Re: [FR] Adding explicitly negative :results Type option

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Weaver Marquez <weavermarquez0@gmail.com> writes:

> There is behavior that only happens if `:results' Type is not set at all.
> I'd like to request a new Type option that would easily negate a
> default arg without having to clear the default header args variable.
>
> By Type, I mean these:
> <https://orgmode.org/manual/Results-of-Evaluation.html#Type-1>
>
> Case 1: With no default header args
>   ,---- elisp
>   | (concat "My String")
>
>   ,---- result
>   | My String
>
> Case 2: With default `:results scalar'
>
>   ,---- elisp
>   | (concat "My String")
>
>   ,---- result
>   | "My String"
> ...
> I think this would be useful even if the better solution is getting used
> to setting buffer/header local variables. It could also help library authors
> ensure that a certain code block like above will work as intended.

What about introducing an additional :results Type option - :results
auto? We will also make it the default.

Then, you can use :results auto to override whatever result type is
inferred from parent heading/global option/variable.

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