Because the name sounds like an in-place mutation like `[T]::reverse(&mut self)`, it may be confused for one.
This directory contains the source code of the rust project, including:
rustc
and its testslibstd
- Various submodules for tools, like rustdoc, rls, etc.
For more information on how various parts of the compiler work, see the rustc guide.
There is also useful content in the following READMEs, which are gradually being moved over to the guide:
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/librustc/ty/query
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/librustc/dep_graph
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/librustc/infer/higher_ranked
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/librustc/infer/lexical_region_resolve