Type

Summary

A subtype of float .

Package

common-lisp

Signature

short-float

Description

A short float is an immediate object.

short-float is disjoint from double-float in all LispWorks implementations in version 5.0 and later.

short-float is disjoint from single-float in all 32-bit LispWorks implementations, version 5.0 and later. In 64-bit LispWorks short-float is the same type as single-float .

Compatibility Note

In LispWorks 4.4 and previous on Windows and Linux platforms, short-float is the same type as double-float .

See also

double-float
long-float
parse-float
single-float