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56 On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:30:56 -0300, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:
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57 > Is just because it add a function to the library that you think this
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58 > might be problematic? I don't think we are super-dogmatic about the
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59 > library never growing. When notmuch started, there were no bindings, so
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60 > in retrospect maybe more functionality went into the CLI than might
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61 > happen if we started from scratch. If I remember Carl's statement
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62 > correctly, one rule is that stuff in the library should not require
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65 Hi, thanks, that's encouraging. It's mostly that, based on past
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66 experience, I'm hesitant about extending a library interface. Once you
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67 get users, you have to live with it. So you want to get it right.
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69 Having said that, I think in this v2 of the set, the library interface
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70 for notmuch_query_count_threads() is sane and complimentary to the
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71 existing notmuch_query_count_messages(). (Also quoting IRC: "<amdragon>
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72 j4ni: Yes, the interface seems totally reasonable.") Later on, someone
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73 might come up with a better implementation, but for now it's already
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74 much better than having to iterate and construct the threads.
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76 I'll prepare a v3 with some tests and polish.
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