pipe.py

from functools import partial


def pipe(data, *steps):
    for step in steps:
        if callable(step):
            data = step(data)
        elif hasattr(type(step), "__iter__"):
            func, *others = step
            for arg in others:
                if not isinstance(arg, dict):
                    func = partial(func, arg)
                else:
                    func = partial(func, **arg)
            data = func(data)
    return data


pipe(
    "abc",
    list,
    [sorted, dict(reverse=True)],
    " ".join,
    lambda x: x.split()
)