RustCamp 2015 - Making Tools for Rust: An Introduction to the Compiler and How It Can Help You

Making Tools for Rust: An Introduction to the Compiler and How It Can Help You by Nick Cameron The compiler knows a lot about your programs. That knowledge can let you build sophisticated tools for analysing and mutating code. I’ll give a basic overview of the architecture of the compiler and the phases of compilation. I’ll cover some of the APIs you can use to get at the results of program analysis. I’ll show how tools for cross-referencing, refactoring, and reformatting work with the compiler, and I’ll