From 3b2d73c684501e2eb906542f5081125d4e9c485d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Spaeth <sebastian@sspaeth.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:53:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] implement message counting

--HG--
extra : transplant_source : %8E%83%C2%83%FA%F8X%B6%16%1D%D3X%C4o%A2%A8%28%11G%AF
---
 cnotmuch/database.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 notmuch              | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cnotmuch/database.py b/cnotmuch/database.py
index 8313813c..19460b33 100644
--- a/cnotmuch/database.py
+++ b/cnotmuch/database.py
@@ -329,6 +329,24 @@ class Messages(object):
         nmlib.notmuch_messages_move_to_next(self._msgs)
         return msg
 
+    def __len__(self):
+        """ Returns the number of contained messages
+
+        :note: As this iterates over the messages, we will not be able to 
+               iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)!
+        """
+        if self._msgs is None:
+            raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+        i=0
+        while nmlib.notmuch_messages_valid(self._msgs):
+            nmlib.notmuch_messages_move_to_next(self._msgs)
+            i += 1
+        self._msgs = None
+        return i
+
+
+
     def __del__(self):
         """Close and free the notmuch Messages"""
         if self._msgs is not None:
diff --git a/notmuch b/notmuch
index 6f002aac..56f961b4 100755
--- a/notmuch
+++ b/notmuch
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
        #TODO: handle --verbose
        print "Not implemented."
 
+   elif sys.argv[1] == 'count':
+      db = Database()
+      if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+         #no further search term
+         querystr=''
+      else:
+         #mangle arguments wrapping terms with spaces in quotes
+         querystr = quote_query_line(sys.argv[2:])
+      logging.debug("count "+querystr)
+      print(len(Query(db,querystr).search_messages()))
+
    elif sys.argv[1] == 'search-tags':
       if len(sys.argv) == 2:
          #no further search term