[Dbix-class] Explicit ASTs (ping nate)

[Ash Berlin]

Ash Berlin wrote:
> Matt S Trout wrote:
>   
>>    SELECT my.a, my.b FROM my_table my WHERE spork = 1
>>
>> and that would become
>>
>>    {
>>      select => [ [ -name, 'my', 'a' ], [ -name, 'my', 'b' ] ],
>>      from => [ [ -alias, 'my_table', 'my' ] ],
>>      where => [ [ -op, '=', [ -name, 'spork' ], [ -bind, 1 ] ] ],
>>    }
>>
>> which is ... spectacularly ugly, but I -think- explicit enough. 
>>     
> [snip]
>
> No kidding thats ugly. Would there be shortcuts for common operations 
> (maybe just in DBIC, not SQL::A itself) such as just `select these 
> cols'? such as:
>
>     { select => [qw/a b/], ... }
>
> Ash
>
>
>   
Ignore me - I missed the point (DWIM AST -> explicit AST -> SQL). 
Personally I blame 22 hours of traveling and then not enough sleep.