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@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ This minor mode is highly recommended -- Carp's type errors are much easier to u
             (flycheck-mode 1)))
 ```
 
+## Flymake
+
+as an alternative to using Flycheck this uses Flymake removing the 3rd
+party dependency.
+
+```
+(require 'carp-flymake)
+
+(add-hook 'carp-mode-hook (lambda ()
+	(carp-setup-flymake-backend)
+	(flymake-mode 1)))
+```
 
 
 ## License
diff --git a/carp-flymake.el b/carp-flymake.el
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@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+;;; carp-flymake.el --- A carp Flymake backend  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+;;; Commentary: Flymake backend using carp's --check command.
+;;; Code:
+(require 'flymake)
+
+(defvar-local carp--flymake-proc nil
+  "Variable storing the currently active flymake process running the carp checker.
+This is used to determine if the current diagnostics are out of date.")
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun carp-flymake (report-fn &rest _args)
+  "Flymake backend for Carp syntax check.
+REPORT-FN is Flymake’s callback function."
+  ;; If the carp compiler is not installed signal an error
+  (unless (executable-find "carp")
+    (error "Cannot find a suitable version of the carp compiler"))
+  ;; If there is already a check runnning kill it
+  (when (process-live-p carp--flymake-proc)
+    (kill-process carp--flymake-proc))
+
+  ;; Save the current buffer, the narrowing restriction, remove any
+  ;; narrowing restriction.
+  ;;
+  (let ((source (current-buffer)))
+    (save-restriction
+      (widen)
+      ;; Reset the `carp--flymake-proc' process to a new process
+      ;; calling the carp tool.
+      ;;
+      (setq carp--flymake-proc
+	    (make-process
+	     :name "carp-flymake" :noquery t :connection-type 'pipe
+	     ;; Make output go to a temporary buffer.
+	     :buffer (generate-new-buffer " *carp-flymake*")
+	     :command (list "carp" "--check" (buffer-file-name source))
+	     :sentinel
+	     (lambda (proc _event)
+	       ;; Check that the process has indeed exited, as it might
+	       ;; be simply suspended.
+	       (when (memq (process-status proc) '(exit signal))
+		 (unwind-protect
+		     ;; Only proceed if `proc' is the same as
+		     ;; `carp--flymake-proc', which indicates that
+		     ;; `proc' is not an obsolete process.
+		     ;;
+		     (if (with-current-buffer source (eq proc carp--flymake-proc))
+			 (with-current-buffer (process-buffer proc)
+			   (goto-char (point-min))
+			   ;; Parse the output buffer for diagnostic's
+			   ;; messages and locations, collect them in a list
+			   ;; of objects, and call `report-fn'.
+
+			   (cl-loop
+			    while (search-forward-regexp
+				   "^\\(?:.*.carp\\|-\\):\\([0-9]+\\):\\(.*\\)$"
+				   nil t)
+			    for msg = (match-string 2)
+			    for (beg . end) = (flymake-diag-region
+					       source
+					       (string-to-number (match-string 1)))
+			    for type = :error
+			    collect (flymake-make-diagnostic source
+							     beg
+							     end
+							     type
+							     msg)
+			    into diags
+			    finally (funcall report-fn diags)))
+		       (flymake-log :warning "Canceling obsolete check %s"
+				    proc))
+		   ;; Cleanup the temporary buffer used to hold the
+		   ;; check's output.
+		   (kill-buffer (process-buffer proc))))))))))
+
+(defun carp-setup-flymake-backend ()
+  "Add the flymake-backend to the `flymake-diagnostic-functions'."
+  (add-hook 'flymake-diagnostic-functions 'carp-flymake nil t))
+
+(provide 'carp-flymake)
+;;; carp-flymake.el ends here