description:

A bit vector is a vector the element type of which is bit.

The type bit-vector is a subtype of type vector, for bit-vector means `(vector bit)`.

Compound Type Specifier Kind:

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax:

bit-vector [size]

Compound Type Specifier Arguments:

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

Compound Type Specifier Description:

This denotes the same type as the type `(array bit (`size`))`; that is, the set of bit vectors of size size.

See Also:

Section 2.4.8.4 (Sharpsign Asterisk), Section 22.1.3.6 (Printing Bit Vectors), Section 15.1.2.2 (Required Kinds of Specialized Arrays)

The following X3J13 cleanup issue, not part of the specification, applies to this section:

- ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM

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