From 849dbc78380c14a650288e332084135b565541bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mschauer <moritzschauer@web.de>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 17:52:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make |> wellbehaved with regard to splatting

---
 base/docs/helpdb.jl | 3 ++-
 base/operators.jl   | 2 ++
 test/operators.jl   | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/docs/helpdb.jl b/base/docs/helpdb.jl
index 48e030f43b403..46b8106b54ff2 100644
--- a/base/docs/helpdb.jl
+++ b/base/docs/helpdb.jl
@@ -1538,8 +1538,9 @@ cconvert
 
 doc"""
     |>(x, f)
+    |>(x, y, ..., f)
 
-Applies a function to the preceding argument. This allows for easy function chaining.
+Applies a function to the preceding argument(s). This allows for easy function chaining.
 
 ```jldoctest
 julia> [1:5;] |> x->x.^2 |> sum |> inv
diff --git a/base/operators.jl b/base/operators.jl
index ad7e66213b9b3..b2639371bc011 100644
--- a/base/operators.jl
+++ b/base/operators.jl
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ copy(x::Union{Symbol,Number,AbstractString,Function,Tuple,LambdaStaticData,
 
 # function pipelining
 |>(x, f) = f(x)
+|>(x, y, f) = f(x, y)
+|>(args...) = args[end](args[1:end-1]...)
 
 # array shape rules
 
diff --git a/test/operators.jl b/test/operators.jl
index 6106afa1bd330..7b84437c108ce 100644
--- a/test/operators.jl
+++ b/test/operators.jl
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ p = 1=>:foo
 @test 1 .< 2
 @test 1 .<= 2
 
+@test minmax(2,1)... |> tuple == (1,2) # test splicing in combination with pipelining
+
 # issue #13144: max() with 4 or more array arguments
 let xs = [[i:i+4;] for i in 1:10]
     for n in 2:10