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+Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:01:58 -0400\r
+From: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>\r
+To: Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] emacs: Use result text properties for search\r
+ result iteration\r
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+Quoth myself on Jul 14 at 3:50 pm:\r
+> Quoth Jameson Graef Rollins on Jul 14 at 12:31 pm:\r
+> > On Fri, Jul 13 2012, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:\r
+> > > +(defmacro notmuch-search-do-results (beg end pos-sym &rest body)\r
+> > > + "Invoke BODY for each result between BEG and END.\r
+> > > +\r
+> > > +POS-SYM will be bound to the point at the beginning of the\r
+> > > +current result."\r
+> > > + (declare (indent 3))\r
+> > > + (let ((end-sym (make-symbol "end"))\r
+> > > + (first-sym (make-symbol "first")))\r
+> > > + `(let ((,pos-sym (notmuch-search-result-beginning ,beg))\r
+> > > + ;; End must be a marker in case body changes the text\r
+> > > + (,end-sym (copy-marker ,end))\r
+> > > + ;; Make sure we examine one result, even if (= beg end)\r
+> > > + (,first-sym t))\r
+> > > + ;; We have to be careful if the region extends beyond the\r
+> > > + ;; results. In this case, pos could be null or there could be\r
+> > > + ;; no result at pos.\r
+> > > + (while (and ,pos-sym (or (< ,pos-sym ,end-sym) ,first-sym))\r
+> > > + (when (notmuch-search-get-result ,pos-sym)\r
+> > > + ,@body)\r
+> > > + (setq ,pos-sym (notmuch-search-result-end ,pos-sym)\r
+> > > + ,first-sym nil)))))\r
+> > \r
+> > Austin, can you explain why you use a defmacro here? I'm honestly have\r
+> > a hard time parsing what's going on here. I understand in principle how\r
+> > elisp macros work, but I don't see why it's needed here.\r
+> > \r
+> > I'm also trying to understand what the commas are doing\r
+> > (e.g. ",pos-sym"). Are they doing some sort of escaping? \r
+> > \r
+> > Some sophisticated elisp here!\r
+> \r
+> I did this as a macro to parallel things like dolist and loop, I'll\r
+> try this out with a higher-order procedure and see if the results are\r
+> less opaque.\r
+\r
+Here's what it looks like as a higher-order procedure and an example\r
+use:\r
+\r
+(defun notmuch-search-foreach-result (beg end function)\r
+ "Invoke FUNCTION with the position of each result between BEG and END."\r
+\r
+ (lexical-let ((pos (notmuch-search-result-beginning beg))\r
+ ;; End must be a marker in case function changes the\r
+ ;; text.\r
+ (end (copy-marker end))\r
+ ;; Make sure we examine at least one result, even if\r
+ ;; (= beg end).\r
+ (first t))\r
+ ;; We have to be careful if the region extends beyond the results.\r
+ ;; In this case, pos could be null or there could be no result at\r
+ ;; pos.\r
+ (while (and pos (or (< pos end) first))\r
+ (when (notmuch-search-get-result pos)\r
+ (apply function pos))\r
+ (setq pos (notmuch-search-result-end pos)\r
+ first nil))))\r
+\r
+(defun notmuch-search-properties-in-region (property beg end)\r
+ (let (output)\r
+ (notmuch-search-foreach-result\r
+ beg end\r
+ (lambda (pos)\r
+ (push (plist-get (notmuch-search-get-result pos) property) output)))\r
+ output))\r
+\r