+(defun %write-string (string stream start end)
+ (declare (type string string))
+ (declare (type streamlike stream))
+ (declare (type index start end))
+
+ ;; Note that even though you might expect, based on the behavior of
+ ;; things like AREF, that the correct upper bound here is
+ ;; (ARRAY-DIMENSION STRING 0), the ANSI glossary definitions for
+ ;; "bounding index" and "length" indicate that in this case (i.e.
+ ;; for the ANSI-specified functions WRITE-STRING and WRITE-LINE
+ ;; which are implemented in terms of this function), (LENGTH STRING)
+ ;; is the required upper bound. A foolish consistency is the
+ ;; hobgoblin of lesser languages..
+ (unless (<= 0 start end (length string))
+ (error "~@<bad bounding indices START=~W END=~W for ~2I~_~S~:>"
+ start
+ end
+ string))