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From: "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
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S=C3=A9bastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:

> Hi Dan,
>
> Dan Davison wrote:
>>
>> * meantest
>> #+srcname: calcmean(data=3Dtrial)
>> #+begin_src R
>> mean(data)
>> #+end_src
>>
>> #+results: calcmean
>> : 6.5
>>
>> or alternative syntax
>>
>> #+begin_src R :var data=3Dtrial
>> mean(data)
>> #+end_src
>>
>> #+results:
>> : 6.5
>
> As I am as well *learning* Org-babel and its satellites (R, GNU screen, e=
tc.),
> I'm wondering if there is one of the two above syntaxes that gets more ch=
ance
> to be the survivor -- would there be a war between both=C2=A0;-)
>
> I mean: I'm not yet attached to any of the two. Which one should I use be=
tter,
> ensuring more portability over time?  Or are these both totally equivalen=
t,
> and will it stay so for the coming years?
>

Both of these syntaxes are totally equivalent, and both should be fully
supported into the foreseeable future.  As for the winner in a war
between the two it would be the :var syntax.  The :var syntax is more
fundamental as it's part of the header-argument syntax which is core to
org-babel so there is no conceivable way that it would not be supported,
while the srcname(args) syntax is more syntactic-sugar on top of the
existing header argument syntax.

That said you should be safe using either. -- Eric

>
> Best regards,
>   Seb