CLCS
Type

signed-byte

Description

The atomic type specifier signed-byte denotes the same type as is denoted by the type specifier integer; however, the list forms of these two type specifiers have different semantics.

Compound Type Specifier Kind

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax

(signed-byte{[s | *]})

Compound Type Specifier Arguments

sa positive integer.

Compound Type Specifier Description

This denotes the set of integers that can be represented in two’s-complement form in a byte of s bits. This is equivalent to (integer -2^s-1 2^s-1-1). The type signed-byte or the type (signed-byte *) is the same as the type integer.