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Integers

The fixnum type is equivalent to (signed-byte 30). Integers outside this range are represented as a bignum or a word integer (see section word-integers.) Almost all integers that appear in programs can be represented as a fixnum, so integer number consing is rare.



Peter Van Eynde 2000-02-08