Re: Asynchronous blocks for everything (was Re: [BUG] Unexpected result when evaluating python src block asynchronously [9.7-pre (release_9.6.17-1131-gc9ed03.dirty @ /home/yantar92/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)])

[Ihor Radchenko]

<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:

>> Doing everything asynchronously is not always desired.
>> Consider, for example,
>> 
>> #+begin_src bash
>> echo "Contents" > /tmp/tmpfile
>> #+end_src bash
>> 
>> #+begin_src bash
>> cat /tmp/tmpfile # I must run after /tmp/tmpfile is created!
>> #+end_src
>
> You "just" [1] need a way of stating dependencies :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] In quotes, because this opens a vast space of interesting
>    and strange worlds. The functional folks have their monads,
>    the compiler backend builders have their dependency graphs.
>    Definitely doable, but treading with care will be helpful
>    to not step into a mess :-)

Let's not jump into this rabbit hole yet before we have async code
working for less complicated scenarios.

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