From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastien Vauban" Subject: Re: Org-mode as a metalanguage: calling SQL "functions" Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:10:27 +0200 Message-ID: <86mwtekqfg.fsf@somewhere.org> References: <87vc85raoh.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87y5d1itxx.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwtgr346.fsf@gmail.com> <16857F81-04F6-4F71-96C2-E9FBBD36BCA0@gmail.com> <87k3ojpwsd.fsf@gmail.com> <86bo9uzdlr.fsf@somewhere.org> <87fvz6qx0q.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Eric, Eric Schulte wrote: > "Sebastien Vauban" writes: >> Eric Schulte wrote: >>>>> At this point I'm not sure if the documentation or the code should be >>>>> amended. I've personally never liked the args-in-block-name syntax, = but >>>>> I don't recall if we formally decided to abandon it, or if it has sim= ply >>>>> been broken in a recent commit. >>>> >>>> I am not sure if I have any say here, but I agree that the args in >>>> name notation looks not as good and might be considered for >>>> abolishment. >>> >>> Great, I agree wholeheartedly and I'll update the documentation >>> accordingly (and take a look at lob-ingest to ensure it no longer uses >>> this var-in-name style). >> >> I confirm that, following a discussion we had, you had decided to drop t= he >> alternate syntax, a couple of months ago (more than 2=C2=A0;-)). > > Great, so I'm not imagining things. Thanks Seb. For the sake of clarity, it all began (in September 2011) with the fact it = was more difficult to trap errors such as missing default value, in the functional-syntax style. See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/46888. This also lead, a couple of weeks later (October 2011), to questionning the multiple keywords used for code blocks, such as #+source: and #+srcname:. S= ee http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/48399. Best regards, Seb --=20 Sebastien Vauban