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;;;; runtime C values that don't correspond directly to Lisp types
-;;; ALIEN-VALUE
-;;;
;;; Note: The DEFSTRUCT for ALIEN-VALUE lives in a separate file
;;; 'cause it has to be real early in the cold-load order.
#!-sb-fluid (declaim (freeze-type alien-value))
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;;;; the DEREF operator
-;;; Does most of the work of the different DEREF methods. Returns two values:
-;;; the type and the offset (in bits) of the refered to alien.
+;;; This function does most of the work of the different DEREF
+;;; methods. It returns two values: the type and the offset (in bits)
+;;; of the referred-to alien.
(defun deref-guts (alien indices)
(declare (type alien-value alien)
(type list indices)