diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,108 +1,163 @@
-# This file has been generated -- see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+# This Travis job script has been generated by a script via
+#
+#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs '-o' '.travis.yml' '--ghc-head' '--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens' '--no-no-tests-no-bench' '--no-unconstrained' 'cabal.project' '--hlint' '--hlint-options=--cpp-define=HLINT' '--allow-failure=7.0.4' '--allow-failure=7.2.2'
+#
+# For more information, see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+#
 language: c
 sudo: false
 
+git:
+  submodules: false  # whether to recursively clone submodules
+
+notifications:
+  irc:
+    channels:
+      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
+    skip_join: true
+    template:
+      - "\x0313parsers\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
+
 cache:
   directories:
-    - $HOME/.cabsnap
     - $HOME/.cabal/packages
+    - $HOME/.cabal/store
 
 before_cache:
   - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar
+  # remove files that are regenerated by 'cabal update'
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.*
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/*.json
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.cache
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar.idx
 
+  - rm -rfv $HOME/.cabal/packages/head.hackage
+
 matrix:
   include:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.0.4
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.0.4"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.0.4,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.2.2
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.2.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.2.2,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.4.2
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.4.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.4.2,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.6.3
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.6.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.6.3,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.8.4
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.8.4"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.8.4,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.10.3
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.10.3,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.0.2
-      compiler: ": #GHC 8.0.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-8.0.2,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=2.0 GHCVER=8.2.2
-      compiler: ": #GHC 8.2.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-2.0,ghc-8.2.2,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
+      env: GHCHEAD=true
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.6.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.4.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.2.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.0.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.10.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.10.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.8.4"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.6.3"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.4.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.4.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.2.2"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.0.4"
+    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.0.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - compiler: "ghc-head"
+      env: GHCHEAD=true
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-head], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
 
+  allow_failures:
+    - compiler: "ghc-head"
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.0.4"
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.2.2"
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
+
 before_install:
- - unset CC
- - export PATH=/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:$PATH
+  - HC=${CC}
+  - HCPKG=${HC/ghc/ghc-pkg}
+  - unset CC
+  - ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
+  - mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
+  - "PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:/opt/ghc-ppa-tools/bin:$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"
+  - HCNUMVER=$(( $(${HC} --numeric-version|sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1 * 10000 + \2 * 100 + \3/') ))
+  - echo $HCNUMVER
 
 install:
- - cabal --version
- - echo "$(ghc --version) [$(ghc --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
- - if [ -f $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz ];
-   then
-     zcat $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz >
-          $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar;
-   fi
- - travis_retry cabal update -v
- - sed -i 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
- - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --dry -v > installplan.txt
- - sed -i -e '1,/^Resolving /d' installplan.txt; cat installplan.txt
+  - cabal --version
+  - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
+  - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
+  - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
+  - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
+  - UNCONSTRAINED=${UNCONSTRAINED-true}
+  - NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS=${NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS-false}
+  - GHCHEAD=${GHCHEAD-false}
+  - travis_retry cabal update -v
+  - "sed -i.bak 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config"
+  - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local
+  # Overlay Hackage Package Index for GHC HEAD: https://github.com/hvr/head.hackage
+  - |
+    if $GHCHEAD; then
+      sed -i 's/-- allow-newer: .*/allow-newer: *:base/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do pkg=$(echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//'); sed -i "s/allow-newer: /allow-newer: *:$pkg, /" ${HOME}/.cabal/config; done
 
-# check whether current requested install-plan matches cached package-db snapshot
- - if diff -u installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/installplan.txt;
-   then
-     echo "cabal build-cache HIT";
-     rm -rfv .ghc;
-     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc $HOME/.ghc;
-     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/lib $HOME/.cabsnap/share $HOME/.cabsnap/bin $HOME/.cabal/;
-   else
-     echo "cabal build-cache MISS";
-     rm -rf $HOME/.cabsnap;
-     mkdir -p $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin;
-     cabal install -j --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks;
-   fi
+      echo 'repository head.hackage'                                                        >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   url: http://head.hackage.haskell.org/'                                       >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   secure: True'                                                                >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   root-keys: 07c59cb65787dedfaef5bd5f987ceb5f7e5ebf88b904bbd4c5cbdeb2ff71b740' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '              2e8555dde16ebd8df076f1a8ef13b8f14c66bad8eafefd7d9e37d0ed711821fb' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '              8f79fd2389ab2967354407ec852cbe73f2e8635793ac446d09461ffb99527f6e' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+      echo '   key-threshold: 3'                                                            >> ${HOME}/.cabal.config
 
