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Improve link and description of entry points in parser section (#876) 

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@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ high-level interface to the lexer and some validation routines that run after
macro expansion. In particular, the [`rustc_parse::parser`][parser] contains
the parser implementation.
The main entrypoint to the parser is via the various `parse_*` functions in the
[parser][parser]. They let you do things like turn a [`SourceFile`][sourcefile]
The main entrypoint to the parser is via the various `parse_*` functions and others in the
[parser crate][parser_lib]. They let you do things like turn a [`SourceFile`][sourcefile]
(e.g. the source in a single file) into a token stream, create a parser from
the token stream, and then execute the parser to get a `Crate` (the root AST
node).
@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Code for lexical analysis is split between two crates:
[`SourceMap`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_span/source_map/struct.SourceMap.html
[ast module]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_ast/ast/index.html
[rustc_parse]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_parse/index.html
[parser_lib]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_parse/index.html
[parser]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_parse/parser/index.html
[`Parser`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_ast/parse/parser/struct.Parser.html
[`StringReader`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_parse/lexer/struct.StringReader.html