anchor.diff:      ((str (* :unsigned-char)))
     :returning :unsigned-int)
   
  +#-allegro
   (defun native-to-string (s)
     (declare (optimize (speed 3) (space 0) (safety 0) (compilation-speed 0))
   	   (type char-ptr-def s))
  
positive.code: ;;;; Programmers:   Kevin M. Rosenberg
  ;;;; Date Started:  Mar 2002
  ;;;;
  ;;;; $Id: clsql-uffi.lisp,v 1.20 2003/05/16 18:53:57 kevin Exp $
  ;;;;
  ;;;; This file, part of CLSQL, is Copyright (c) 2002 by Kevin M. Rosenberg
  ;;;;
  
negative.code: 		  (make-64-bit-integer high32 low32)))))
  	 (t
  	  ;; Choose optimized routine
  	  #-(or cmu sbcl lispworks scl)
  	  (native-to-string char-ptr)
  	  #+(or cmu sbcl lispworks scl)
  	  (uffi:convert-from-foreign-string char-ptr)))))))
    
  
  