That's an excellent response, Eric!

Now what about this block:

#+begin_src shell
  printf "%s" '
  (computer . ?type)
  exit'
#+end_src

ср, 19 февр. 2020 г. в 19:56, Fraga, Eric <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>:

> On Wednesday, 19 Feb 2020 at 12:38, Bastien wrote:
> > "0" is the _exit code_ of the successful echo command, not the value
> > returned by the echo command.
>
> But echo does not "return" the string as a value.  It outputs the
> string.
>
> To quote the man page for bash, "the return value of a simple command is
> its status".  Further, a function does not actually return any value
> beyond the status of the last command or a value given on a =return=
> statement.
>
> > So In Vladimir's example, both ":results value" and ":results output"
> > should return the same result, i.e. ".".
>
> I disagree.  I think the current behaviour (i.e. before your attempt to
> "correct"" this) is correct given the documentation you quoted!
>
> > Was it common to expect the exit code when executing shell code?
>
> Common?  I have no idea.  *I* did expect this.  But that's maybe because
> I do use the shell a lot.
>
> I think there's a clear distinction between value and output for src
> blocks and blurring this distinction for shell src blocks would be
> misleading.  The option to request the output as the outcome of the src
> block is already there.
> --
> : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-345-g415083
>


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Yours sincerely, Vladimir Nikishkin