Generic Function

Summary

A generic function used by read-byte to read an integer or :EOF symbol from a binary stream.

Package

stream

Signature

stream-read-byte stream => result

Arguments

stream

A stream.

Values

result

An integer or :EOF symbol.

Description

The generic function stream-read-byte is used by read-byte , and returns either an integer or an :EOF symbol read from the binary stream specified by stream .

When defining a binary stream, a method should be defined on this generic function.

See also

fundamental-binary-input-stream
fundamental-binary-stream