Re: [PATCH] lisp/org-table.el: Allow named columns on lhs

[Ihor Radchenko]

Gavin Downard <gavin.downard@runbox.com> writes:

> (*): the issue with `org-table-formula-substitute-names' as it is, is
> that it will replace field names with the field /value/, not the field
> index. Hopefully modifying the function to replace field names with
> their indices won't break anything, so we can use the same function for
> both sides of the formula.

This sounds reasonable, but please proceed with care.
If you can, please factor out the common parts into a separate helper
function that we can carefully test (first, without adding new
features).

What I have in mind is a preparatory "refactoring" patch that we will
later supply with new tests.

> Or, if you want to get really crazy, we can let fields and columns with
> the same name share a formula. :)
> ...
> But in all seriousness, that does seem like it could be useful. I guess
> on the rhs we could give each of those "shared names" the value of an array of
> that name's connected columns (or fields). But I think support for that should
> probably be added in a separate patch, since it's a bit separate from
> the main issue.

Yes, please move the discussion of "shared names" to a separate thread.

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