Re: [PATCH] ob-python: support header argument `:results file graphics'

[Jack Kamm]

Liu Hui <liuhui1610@gmail.com> writes:

> I think your proposal about ":results graphics" is more flexible and
> complies the documentation. Since the patch has no real problem and
> the feature is useful indeed, I hope it can be merged instead of mine
> after the problem of documentation is resolved.

Thanks for your gracious words.  I will aim to revisit and finish this
work in a month or so -- I'm swamped the next couple weeks, and
anyways we first need to sort out the issues around documentation,
back-compatibility, and general semantics of ":results graphics".

> As for other features in the patch, maybe it is better to convert
> dict/dataframe/array to table/list only when the result type is
> explicitly set to table or list?

Thanks, that is an interesting idea. Especially for dict, which can be
interpreted in many ways, it is a good idea to make use of the
table/list/etc type specifications.