Re: babel/noweb concatenation of equally-named code blocks fails?

[Greg Minshall]

Nicolas,

below is a format-patch.  i signed FSF papers for emacs a number of
years ago (and for gawk more recently).

cheers, Greg

From e2d440186ccf62216406abb440455edbac72ba79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Minshall <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:45:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] some clarification on <<noweb>>, #+name:, :noweb-ref

---
 doc/org-manual.org | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index 2a2700739..1c4a1f954 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -17988,12 +17988,13 @@ using a noweb[fn:145] style syntax:
 : <<CODE-BLOCK-ID>>
 
 #+texinfo: @noindent
-where {{{var(CODE-BLOCK-ID)}}} refers to either the =NAME= of
-a specific source code block, or a collection of source code blocks
+where {{{var(CODE-BLOCK-ID)}}} refers to either the =NAME= of 
+a single source code block, or a collection of one or more source code blocks
 sharing the same =noweb-ref= header argument (see [[*Using Header
-Arguments]]).  Org can replace such references with the source code---or
-concatenation thereof--- being referenced, or with the results of an
-evaluation.
+Arguments]]).  Org can replace such references with the source code of
+the block or blocks being referenced, or, in the case of a single
+source code block named with =NAME=, with the results of an
+evaluation of that block.
 
 #+cindex: @samp{noweb}, header argument
 The =noweb= header argument controls expansion of noweb syntax
@@ -18056,9 +18057,9 @@ the second code block is expanded as
 ,#+END_SRC
 #+end_example
 
-You may also concatenate the contents of multiple blocks sharing
-a common =noweb-ref= header argument.  For simple concatenation, set
-its value at the sub-tree or file level.  In the example Org file
+You may also include the contents of multiple blocks sharing
+a common =noweb-ref= header argument, which can be set at the file,
+sub-tree, or code-block level.  In the example Org file
 shown next, the body of the source code in each block is extracted for
 concatenation to a pure code file when tangled.
 
@@ -18091,19 +18092,19 @@ concatenation to a pure code file when tangled.
 By default a newline separates each noweb reference concatenation.  To
 use a different separator, edit the =noweb-sep= header argument.
 
-Eventually, Org can include the results of evaluation of a single code
-block rather than its body.  To that effect, append parentheses,
-possibly including arguments, to the code block name, as shown below.
+Alternatively, Org can include the results of evaluation of a single code
+block rather than its body.  Evaluation occurs when parentheses,
+possibly including arguments, are appended to the code block name, as shown 
below.
 
 : <<NAME(optional arguments)>>
 
-Note that when using the above approach to a code block's results, the
+Note that in this case, a
 code block name set by =NAME= keyword is required; the reference set
-by =noweb-ref= is not effective in that case.
+by =noweb-ref= will not work when evaluation is desired.
 
 Here is an example that demonstrates how the exported content changes
 when noweb style references are used with parentheses versus without.
-With:
+Given:
 
 #+begin_example
 ,#+NAME: some-code
-- 
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