Parsec as a Dependency?

[Marc Weber]

> 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