parser library-ification

[matklad]

Meeting proposal info

• Title: parser library-ification
• Type: technical

Summary

Parser and AST are fundamental components of the compiler, on top of each literally everything is build. We can't begin merging rustc and rust-analyzer without sharing them.

The goal of the meeting is twofold:

• share general experience with IDE-flavored parsing/trees in rust-analzyer (writeup: https://hackmd.io/XoQrzR8GRLa64jpjylQ7Bw)
• get feedback on a semi concrete plan for the first steps of parser library-ification: https://hackmd.io/ifjST_Y4R-SQ0AWiEcU6FQ
• form consensus on what the next steps should be (and if we need this work in the first place)

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[nikomatsakis]

We discussed this in our compiler-team planning meeting today. We've decided to schedule it for either Jan 24 or Feb 7. We're not sure yet which day is better as it depends on the availability of @petrochenkov and @estebank. ❤️

[nikomatsakis]

We have decided to schedule this meeting for February 7th.

[nikomatsakis]

I don't think anyone ever made minutes from this meeting, and I don't think it's worth doing it at this point. The Zulip archive can be found here.