[Python-ideas] "Sum" Type hinting [was: Type hinting for path-related functions]

[Guido van Rossum]

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.

On Monday, May 16, 2016, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>> I know. But this could be considered syntactic sugar.
>>
>
> I don't think it is just syntactic sugar. There is
> a real difference between having a box containing
> either an apple or a banana, and having just an
> apple or a banana.
>
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