third parties to effectively use `rustc`'s internals as a library for
analysing a crate or emulating the compiler in-process (e.g. the RLS or rustdoc).
-For those using `rustc` as a library, the `interface::run_compiler()` function is the main
-entrypoint to the compiler. It takes a configuration for the compiler and a closure that
-takes a [`Compiler`]. `run_compiler` creates a `Compiler` from the configuration and passes
-it to the closure. Inside the closure, you can use the `Compiler` to drive queries to compile
-a crate and get the results. This is what the `rustc_driver` does too.
+For those using `rustc` as a library, the [`rustc_interface::interface::run_compiler()`][i_rc]
+function is the main entrypoint to the compiler. It takes a configuration for the compiler
+and a closure that takes a [`Compiler`]. `run_compiler` creates a `Compiler` from the
+configuration and passes it to the closure. Inside the closure, you can use the `Compiler`
+to drive queries to compile a crate and get the results. This is what the `rustc_driver` does too.
You can see what queries are currently available through the rustdocs for [`Compiler`].
You can see an example of how to use them by looking at the `rustc_driver` implementation,
specifically the [`rustc_driver::run_compiler` function][rd_rc] (not to be confused with
-`interface::run_compiler`). The `rustc_driver::run_compiler` function takes a bunch of
-command-line args and some other configurations and drives the compilation to completion.
+[`rustc_interface::interface::run_compiler`][i_rc]). The `rustc_driver::run_compiler` function
+takes a bunch of command-line args and some other configurations and
+drives the compilation to completion.
`rustc_driver::run_compiler` also takes a [`Callbacks`][cb]. In the past, when
the `rustc_driver::run_compiler` was the primary way to use the compiler as a
[cb]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_driver/trait.Callbacks.html
[rd_rc]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_driver/fn.run_compiler.html
+[i_rc]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_interface/interface/fn.run_compiler.html
[`rustc_interface`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_interface/index.html
[`rustc_driver`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_driver/
[`Compiler`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_interface/interface/struct.Compiler.html
-[`Session`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc/session/struct.Session.html
+[`Session`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_session/struct.Session.html
[`TyCtxt`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc/ty/struct.TyCtxt.html
[`SourceMap`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax/source_map/struct.SourceMap.html
[stupid-stats]: https://github.com/nrc/stupid-stats