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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: "Alexey I. Froloff" <raorn@raorn.name>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: Add a new prefix "list" to the search-terms syntax\r
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+"Alexey I. Froloff" <raorn@raorn.name> writes:\r
+> +\r
+> + /* Description may be RFC2047 encoded */\r
+> + char *decoded_desc = g_mime_utils_header_decode_phrase(description);\r
+\r
+Surprisingly, the docs claim g_mime_utils_header_decode_phrase has no\r
+error conditions, so I guess this is OK.\r
+\r
+> +\r
+> + _notmuch_message_gen_terms(message, "list", list_id);\r
+> +\r
+> + if (decoded_desc)\r
+> + _notmuch_message_gen_terms(message, "list", decoded_desc);\r
+> \r
+\r
+On the other hand, _notmuch_message_gen_terms does return a status. I\r
+agree that currently this status is not useful, but that could change in\r
+the future. I also agree that the existing code does the same thing in\r
+a few places, but I think it's better not to introduce more.\r
+\r
+We'll need a test or two before we introduce a core change.\r
+\r
+Any objections to the list: syntax? The only issue I see is that at\r
+some point we will probably add a generic header search syntax, and this\r
+implicitly says list-id is more important/common than other headers.\r
+\r
+d\r
+\r
+\r