#### 16.2.2 base-string [Type]

#### Supertypes::

base-string, string, vector, array, sequence, t

#### Description::

The type base-string is equivalent to

`(vector base-char)`.

The base string representation is the most efficient string representation that can hold an arbitrary sequence of standard characters.

#### Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Abbreviating.

#### Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(`base-string`{`[`size`]`})

#### Compound Type Specifier Arguments::

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

#### Compound Type Specifier Description::

This is equivalent to the type `(vector base-char size)`; that is, the set of base strings of size size.