From: David Bremner Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:03:15 +0000 (+2000) Subject: Re: Crash with Python bindings X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e8dbc0cd0f2d145a38d739f8d62daa65f5aab779;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Crash with Python bindings --- diff --git a/30/279ad6dbb60acb8fc735d3f080404ed9132ad9 b/30/279ad6dbb60acb8fc735d3f080404ed9132ad9 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..337af0aca --- /dev/null +++ b/30/279ad6dbb60acb8fc735d3f080404ed9132ad9 @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF7886DE1763 + for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:03:22 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.309 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.309 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.242, + RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.55, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id bWnAXwa2hC5C for ; + Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:03:20 -0800 (PST) +Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F7316DE1760 + for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:03:20 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) + (envelope-from ) + id 1aJ4Dm-0003MK-0c; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:03:10 -0500 +Received: (nullmailer pid 20844 invoked by uid 1000); + Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:03:15 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Crash with Python bindings +In-Reply-To: <8737u26cpg.fsf@zancas.localnet> +References: <5694CA65.8010400@fastmail.net> <87bn8r54dz.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <8737u26cpg.fsf@zancas.localnet> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+5~gca076ce (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:03:15 -0400 +Message-ID: <8760yy4o3w.fsf@tesseract.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:03:23 -0000 + +David Bremner writes: + +>> No path means path=None, which stands for the path from +>> ~/.notmuch-config. That's exactly what I want. Is there some reason not +>> to rely on this mechanism? +> +> Oh sorry, I'm (obviously) not that familiar with the python bindings. + +Nothing to do with Konrad's crash, but I consider the fact that the +python bindings read ~/.notmuch-config to be a kind of layering +violation, since that file belongs to the CLI, while the bindings are +supposed to provide access to libnotmuch. Whether this is a real problem +or just an aesthetic one, I'm not sure, but I thought I'd mention it +since we are thinking of various config related issues. Obviously the +location of the database is not one of the things it makes sense to +store in the database. I can imagine scenarios where the bindings might +be usable without the CLI, but they seem fairly artificial so far, since +it seems like almost everyone needs notmuch-new / notmuch-insert. + +d +