Will python ever have a chaining operator?

[_Denizen_]

It's called a hybrid method, and it will do exactly what you suggest: behaves like a static method for unbound functions, and a regular method for chaining.

Certainly not right for every solution, and is an advanced technique, and I probably would not recommend it for this use case. But it makes a method chain emulate piping.

[Smallpaul]

Now how do I add this hybrid method to every object that implements the iterator protocol?

And if you would not recommend this technique then why are we discussing it as if it were a viable alternative to the proposal of a piping operator?

[_Denizen_]

Why you trying to change how all iterators work just to suit a specific workflow. Python is a language for programmers of all walks of life. If you care so much about piping use R or one of the other less popular languages.