On 18 Apr 2006 01:37:03 -0700, rumours say that "jelle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:

>Hi,
>
>I use python quite a bit to couple different programs together.
>Doing so has been a _lot_ easier since subprocess came around, but
>would really like to be able to use the succinct shell syntax; >, <, |
>
>That really shouldn't be too hard to wrap in a class, but so far I
>didn't succeed to do so this well, since I'm facing some trouble with
>operator precedence that I do not know how to overcome.

[snip]

Overload the __or__ special function (ie the 'pipe' operator) instead of the
__gt__ operator.

I remember I have seen such a proposition (mentioning pump, filters and
sinks) but I couldn't find it in google.groups.com --I think Aahz had
something to do with it, but ICBW.

Ah, I found it:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-April/044205.html

I don't know why I remembered Aahz about it :)

Check this too:

http://groups.google.gr/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/674a821ed7003b69/777efd4d3aa490ed?lnk=st&q=python+overload+pipe+syntax&rnum=1&hl=en#777efd4d3aa490ed
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