Re: Auto detect ob-clojure backend (was: [PATCH] Fix ob-clojure handling source block variable's value is a org-mode table or list)

[Ihor Radchenko]

Daniel Kraus <daniel@kraus.my> writes:

>> What if users have, say, cider installed and also babashka executable?
>> Will it be expected to use babashka?
>
> Yes. The only thing that makes me slightly hesitant is that e.g.
> someone doesn't have `bb` installed. Executes clojure source blocks
> which are then evaluated in, let's say cider.
> Then they install `bb` and the next time they start Emacs, the same
> source block on re-evaluation would be executed with babashka.
>
> I think this is still the best out of the box experience as it
> "just works" for most users without having to customise something
> and if they want it fixed, they can pin it to a certain backend.
>
> What's your opinion?

I agree.

Though if you want to go really fancy, you can utilize org-persist to
store the customization value in persistent cache (org-persist-register),
load it back (org-persist-read), and re-use when the cached backend can
be enabled.

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