rust/compiler/rustc_ast/README.md

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The `rustc_ast` crate contains those things concerned purely with syntax
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).
For more information about how these things work in rustc, see the
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rustc dev guide:
- [Parsing](https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/the-parser.html)
- [Macro Expansion](https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/macro-expansion.html)