static void MassageTokens(List <ExpressionToken> tokens)
        {
            // do final token parsing based on contexts and cleanup

            var reader = new ListReader <ExpressionToken>(tokens);

            while (!reader.IsEnd)
            {
                var tk = reader.Read();

                if (tk.TokenType == ExpressionTokenType.Operator)
                {
                    // special detection for operators depending on where it is :(
                    DetermineOperatorType(reader, tk);
                }

                tk.Freeze();
            }
        }
        ExpressionToken ReadToLiteralAs(ListReader <RawToken> reader, string literalValue, ExpressionTokenType tokenType)
        {
            ExpressionToken lastExpToken = new ExpressionToken {
                TokenType = tokenType
            };

            _currentTokens.Add(lastExpToken);
            while (!reader.IsEnd)
            {
                var next = reader.Read();
                if (next.TokenType == RawTokenType.Symbol && next.Value == literalValue)
                {
                    break;
                }
                lastExpToken.Append(next);
            }

            return(lastExpToken);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Splits the specified input into a list of <see cref="ExpressionToken" /> values.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">The input.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        /// <exception cref="System.NotSupportedException"></exception>
        public ExpressionToken[] Tokenize(string input)
        {
            _currentTokens = new List <ExpressionToken>();
            ExpressionToken lastExpToken = null;

            var reader = new ListReader <RawToken>(new RawTokenizer().Tokenize(input));

            while (!reader.IsEnd)
            {
                var curRawToken = reader.Read();
                switch (curRawToken.TokenType)
                {
                case RawTokenType.WhiteSpace:
                    // generially ends previous token outside other special scopes
                    lastExpToken = null;
                    break;

                case RawTokenType.Literal:
                    if (lastExpToken == null || lastExpToken.TokenType != ExpressionTokenType.Value)
                    {
                        lastExpToken = new ExpressionToken {
                            TokenType = ExpressionTokenType.Value
                        };
                        _currentTokens.Add(lastExpToken);
                    }
                    lastExpToken.Append(curRawToken);
                    break;

                case RawTokenType.Symbol:
                    // first do operator match by checking the prev op
                    // and see if combined with current token would still match a known operator
                    if (KnownOperators.IsKnown(curRawToken.Value))
                    {
                        if (lastExpToken != null && lastExpToken.TokenType == ExpressionTokenType.Operator)
                        {
                            var testOpValue = lastExpToken.Value + curRawToken.Value;
                            if (KnownOperators.IsKnown(testOpValue))
                            {
                                // just append it
                                lastExpToken.Append(curRawToken);
                                continue;
                            }
                        }
                        // start new one
                        lastExpToken = new ExpressionToken {
                            TokenType = ExpressionTokenType.Operator
                        };
                        _currentTokens.Add(lastExpToken);
                        lastExpToken.Append(curRawToken);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        lastExpToken = HandleNonOperatorSymbolToken(reader, lastExpToken, curRawToken);
                    }
                    break;

                default:
                    // should never happen
                    throw new NotSupportedException(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "Unsupported token type {0} at position {1}.", curRawToken.TokenType, curRawToken.Position));
                }
            }

            MassageTokens(_currentTokens);

            return(_currentTokens.ToArray());
        }