Hmm... In Java there is a form of syntactic sugar that automatically deals with such boxes called auto-(un)boxing, IIUC. So I still think it can be called syntactic sugar.<br><br>On Monday, May 16, 2016, Greg Ewing &lt;<a href="mailto:greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz">greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Guido van Rossum wrote:<br>
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I know. But this could be considered syntactic sugar.<br>
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I don&#39;t think it is just syntactic sugar. There is<br>
a real difference between having a box containing<br>
either an apple or a banana, and having just an<br>
apple or a banana.<br>
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-- <br>
Greg<br>
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</blockquote><br><br>-- <br>--Guido (mobile)<br>