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I think so, too. You can make a nice 'fluent' DSL out of it, though.


class Chain:
        def __init__(self, *fns):
                self.fns = fns
        def __or__(self, fn):
                return Chain(*self.fns, fn)
        def __call__(self, arg):
                return reduce(lambda ret, f: f(ret), self.fns, arg)

Chain() | read_file | create_filter("https://") | web_get

def double(x):
        return 2*x

def fromstr(s):
        return int(s)

def inc(x):
        return x+1

def repeat(n):
        return lambda s: s * n

c = Chain() | fromstr | inc | double | str | repeat(3)

assert c("1") == "444"
assert c("20") == "424242"