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class="stt">base</span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="SIntrapara">The bindings documented in this section are provided by the <a href="" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket/fasl</span></a> library, not <a href="index.html" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket/base</span></a> or <a href="index.html" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket</span></a>.</div></p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="together"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((lib._racket/fasl..rkt)._s-exp-~3efasl))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/fasl | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._s-exp-~3efasl%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">s-exp-&gt;fasl</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>[<span class="RktVar">out</span>]<span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fbase..rkt%29._or%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">or/c</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="void.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._void%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">void</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes?</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">v</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fprivate%2Fmisc..rkt%29._any%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">any/c</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">out</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fbase..rkt%29._or%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">or/c</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._output-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">output-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#f</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>=<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#f</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="together"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>procedure</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(def._((lib._racket/fasl..rkt)._fasl-~3es-exp))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/fasl | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._fasl-~3es-exp%29%29" class="RktValDef RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">fasl-&gt;s-exp</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">in</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>&rarr;<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fprivate%2Fmisc..rkt%29._any%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">any/c</a></span></p></blockquote></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">in</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span>:<span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="data-structure-contracts.html#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fcontract%2Fbase..rkt%29._or%2Fc%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">or/c</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="port-ops.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._input-port~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">input-port?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="bytestrings.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._bytes~3f%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">bytes?</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">The <span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._s-exp-~3efasl%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">s-exp-&gt;fasl</a></span> function serializes <span class="RktVar">v</span> to a byte
string, printing it directly to <span class="RktVar">out</span> if <span class="RktVar">out</span> is an
output port or return the byte string otherwise. The
<span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._fasl-~3es-exp%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">fasl-&gt;s-exp</a></span> function decodes a value from a byte string
(supplied either directly or as an input port) that was encoded with
<span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._s-exp-~3efasl%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">s-exp-&gt;fasl</a></span>.</div></p><p>The <span class="RktVar">v</span> argument must be a value that could be <span class="RktSym"><a href="quote.html#%28form._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._quote%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">quote</a></span>d
as a literal, because <span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._s-exp-~3efasl%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">s-exp-&gt;fasl</a></span> essentially uses
<span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="eval.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._compile%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">compile</a></span><span class="stt"> </span><span class="RktVal">`</span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">,</span><span class="RktVal">v</span><span class="RktPn">)</span> to encode the value using Racket&rsquo;s
built-in fast-load format for bytecode.</p><p>The byte-string encoding produced by <span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._s-exp-~3efasl%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">s-exp-&gt;fasl</a></span> is specific
to a version of Racket. That is, the resulting byte string can be
decoded back to <span class="RktVar">v</span> only using the same version with which it
was encoded.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara">Examples:</div><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="define.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Fprivate%2Fbase..rkt%29._define%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">define</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">fasl</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._s-exp-~3efasl%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">s-exp-&gt;fasl</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="pairs.html#%28def._%28%28quote._~23~25kernel%29._list%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">list</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#</span><span class="RktVal">(</span><span class="RktVal">"speed"</span><span class="RktVal">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">racer</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#\!</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktSym">fasl</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#"#~\0036.7T\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0'\0\0\0\221(\t\24z\221\3\1\5insp0'\20\0\20\0\25_\20\1\6\5\5speedCracer\a!"</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Ffasl..rkt%29._fasl-~3es-exp%29%29" class="RktValLink" data-pltdoc="x">fasl-&gt;s-exp</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">fasl</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'(#("speed") racer #\!)</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote></div></p><div class="navsetbottom"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" style="color: #888;" type="text" value="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, &quot;6.7&quot;, &quot;../&quot;);" onfocus="this.style.color=&quot;black&quot;; this.style.textAlign=&quot;left&quot;; if (this.value == &quot;...search manuals...&quot;) this.value=&quot;&quot;;" onblur="if (this.value.match(/^ *$/)) { this.style.color=&quot;#888&quot;; this.style.textAlign=&quot;center&quot;; this.value=&quot;...search manuals...&quot;; }"/></form>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot(&quot;6.7&quot;);">top</a></span><span class="navright">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="serialization.html" title="backward to &quot;13.9 Serialization&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">&larr; prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="input-and-output.html" title="up to &quot;13 Input and Output&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="security.html" title="forward to &quot;14 Reflection and Security&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">next &rarr;</a></span>&nbsp;</div></div></div><div id="contextindicator">&nbsp;</div></body></html>