> Why > _scc_ "foo" > and not > {-# SCC "foo" #-} > ? > > IMHO a pragma would be better: does not make the scc-annotated program > non-standard. > > (Well, nhc98 should be fixed to ignore unknown pragmas in arbitrary > places.) Good suggestion. I'm not sure why it was done the current way; perhaps it was before the advent of pragmas. Anyway, on my ToDo list it goes... Cheers, Simon