It is unlikely we will add a new module for this functionality though. If
it cannot fit one of Elixir's built-in modules, then it is best done as a
package (which is most likely already done at this point).


*José Valim*
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 6:03 PM OvermindDL1 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oh hey, `Pipe.to` is the first name I've seen that I like, and putting
> such things in a `Pipe` module does make argument ordering explicit, and it
> provides a module to put later pipe related things in too (such as perhaps
> something to do something when an ok tuple or a raw value but pass an error
> tuple or error atom or exception or so on past?)
>
> On Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 5:56:05 AM UTC-6, Ivan Ivanov wrote:
>>
>> The `Function` module was introduced not long ago as there was no good
>>> place to host the functions that are currently in there. Having a function
>>> with this particular behavior into the `Function` module seems weird to me.
>>> Was having `Pipe` module considered at any point? Examples: `Pipe.to` or
>>> `Pipe.into`:
>>
>>
>>            "foo"
>> |> String.upcase()
>> |> Pipe.to(&Regex.scan(~r/foo/, &1)
>>
>> One issue I have with having such function in the `Function` module is
>> that it will be inconsistent with most of the code - the functions in
>> `Enum` take the enumerable as the first argument, same goes for `Map`,
>> `List`, `String`, `Tuple` and so on.
>>
>> There is no `Pipe` struct or type and when working with pipes you already
>> know that a value (first argument) is piped into a function (second
>> argument), so having such parameters ordering in the `Pipe` module is
>> logical
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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