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[sbcl.git] / src / compiler / knownfun.lisp
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 ;;; Derive the type to be the type specifier which is the Nth arg,
 ;;; with the additional restriptions noted in the CLHS for STRING and
-;;; SIMPLE-STRING.
+;;; SIMPLE-STRING, defined to specialize on CHARACTER, and for VECTOR
+;;; (under the page for MAKE-SEQUENCE).
 (defun creation-result-type-specifier-nth-arg (n)
   (lambda (call)
     (declare (type combination call))
               (declare (ignore simple-string))
               (careful-specifier-type
                `(simple-array character ,@(if size (list size) '((*)))))))
-           (t (careful-specifier-type specifier))))))))
+           (t
+            (let ((ctype (careful-specifier-type specifier)))
+              (if (and (array-type-p ctype)
+                       (eq (array-type-specialized-element-type ctype)
+                           *wild-type*))
+                  ;; I don't think I'm allowed to modify what I get
+                  ;; back from SPECIFIER-TYPE; it is, after all,
+                  ;; cached.  Better copy it, then.
+                  (let ((real-ctype (copy-structure ctype)))
+                    (setf (array-type-element-type real-ctype)
+                          *universal-type*
+                          (array-type-specialized-element-type real-ctype)
+                          *universal-type*)
+                    real-ctype)
+                  ctype)))))))))
 
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