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 39.5.1 SRFI-4 - Read Syntax
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 Homogeneous numeric vectors have an external representation (read
 syntax) similar to normal Scheme vectors, but with an additional tag
 telling the vector's type.
 
      #u16(1 2 3)
 
    denotes a homogeneous numeric vector of three elements, which are the
 values 1, 2 and 3, represented as 16-bit unsigned integers.
 Correspondingly,
 
      #f64(3.1415 2.71)
 
    denotes a vector of two elements, which are the values 3.1415 and
 2.71, represented as floating-point values of 64 bit precision.
 
    Please note that the read syntax for floating-point vectors conflicts
 with Standard Scheme, because there `#f' is defined to be the literal
 false value.  That means, that with the loaded SRFI-4 module, it is not
 possible to enter some list like
 
      '(1 #f3)
 
    and hope that it will be parsed as a three-element list with the
 elements 1, `#f' and 3.  In normal use, this should be no problem,
 because people tend to terminate tokens sensibly when writing Scheme
 expressions.
 

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