struct ASCII {
  var codePoint: UInt8
  init(_unchecked: UInt8) { self.codePoint = _unchecked }
  
  static var h: ASCII { ASCII(_unchecked: 0x68) }
  // ...
}

enum Scheme {
        case ftp
        case file
        case http
        case https
        case ws
        case wss
        case other(String)

 static func parse<C>(asciiBytes: C) -> Scheme where C: Collection, C.Element == UInt8 {
            func notRecognised() -> Scheme {
                return .other(String(decoding: asciiBytes, as: Unicode.ASCII.self))
            }

            var iter = asciiBytes.lazy.map { ASCII(_unchecked: $0) }.makeIterator()
            switch iter.next() {
            case .h?:
                guard iter.next() == .t, iter.next() == .t, iter.next() == .p else { return notRecognised() }
                switch iter.next() {
                case .s?:
                    guard iter.next() == nil else { return notRecognised() }
                    return .https
                case .none:
                    return .http
                case .some(_):
                    return notRecognised()
                }
            case .f?:
                switch iter.next() {
                case .i?:
                    guard iter.next() == .l, iter.next() == .e, iter.next() == nil else { return notRecognised() }
                    return .file
                case .t?:
                    guard iter.next() == .p, iter.next() == nil else { return notRecognised() }
                    return .ftp
                default:
                    return notRecognised()
                }

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            }
        }
}