-# snapshot package-db on cache miss
- - if [ ! -d $HOME/.cabsnap ];
-   then
-      echo "snapshotting package-db to build-cache";
-      mkdir $HOME/.cabsnap;
-      cp -a $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc;
-      cp -a $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/;
-   fi
+      grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
 
+      cabal new-update head.hackage -v
+    fi
+  - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
+  - if [ $HCNUMVER -eq 80403 ]; then cabal new-install -w ${HC} -j2 --symlink-bindir=$HOME/.local/bin hlint --constraint='hlint ==2.1.*'; fi
+  - "printf 'packages: \".\"\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - touch cabal.project.local
+  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg  | grep -vw -- parsers | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
+  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then
+      (cd "." && autoreconf -i);
+    fi
+  - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
+  - rm -rf .ghc.environment.* "."/dist
+  - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
+
 # Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
 # any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
 script:
- - if [ -f configure.ac ]; then autoreconf -i; fi
- - cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
- - cabal build   # this builds all libraries and executables (including tests/benchmarks)
- - cabal test
- - if [ ! $CABALVER = "1.24" ]; then cabal check; fi
-# - cabal sdist   # tests that a source-distribution can be generated
+  # test that source-distributions can be generated
+  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
+  - mv "."/dist/parsers-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
+  - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
+  - "printf 'packages: parsers-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
+  - touch cabal.project.local
+  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg  | grep -vw -- parsers | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
 
-# Check that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed.
-# If there are no other `.tar.gz` files in `dist`, this can be even simpler:
-# `cabal install --force-reinstalls dist/*-*.tar.gz`
-# - SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2;exit}').tar.gz &&
-#   (cd dist && cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ")
+  # build & run tests, build benchmarks
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
+  - if [ "x$TEST" = "x--enable-tests" ]; then cabal new-test -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; fi
 
-# Not included by generator
- - hlint src --cpp-define HLINT
+  # hlint
+  - if [ $HCNUMVER -eq 80403 ]; then (cd parsers-* && hlint --cpp-define=HLINT src); fi
 
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
-    skip_join: true
-    template:
-      - "\x0313parsers\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
+  # cabal check
+  - (cd parsers-* && cabal check)
 
+  # haddock
+  - rm -rf ./dist-newstyle
+  - if $HADDOCK; then cabal new-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; else echo "Skipping haddock generation";fi
+
+# REGENDATA ["-o",".travis.yml","--ghc-head","--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens","--no-no-tests-no-bench","--no-unconstrained","cabal.project","--hlint","--hlint-options=--cpp-define=HLINT","--allow-failure=7.0.4","--allow-failure=7.2.2"]
 # EOF
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0.12.9 [2018.07.04]
+-------------------
+* Add instances for the `Get` type from `binary`.
+* Add a `surroundedBy` function, as a shorthand for `between bra ket` when
+  `bra` and `ket` are the same.
+
 0.12.8
 ------
 * Remove the `doctest` test suite, as there are no actual doctests anywhere
diff --git a/HLint.hs b/HLint.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HLint.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import "hint" HLint.Default
+
+ignore "Reduce duplication"
+ignore "Use String"
diff --git a/parsers.cabal b/parsers.cabal
--- a/parsers.cabal
+++ b/parsers.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          parsers
 category:      Text, Parsing
-version:       0.12.8
+version:       0.12.9
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.10
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -18,17 +18,32 @@
   get access to a large number of canned definitions. Instances exist for the parsers provided by @parsec@,
   @attoparsec@ and base’s "Text.Read".
 build-type:    Simple
-tested-with:   GHC==7.0.4, GHC==7.2.2, GHC==7.4.2, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0.2, GHC==8.2.2
+tested-with:   GHC==7.0.4
+             , GHC==7.2.2
+             , GHC==7.4.2
+             , GHC==7.6.3
+             , GHC==7.8.4
+             , GHC==7.10.3
+             , GHC==8.0.2
+             , GHC==8.2.2
+             , GHC==8.4.3
+             , GHC==8.6.1
 
 extra-source-files:
   .travis.yml
   CHANGELOG.markdown
   README.markdown
+  HLint.hs
 
 source-repository head
   type: git
   location: git://github.com/ekmett/parsers.git
 
