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From: Robin Green <greenrd@greenrd.org>
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Subject: Re: Race condition for '*' command
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:57:50 -0700, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:18:52 +0100, Robin Green <greenrd@greenrd.org> wrote:
> > A race condition in the '*' command was noted when it was first
> > proposed. It looks to me like it still exists - has anything been done
> > about it?
> 
> Hi, Robin.  Can you explain what you mean by the "'*' command"?

Sorry - forgot to say I'm talking about the notmuch emacs mode. In that
mode '*' applies tags to all messages matching the current search query,
which means that (here's the race condition) new results that have
appeared since the last refresh will also be tagged.

-- 
Robin