Re: [O] [babel] Specified colnames

[Eric Schulte]

"Sebastien Vauban" <address@hidden> writes:

> Eric,
>
> Eric Schulte wrote:
>>> Extra question: tested with a sh block, both of the above do work, that is
>>> with strings or symbols. Which one is supposed to be better (that is, will 
>>> be
>>> more portable with time), if there is one?
>>
>> Both will be maintained.  The contribution of a test exercising both
>> options could provide an extra guarantee of perseverance.  This is also
>> a good first step towards editing the code. :)
>
> Here's my trial to do so.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (ert-deftest test-ob/specific-column-names-symbols ()
>   "Test passing specific column names as a list of symbols."
>   (should
>    (equal "#+name: input-table
> | id | var1 |
> |----+------|
> |  1 | bar  |
> |  2 | baz  |
>
> #+begin_src sh :var data=input-table :exports results :colnames '(Rev Author)
> echo \"$data\"
> #+end_src
>
> #+results:
> | Rev | Author |
> |-----+--------|
> |   1 | bar    |
> |   2 | baz    |
>
> "
>         (org-test-with-temp-text "#+name: input-table
> | id | var1 |
> |----+------|
> |  1 | bar  |
> |  2 | baz  |
>
> #+begin_src sh :var data=input-table :exports results :colnames '(Rev Author)
> echo \"$data\"
> #+end_src
> "
>                                  (org-babel-execute-src-block)
>                                  (buffer-string)))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Does this correspond to what you're asking for?
>

Close, could you prepare this as a patch against the current code base?
That way I can simply apply it locally and more easily test it.

>
> However, running it did not succeed. I must do something wrong, or NOT do
> something good...
>
>   ╭────
>   │ Selector: t
>   │ Passed: 0
>   │ Failed: 0
>   │ Total:  0/1
>   │ 
>   │ Started at:   2013-04-08 22:45:19+0200
>   │ Aborted.
>   │ Aborted at:   2013-04-08 22:45:19+0200
>   │ 
>   │ A
>   │ 
>   │ A test-ob/specific-column-names-symbols
>   │     Test passing specific column names as a list of symbols.
>   │     aborted
>   ╰────
>
> The worse is that I don't get a backtrace, even after:
>
> - setting debug-on-error to t, or
> - M-x'ing toggle-debug-on-error.
>
> Weird, but not the first time -- seems related to Emacs 24.2 or so (+ my
> config?).
>

Integration these tests with the existing tests should help to
illuminate whatever is causing these failures.  Assuming that the
existing tests are passing on your system that is.

Cheers,

>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

-- 
Eric Schulte
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