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Re: no constants please Michael Sperber 28 Dec 2003 09:34 UTC

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <xxxxxx@emf.net> writes:

Tom> Either way, these "constants" wind up having exactly the same style of
Tom> interface as SCHEME_ENTER_* rather than a special case interface that
Tom> refers to their traditional implementation using immediate
Tom> representations.

OK, point taken.  But why is that a reason to have SCHEME_FALSE()
instead of SCHEME_FALSE?  (Alternatively: why does Scheme allow EQ? to
work on booleans, and use #f instead of (false)?)

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