[Openmcl-devel] Extended-char is subtype of any other type

[Renzo Orsini]

I found this strange behaviour when applying subtypep to extended-char:

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? (subtypep 'extended-char 'bit)
T
T
? (subtypep 'extended-char 'function)
T
T
? 
… and similarly for many other types.


while the HyperSpec says (http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/t_extend.htm#extended-char):

The type extended-char is equivalent to the type (and character (not base-char)).