PROPOSED add org-mode lists as babel data types
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> 3) Since I can't help but relate things to Babel… What do you think
> about having list types recognized by Babel (as arrays). This could
> add nice flexibility to passing data back and forth between Babel and
> the buffer, it could make it possible to do some fancy list stuff,
> and if we add Hash-Maps or Dictionaries to Babel as first class
> objects (which seems like a reasonable move at some point in the
> nearish future) then they could integrate well with description
> lists.
It's a good idea, and I think the job from org-list side is already
done, thanks to Bastien Guerry. You should have a look at
`org-list-parse-list' and `org-list-to-generic'. With both of them,
you can change a list back and forth to anything you'd like.