[clisp-list] Re: clisp + cffi + clsql problem

[Yaroslav K. <kav...@je...>]

Sam Steingold wrote:

> string is a character array.
> in CL, a character is a first class object distinct from its integer
> code.
> an encoding is a map (a 1:1 function) between (a subset of) the set of
> character and a subset of the set of integers.
> once you get this down, you will see why CLISP has so many encoding
> variables...
> 

Thank you and Pascal Bourguignon.

I have understood correctly:

- strings inside the program (at processing) always is a array of
character (unicode)?

- *TERMINAL-ENCODING* specifies encoding to translate terminal i/o to
lisp-string?

- russian symbol "Ш" (#\CYRILLIC_CAPITAL_LETTER_SHA) is identical inside
lisp without dependence from input encoding (CP866, CP1251, UTF-8)?

- why the string an interior cannot be translated in UTF-8?

Thanks!

-- 
WBR, Yaroslav Kavenchuk.