Fred Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Instead of altering the language why not
> 
> type printerCommands = PrinterSetUnit | ...;;
> 
> and the function
> 
> match <scanning function> with
> | "\027(U\001\000\005" -> PrinterSetUnit
> | ... -> (* other cases *)
> | "" -> assert false
> 
> The rest of your program can then be independent of these bizarre strings.

Not really. I need to use these strings in a couple of 
different places, so I'd like to be able to define them only 
once, as constant identifiers, or aliases, and forget them 
entirely.

Alex

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