diff --git a/examples/ccparse_sexp.ml b/examples/ccparse_sexp.ml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..369542ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ccparse_sexp.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+open CCParse
+
+type sexp = Atom of string | List of sexp list
+
+let rec pp_sexpr out (s:sexp) : unit = match s with
+  | Atom s -> Format.fprintf out "%S" s
+  | List l ->
+    Format.fprintf out "(@[";
+    List.iteri (fun i s -> if i>0 then Format.fprintf out "@ "; pp_sexpr out s) l;
+    Format.fprintf out "@])"
+
+let str_of_sexp = CCFormat.to_string pp_sexpr
+
+let skip_white_and_comments =
+  fix @@ fun self ->
+  skip_white *>
+  ( try_or (char ';')
+      ~f:(fun _ -> skip_chars (function '\n' -> false | _ -> true) *> self)
+      ~else_:(return ())
+  )
+
+let atom =
+  chars_fold_map `Start
+    ~f:(fun acc c ->
+        match acc, c with
+          | `Start, '"' -> `Continue `In_quote
+          | `Start, (' ' | '\t' | '\n' | '(' | ')' | ';') -> `Fail "atom"
+          | `Normal, (' ' | '\t' | '\n' | '(' | ')' | ';') -> `Stop
+          | `Done, _ -> `Stop
+          | `In_quote, '"' -> `Continue `Done (* consume *)
+          | `In_quote, '\\' -> `Continue `Escape
+          | `In_quote, c -> `Yield (`In_quote, c)
+          | `Escape, 'n' -> `Yield (`In_quote, '\n')
+          | `Escape, 't' -> `Yield (`In_quote, '\t')
+          | `Escape, '"' -> `Yield (`In_quote, '"')
+          | `Escape, '\\' -> `Yield (`In_quote, '\\')
+          | `Escape, c -> `Fail (Printf.sprintf "unknown escape code \\%c" c)
+          | (`Start | `Normal), c -> `Yield (`Normal, c)
+          | _ -> `Fail "invalid atom"
+      )
+  >>= function
+  | `In_quote, _ -> fail "unclosed \""
+  | `Escape, _ -> fail "unfinished escape sequence"
+  | _, "" -> fail "expected non-empty atom"
+  | _, s -> return (Atom s)
+
+let psexp =
+  fix @@ fun self ->
+  skip_white_and_comments *>
+  try_or (char '(')
+    ~f:(fun _ ->
+      (sep ~by:skip_white_and_comments self
+      <* skip_white_and_comments <* char ')') >|= fun l -> List l)
+    ~else_:atom
+
+let psexp_l =
+  many_until ~until:(skip_white_and_comments *> eoi) psexp
+
+let () =
+  let s = CCIO.File.read_exn Sys.argv.(1) in
+  match parse_string psexp_l s with
+    | Ok l ->
+      Format.printf "parsed:@.";
+      List.iter (Format.printf "%a@." pp_sexpr) l
+    | Error e ->
+      Format.printf "parse error: %s@." e; exit 1
diff --git a/examples/dune b/examples/dune
index 33361d56..554c2165 100644
--- a/examples/dune
+++ b/examples/dune
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 
-(executable
-  (name id_sexp)
+(executables
+  (names id_sexp ccparse_sexp)
   (libraries containers)
-  (modules id_sexp)
+  ;(modules id_sexp)
   (flags :standard -warn-error -a+8 -safe-string -color always)
   (ocamlopt_flags :standard -O3 -color always
                    -unbox-closures -unbox-closures-factor 20))
+
+(alias
+  (name runtest)
+  (locks /ctest)
+  (action
+    (ignore-stdout
+      (run ./id_sexp.exe test_data/benchpress.sexp))))
+
+(alias
+  (name runtest)
+  (locks /ctest)
+  (action
+    (ignore-stdout
+      (run ./ccparse_sexp.exe test_data/benchpress.sexp))))
diff --git a/examples/test_data/benchpress.sexp b/examples/test_data/benchpress.sexp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b48e773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/test_data/benchpress.sexp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+(prover
+  (name msat)
+  (synopsis "msat for pure sat problems")
+  (version "git:.")
+  (sat "^Sat")
+  (unsat "^Unsat")
+  (cmd "$cur_dir/../msat.exe -time $timeout $file"))
+
+(dir
+  (path $cur_dir)
+  (pattern ".*\\.cnf")
+  (expect (const unknown)))