From 41bab9854ab818c23a3fd0510be304f0f25f6628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:41:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Python bindings and Xapian exceptions --- 40/76daccea444843256e548ed1717416db027a7a | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 40/76daccea444843256e548ed1717416db027a7a diff --git a/40/76daccea444843256e548ed1717416db027a7a b/40/76daccea444843256e548ed1717416db027a7a new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7ae1185b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/40/76daccea444843256e548ed1717416db027a7a @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89956431FBD + for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:41:39 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id 7oIK3xtx09yJ for ; + Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:41:36 -0800 (PST) +Received: from yantan.tethera.net (yantan.tethera.net [199.188.72.155]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64BA5431FAF + for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:41:36 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1Y0cSQ-0001ZA-Er; Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:41:30 -0400 +Received: (nullmailer pid 405 invoked by uid 1000); Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:41:24 + -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Matt , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Python bindings and Xapian exceptions +In-Reply-To: +References: <87k4q7s43v.fsf@ut.hh.sledj.net> <878w6gis5g.fsf@SSpaeth.de> + <871v70ril7.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> <871v70z0y5.fsf@SSpaeth.de> + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.19+7~g5d7f7a6 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:41:24 +0100 +Message-ID: <87iohc7iiz.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +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: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:41:39 -0000 + +Matt writes: + +>> > But for exceptions in general, yes the notmuch library does need to be +>> > fixed to allow the caller of functions to distinguish between things +>> > like "no matches found" and "an exception occurred, so it's unknown if +>> > any messages match the search". That's a general class of library +>> > interface bugs that all need to be fixed. +> +> I 've also hit this *API bug* and was wondering if a fix had been done since +> then (I use notmuch 0.17) ? I found nothing on http://notmuchmail.org/news/ + +Can you be more specific? I'd say in general no thorough overhaul of +error handling has happened, but if you can tell us what particular +libnotmuch function (or the equivalient python binding) you are having +trouble with, we may be able to give a more informative answer. + +d -- 2.26.2