Re: [PATCH 0/5] lib: make folder: prefix literal

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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>,\r
+ Austin Clements <aclements@csail.mit.edu>,    notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] lib: make folder: prefix literal\r
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+On Sat, 25 Jan 2014, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote:\r
+> On Sat, Jan 25 2014, Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> wrote:\r
+>> Perhaps we need to have two prefixes, one of which is the literal\r
+>> filesystem folder and another which hides the implementation details,\r
+>> like I mentioned in my mail to Peter [1]. But consider this: my proposed\r
+>> implementation does cover *all* use cases.\r
+>\r
+> I challenge that with my use case: my mails are arranged as follows: \r
+\r
+[snip]\r
+\r
+> For me the current folder: works as I don't have collisions.\r
+\r
+Fair enough, your use case would be *very inconvenient* with the\r
+proposed changes to the folder: prefix, *regardless* of whether the leaf\r
+cur/new is indexed and required or not.\r
+\r
+(Very inconvenient, or practically impossible, as you'd have to include\r
+all those 01..ff directories in your searches.)\r
+\r
+> For me a folder: search which would just work as a prefix i.e. match\r
+> anything under given directory hierarchy would work best.\r
+\r
+Indeed. Your use case is not an argument in whether cur/new should be\r
+included or not.\r
+\r
+That "recursive folder prefix" suggestion is, I think, incompatible with\r
+the requirements for the literal folder: prefix we've been considering.\r
+\r
+\r
+BR,\r
+Jani.\r
+\r