Arguments: character &key (external-format :default)
This function returns an integer.
This function returns the number of bytes needed to represent
character using the external-format specified by
external-format. Overriding the default
external-format is not supported in this Allegro CL release. When
:default is specified, the value of
*default-external-format*
is used.
See also iacl.htm for general information on international character set support in Allegro CL and foreign-functions.htm for general information on foreign functions in Allegro CL.
The documentation is described in introduction.htm and the index is in index.htm.
Copyright (c) 1998-2000, Franz Inc. Berkeley, CA., USA. All rights reserved.
Created 2000.10.5.