I faced the same problem. In one project I was looking to provide a generic way to specify conditions controlling when a certain letter has to be generated. In another project the conditions were controlling how cases were assigned to queues. In both of them The following solution worked perfectly:
- The Language for the snippets - I chose JScript so that I do not have to worry about variable types.
- The Compilation - yes it requires full trust, but you can place your code in a separate assembly and give it full trust. Do not forget to mark it with AllowPartiallyTrustedCaller attribute.
- Number of code snippets - I treated every snippet as a method, not a class. This way multiple methods can be combined into a single assembly
- Disk usage - I did all compilation in memory without saving the assembly to disk. It also helps if you need to reload it.
All of this works in production without any problems
Edit
Just to clarify 'snippet' - The conditions I am talking about are just boolean expressions. I programatically add additional text to turn it to methods and methods to compilable classes.
Also I can do the same with C# although I still think JScript is better for code snippets
And BTW my code is open source feel free to browse. Just keep in mind there is a lot of code there unrelated to this discussion. Let me know if you need help to locate the pieces concerning the topic
