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SQL cell (and others?) in jupyter engine and ipython kernel

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Since Apr 20, 2023.

engines-jupyter enhancement
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Description

It might make sense for us to leverage cell magics to support (eg) a native sql cell in the same way that knitr does it.

Pros:

  • it's a popular request
  • it would us get closer to matching the behavior in the knitr engine

Cons:

  • it would make it even harder for beginners to reason about what engine is responsible for what execution. Specifically, cell magics are specific to the ipython kernel
  • it would not solve the problem for other jupyter kernels

If we continue to increase the ways in which different engines interpret {language} cells, I think it would be a good idea for quarto to be able to explain who runs what cells. I can imagine a TypeScript API that could do so.

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