This massive PR implements an alternative Python parser that will allow LibCST to parse Python 3.10's new grammar features. The parser is implemented in Rust, but it's turned off by default through the `LIBCST_PARSER_TYPE` environment variable. Set it to `native` to enable. The PR also enables new CI steps that test just the Rust parser, as well as steps that produce binary wheels for a variety of CPython versions and platforms.
Note: this PR aims to be roughly feature-equivalent to the main branch, so it doesn't include new 3.10 syntax features. That will be addressed as a follow-up PR.
The new parser is implemented in the `native/` directory, and is organized into two rust crates: `libcst_derive` contains some macros to facilitate various features of CST nodes, and `libcst` contains the `parser` itself (including the Python grammar), a `tokenizer` implementation by @bgw, and a very basic representation of CST `nodes`. Parsing is done by
1. **tokenizing** the input utf-8 string (bytes are not supported at the Rust layer, they are converted to utf-8 strings by the python wrapper)
2. running the **PEG parser** on the tokenized input, which also captures certain anchor tokens in the resulting syntax tree
3. using the anchor tokens to **inflate** the syntax tree into a proper CST
Co-authored-by: Benjamin Woodruff <github@benjam.info>
This is a combination of:
- Fixing some issues upstream.
- Modifying our cleanup script to carry over noqa comments, and
copying over the new versions of some files.
- A small addition to our flake8 config.
