The struct used to store the types (rb_data_type_t) contains a "data"
field where we can store whatever we want. I use that field to store a
pointer to the corresponding destroy function. For example
notmuch_rb_database_type contains a pointer to notmuch_database_destroy.
I cast that pointer as a notmuch_status_t (func*)(void *) and call
that function passing the internal object (e.g. notmuch_database_t).
Using the rb_data_type_t data we can call the correct notmuch destroy
function.
Therefore this:
ret = ((notmuch_status_t (*)(void *)) type->data) (nm_object);
Is effectively the same as this:
ret = notmuch_database_destroy (database);
The advantage of doing it this way is that much less code is necesary
since each rb_data_type_t has the corresponding destroy function stored
in it.
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Many of the external links found in the notmuch source can be resolved
using https instead of http. This changeset addresses as many as i
could find, without touching the e-mail corpus or expected outputs
found in tests.
According to the common Ruby function naming convention, potentially
dangerous functions or functions which operate on the object itself are
suffixed with an exclamation mark. Both of these are true for object
destroying functions.
The following modules are affected:
- Notmuch::Directory
- Notmuch::FileNames
- Notmuch::Query
- Notmuch::Threads
- Notmuch::Thread
- Notmuch::Messages
- Notmuch::Message
- Notmuch::Tags
Let the user destroy objects that she wants explicitly.
It's not possible to specify the order objects are garbage collected.
See id:86y6f8v838.fsf@harikalardiyari.ev on ruby-talk for more
information.
