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Isn't it being a method call not quite equivalent? Are you able to define the method over arbitrary data types? In Elixir, it is just a macro so it applies to

• valenterry 1y ago
  > Are you able to define the method over arbitrary data types? Yes exactly, which is why it is not equivalent. No macro needed here. In Scala 2 syntax: ``` implicit class AnyOps[A](private val a: A) extends AnyVal { def |>[B](f: A => B) = f(a) } ```