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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)