Re: [PATCH] Async evaluation in ob-shell

[Ihor Radchenko]

Matt <matt@excalamus.com> writes:

>  ---- On Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:52:09 -0500  Ihor Radchenko  wrote --- 
>  > I tried the patch, and I am getting failed tests:
>  > 
>  > 1 unexpected results:
>
> Sorry for missing that.  The issue is that when I replaced
> `org-babel-sh-prompt' with `comint-prompt-regexp', the regexp no
> longer matches the output and grabs the next prompt.  It looks like
> the reason is `comint-prompt-regexp' is set to "^org_babel_sh_prompt>
> *" (with two spaces between the '>' and '*').  Attached is a revised
> patch which removes one of the spaces by changing how
> `org-babel-sh-initiate-session' sets the `comint-prompt-regexp'.
> Another place this could be done is in the defvar for
> `org-babel-sh-prompt' itself (which ends with a space).  However, I
> think it's customary to leave a trailing space for prompts?

The actual prompt is "org_babel_sh_prompt> ".
And we want to skip leading spaces in addition.

Adding " *" does not make the prompt match 2 spaces, but 1+.

Prompts with no single space are not prompts.

>
>  > > +                  (let ((uuid (org-id-uuid)))
>  > 
>  > Do you need to use `org-id-uuid' here? ob-python directly uses `md5'.
>  > If you still prefer org-id-uuid, we probably need to move it to
>  > org-macs.el
>
> I just need a random string.  `md5' would work for that.  However,
> might it be better to update ob-R and ob-python to use `org-id-uuid'?
> Both of those manually declare the randomness.  It's conceivable that
> someone may delete or mistype the number (100000000), resulting in a
> lower entropy.  An md5 is also not a uuid, strictly speaking.  Of
> course, the chance of collision is still basically zero and the cost
> of collision about the same.  Using `org-id-uuid' would only provide a
> consistent way to do things.

`md5' will be slightly faster compared to `org-id-uuid'. But it should
not matter.

If we want use `org-id-uuid', lets move it to org-macs.el. Requiring the
whole org-id.el must not be done. It has side effects of defining id:
links.

>                          (concat "^" (regexp-quote org-babel-sh-prompt)
> -                                " *"))
> +                                "*"))

This is wrong. It unconditionally makes the last char in
`org-babel-sh-prompt' 0+. (Imagine it is changed to non-space in
future).

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