---
name: "stream/type"
module: "streams"
section: "Introspection"
---
Returns a string describing the stream implementation.
```sema
(stream/type (stream/byte-buffer)) ;; => "byte-buffer"
(stream/type (stream/from-string "x")) ;; => "string"
(stream/type (stream/open-input "f.txt")) ;; => "file-input"
(stream/type *stdout*) ;; => "stdout"
```