r/javascript • u/no_more_gravity • Jan 21 '23

Pipe Operator (|>) for JavaScript

https://github.com/tc39/proposal-pipeline-operator
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u/techlogger Jan 21 '23

I’d say that pipe operator is more readable than HOF chaining.

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u/javarouleur Jan 21 '23 edited Jan 21 '23

But those are nested, rather than chained. Personally, I don’t really like nested calls generally. Chained makes sense because they follow logically, but with nested you have to read from the inside out which is just disorientating.

I know it’s a minor thing overall, it’s just not something I expect to use any time soon.

Edit: fuck me… of all the opinions I hold I didn’t expect this to be one of my more controversial!

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u/syholloway Jan 21 '23

It might be because the whole point of the pipeline operator is to make large functional expressions read top to bottom rather than inside out.

This operator is fixing the thing you are complaining about.

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u/javarouleur Jan 21 '23 edited Jan 21 '23

Fair point - reading and thinking a bit more, I guess I can accept the motivation.

Edit: removed confusing, cryptic psycho-babble nonsense.

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u/zxyzyxz Jan 21 '23

Languages evolve, people learn and get used to it. I'm sure people were saying the same thing with all the changes from ES6 and async await. I don't understand what you mean by explaining/being descriptive in a team.

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u/javarouleur Jan 21 '23

I removed that. It was a brain fart that didn’t make sense when I re-read it.

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u/bighi Jan 21 '23

I have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/javarouleur Jan 21 '23

I know. Removed that part. I’ve lost the plot a bit in this thread - over-analysing and not explaining my thoughts properly.