Add a source generator for a Maths language to the samples #690
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The scenario is that a financial/gas/whatever-scientific company wants their mathematicians to write their formulas with a syntax familiar to them and without the risk of introducing bugs. But they also need to run as fast as compiled code (i.e. inline), because that is what their business relies on.
Enter source generators. They now can write:
I needed to build a lexer / parser for the language instead of simple regex substitution to avoid the possibility of an injection attack by a disgruntled employee. I built it in the simplest possible way for the sake of example.
The language supports:
This is not completed yet, but done a pull request for the sake of review.