diff --git a/source/mijin/util/iterators.hpp b/source/mijin/util/iterators.hpp
index 090bde8..5fca076 100644
--- a/source/mijin/util/iterators.hpp
+++ b/source/mijin/util/iterators.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #define MIJIN_UTIL_ITERATORS_HPP_INCLUDED 1
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <span>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <variant>
 
@@ -26,8 +28,25 @@ struct RangeRef
         return std::end(range);
     }
 };
+
 template<typename T>
-concept RangeAdapterType = std::is_base_of_v<RangeAdapter, T>;
+struct is_range_adapter_type : std::false_type {};
+
+template<typename T> requires std::is_base_of_v<RangeAdapter, T>
+struct is_range_adapter_type<T> : std::true_type {};
+
+// allow passing in spans and string_views by value
+template<typename T, std::size_t Extent>
+struct is_range_adapter_type<std::span<T, Extent>> : std::true_type {};
+
+template<typename CharT, typename Traits>
+struct is_range_adapter_type<std::basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>> : std::true_type {};
+
+template<typename T>
+concept RangeAdapterType = is_range_adapter_type<T>::value;
+
+static_assert(!is_range_adapter_type<std::tuple<int, int>>::value);
+static_assert(is_range_adapter_type<RangeAdapter>::value);
 
 template<RangeAdapterType T>
 struct RangeRef<T>
@@ -346,6 +365,41 @@ auto chain(TFirstRange&& firstRange, TSecondRange&& secondRange, TMoreRanges&&..
 {
     return chain(std::forward<TFirstRange>(firstRange), chain(std::forward<TSecondRange>(secondRange), std::forward<TMoreRanges>(moreRanges)...));
 }
+
+template<typename TAs, typename TIterable>
+TAs collect(TIterable&& iterable)
+{
+    return TAs(iterable.begin(), iterable.end());
+}
+
+namespace pipe
+{
+template<typename T>
+struct Replace
+{
+    T what;
+    T with;
+
+    Replace(T what_, T with_) : what(std::move(what_)), with(std::move(with_)) {}
+};
+template<typename T>
+Replace(T, T) -> Replace<T>;
+
+template<typename TIterable>
+auto operator|(TIterable&& iterable, Replace<typename std::iterator_traits<decltype(std::begin(std::declval<TIterable>()))>::value_type> repl)
+{
+    return replace(std::forward<TIterable>(iterable), std::move(repl.what), std::move(repl.with));
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+struct Collect {};
+
+template<typename TIterable, typename T>
+auto operator|(TIterable&& iterable, Collect<T>)
+{
+    return collect<T>(std::forward<TIterable>(iterable));
+}
+}
 } // namespace mijin
 
 #endif // MIJIN_UTIL_ITERATORS_HPP_INCLUDED
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