Parsec as a Dependency?

Marc Weber marco-oweber at gmx.de
Mon Jun 11 07:16:58 EDT 2007


> Adding parsec as a dependency is a big step - it would bring parsec into 
> GHC's core packages, and force its distribution with other compilers too.  

If this happens may I propose having a look at my small parsec patch
allowing arbitrary token types not only chars ? Would this cause a big
speed penalty?
http://mawercer.de/marcweber/haskell/darcs/fparsec/

I've used this to create an experimental command line parser which works
fine.

Marc Weber


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