Discussion on: I've used the pipe() function 2,560 times and I can tell you it's good!

[LofWalter]

The pipe() function that I'm talking about is the one that lets you replace b(a(x)) with pipe(x, a, b)

I don't think that is exact to pipe, If you just want to replace the b(a(x)), I think compose pattern is closer and exacter for it.

[Ivan Novikov]

Could you tell a bit more about what you mean by "compose pattern"?

[Timothy Ecklund]

Compose is similar to pipe but you don't pass a value at the front so the result is another function, not a value. It's for combining small functions into more complicated functions that you can call later. Check out flow in fp-ts for some examples.

[Ivan Novikov]

Oh I see - I talk a little bit about this function in the first section where I call it ltrCompose. It might well be a good option for folks who use fp-ts or Ramda, but personally I've moved away from it.

[Dario Mannu]

There is an equivalent pipe() function but for streams in RxJS: rxjs.dev/api/index/function/pipe (awful doc, don't read it)

Essentially, it enables you to do this:

const transformer = pipe(
  operator1(),
  operator2(),
  operatorN()
);

const stream = transformer(sourceObservable);
// ...
stream.subscribe(doSomething);

Also, in Rimmel.js we created the reverse pipe, which is the same as above, except you use it to feed the input of an observer, rather than the output of an observable. We use it extensively to create event adapters for UI streams.

Whether any of this could be useful for stuff like the LazyPromise I'm not sure yet, just sharing for inspo