Overengineered in my view, what is wrong with `x | f` is `f(x)`? Then `x | f | g` can be read as `g(f(x))` and you're done. I don't see any reason to make it more complicated than that.
Working pipe operator today in pure JavaScript
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#12It would be nice to have well-maintained fluent/pipe/streaming API solution for Python.
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#13Alternatively just use F# and Fable
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#14is this solving a problem people actually have?
other libraries like rxjs use .pipe(f,g,h) which works just fine.
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#15This kind of stuff is why C++ developers has an almost overly allergic reaction to operator overloading.
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#16is this solving a problem people actually have? other libraries like rxjs use .pipe(f,g,h) which works just fine.
Fully agreed, var-arg functions are well established in JS so no need to abuse operators for these kinds of things.
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#17Overengineered in my view, what is wrong with `x | f` is `f(x)`? Then `x | f | g` can be read as `g(f(x))` and you're done. I don't see any reason to make it more complicated than that.
You can’t make it work like that in current JavaScript.
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#18This kind of stuff is why C++ developers has an almost overly allergic reaction to operator overloading.
C++ is the reason people have that reaction. The quintessential example in introductory texts for operator overloading is using bit-shift operators to output text. I mean, come on - if that’s your example, don’t complain when people follow suit and get it wrong.
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#19Since this library leverages Symbol.toPrimitive, you may also use operators besides bitwise-OR. Additionally, the library does not seem to dispatch on the `hint` parameter[0]. Now I want to open a JS REPL, try placing this library's pipe object into string template literals, and see what happens. Overall, cool library. [0] https://tc39.es/ecma262/multipage/abstract-operations.html#s...
what are your ideas regarding the pipe object in string template literals? I'm just looking for an overview to see if it sparks some ideas.
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#20Further proof that JavaScript accidentally became the new C++. “Aren’t you surprised that this syntax works?” is not praise for a language design.
Agreed!!!!
Serious q: but how does this sentiment change with LLMs? They can pickup new syntax pretty fast, then use fewer tokens...