OPEN :ELEMENT-TYPE weirdness -- BASE-CHAR vs CHARACTER

Bug #310242 reported by Tobias C. Rittweiler
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
SBCL
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

OPEN is specified to have 'CHARACTER be the default value for :ELEMENT-TYPE,
but SBCL defaults to 'BASE-CHAR.

http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_open.htm#open

However, both construct streams with element-type CHARACTER, which doesn't seem
right.

Tags: ansi streams
description: updated
Changed in sbcl:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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