Function

Summary

Sets the value of lw:*default-character-element-type* .

Package

lispworks

Signature

set-default-character-element-type type => type-defaults

Arguments

type

A character type. This can take any of the values base-char ; lw:simple-char and character

Values

type-defaults

The new value of lw:*default-character-element-type* .

Description

Sets the value of lw:*default-character-element-type* , ensuring that the system's internal state is also updated accordingly.

If you are running an existing 8-bit application you will only need to have this in your site or user configuration file:

(lw:set-default-character-element-type 'base-char)

It would be a mistake to call this in a loadable package.

Hence we consider lw:*default-character-element-type* a parameter.

See also

string

open

*default-character-element-type*