Re: [O] can babel results show time of evaluation?

[Eric Schulte]

Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Eric Schulte <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I've just pushed this functionality up to the main branch.  To make use
>> of it add the following to your Emacs config.
>>
>>   (setq org-babel-hash-show-time t)
>>
>> It works for me in some simple tests, and I can confirm that with this
>> variable set to nil, I get no new failures in the Org-mode test suite,
>> so it shouldn't introduce any problems.
>
> Well, it breaks the parser, somehow. Indeed, it expects from an
> affiliated keyword such as #+results: (or #+caption for that matter) to
> have only one secondary value. Sexp representation of these keywords is
> already very complicated, it will not help to add values ad nauseum.
>
> Also, if you use Org time-stamp syntax, at some point, someone will ask
> the parser to be able to parse it. And it won't.
>
> Eventually, it doesn't help to have hash syntax match Org links. This is
> confusing.
>
> Therefore, if this feature really has to be introduced, I suggest, at
> the very least, to avoid using Org regular syntax for the reference to
> time. It would also help to blur distinction between the time and the
> hash string. Perhaps something like the following:
>
>   #+results[2013-01-30T20:15:37 hash-string]: name
>
> Thank you.
>

Are there instances aside from "#+results" where one would want to pack
ancillary information into a keyword?

Perhaps both the hash and the time should be moved *outside* the
keyword, e.g. something like the following,

#+Results: name time hash

What do you think?

>
>
> Regards,

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Eric Schulte
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