Re: Troublesome python block

[Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>]

Hello,

Roger Mason <rmason@mun.ca> writes:

> This python block:

[...]

> produces this output:
>
> #+RESULTS:
> #+begin_example
> Python 2.7.13 (default, Jul  2 2017, 01:20:25) 
> [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible FreeBSD Clang 3.4.1 (tags/RELEASE_34/dot1-final 208032)] on freebsd10
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> python.el: native completion setup loaded

[...]

> Any help in debugging this will be much appreciated.

ob-python sessions have been broken to some degree for quite some time.
See, e.g., https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2015-03/msg00540.html

I dropped my attempt to fix it because 1) I was still having trouble
getting a complete understanding of what the issue was and 2) I didn't
have the motivation to spend time digging deeper because I don't use
ob-python (and in general am not a heavy Org-Babel user).  Perhaps you
or some other ob-python user could help make ob-python sessions more
robust?

In the meantime, you could try ob-ipython (https://github.com/gregsexton/ob-ipython).
Looking at the README, it sounds like ob-python's problems were one of
the author's motivations for writing the library.

-- 
Kyle