+flag binary
+  default: True
+  description:
+    You can disable the use of the `binary` package using `-f-binary`.
+
 library
   default-language: Haskell2010
   exposed-modules:
@@ -51,7 +66,7 @@
     base                 >= 4.3      && < 5,
     base-orphans         >= 0.3      && < 1,
     charset              >= 0.3      && < 1,
-    containers           >= 0.4      && < 0.6,
+    containers           >= 0.4      && < 0.7,
     semigroups           >= 0.12     && < 1,
     parsec               >= 3.1      && < 3.2,
     attoparsec           >= 0.12.1.4 && < 0.14,
@@ -60,6 +75,9 @@
     mtl                  >= 2.0.1    && < 2.3,
     scientific           >= 0.3      && < 0.4,
     unordered-containers >= 0.2      && < 0.3
+
+  if flag(binary)
+    build-depends: binary >= 0.7.2 && < 1
 
 test-suite quickcheck
   type:    exitcode-stdio-1.0
diff --git a/src/Text/Parser/Combinators.hs b/src/Text/Parser/Combinators.hs
--- a/src/Text/Parser/Combinators.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Parser/Combinators.hs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   , optional -- from Control.Applicative, parsec optionMaybe
   , skipOptional -- parsec optional
   , between
+  , surroundedBy
   , some     -- from Control.Applicative, parsec many1
   , many     -- from Control.Applicative
   , sepBy
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@
 import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Combinator as Att
 import qualified Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP as ReadP
 
+#ifdef MIN_VERSION_binary
+import Control.Monad (when, unless)
+import qualified Data.Binary.Get as B
+#endif
+
 -- | @choice ps@ tries to apply the parsers in the list @ps@ in order,
 -- until one of them succeeds. Returns the value of the succeeding
 -- parser.
@@ -115,6 +121,12 @@
 between bra ket p = bra *> p <* ket
 {-# INLINE between #-}
 
+-- | @p \`surroundedBy\` f@ is @p@ surrounded by @f@. Shortcut for @between f f p@.
+-- As in @between@, returns the value returned by @p@.
+surroundedBy :: Applicative m => m a -> m sur -> m a
+surroundedBy p bound = between bound bound p
+{-# INLINE surroundedBy #-}
+
 -- | @sepBy p sep@ parses /zero/ or more occurrences of @p@, separated
 -- by @sep@. Returns a list of values returned by @p@.
 --
@@ -424,6 +436,18 @@
   unexpected      = fail
   eof             = Att.endOfInput
   notFollowedBy p = optional p >>= maybe (pure ()) (unexpected . show)
+
+#ifdef MIN_VERSION_binary
+instance Parsing B.Get where
+  try             = id
+  (<?>)           = flip B.label
+  skipMany p      = do skipped <- True <$ p <|> pure False
+                       when skipped $ skipMany p
+  unexpected      = fail
+  eof             = do isEof <- B.isEmpty
+                       unless isEof $ fail "Parsing.eof"
+  notFollowedBy p = optional p >>= maybe (pure ()) (unexpected . show)
+#endif
 
 instance Parsing ReadP.ReadP where
   try        = id
diff --git a/src/Text/Parser/LookAhead.hs b/src/Text/Parser/LookAhead.hs
--- a/src/Text/Parser/LookAhead.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Parser/LookAhead.hs
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 import qualified Text.Parsec as Parsec
 import Text.Parser.Combinators
 
+#ifdef MIN_VERSION_binary
+import qualified Data.Binary.Get as B
+#endif
+
 -- | Additional functionality needed to describe parsers independent of input type.
 class Parsing m => LookAheadParsing m where
   -- | @lookAhead p@ parses @p@ without consuming any input.
@@ -87,6 +91,11 @@
 
 instance Att.Chunk i => LookAheadParsing (Att.Parser i) where
   lookAhead = Att.lookAhead
+
+#ifdef MIN_VERSION_binary
+instance LookAheadParsing B.Get where
+  lookAhead = B.lookAhead
+#endif
 
 instance LookAheadParsing ReadP.ReadP where
   lookAhead p = ReadP.look >>= \s ->
diff --git a/src/Text/Parser/Token.hs b/src/Text/Parser/Token.hs
--- a/src/Text/Parser/Token.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Parser/Token.hs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 import Data.Scientific ( Scientific )
 import qualified Data.Scientific as Sci
 import Data.String
-import Data.Text hiding (empty,zip,foldl,foldl',take,map,length,splitAt,null,transpose)
+import Data.Text hiding (empty,zip,foldl',take,map,length,splitAt,null,transpose)
 import Numeric (showIntAtBase)
 import qualified Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP as ReadP
 import qualified Text.Parsec as Parsec
