Microfeatures I'd like to see in more languages

Re:Microfeatures I'd like to see in more languages by pavon on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:33PM (#34269199)

It also allows you to invert the order of the calls so they are written in the order they occur. Instead of paint(sand(cut(measure(wood)))), you can write wood | measure | cut | sand | paint, which is easier to read, especially if it splits over multiple lines or has additional arguments:

paint(sand(cut(measure(wood, 12), 40, :WZ), 220), :red)

wood | measure(12) | cut(40, :WZ) | sand(220) | paint(:red)

IIRC you can do that in Haskell as well, but I forget the name of the feature. Many OOP libraries have started to adopt a chained method call style similar to this, but it is nice to be able to do with any function.

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Re:Microfeatures I'd like to see in more languages by wbadart on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:01PM (#34270803)

In Haskell, if all the functions in the pipeline are pure, I'd probably write that as

    wood
    & measure 12
    & cut 40 WZ
    & sand 220
    & paint Red

See https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.17.0.0/docs/Data-...

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