@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ for running code at particular times during the compilation process, allowing
99third parties to effectively use ` rustc ` 's internals as a library for
1010analysing a crate or emulating the compiler in-process (e.g. the RLS or rustdoc).
1111
12- For those using ` rustc ` as a library, the ` interface::run_compiler() ` function is the main
13- entrypoint to the compiler. It takes a configuration for the compiler and a closure that
14- takes a [ ` Compiler ` ] . ` run_compiler ` creates a ` Compiler ` from the configuration and passes
15- it to the closure. Inside the closure, you can use the ` Compiler ` to drive queries to compile
16- a crate and get the results. This is what the ` rustc_driver ` does too.
12+ For those using ` rustc ` as a library, the [ ` rustc_interface:: interface::run_compiler()` ] [ i_rc ]
13+ function is the main entrypoint to the compiler. It takes a configuration for the compiler
14+ and a closure that takes a [ ` Compiler ` ] . ` run_compiler ` creates a ` Compiler ` from the
15+ configuration and passes it to the closure. Inside the closure, you can use the ` Compiler `
16+ to drive queries to compile a crate and get the results. This is what the ` rustc_driver ` does too.
1717
1818You can see what queries are currently available through the rustdocs for [ ` Compiler ` ] .
1919You can see an example of how to use them by looking at the ` rustc_driver ` implementation,
2020specifically the [ ` rustc_driver::run_compiler ` function] [ rd_rc ] (not to be confused with
21- ` interface::run_compiler ` ). The ` rustc_driver::run_compiler ` function takes a bunch of
22- command-line args and some other configurations and drives the compilation to completion.
21+ [ ` rustc_interface::interface::run_compiler ` ] [ i_rc ] ). The ` rustc_driver::run_compiler ` function
22+ takes a bunch of command-line args and some other configurations and
23+ drives the compilation to completion.
2324
2425` rustc_driver::run_compiler ` also takes a [ ` Callbacks ` ] [ cb ] . In the past, when
2526the ` rustc_driver::run_compiler ` was the primary way to use the compiler as a
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ thread-locals, although you should rarely need to touch it.
4748
4849[ cb ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_driver/trait.Callbacks.html
4950[ rd_rc ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_driver/fn.run_compiler.html
51+ [ i_rc ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_interface/interface/fn.run_compiler.html
5052[ `rustc_interface` ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_interface/index.html
5153[ `rustc_driver` ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_driver/
5254[ `Compiler` ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_interface/interface/struct.Compiler.html
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