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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
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+Subject: [Patch v3 3/6] lib: add a log function with output to a string in\r
+ notmuch_database_t\r
+Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:33:47 +0100\r
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+\r
+This is a thin wrapper around the previously implemented string\r
+logging infrastructure. In the future it could have more configurable\r
+output options.\r
+---\r
+ lib/database.cc | 14 ++++++++++++++\r
+ lib/notmuch-private.h | 4 ++++\r
+ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc\r
+index 18db902..9af1a47 100644\r
+--- a/lib/database.cc\r
++++ b/lib/database.cc\r
+@@ -371,6 +371,20 @@ log_to_string (char **str,\r
+ va_end (va_args);\r
+ }\r
+ \r
++void\r
++_notmuch_database_log (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
++ const char *format,\r
++ ...)\r
++{\r
++ va_list va_args;\r
++\r
++ va_start (va_args, format);\r
++\r
++ vlog_to_string (notmuch, ¬much->status_string, format, va_args);\r
++\r
++ va_end (va_args);\r
++}\r
++\r
+ static void\r
+ find_doc_ids_for_term (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
+ const char *term,\r
+diff --git a/lib/notmuch-private.h b/lib/notmuch-private.h\r
+index 012ad25..7c6cfc0 100644\r
+--- a/lib/notmuch-private.h\r
++++ b/lib/notmuch-private.h\r
+@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ _notmuch_message_id_compressed (void *ctx, const char *message_id);\r
+ notmuch_status_t\r
+ _notmuch_database_ensure_writable (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);\r
+ \r
++void\r
++_notmuch_database_log (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
++ const char *format, ...);\r
++\r
+ const char *\r
+ _notmuch_database_relative_path (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,\r
+ const char *path);\r
+-- \r
+2.1.3\r
+\r