-<para>To fully optimize across platforms, both explicit type information
-must be passed to dereferencing of pointers and arrays. Though this
-optimization only helps with &acl;, &uffi; is designed to require this
-type information be passed the dereference functions. Second, declarations
-of type should be made in functions, structures, and classes where
-foreign objects will be help. This will optimize access for &lw;
-</para>
-</sect2>
+ <para>
+ To fully optimize across platforms, both explicit type
+ information must be passed to dereferencing of pointers and
+ arrays. Though this optimization only helps with &acl;, &uffi;
+ is designed to require this type information be passed the
+ dereference functions. Second, declarations of type should be
+ made in functions, structures, and classes where foreign
+ objects will be help. This will optimize access for &lw;
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Here is an example that should both methods being used for
+ maximum cross-implementation optimization:
+ <programlisting>
+(uffi:def-type the-struct-type-def the-struct-type)
+(let ((a-foreign-struct (allocate-foreign-object 'the-struct-type)))
+ (declare 'the-struct-type-def a-foreign-struct)
+ (get-slot-value a-foreign-struct 'the-struct-type 'field-name))
+ </programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>