[project @ 2004-07-26 13:26:41 by ross]

[ghc-base.git] / Text / ParserCombinators / ReadP.hs

diff --git a/Text/ParserCombinators/ReadP.hs b/Text/ParserCombinators/ReadP.hs
index 6b8475f..18f91c4 100644 (file)
--- a/Text/ParserCombinators/ReadP.hs
+++ b/Text/ParserCombinators/ReadP.hs
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ infixr 5 +++, <++
 -- 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.
+-- 'String' and returns a list of possible parses as @(a,'String')@ pairs.
+--
+-- Note that this kind of backtracking parser is very inefficient;
+-- reading a large structure may be quite slow (cf 'ReadP').
 type ReadS a = String -> [(a,String)]
 #endif