clojure `->`-style functional threading

thread.py

from functools import reduce

def thread(*args):
    """
    Functional thread ->, inspired by clojure and https://stackoverflow.com/a/17122666/333294
    Toy example that only works for functions or airity 1
    """
    caller = lambda x, y: y(x)
    return reduce(caller, args[1:], args[0])

>>> thread(
>>>     [1, 2, 3],
>>>     max,  # 3
>>>     str,  # '3'
>>>     len   # 1
>>> ])
1

A full-featured implementation is https://github.com/kachayev/fn.py#functional-style-for-error-handling