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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Results with #+begin_example/#+end_example don't get overwritten
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:10:31 +0100
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To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:

> No, I wasn't suggesting a use case where someone writes the #+RESULTS:
> contents manually.
>
> Here's what can happen though:
>
> A user could have this to begin with:

[...]

> Then for whatever reason, they choose to delete the RESULTS manually.. and
> the blank line after that too!

IMO, this is still a manual operation on RESULTS keyword.

> That's why I proposed earlier to wrap the Org generated results in
> something like #+begin_results/#+end_results.

I think this would add too much cruft in the document.

> The current behavior is risky, or at least should somehow be
> documented.

Documentation can certainly help. I wouldn't qualify it as risky
however. In any case, it not riskier than the many other ways to fumble
in Org.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou