#### 16.2.4 simple-base-string [Type]

#### Supertypes::

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

#### Description::

The type simple-base-string is equivalent to

`(simple-array base-char (*))`.

#### Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Abbreviating.

#### Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(`simple-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 `(simple-array base-char (size))`; that is, the set of simple base strings of size size.