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Function WRITE-BYTE

Syntax:

write-byte byte stream => byte

Arguments and Values:

byte---an integer of the stream element type of stream.

stream---a binary output stream.

Description:

write-byte writes one byte, byte, to stream.

Examples:

     (with-open-file (s "temp-bytes"
                        :direction :output
                        :element-type 'unsigned-byte)
        (write-byte 101 s)) =>  101

Side Effects:

stream is modified.

Affected By:

The element type of the stream.

Exceptional Situations:

Should signal an error of type type-error if stream is not a stream. Should signal an error of type error if stream is not a binary output stream.

Might signal an error of type type-error if byte is not an integer of the stream element type of stream.

See Also:

read-byte, write-char, write-sequence

Notes: None.

The following X3J13 cleanup issue, not part of the specification, applies to this section:

- READ-AND-WRITE-BYTES:NEW-FUNCTIONS

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