X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual%2Fffi.texinfo;h=0c4eb4945875a66264c11a3be5ea49e4c3b3d2b0;hb=43df38a2fe89c376ee6791899ec52736054dcfb0;hp=78267ca4a4bcbf3926a6018b79c888a2fb0f316a;hpb=d9479b4b4ca343e06886902d3a43eaf5a238fb9b;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/doc/manual/ffi.texinfo b/doc/manual/ffi.texinfo index 78267ca..0c4eb49 100644 --- a/doc/manual/ffi.texinfo +++ b/doc/manual/ffi.texinfo @@ -49,12 +49,11 @@ by the Lisp implementation. This can require a considerable amount of dependent on the internal implementation details of the Lisp system. @item -The Lisp system can automatically convert objects back and forth -between the Lisp and foreign representations. This is convenient, but +The Lisp system can automatically convert objects back and forth between +the Lisp and foreign representations. This is convenient, but translation becomes prohibitively slow when large or complex data structures must be shared. This approach is supported by the SBCL -@acronym{FFI}, and used automatically by the when passing integers and -strings. +@acronym{FFI}, and used automatically when passing integers and strings. @item The Lisp program can directly manipulate foreign objects through the