(string/bytes "foo") # => (102 111 111) (string/from-bytes 102 111 111) # => "foo" (string/from-bytes (splice (string/bytes "foo"))) # => "foo" (map (fn [x] x) "foo") # => @[102 111 111] (map string/from-bytes "foo") # => @["f" "o" "o"] (defn string/explode [s] (map string/from-bytes s)) (string/explode "foo") # => @["f" "o" "o"]