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From: Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com>
To: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: babel header arguments tutorial?
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 12:43:17 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m24migyf7e.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zj08zvcl.fsf@pierrot.dokosmarshall.org>

Aloha Nick,

Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:

> The implementation on the page you linked contains a typo (capital P
> instead of lower-case p in python) and is much more prolix than it needs
> to be. You can get the same effect with
>
> # Local Variables:
> # org-babel-default-header-args:python: ((:session . "foo")))
> # End:
>
> This form should be preferred for just setting variables. The eval
> mechanism should be used only when absolutely necessary.

Can you elaborate why the eval mechanism should be used only when
absolutely necessary?  You've mentioned that a few times but I haven't
run across similar warnings elsewhere.

Thanks,
Tom
-- 
Thomas S. Dye
http://www.tsdye.com

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2015-09-26 22:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-26 18:39 babel header arguments tutorial? Lawrence Bottorff
2015-09-26 21:39 ` Charles C. Berry
2015-09-27  8:22   ` Modification dates in Worg (was: babel header arguments tutorial?) Michael Strey
2015-09-28 15:04     ` Ista Zahn
2015-09-29  8:06       ` Modification dates in Worg Michael Strey
2015-09-29 14:38         ` Ista Zahn
2015-09-26 22:09 ` babel header arguments tutorial? Nick Dokos
2015-09-26 22:43   ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2015-09-27  2:41     ` Nick Dokos
2015-09-27 16:28       ` Lawrence Bottorff
2015-09-27 19:51         ` Nick Dokos
2015-09-27 16:47       ` Thomas S. Dye

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