;; which is used for a fixed #\NULL so that when we call out to C
;; we don't need to cons a new copy)
(n-pad-elements (missing-arg) :type index :read-only t)
- ;; the relative importance of this array type. Used for determining
- ;; the order of the TYPECASE in HAIRY-DATA-VECTOR-{REF,SET}. High
- ;; positive numbers are near the top; low negative numbers near the
- ;; bottom.
+ ;; the relative importance of this array type. Previously used for
+ ;; determining the order of the TYPECASE in
+ ;; HAIRY-DATA-VECTOR-{REF,SET}; currently (as of 2013-09-18) unused.
(importance (missing-arg) :type fixnum :read-only t))
(defparameter *specialized-array-element-type-properties*