[project @ 2002-05-27 14:31:06 by simonmar]

[ghc-base.git] / GHC / Read.lhs

diff --git a/GHC/Read.lhs b/GHC/Read.lhs
index acc7ea2..b7b6965 100644 (file)
--- a/GHC/Read.lhs
+++ b/GHC/Read.lhs
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ readList__ readx
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 -- ReadS
 
+-- | A parser for a type @a@, represented as a function that takes a
+-- 'String' and returns a list of possible parses @(a,'String')@ pairs.
 type ReadS a = String -> [(a,String)]
 
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