# Introduce funnel operator i,e '|\>' to allow for generator pipelines

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/introduce-funnel-operator-i-e-to-allow-for-generator-pipelines/67701>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/introduce-funnel-operator-i-e-to-allow-for-generator-pipelines/67701 "2024-10-12T23:04:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![dg-pb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/dg-pb/32/16248_2.png) [@dg-pb](https://discuss.python.org/u/dg-pb)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/introduce-funnel-operator-i-e-to-allow-for-generator-pipelines/67701/144 "2025-05-19T11:07:37Z")

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> [@jamsamcam](#):
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> @dg-pb would something in-between like “method pipeline” work as another option to be considered ?

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Angle brackets would be hard to pull off. There are countless proposals that never happened with both `{` and `<`. There were various arguments against each of these. Many of them were about ambiguities and potential clashes with existing syntax. E.g. see: [Syntax for Generator iterables using angle brackets - #7 by chepner](https://discuss.python.org/t/syntax-for-generator-iterables-using-angle-brackets/62481/7)

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