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

>> From: Michael Sperber <xxxxxx@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>

Tom> SCHEME_FALSE, SCHEME_TRUE, SCHEME_NULL, and
Tom> SCHEME_UNSPECIFIC should be functions, not constants:

>> Why?

Tom> [...] because, you never know, those constants might be
Tom> heap allocated.

>> That, AFAICS, doesn't mandate the above.

Tom> Perhaps it would be clearer if I said that those constants may be
Tom> _newly_ heap allocated.

No.

Tom> It isn't GC-safe to return values which may be unprotected from GC.

Then GC-protect them.

Tom> Anyway, why is it important to write them that way?  You can't use
Tom> them with == or !=.

Why not?

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