@artemist reminded me how cursed jq was so I made some cursed python -- a little wrapper called curse that can be used on a unary function to make it work with | (pipe) in addition to its regular call signature.

abs = curse(abs)
print(abs)
print(abs(-3))
print(-3 | abs)
print([1, -3, 9, -27] | abs)

of course it's very rude to squat on such a general identifier as "curse" so please don't look for it on pypi :rofl:

https://jepler.grebedoc.dev/junkdrawer/xu326h9a/