Pony ORM author is here. Pony translates Python generator into SQL query in three steps: Decompiling of generator bytecode and rebuilding generator AST (abstract syntax tree) Translation of Python AST into “abstract SQL” — universal list-based representation of a SQL query Converting abstract SQL representation into specific database-dependent SQL dialect The most complex part is … Read more
A domain specific language is a language that’s written to deal with a specific domain or set of concerns. There are a lot of them around, like make, ant, and rake for describing software builds, or lexx and yacc for language construction. In recent years, they’ve become popular as some things have combined to make … Read more
Would the dynamic linq library help here? In particular, I’m thinking as a Where clause. If necessary, put it inside a list/array just to call .Where(string) on it! i.e. var people = new List<Person> { person }; int match = people.Where(filter).Any(); If not, writing a parser (using Expression under the hood) isn’t hugely taxing – … Read more