Hi Tim, sorry for the late reply, and thanks a lot for the clear summary.
Tim Cross <theophil...@gmail.com> writes: > It seems to me that two separate issues have been mixed up and causing > some confusion here. However, I think it is actually quite simple once > we consider the issues separately. > > Issue 1: Defining the meaning of :result value and :result output ... which is already defined in Org's documentation. > Issue 2: Specifying what the default :result setting would be i.e. > :result without a value/output specifier. After careful consideration, I suggest to follow the manual here, which says that ":results value" is the default. After 2f534294 in master, executing shell blocks with no :results header will output the exit code, which is the "value". > It could be that for some languages, the default for :result should > be :result output and for others it should be :result value. I decided not to go that way, even though I do sympathize with Tom's argument in the very same thread. I think Jack makes a compelling argument about the need to let the default always be ":results value". It seems less random to have some users being surprised that the value of executing a shell source block is an exit code, than to make it necessary for all users to check what is the default result for each Babel library. Best, -- Bastien
