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Re:Quirks of Common Lisp Types by kazinator on Saturday August 30, 2025 @11:31PM (#45080138)
From article:

  (list (typep "漣" 'simple-array)
        (typep "漣" 'string)
        (typep "漣" 'vector)
        (typep "漣" 'array)
        (typep "漣" t))

  -> (T T T T T)
There you go. The type of "漣" is a subtype of string. Since we know that the type is (SIMPLE-ARRAY CHARACTER (1)), it means that this type is a subtype of string. They are therefore related by the supertype-subtype relationship.
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Re:Quirks of Common Lisp Types by colingw on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @10:02AM (#45103253)
The original intent was that `simple-array`, on its own, is not related to `string`. The referenced type hierarchy makes this clearer: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/strings.html#stri...
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