2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/stream.c b/stream.c
index 027c1c94..ec9a7f66 100644
--- a/stream.c
+++ b/stream.c
@@ -4690,6 +4690,7 @@ void stream_init(void)
   reg_fun(intern(lit("get-string-from-stream"), user_package), func_n1(get_string_from_stream));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("make-strlist-output-stream"), user_package), func_n0(make_strlist_output_stream));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("get-list-from-stream"), user_package), func_n1(get_list_from_stream));
+  reg_fun(intern(lit("make-byte-input-stream"), user_package), func_n1(make_byte_input_stream));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("close-stream"), user_package), func_n2o(close_stream, 1));
   reg_fun(get_error_s, func_n1(get_error));
   reg_fun(get_error_str_s, func_n1(get_error_str));
diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
index 3989c5ca..5bc1622c 100644
--- a/txr.1
+++ b/txr.1
@@ -47306,6 +47306,37 @@ from the string output stream, as if by the
 function, and returned as the result value
 of the form.
 
+.coNP Function @ make-byte-input-stream
+.synb
+.mets (make-byte-input-stream << obj )
+.syne
+.desc
+The
+.code make-byte-input-stream
+creates a stream which supports the
+.code get-byte
+operation for traversing a byte-wise representation of
+.metn obj .
+
+The function serves as a generic interface for calling one of
+several other stream constructing functions based on the
+type of the
+.meta obj
+argument.
+
+The
+.meta obj
+argument must be either a buffer, in which case
+.code make-byte-input-stream
+behaves like
+.codn make-buf-stream ,
+or else a string, in which case the function behaves like
+.codn make-string-byte-input-stream .
+
+Note: the repertoire of types handled by
+.code make-byte-input-stream
+may expand in future language versions.
+
 .coNP Function @ close-stream
 .synb
 .mets (close-stream < stream <> [ throw-on-error-p ])