Re: [Orgmode] [babel] help debugging org-babel-execute-buffer

[Eric Schulte]

This fix has now been applied.  Best -- Eric

"Eric Schulte" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Nick,
>
> Thanks for hunting this bug down.
>
> Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Austin Frank <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I have a document that always throws an error when I call
>>> org-babel-execute-buffer.  I'd guess that there's one particular block
>>> that is to blame, but I can't tell which block babel is in at the point
>>> when the error is thrown.
>>> 
>>> The error is:
>>> 
>>> #v+
>>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-function org-save-outline-visibility)
>>>   org-save-outline-visibility(t 1 nil nil)
>>>   org-babel-execute-buffer(nil)
>>>   call-interactively(org-babel-execute-buffer nil nil)
>>> #v-
>>> 
>>> Looking at the macro for org-save-outline-visibility, I think the
>>> problem has to do with the last two arguments being passed in as nil
>>> nil.  I don't, however, know how this is happening.
>>> 
>>
>> I think this is a bug: org-save-outline-visibility is indeed a macro,
>> defined in org.el, but ob.el does not require org.el, so when it is
>> compiled, the compiler thinks it's a function that will be defined elsewhere.
>> If the uncompiled ob.el is loaded, there should be no problem.
>>
>> Two possible solutions:
>>
>> - (require 'org) in ob.el.
>
> This first solution can't work, because org.el requires ob.el, and
> circular requires are not allowed.
>
>> 
>> - move the definition of the macro to org-macs.el (which is required
>>   by ob.el *and* org.el.)
>>
>> I'd vote for the second, but Carsten and/or Eric might have a different
>> preference.
>>
>
> I agree this sounds like a good solution, if Carsten agrees then I will
> apply it.
>
> Thanks -- Eric
>
>>
>> Nick
>>
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