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Faked overloaded strings
data FakeChar = A | B | C
data ValidMyString : List Char -> Type where
VA : ValidMyString xs -> ValidMyString ('a' :: xs)
VB : ValidMyString xs -> ValidMyString ('b' :: xs)
VC : ValidMyString xs -> ValidMyString ('c' :: xs)
VNil : ValidMyString []
implicit fromString : (x : String) -> {auto p : ValidMyString (unpack x)}
-> List FakeChar
fromString x {p} = fromListChar p
where
fromListChar : ValidMyString xs -> List FakeChar
fromListChar (VA x) = A :: fromListChar x
fromListChar (VB x) = B :: fromListChar x
fromListChar (VC x) = C :: fromListChar x
fromListChar VNil = []
foo : List FakeChar
foo = "abcab"
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