Re: [PATCH 1/6] lib/cli: Make notmuch_database_open return a status code
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38 From: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>\r
39 To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
40 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] lib/cli: Make notmuch_database_open return a status\r
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80 Quoth David Bremner on Apr 30 at  8:39 am:\r
81\r
82 > I have two questions, both of which might have been settled previously.\r
83\r
84 > >  \r
85 > > -    return notmuch;\r
86 > > +    *database = notmuch;\r
87 > > +    return status;\r
88 > >  }\r
89\r
90 > Should we check database is non-NULL here?\r
91 \r
92 Sure, why not.  Since one could now imagine using these functions to\r
93 create a database without using it or test if a database exists, I\r
94 made them handle a NULL pointer gracefully.\r
95 \r
96 > > diff --git a/notmuch-count.c b/notmuch-count.c\r
97 > > index 9c2ad7b..2f98128 100644\r
98 > > --- a/notmuch-count.c\r
99 > > +++ b/notmuch-count.c\r
100\r
101 > > +    if (notmuch_database_open (notmuch_config_get_database_path (config),\r
102 > > +                          NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY, &notmuch))\r
103\r
104 > Is it OK to rely on NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS==0 ?\r
105 \r
106 I decree it so.  Plus, we already do this sort of thing all over the\r
107 place.\r