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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [WIP patch 6/9] lib: add notmuch_metadata_destroy\r
+Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 22:51:38 -0400\r
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+\r
+---\r
+ lib/metadata.cc | 6 ++++++\r
+ lib/notmuch.h | 14 +++++++++++++-\r
+ test/T590-metadata.sh | 1 +\r
+ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/metadata.cc b/lib/metadata.cc\r
+index a355b75..79a0a9e 100644\r
+--- a/lib/metadata.cc\r
++++ b/lib/metadata.cc\r
+@@ -245,3 +245,9 @@ notmuch_metadata_move_to_next (notmuch_metadata_t *metadata)\r
+ {\r
+ (*(metadata->iterator))++;\r
+ }\r
++\r
++void\r
++notmuch_metadata_destroy (notmuch_metadata_t *metadata)\r
++{\r
++ talloc_free (metadata);\r
++}\r
+diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h\r
+index b00126d..6773253 100644\r
+--- a/lib/notmuch.h\r
++++ b/lib/notmuch.h\r
+@@ -1869,12 +1869,18 @@ notmuch_metadata_valid (notmuch_metadata_t *metadata);\r
+ \r
+ /**\r
+ * return key for current metadata pair\r
++ *\r
++ * return value is owned by the iterator, and will be destroyed by the\r
++ * next call to notmuch_metadata_key or notmuch_metadata_destroy.\r
+ */\r
+ const char *\r
+ notmuch_metadata_key (notmuch_metadata_t *metadata);\r
+ \r
+ /**\r
+- * return value for current metadata pair\r
++ * return 'value' for current metadata pair\r
++ *\r
++ * return value is owned by the iterator, and will be destroyed by the\r
++ * next call to notmuch_metadata_value\r
+ */\r
+ const char *\r
+ notmuch_metadata_value (notmuch_metadata_t *metadata);\r
+@@ -1885,6 +1891,12 @@ notmuch_metadata_value (notmuch_metadata_t *metadata);\r
+ void\r
+ notmuch_metadata_move_to_next (notmuch_metadata_t *metadata);\r
+ \r
++/**\r
++ * free any resources held by 'metadata'\r
++ */\r
++void\r
++notmuch_metadata_destroy (notmuch_metadata_t * metadata);\r
++\r
+ /* @} */\r
+ \r
+ NOTMUCH_END_DECLS\r
+diff --git a/test/T590-metadata.sh b/test/T590-metadata.sh\r
+index 4f37c09..4d55298 100755\r
+--- a/test/T590-metadata.sh\r
++++ b/test/T590-metadata.sh\r
+@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ cat c_head - c_tail <<'EOF' | test_C ${MAIL_DIR}\r
+ printf("key = %s\n", notmuch_metadata_key (meta));\r
+ printf("val = %s\n", notmuch_metadata_value (meta));\r
+ }\r
++ notmuch_metadata_destroy (meta);\r
+ }\r
+ EOF\r
+ cat <<'EOF' >EXPECTED\r
+-- \r
+2.6.4\r
+\r