update rustc_ast crate descriptions in documentation #90518
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| The `rustc_ast` crate contains those things concerned purely with syntax | |||
| – that is, the AST ("abstract syntax tree"), parser, pretty-printer, | |||
| lexer, macro expander, and utilities for traversing ASTs. | |||
| – that is, the AST ("abstract syntax tree"), along with some definitions for tokens and token streams, data structures/traits for mutating ASTs, and shared definitions for other AST-related parts of the compiler (like the lexer and macro-expansion). | |||
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Hmm, I'm not even sure why this file exists. I thought all the compiler/ READMEs were moved to the rustc-dev-guide.
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I'd assume that's because this gets published to crates.io as part of the auto publish process
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I noticed this the other day and figured I'd suggest a refresh. It seems like a relic from the days of
libsyntaxthat got missed as things were split out into separate crates, since the current documentation text references elements that were moved into their own respective crates (e.g.rustc_parse)