Re: [O] odd behavior for begin_src org :results

[Eric Schulte]

"Sebastien Vauban" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello Greg,
>
> Greg Minshall wrote:
>> It appears that only *string* values are allowed for any :var that are
>> defined (i.e., ':var bar="foo"', and *not* ':var bar=3').
>
> Confirmed. The following does not work.
>
> #+begin_src org :results drawer replace :var you=2
> Hello $you
> #+end_src
>
>> since i'm not 100% sure of the semantics, maybe this is desired.
>
> I dunno either. Clearly, an error should not happen. OTOH, there is no concept
> of Org variable, so every variable here comes down to be implemented as a
> simple string replacement, hence the need for strings only, maybe.
>

I've applied a simple fix which will allow any type of object to be
inserted into an Org-mode code block.  Although there is a great deal of
potential for more sophisticated behavior here, hopefully this simple
solution will suffice.

>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

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