Experimental parser still experimental?

[thomasaarholt]

Is the dbt run -s mymodel --use-experimental-parser flag still experimental? How does it perform compared to the default parser?

[jtcohen6]

Hey @thomasaarholt! There isn't (shouldn't be) any difference. We haven't made any "experimental" updates since 2021 (in the leadup to dbt-core v1.0). But we've kept the flag around for the next time we want to try some more-radical changes, and need a way to:

• (a) let folks opt in/out
• (b) compare timing/outputs

[thomasaarholt]

Thanks! In that case, you may want to update this documentation: https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/parsing

An experimental parser, which extracts information from simple models much more quickly

[dbeatty10]

Good call @thomasaarholt !

Opened this update to our documentation as a result: dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com#5147