<dd>A Lisp string.

     <br><dt><var>encoding</var><dd>Foreign encoding. Defaults to <code>*default-foreign-encoding*</code>.

     <br><dt><var>null-terminated-p</var><dd>Boolean, defaults to true.

     <br><dt><var>start, end</var><dd>Bounding index designators of <var>string</var>. 0 and <code>nil</code>, by
default.

     <br><dt><var>pointer</var><dd>A pointer to the newly allocated foreign string. 
</dl>

<h4 class="subheading">Description</h4>

<p>The <code>foreign-string-alloc</code> function allo