Thinking about your comment further (and having read TFA and some of the comments) inline usage does seem to make more sense as it's only a few more characters.

Thinking about your comment further (and having read TFA and some of the comments) inline usage does seem to make more sense as it's only a few more characters. In that way it's transparent. Decreasing indirection (assuming that the operators always function simply and plainly. Thanks for that follow up comment.