diff -r 92fde8f61b0d -r 7062639cfdaa src/Pure/Tools/ghc.ML
--- a/src/Pure/Tools/ghc.ML	Tue Oct 30 19:25:32 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/Pure/Tools/ghc.ML	Tue Oct 30 22:05:30 2018 +0100
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
   val print_codepoint: UTF8.codepoint -> string
   val print_symbol: Symbol.symbol -> string
   val print_string: string -> string
+  val antiquotation: binding -> 'a Token.context_parser ->
+    ({context: Proof.context, source: Token.src, argument: 'a} -> string) -> theory -> theory
+  val read_source: Proof.context -> Input.source -> string
+  val set_result: string -> Proof.context -> Proof.context
 end;
 
 structure GHC: GHC =
@@ -42,4 +46,82 @@
 
 val print_string = quote o implode o map print_symbol o Symbol.explode;
 
+
+(** antiquotations **)
+
+(* theory data *)
+
+structure Antiqs = Theory_Data
+(
+  type T = (Token.src -> Proof.context -> string) Name_Space.table;
+  val empty : T = Name_Space.empty_table Markup.haskell_antiquotationN;
+  val extend = I;
+  fun merge tabs : T = Name_Space.merge_tables tabs;
+);
+
+val get_antiquotations = Antiqs.get o Proof_Context.theory_of;
+
+fun antiquotation name scan body thy =
+  let
+    fun antiq src ctxt =
+      let val (x, ctxt') = Token.syntax scan src ctxt
+      in body {context = ctxt', source = src, argument = x} end;
+  in thy |> Antiqs.map (Name_Space.define (Context.Theory thy) true (name, antiq) #> #2) end;
+
+
+(* read source and expand antiquotations *)
+
+val scan_antiq =
+  Antiquote.scan_control >> Antiquote.Control ||
+  Scan.one (Symbol.not_eof o Symbol_Pos.symbol) >> (Antiquote.Text o Symbol_Pos.symbol);
+
+fun read_source ctxt source =
+  let
+    val _ =
+      Context_Position.report ctxt (Input.pos_of source)
+        (Markup.language_haskell (Input.is_delimited source));
+
+    val (input, _) =
+      Input.source_explode source
+      |> Scan.error (Scan.finite Symbol_Pos.stopper (Scan.repeat scan_antiq));
+
+    val _ = Context_Position.reports ctxt (Antiquote.antiq_reports input);
+
+    fun expand antiq =
+      (case antiq of
+        Antiquote.Text s => s
+      | Antiquote.Control {name, body, ...} =>
+          let
+            val src = Token.make_src name (if null body then [] else [Token.read_cartouche body]);
+            val (src', f) = Token.check_src ctxt get_antiquotations src;
+          in f src' ctxt end
+      | Antiquote.Antiq antiq => error ("Bad antiquotation " ^ Position.here (#1 (#range antiq))));
+  in implode (map expand input) end;
+
+
+(* concrete antiquotation: ML expression as Haskell string literal *)
+
+structure Local_Data = Proof_Data
+(
+  type T = string option;
+  fun init _ = NONE;
+);
+
+val set_result = Local_Data.put o SOME;
+
+fun the_result ctxt =
+  (case Local_Data.get ctxt of
+    SOME s => s
+  | NONE => raise Fail "No result");
+
+val _ =
+  Theory.setup
+    (antiquotation \<^binding>\<open>cartouche\<close> (Scan.lift Args.cartouche_input)
+      (fn {context = ctxt, argument, ...} =>
+        ctxt |> Context.proof_map
+          (ML_Context.expression ("result", Position.thread_data ())
+            "string" "Context.map_proof (GHC.set_result result)"
+            (ML_Lex.read_source argument))
+        |> the_result |> print_string));
+
 end;