return zero values.
@item
+@cindex External formats
The foreign type specifier @code{(sb-alien:c-string &key external-format
element-type)} is similar to @code{(* char)}, but is interpreted as a
null-terminated string, and is automatically converted into a Lisp
The @var{type} must be some foreign pointer, array, or record type.
@end defun
-@defun sb-alien:alien-sap @var{foreign-value} @var{type}
+@defun sb-alien:alien-sap @var{foreign-value}
@findex alien-sap
The @code{sb-alien:alien-sap} function returns the @acronym{SAP} which
could be said to have a whole-world granularity).
@item
-Disable GC, using the @code{without-gcing} macro or @code{gc-off}
-call.
+Disable GC, using the @code{without-gcing} macro.
@end enumerate
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