bug#24102: Use guile variable objects as SRFI-111 boxes.

2016-08-18 Thread Mark H Weaver
"Glenn Michaels" writes: > Sorry for the delayed response. > > Mark H Weaver writes: >> > Moreover, SRFI-111 boxes and guile variable objects are clearly >> > semantically the same thing. > >> Unfortunately, they are not quite the same thing. Unlike SRFI-111 >> boxes, Guile variables are a unio

bug#24102: Use guile variable objects as SRFI-111 boxes.

2016-08-18 Thread Glenn Michaels
Sorry for the delayed response. Mark H Weaver writes: > > Moreover, SRFI-111 boxes and guile variable objects are clearly > > semantically the same thing. > Unfortunately, they are not quite the same thing. Unlike SRFI-111 > boxes, Guile variables are a union type: they contain an arbitrary > S