Windows PowerShell in Action

Chapter 8. Scriptblocks and objects

8.1	Scriptblock basics	215
8.2	Building and manipulating objects	222
8.3	A closer look at the type-system plumbing	233
8.4	Extending the PowerShell language	237
8.5	Type extension	243
8.6	Building code at runtime	245
8.7	Summary	249

	Philosophy have I digested, The whole of Law and Medicine, From each its secrets I have wrested, Theology, alas, thrown in. Poor fool, with all this sweated lore, I stand no wiser than I was before.
	--Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Faust

	Greek letters are cool...
	--Not actually a quote from Beavis and Butthead

Chapter 7 covered the basic elements of programming in PowerShell: functions and scripts. In this chapter, we’ll take things to the next level and talk about metaprogramming. Metaprogramming is the term ...