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Actually, base R already has a pipe fairly close to the one you describe: ->.; iris ->.; head(.) ->.; dim(.) # [1] 6 5 I've called it the Bizarro pipe ( http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2016/12/magrittrs-doppelganger/ <http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2016/12/magrittrs-doppelganger/> ), and for some reason we chickened out and didn't spend time on it in the dot pipe paper ( https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2018/RJ-2018-042/index.html <https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2018/RJ-2018-042/inde...

...<jmount at win-vector.com> a ?crit : > Actually, base R already has a pipe fairly close to the one you describe: > ->.; > > iris ->.; head(.) ->.; dim(.) > # [1] 6 5 > > I've called it the Bizarro pipe ( > http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2016/12/magrittrs-doppelganger/ ), and for > some reason we chickened out and didn't spend time on it in the dot pipe > paper ( https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2018/RJ-2018-042/index.html > ). > > For documentation Bizarro pipe has the advantage that one can work out how > it works from the applica...

Dear R-devel, The most popular piping operator sits in the package `magrittr` and is used by a huge amount of users, and imported /reexported by more and more packages too. Many workflows don't even make much sense without pipes nowadays, so the examples in the doc will use pipes, as do the README, vignettes etc. I believe base R could have a piping operator so packages can use a pipe in

...crit : > >> Actually, base R already has a pipe fairly close to the one you describe: >> ->.; >> >> iris ->.; head(.) ->.; dim(.) >> # [1] 6 5 >> >> I've called it the Bizarro pipe ( >> http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2016/12/magrittrs-doppelganger/ ), and for >> some reason we chickened out and didn't spend time on it in the dot pipe >> paper ( https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2018/RJ-2018-042/index.html >> ). >> >> For documentation Bizarro pipe has the advantage that one can work out how >>...