Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> writes: > Hi Dan, > > Dan Davison wrote: >> >> * meantest >> #+srcname: calcmean(data=trial) >> #+begin_src R >> mean(data) >> #+end_src >> >> #+results: calcmean >> : 6.5 >> >> or alternative syntax >> >> #+begin_src R :var data=trial >> mean(data) >> #+end_src >> >> #+results: >> : 6.5 > > As I am as well *learning* Org-babel and its satellites (R, GNU screen, etc.), > I'm wondering if there is one of the two above syntaxes that gets more chance > to be the survivor -- would there be a war between both ;-) > > I mean: I'm not yet attached to any of the two. Which one should I use better, > ensuring more portability over time? Or are these both totally equivalent, > and will it stay so for the coming years? >
Both of these syntaxes are totally equivalent, and both should be fully supported into the foreseeable future. As for the winner in a war between the two it would be the :var syntax. The :var syntax is more fundamental as it's part of the header-argument syntax which is core to org-babel so there is no conceivable way that it would not be supported, while the srcname(args) syntax is more syntactic-sugar on top of the existing header argument syntax. That said you should be safe using either. -- Eric > > Best regards, > Seb _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
