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29.0.50; Make org-babel-execute-buffer ignore irrelevant src blocks

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Message #33 received at 52545 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> gmail.com>
To: Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis <at> me.com>
Cc: "Berry, Charles" <ccberry <at> health.ucsd.edu>,
 "52545 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <52545 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Kyle Meyer <kyle <at> kyleam.com>
Subject: Re: bug#52545: 29.0.50; Make org-babel-execute-buffer ignore
 irrelevant src blocks
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:04:26 +0800

Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis <at> me.com> writes:

>> Though I am not a big fan of introducing yet another customisation.
>> Maybe someone has better ideas?
>
> I struggle to understand.  Why do we need a customization?  If Org knows
> that some backend exists but has no execute function, why does it even
> try to execute it?  It cannot.  Do I miss something?

There no notion of backend in Org babel. Babel backends are merely
defining a set of functions with special function symbols
(org-babel-*:lang_name). So, Org cannot distinguish between language
backends that are simply not loaded and the ones that do not define
org-babel-execute:lang.

Best,
Ihor

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