*read-default-float-format* (Variable)

Value Type:

one of the atomic type specifiers short-float, single-float, double-float, or long-float, or else some other type specifier defined by the implementation to be acceptable.

Initial Value:

The symbol single-float.

Description:

Controls the floating-point format that is to be used when reading a floating-point number that has no exponent marker or that has e or E for an exponent marker. Other exponent markers explicitly prescribe the floating-point format to be used.

The printer uses *read-default-float-format* to guide the choice of exponent markers when printing floating-point numbers.

Examples:

 (let ((*read-default-float-format* 'double-float))
   (read-from-string "(1.0 1.0e0 1.0s0 1.0f0 1.0d0 1.0L0)"))
→ (1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0 1.0   1.0)   ;Implementation has float format F.
→ (1.0   1.0   1.0s0 1.0 1.0   1.0)   ;Implementation has float formats S and F.
→ (1.0d0 1.0d0 1.0   1.0 1.0d0 1.0d0) ;Implementation has float formats F and D.
→ (1.0d0 1.0d0 1.0s0 1.0 1.0d0 1.0d0) ;Implementation has float formats S, F, D.
→ (1.0d0 1.0d0 1.0   1.0 1.0d0 1.0L0) ;Implementation has float formats F, D, L.
→ (1.0d0 1.0d0 1.0s0 1.0 1.0d0 1.0L0) ;Implementation has formats S, F, D, L.