How to implement such a Domain-Specific-Language (DSL)?

[Zd Yu]

I need to use Ruby to process performance data and calculate performance
metrics. What I have is a Hash that contains event_name => event_value
mappings. What I want to do is calculating metrics in a elegant style.

for example:

events = Hash.new

# reading the raw data.
# code omitted here.

# now I get the basic events, like
# events["event_A"] = 123.456
# events["event_B"] = 456.789

# the normal way looks like:
events["metric_A"] = events["event_A"] * 64 / events["event_B"]

# but what I am wondering if I can do it in an elegant way, like:
metric_A = event_A * 64 / event_B

Can anybody give some hints?

 

[zuerrong]

# now I get the basic events, like
# events["event_A"] = 123.456
# events["event_B"] = 456.789

You may don't need the hash at all.
Just do:

event_A = 123.456
event_B = 456.789

Then you will get what you wanted:

metric_A = event_A * 64 / event_B

Regards.

 

[Zd Yu]

zuerrong wrote in post #969511:

You may don't need the hash at all.

you did not get my point. I want to make it flexible. I just write the
tool, and the users of the tool can define the metric by themselves.

 

[Jesús Gabriel y Galán]

I need to use Ruby to process performance data and calculate performance
metrics. What I have is a Hash that contains event_name => event_value
mappings. What I want to do is calculating metrics in a elegant style.

for example:

events = Hash.new

# reading the raw data.
# code omitted here.

# now I get the basic events, like
# events["event_A"] = 123.456
# events["event_B"] = 456.789

# the normal way looks like:
events["metric_A"] = events["event_A"] * 64 / events["event_B"]

# but what I am wondering if I can do it in an elegant way, like:
metric_A = event_A * 64 / event_B

Can anybody give some hints?

If the only requirement is to have event_A evaluate to
events["event_A"] you can do that easily with method_missing. This can
give you some ideas:

class EventData
def initialize events
@events = events
end

def method_missing meth, *args, &blk
super unless /\Aevent_/ =~ meth.to_s
@events.send[], meth.to_s)
end
end

data = EventData.new("event_A" => 123.456, "event_B" => 456.789)
metric_A = data.instance_eval { event_A * 64 / event_B }

# => 17.2972291364284

You can have a file with only the block for instance_eval for your
users to type, with just an extra little bit of work.

Jesus.

 

[Zd Yu]

t =

#969520:

you can do that easily with method_missing

Thanks. it looks like a promising solution. but I have two more =

requirements:

1. what if the event name includes a dot '.'?
2. I also want the left value of the equation (metric_A in the example) =

to be added into the Hash, because it is possible that a new metric =

needs to be calculated based on the existing metric.

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[Ryan Davis]

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Thanks. it looks like a promising solution. but I have two more=20
requirements:
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1. what if the event name includes a dot '.'?

You have two event names and you need to clarify: the key in the hash, =
or the "variable" used in the DSL?

If the former, you probably want to munge the names as they come in.

If the latter, you probably want to munge what you wind up instance =
eval'ing.

If neither, you're probably doing it as a scoping mechanism of some sort =
and you probably need to build a hierarchy in @events and change method =
missing to do a proper hierarchical lookup (probably recursively, =
passing down to subsequent sub-EventData's).

2. I also want the left value of the equation (metric_A in the = example)=20
to be added into the Hash, because it is possible that a new metric=20
needs to be calculated based on the existing metric.

Then chuck the hash entirely and use local variables. This will probably =
collide with the above suggestion for namespacing... so munging the =
input script is a better route.=

 

[Brian Candler]

t =

#969520:

Can anybody give some hints?

If the only requirement is to have event_A evaluate to
events["event_A"] you can do that easily with method_missing.

Or look at OpenStruct in the standard library (ostruct.rb), combined =

with instance_eval

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