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From: Dawid Toton <d0@w...>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Fine-grained types with more general library 

> type 'a path = string list
> type remote_t = `Remote path
> type local_t = `Local path
>
> val works_on_remote_t : [> `Remote] path -> whatever
> val works_on_local_t : [> `Local] path -> whatever
> val works_on_any_t : 'a path -> whatever
>
> See the following URL for more details on this trick (called Phantom Types):
> http://caml.inria.fr/pub/ml-archives/caml-list/2001/09/081c77179ee2a3787233902a51633122.en.html
>
>   
Thank you all for immediate responses!
After playing with toplevel I managed to get the correct syntax:

type 'a path = string list
type remote_t = [`Remote] path
type local_t = [`Local] path

This seems as yet to be very good solution.:)

Dawid