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+Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] Introduce _notmuch_message_has_term()\r
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+Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:\r
+\r
+> It can be useful to easily tell if a given message has a given term\r
+> associated with it.\r
+> ---\r
+> lib/message.cc | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\r
+> lib/notmuch-private.h | 13 +++++++++++++\r
+> 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+)\r
+>\r
+> diff --git a/lib/message.cc b/lib/message.cc\r
+> index e414e9c..fab70fd 100644\r
+> --- a/lib/message.cc\r
+> +++ b/lib/message.cc\r
+> @@ -1216,6 +1216,55 @@ _notmuch_message_remove_term (notmuch_message_t *message,\r
+> return NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_SUCCESS;\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> +notmuch_bool_t\r
+> +_notmuch_message_has_term (notmuch_message_t *message,\r
+> + const char *prefix_name,\r
+> + const char *value)\r
+> +{\r
+> + notmuch_bool_t out;\r
+> + notmuch_private_status_t st =\r
+> + _notmuch_message_has_term_st (message, prefix_name, value, &out);\r
+> + if (st)\r
+> + return FALSE;\r
+> + return out;\r
+> +}\r
+\r
+I second Tomi's unease with providing this interface; not having it\r
+would also allow dropping the _st from the other function.\r
+\r