[Rd] [External] Re: New pipe operator

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothend|eck @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Wed Dec 9 18:46:57 CET 2020


On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 12:36 PM Gabriel Becker <gabembecker using gmail.com> wrote:
> I mean, I think the bizarro pipe was a pretty clever piece of work. I was impressed by what John did there, but I don't really know what you're suggesting here. As you say, the bizarro pipe works now without any changes and you're welcome to use it if you prefer it to base's (proposed/likely) |> and magrittr's %>%.
>

If  |> exists then it will be impossible to avoid it unless the only
software you ever use is your own.
It's about the entire R ecosystem and what gets used because it is in the base.

It would still be possible to implement \(x)... without |>  so I would
go with that and rethink
the pipe situation.



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