New pipe operator and gg plotz

Since `+` is already a function we could do regular piping to change this code:

mtcars %>%
  ggplot(aes(x=wt, y=mpg)) +
  geom_point()

to this:

mtcars %>%
  ggplot(aes(x=wt, y=mpg)) %>%
  `+`(geom_point())

Further we can write wrapper functions like:

p_geom_point <- function(x,...) {
  x + geom_point(...)
}

The run the code like:

mtcars %>%
  ggplot(aes(x=wt, y=mpg)) %>%
  p_geom_point()

All three of the above give the same plot from what I can see, but I
have not tested it with very many options beyond the above.

A really ambitious person could create a new package with wrappers for
all the ggplot2 functions that can come after the plus sign, then we
could use pipes for everything.  I don't know if there are any strange
circumstances that would make this cause problems (it probably will
slow things down slightly, but probably not enough for people to
notice).

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 7:18 PM Avi Gross via R-devel

New pipe operator and gg plotz

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