pipetap.scala

/** Implicit class for adding `|>` and `tap` operations to `AnyVal`.
  * 
  * See `http://stackoverflow.com/a/11120847/839131`.
  */
implicit class PipeAndTap[A](val x: A) extends AnyVal {
  /** Applies `f` to the underlying value and returns the result. */
  def |>[B](f: A => B) = f(x)

  /** Applies `f` to the underlying value `x` (presumably with side effects)
    * and returns `x`.
    */
  def tap[B](f: A => B): A = { f(x); x }
}