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+cffi-unistd
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+CFFI wrapper for POSIX header unistd.h
+
+Each function is exported twice : once with a C- prefix with C like
+return code semantics; and another time without prefix with Common
+Lisp error signalling.
+
+References :
+http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/unistd.h.html