class pipe(): def __init__(self, old, unpack_args=False): self.old = old self.unpack = unpack_args def __ror__(self, other): if self.unpack: return self(*other) return self(other) def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs): return self.old(*args, **kwargs) sum = pipe(sum) map = pipe(map, True) tuple_list = [(1,2),(3,4),(5,6)] max_sum = (max, tuple_list) | map | sum print(max_sum)