Could there be better syntax for await?

[dimaqq]

I feel that current syntax for await is counter-intuitive, it appears to invert the order of await and function call.

Could it be something more like:

const user = url
  |> await api.get
  |> r => await r.json()
  |> j => j.data.user;

[mAAdhaTTah]

I'm open to be better alternatives, but both of those examples have issues. url |> await api.get is ambiguous between await apt.get(url) or (await apt.get)(url). The latter is impossible because the arrow function itself becomes the new async context, rather than the context the pipeline is in (if that makes sense).

[dustinlacewell]

I would think that x |> await y would always desugar to await (y(x)) if await appears as the first token of the RHS.