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  from="Alessandro Baretta &lt;alex@b...&gt;"
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  from="William Lovas &lt;wlovas@s...&gt;"
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  from="Alessandro Baretta &lt;alex@b...&gt;"
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  from="Michael Vanier &lt;mvanier@c...&gt;"
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I believe I remember a pattern matching construct where an 
expression could be associated with multiple patterns.

match &lt;expr&gt; with
| A(_) | B(_) | C(_) -&gt; foo
| C(_) | D(_) | E(_) -&gt; bar

Neither does the compiler accept such code, nor does the 
manual mention such construct. Has it been removed from the 
language or am I suffering severe brain damage from too much 
O'Caml coding?

Alex

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