Graham Fawcett scripsit: > So, a byte string would simply be a string with a null auxilliary vector.
That doesn't work. A byte-string is not a sequence of characters from the ASCII repertoire, it's a sequence of characters from the repertoire {ASCII set, characters numbered 129 through 255 with uncertain semantics}. Well, except on EBCDIC machines, where the repertoire is that of some unspecified EBCDIC code page. -- John Cowan http://ccil.org/~cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lope de Vega: "It wonders me I can speak at all. Some caitiff rogue did rudely yerk me on the knob, wherefrom my wits still wander." An Englishman: "Ay, a filchman to the nab betimes 'll leave a man crank for a spell." --Harry Turtledove, Ruled Britannia _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users