diff --git a/Text/Megaparsec/Pos.hs b/Text/Megaparsec/Pos.hs
index cf4bcb6..700bbb1 100644
--- a/Text/Megaparsec/Pos.hs
+++ b/Text/Megaparsec/Pos.hs
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 -- |
 -- Module      :  Text.Megaparsec.Pos
 -- Copyright   :  © 2015–2016 Megaparsec contributors
---                © 2007 Paolo Martini
---                © 1999–2001 Daan Leijen
 -- License     :  FreeBSD
 --
 -- Maintainer  :  Mark Karpov <markkarpov@opmbx.org>
 -- Stability   :  experimental
 -- Portability :  portable
 --
--- Textual source position.
+-- Textual source position. The position includes name of file, line number,
+-- and column number. Stack of such positions can be used to support include
+-- files.
 
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP                #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TupleSections      #-}
 
@@ -31,20 +32,33 @@ module Text.Megaparsec.Pos
 where
 
 import Control.Monad.Catch
+import Data.Data (Data)
 import Data.Semigroup
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
+import Unsafe.Coerce
+
+#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
+import Data.Word (Word)
+#endif
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Pos
 
 -- | Positive integer that is used to represent line number, column number,
--- and similar things like indentation level.
+-- and similar things like indentation level. 'Semigroup' instance can be
+-- used to safely and purely add 'Pos'es together.
 
-newtype Pos = Pos Word deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+newtype Pos = Pos Word
+  deriving (Show, Eq, Ord, Data, Typeable)
 
--- | Construction of 'Pos' from 'Word'. Zero values will throw 'InvalidPos'.
+-- | Construction of 'Pos' from an instance of 'Integral'. The function
+-- throws 'InvalidPosException' when given non-positive argument. Note that
+-- the function is polymorphic with respect to 'MonadThrow' @m@, so you can
+-- get result inside of 'Maybe' or use the function in the context of parser
+-- monad.
 
-mkPos :: (MonadThrow m, Integral a) => a -> m Pos
+mkPos :: (Integral a, MonadThrow m) => a -> m Pos
 mkPos x =
   if x < 1
     then throwM InvalidPosException
@@ -64,8 +78,8 @@ unsafePos x =
 -- | Extract 'Word' from 'Pos'.
 
 unPos :: Pos -> Word
-unPos (Pos x) = x
-{-# INLINE  unPos #-}
+unPos = unsafeCoerce
+{-# INLINE unPos #-}
 
 instance Semigroup Pos where
   (Pos x) <> (Pos y) = Pos (x + y)
@@ -81,7 +95,8 @@ instance Read Pos where
 -- | The exception is thrown by 'mkPos' when its argument is not a positive
 -- number.
 
-data InvalidPosException = InvalidPosException deriving (Eq, Show, Typeable)
+data InvalidPosException = InvalidPosException
+  deriving (Eq, Show, Data, Typeable)
 
 instance Exception InvalidPosException
 
@@ -89,12 +104,14 @@ instance Exception InvalidPosException
 -- Source position
 
 -- | The data type @SourcePos@ represents source positions. It contains the
--- name of the source file, a line number and a column number.
+-- name of the source file, a line number, and a column number. Source line
+-- and column positions change intensively during parsing, so we need to
+-- make them strict to avoid memory leaks.
 
 data SourcePos = SourcePos
-  { sourceName   :: String  -- ^ Name of source file
-  , sourceLine   :: !Pos    -- ^ Line number
-  , sourceColumn :: !Pos    -- ^ Column number
+  { sourceName   :: FilePath -- ^ Name of source file
+  , sourceLine   :: !Pos     -- ^ Line number
+  , sourceColumn :: !Pos     -- ^ Column number
   } deriving (Show, Read, Eq, Ord)
 
 -- | Construct initial position (line 1, column 1) given name of source
@@ -118,9 +135,8 @@ sourcePosPretty (SourcePos n l c)
 -- | Update a source position given a character. The first argument
 -- specifies tab width. If the character is a newline (\'\\n\') the line
 -- number is incremented by 1. If the character is a tab (\'\\t\') the
--- column number is incremented to the nearest tab position, i.e. @column +
--- width - ((column - 1) \`rem\` width)@. In all other cases, the column is
--- incremented by 1.
+-- column number is incremented to the nearest tab position. In all other
+-- cases, the column is incremented by 1.
 
 defaultUpdatePos
   :: Pos               -- ^ Tab width