* lisp/ob.el (org-babel-script-escape): If script escaped value doesn't parse cleanly, then return it literally.
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ block but are passed literally to the \"example-block\"."
(defun org-babel-script-escape (str)
"Safely convert tables into elisp lists."
(let (in-single in-double out)
- (org-babel-read
+ ((lambda (escaped) (condition-case nil (org-babel-read escaped) (error escaped)))
(if (and (stringp str)
(> (length str) 2)
(string-equal "[" (substring str 0 1))