move parse::classify -> util::classify

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diff --git a/src/libsyntax/util/classify.rs b/src/libsyntax/util/classify.rs
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+//! Routines the parser uses to classify AST nodes
+
+// Predicates on exprs and stmts that the pretty-printer and parser use
+
+use crate::ast;
+
+/// Does this expression require a semicolon to be treated
+/// as a statement? The negation of this: 'can this expression
+/// be used as a statement without a semicolon' -- is used
+/// as an early-bail-out in the parser so that, for instance,
+///     if true {...} else {...}
+///      |x| 5
+/// isn't parsed as (if true {...} else {...} | x) | 5
+pub fn expr_requires_semi_to_be_stmt(e: &ast::Expr) -> bool {
+    match e.kind {
+        ast::ExprKind::If(..) |
+        ast::ExprKind::Match(..) |
+        ast::ExprKind::Block(..) |
+        ast::ExprKind::While(..) |
+        ast::ExprKind::Loop(..) |
+        ast::ExprKind::ForLoop(..) |
+        ast::ExprKind::TryBlock(..) => false,
+        _ => true,
+    }
+}