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* Bug: Empty result when Emacs Lisp code block evals to nil [9.0.5 (release_9.0.5-401-g86ff11 @ /Users/xcy/src/org-mode/lisp/)]
@ 2017-04-01 15:06 Chunyang Xu
  2017-04-05  8:12 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Chunyang Xu @ 2017-04-01 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

Hi.

I notice that if the result is nil during executing emacs-lisp code
block, org simply displays a empty #+RESULT block. For example,


#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
t
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
: t

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
nil
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:


I don't see why 'nil' is special than other values like 't'.


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 of 2017-03-28
Package: Org mode version 9.0.5 (release_9.0.5-401-g86ff11 @ /Users/xcy/src/org-mode/lisp/)

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* Re: Bug: Empty result when Emacs Lisp code block evals to nil [9.0.5 (release_9.0.5-401-g86ff11 @ /Users/xcy/src/org-mode/lisp/)]
  2017-04-01 15:06 Bug: Empty result when Emacs Lisp code block evals to nil [9.0.5 (release_9.0.5-401-g86ff11 @ /Users/xcy/src/org-mode/lisp/)] Chunyang Xu
@ 2017-04-05  8:12 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2017-04-05  8:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Chunyang Xu; +Cc: emacs-orgmode

Chunyang Xu <mail@xuchunyang.me> writes:

> I notice that if the result is nil during executing emacs-lisp code
> block, org simply displays a empty #+RESULT block. For example,
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> t
> #+END_SRC
>
>
> #+RESULTS: : t
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> nil
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+RESULTS:
>
>
> I don't see why 'nil' is special than other values like 't'.

It is special because it is also how code evaluation specifies that
there is no produced output.

You may want to use :results scalar, e.g.,

  #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results scalar
  nil
  #+END_SRC

  #+RESULTS:
  : nil

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

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