That is easily handled by macros without sacrificing semantic clarity: do_this(foo, bar) |> do_that(baz) Or an explicit version: do_this(foo, bar) |<> do

That is easily handled by macros without sacrificing semantic clarity: do_this(foo, bar) |> do_that(baz) Or an explicit version: do_this(foo, bar) |<> do_that(<>, baz) (Yes, this is a bastardization of Elixir's pipe and some Lisps' arrow macros.)