Re: [O] can't assign to hline relative reference:

[Nicolas Goaziou]

"Marijn Schouten (hkBst)" <address@hidden> writes:

> It says that there is a known issue with hline references on the left
> side of table formulas, but I did not quite understand the details.

To tell the truth, this is not crystal clear to me either.

> There seems to be a proposed fix by interpreting said references as
> ranges with the same on both sides, for example @II$2 would become
> @address@hidden and would then be interpreted properly. Was the issue
> with this fix that it does not work in all cases?

A solution properly handling all cases of @I and al. on lhs is welcome.
Meanwhile, I'd rather use a consistent error than provide something that
just partly works.

> There was a mention that fixing the issue might involve rewriting much
> of org-table. Is that a concern?

Not really, as long as invasive changes are covered by tests.

Regards,