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authorEric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>2013-04-03 08:03:29 -0600
committerEric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>2013-04-03 09:17:34 -0600
commit81d354b6c3caf36228015291717a6b72be3e7c4f (patch)
tree73a37f4b51c78118ea853d597f9fe188ced402d9
parent09e52738e9979a4a8a24d4a6cf398a4aa14626da (diff)
downloadorg-mode-81d354b6c3caf36228015291717a6b72be3e7c4f.tar.gz
simplify the discussion of :var causing execution
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@@ -13211,14 +13211,8 @@ include anything in the Org mode file that takes a @code{#+NAME:},
@code{#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE} blocks, other code blocks, and the results of other
code blocks.
-When a reference is made to another code block, the referenced block will be
-evaluated whenever needed, in order to supply its value to the referencing
-block. If the referenced block is cached (see @ref{cache}), its value will
-be reused if possible, instead of being re-calculated. If the referring code
-block is cached, its hash value will depend on the value of all the code
-blocks it references. This system can thus be used to create a system of
-as-needed re-evaluation among code blocks similar to that provided by
-@uref{http://yihui.name/knitr/, knitr} or Sweave.
+Note: When a reference is made to another code block, the referenced block
+will be evaluated unless it has current cached results (see @ref{cache}).
Argument values can be indexed in a manner similar to arrays (see @ref{var,
Indexable variable values}).