diff --git a/a.flux b/a.flux
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8368c41d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/a.flux
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import "array"
+import "internal/debug"
+
+array.from(rows: [{}])
+    |> debug.sink()
diff --git a/libflux/go/libflux/buildinfo.gen.go b/libflux/go/libflux/buildinfo.gen.go
index 562e959ab1..3365103937 100644
--- a/libflux/go/libflux/buildinfo.gen.go
+++ b/libflux/go/libflux/buildinfo.gen.go
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ var sourceHashes = map[string]string{
 	"libflux/flux/templates/package.html":                                                         "635e1d638ad1a430f3894ff0a458572ca3c4dc6b9cec2c57fe771443849e1402",
 	"libflux/flux/templates/value.html":                                                           "2af699af2535f83635acbc75c92d2ee941c2335350fc7e82ceb2dccf479360bf",
 	"libflux/include/influxdata/flux.h":                                                           "a50070b13297a6427fc47488d4cfbf18d3c804a2c3cb6f7a6f918b0ff29715a8",
-	"stdlib/array/array.flux":                                                                     "232cffbcddea8959e2de8a815d3e1d2b667450085c0cc6c27677a05ea4323cc6",
+	"stdlib/array/array.flux":                                                                     "ce86be4dbe34da8476b3fc011ae7f766cf477c4090dc3d953e99cfd9599af71e",
 	"stdlib/array/array_test.flux":                                                                "c4281ef1128ba6164c16f1dcb1b051d2231fe39617f23a070ae1942b5ddb70d5",
-	"stdlib/array/from_test.flux":                                                                 "450810d4a5a8cc443462172fa7a0dee18f4a2c48bab1948a32a1c42935137f25",
+	"stdlib/array/from_test.flux":                                                                 "688a3593d27aed7110d016c0b7634808dee533311d4349669a1104bc50a9f3e7",
 	"stdlib/bitwise/bitwise.flux":                                                                 "580114d80074f27c12c28b5832e52269cd8f3a99890a53617c25aa778fd04acd",
 	"stdlib/bitwise/bitwise_test.flux":                                                            "150d847157570fe95f1ddeb65c75b7e30bb5fa8422df281d72b889b62e8db54c",
 	"stdlib/contrib/RohanSreerama5/naiveBayesClassifier/bayes_test.flux":                          "e02e637a7b50a0e1fb977491c349c547f9ab1d1daef4999735e73051c14291c1",
diff --git a/stdlib/array/array.flux b/stdlib/array/array.flux
index 82c4f3b31f..88a9cee8fa 100644
--- a/stdlib/array/array.flux
+++ b/stdlib/array/array.flux
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ package array
 // records must have the same keys and data types.
 //
 // ## Parameters
-// - rows: Array of records to construct a table with.
+// - rows: Array of records to construct a table with. Default is the piped-forward array (`<-`).
 //
 // ## Examples
 //
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ package array
 //
 // ## Metadata
 // tags: inputs
-builtin from : (rows: [A]) => stream[A] where A: Record
+builtin from : (<-rows: [A]) => stream[A] where A: Record
 
 // concat appends two arrays and returns a new array.
 //
diff --git a/stdlib/array/from_test.flux b/stdlib/array/from_test.flux
index 282cc962a6..39f68ebcd0 100644
--- a/stdlib/array/from_test.flux
+++ b/stdlib/array/from_test.flux
@@ -141,3 +141,69 @@ testcase from_group {
 
     testing.diff(want, got) |> yield()
 }
+testcase from_pipe {
+    want =
+        csv.from(
+            csv:
+                "
+#datatype,string,long,string,string,string,dateTime:RFC3339,boolean
+#group,false,false,false,false,false,false,false
+#default,_result,,,,,,
+,result,table,_measurement,_field,t0,_time,_value
+,,0,m0,f0,tagvalue,2018-12-19T22:13:30Z,false
+,,0,m0,f0,tagvalue,2018-12-19T22:13:40Z,true
+,,0,m0,f0,tagvalue,2018-12-19T22:13:50Z,false
+,,0,m0,f0,tagvalue,2018-12-19T22:14:00Z,false
+,,0,m0,f0,tagvalue,2018-12-19T22:14:10Z,true
+,,0,m0,f0,tagvalue,2018-12-19T22:14:20Z,true
+",
+        )
+    got =
+        [
+            {
+                _measurement: "m0",
+                _field: "f0",
+                t0: "tagvalue",
+                _time: 2018-12-19T22:13:30Z,
+                _value: false,
+            },
+            {
+                _measurement: "m0",
+                _field: "f0",
+                t0: "tagvalue",
+                _time: 2018-12-19T22:13:40Z,
+                _value: true,
+            },
+            {
+                _measurement: "m0",
+                _field: "f0",
+                t0: "tagvalue",
+                _time: 2018-12-19T22:13:50Z,
+                _value: false,
+            },
+            {
+                _measurement: "m0",
+                _field: "f0",
+                t0: "tagvalue",
+                _time: 2018-12-19T22:14:00Z,
+                _value: false,
+            },
+            {
+                _measurement: "m0",
+                _field: "f0",
+                t0: "tagvalue",
+                _time: 2018-12-19T22:14:10Z,
+                _value: true,
+            },
+            {
+                _measurement: "m0",
+                _field: "f0",
+                t0: "tagvalue",
+                _time: 2018-12-19T22:14:20Z,
+                _value: true,
+            },
+        ]
+            |> array.from()
+
+    testing.diff(want, got) |> yield()
+}