Re: [O] [Babel][Bug] Inconsistent output from babel function depending on how called

[Eric Schulte]

Christian Moe <address@hidden> writes:

>> No, this is expected (if possibly under-documented behavior).  The
>> :results header arguments are associated with the code block and *not*
>> with the #+call line.  To get the desired behavior, you must specify the
>> :results header argument on the #+call: line thusly.
>>
>> #+call: print_list(lst=list1) :results output org
>>
>> Best -- Eric
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently made the same mistake, and it took me a while to figure
> things out. I had assumed #+CALLs inherited all the header arguments
> from the code blocks they referenced.
>
> Regarding documentation, I see now that the correct behavior is at
> least implicitly documented in the first example at
> [[info:org#Header%20arguments%20in%20function%20calls]].
>
> It might rate an explicit explanation at
> [[info:org#Evaluating%20code%20blocks]] as well, though.
>
> Yours,
> Christian

I've just updated the documentation at the following to reflect the full
range of #+call line header argument options.

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (info "(org)Evaluating code blocks")
#+end_src

Thanks for the recommendation -- Eric

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/