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+From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>\r
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+Subject: Re: Crash with Python bindings\r
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+David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:\r
+\r
+>> from notmuch import Query, Database\r
+>>\r
+>> def foo(bar):\r
+>> pass\r
+>>\r
+>> db = Database()\r
+>> q = Query(db, "*")\r
+>> db.close()\r
+>\r
+> Do you really call the constructor without a path? Or are you censoring\r
+> the script for some reason?\r
+\r
+No path means path=None, which stands for the path from\r
+~/.notmuch-config. That's exactly what I want. Is there some reason not\r
+to rely on this mechanism?\r
+\r
+Cheers,\r
+ Konrad.\r