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				Don't write code generators for high level languages. Use reflection if you must, dictionaries if you can.
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				Expression trees, the emit namespace, roslyn, t4 templates, dotnet scaffolding. The options border on legion.
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				Look up stringbuilder, abstract syntax tree, recursive generation, or just use a language where a data class is
 
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 class A(b: Int, c: String)
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				Okay.
 But you're literally writing that in an IDE with a Code Generator included.










Wrote a REALLY bad, simple java method to generate the repetitive parts of c# classes
Now I’m curious about good code generation methods. How I probably should’ve done this
Think I could get some advice and links on how to start learning to write simple code generators?
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