Re: [O] [babel] Bugs for Emacs Lisp code blocks

[Eric Schulte]

>> ** Using =:colnames no= header argument (case 2)
>>
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var data=unset-colnames-example-input :colnames no
>>   data
>> #+end_src
>>
>> #+results:
>> | a | b |
>> |---+---|
>> | 1 | 2 |
>> | 3 | 4 |
>>
>> Here, I still don't understand why I do see the table header line: I
>> did change the default =:colnames yes= specification to =:colnames
>> no= on the code block. I did override the default value. Why is the
>> =no= argument not respected?
>
> This still escapes me.
>

Answered in my previous reply.

>
>> ** Using =:colnames ()= header argument (case 6)
>>
>> As you told me, to "unset" the =:colnames yes= header argument, we must use:
>>
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var data=unset-colnames-example-input :colnames ()
>>   data
>> #+end_src
>>
>> #+results:
>> | 1 | 2 |
>> | 3 | 4 |
>>
>> That does work.
>>
>> What is still unclear to me as well, is why =()= and =nil= aren't the same
>> from Babel's point of view?
>
> However, I think I understood this one: it is because nil is interpreted as a
> string, not as the empty list; right?
>
> That's because strings aren't quoted, right?
>

Yes.

Cheers,

>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

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