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`pipe` is a useful operator for creating pipelines of functions. It works around the usual problem of e.g. string operations becoming deeply nested functions. In principle, there are four different ways this function could be written: pipe val [ f1 .. fn ] pipe val [ fn .. f1 ] compose [ f1 .. fn ] val compose [ fn .. f1 ] val The third and fourth form mirror composition of functions, they would be the same as e.g. `(f1 << f2 << f3 .. << fn) val`. However, it is not clear which direction the list should have (as one can see in the second form, which is the most absurd. In order not to confuse users, we decide for the most “intuitive” form, which mirrors the way unix pipes work (thus the name `pipe`). The flow of data goes from left to right. Co-Authored-By: Silvan Mosberger <infinisil@icloud.com> |
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