Show how to read arbitrary bytes into a string for SBCL.

LispCookbook · Jan 11, 2024 · 9e35981 · 9e35981
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  What follows is a list of implementation dependent choices and behaviours and some code to experiment.
 
+### SBCL
+To load arbitrary bytes into a string, use the `:iso-8859-1` external format. For example:
+
+~~~lisp
+(uiop:read-file-string "/path/to/file" :external-format :iso-8859-1)
+~~~
+
 ### CLISP
 
 On CLISP, faithful output is possible using