Re: Asynchronous blocks for everything (was Re: [BUG] Unexpected result when evaluating python src block asynchronously [9.7-pre (release_9.6.17-1131-gc9ed03.dirty @ /home/yantar92/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)])

[Matt <matt@excalamus.com>]

 ---- On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 01:31:42 +0100  Jack Kamm  wrote --- 

 > I don't remember the details, but my past self [1] thought it would be
 > good to find a way to replace `process-file' with `make-process' in
 > `org-babel--shell-command-on-region' or `org-babel-eval', and it seems
 > you are thinking along those lines with `my-org-babel-eval-async'. Hope
 > you're able to make progress on this and get the improvements into
 > ob-eval.el eventually.
 > 
 > [1] https://list.orgmode.org/871rczg7bi.fsf@gmail.com/#t

AFAIK, aside from appending "&", =make-process= is the only way.  It would probably make sense to continue using =shell= though.  If I understand correctly, you (and others) jump between the Org buffer block and the comint buffer?

 ---- On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:03:36 +0100  Ihor Radchenko  wrote --- 

 > Note that we already have a WIP an asynchronous API in the works.
 > Check out `org-async-call' in
 > https://code.tecosaur.net/tec/org-mode/src/branch/dev/lisp/org-macs.el#L377
 > If possible, we should reuse it.

:O

- What's the status? 
- Anything I could help with?  
- Are there any notes or supplements that go along with it?

> I have several general questions:
>
> - what if append/prepend to result asynchronously?
> - what if we replace the result, call async evaluation two times, and they arrive in opposite order (first called is calculated after the second)?
> - on failure, Org babel sometimes uses ~org-babel-eval-error-notify~. How will it interact with asynchronous evaluation? What if we have multiple simultaneously arriving error notifications?
> Example: try running
> #+begin_src bash
> idontexist
> #+end_src

Are these open questions for the `org-async-call' implementation?

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Matt Trzcinski
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