What is the opposite of 'parse'?

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Simon picture Simon · Sep 29, 2008 · Viewed 36.2k times · Source

I have a function, parseQuery, that parses a SQL query into an abstract representation of that query.

I'm about to write a function that takes an abstract representation of a query and returns a SQL query string.

What should I call the second function?

Answer

Joel Coehoorn picture Joel Coehoorn · Sep 29, 2008

I think the verb you want is 'compose'.

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