Hacking Go Compiler Internals / GoCon 2014 AutumnThe document discusses hacking the Go compiler by modifying various phases. The lexer phase scans source code and tokenizes it. The parser phase builds an abstract syntax tree from the tokens by making parser calls. Examples are given of modifying the lexer to accept emoji identifiers and adding a new operator by extending the parser phase. Helpful debugging functions are also outlined.Read less
