Arguments: stream format
This function is called for its side-effects. Its return value is unspecified. This function installs character handlers into the stream that are appropriate for dual-channel streams, and also sets the external-format state slots to nil. The selection of which external-format handlers are used is based on the format argument; the external-format is looked up (possibly causing autoloading, compilation of the templates, and/or loading of pre-built external-formats).
See streams.htm for information on the simple-streams implementation in Allegro CL.
The documentation is described in introduction.htm and the index is in index.htm.
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