Rewrite PreferenceScore.(from|to)_base64 to method chaining

Solves mypy issues while looking clean

server/entertainment_decider/extras/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .chain import Chain

server/entertainment_decider/extras/chain.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Callable, Generic, TypeVar
+
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+S = TypeVar("S")
+
+
+class Chain(Generic[T]):
+
+    __value: T
+
+    def __init__(self, start_value: T) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.__value = start_value
+
+    def use(self, converter: Callable[[T], S]) -> Chain[S]:
+        return Chain(converter(self.__value))
+
+    # infix notation
+    def __or__(self, converter: Callable[[T], S]) -> Chain[S]:
+        return self.use(converter=converter)
+
+    def get(self) -> T:
+        return self.__value

server/entertainment_decider/models.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from pony import orm
 from pony.orm.core import Query as PonyQuery
 
 from .common import trim
+from .extras import Chain
 
 db = orm.Database()
 
@@ -284,26 +285,32 @@ class PreferenceScore:
 
     @classmethod
     def from_base64(cls, in_data: str, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> PreferenceScore:
-        data = in_data.encode(encoding)
+        return (
-        data = base64.decodebytes(data)
+            Chain(in_data)
-        data = gzip.decompress(data)
+            | (lambda d: d.encode(encoding=encoding))
-        data = data.decode(encoding)
+            | base64.decodebytes
-        data = PreferenceScore.from_json(data)
+            | gzip.decompress
-        return data
+            | (lambda d: d.decode(encoding=encoding))
+            | PreferenceScore.from_json
+        ).get()
 
     def to_json(self) -> str:
         return json.dumps({tag.id: score for tag, score in self.points.items()})
 
     def to_base64(self, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> str:
-        data = self.to_json()
+        return (
-        data = data.encode(encoding)
+            Chain(self)
-        data = gzip.compress(
+            | PreferenceScore.to_json
-            data=data,
+            | (lambda d: d.encode(encoding=encoding))
-            compresslevel=9,
+            | (
-        )
+                lambda d: gzip.compress(
-        data = base64.encodebytes(data)
+                    data=d,
-        data = data.decode(encoding)
+                    compresslevel=9,
-        return data
+                )
+            )
+            | base64.encodebytes
+            | (lambda d: d.decode(encoding=encoding))
+        ).get()
 
 
 class PreferenceScoreAppender: