Hi,
when I use #+Call: on a table to run an emacs lisp file, I get a very
different results after upgrading to org version 9.8 or later.
I put the result of “git bisect” at the end. Here are the different
outputs, my test file plus a minimal emacs configuration:
- Output (in *Messages* buffer) in version 9.7.39 and earlier
#+begin_example
Executing Emacs-Lisp call at position 160...
entry11
entry12
entry13
entry21
entry22
entry23
Code block produced no output.
#+end_example
- Output (in *Messages* buffer) in version 9.8 and later
#+begin_example
Executing Emacs-Lisp call at position 160...
head1
head2
head3
do-table: Wrong type argument: sequencep, hline
#+end_example
#+Caption: testfile.org
#+begin_src org
,* Test mytable
,#+Name: mytable
| head1 | head2 | head3 |
|---------+---------+---------|
| entry11 | entry12 | entry13 |
| entry21 | entry22 | entry23 |
,#+Call: elisp-test(table=mytable)
,#+RESULTS:
,* Script: elisp-netentries-latitudes
,#+name: elisp-test
,#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun do-table (table)
(mapc (lambda (x) (message (format "%s" x))) (car table))
(if (cdr table)
(do-table (cdr table))
()))
(do-table table)
,#+end_src
#+end_src
#+Caption: Emacs config
#+begin_src elisp
(load-theme 'adwaita)
(use-package org
:load-path "~/ot/org-mode/lisp"
:config
;; activate emacs lisp for org-babel
(org-babel-do-load-languages
'org-babel-load-languages
'((emacs-lisp . t)))
;; don't ask for confirmation
(setq org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil))
#+end_src
Result of git bisect:
7c05d44dfda86cfe5a2c512b4af9fe6c4d2d753b is the first bad commit
commit 7c05d44dfda86cfe5a2c512b4af9fe6c4d2d753b
Author: Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]>
Date: Sat Jan 24 15:22:12 2026 +0100
Evaluate header arguments when calling src block via #+CALL
* lisp/ob-lob.el (org-babel-lob--src-info): New optional parameter to
force src block parameter evaluation on request (not by default).
(org-babel-lob-get-info): Respect NO-EVAL when resolving LOB.
Document the exact context where evaluation of different parameters
happen. Bind `org-babel-current-src-block-location' appropriately as
tests expect.
Reported-by: Tom Gillespie <[email protected]>
Link: https://orgmode.org/list/87pl89fwbq.fsf@localhost
lisp/ob-lob.el | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
Best regards
Robert
