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Rather than hardcoding the version in various places, we export it from the module itself. Also improve the README somewhat.
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1.8 KiB
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43 lines
1.8 KiB
Python
"""The :mod:`notmuch` module provides most of the functionality that a user is likely to need.
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Many of its objects use python's logging module to log some output at DEBUG level.
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.. note:: The underlying notmuch library is build on a hierarchical
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memory allocator called talloc. All objects derive from a
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top-level :class:`Database` object.
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This means that as soon as an object is deleted, all underlying
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derived objects such as Queries, Messages, Message, and Tags will
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be freed by the underlying library as well. Accessing these
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objects will then lead to segfaults and other unexpected behavior.
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We implement reference counting, so that parent objects can be
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automatically freed when they are not needed anymore. For
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example::
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db = Database('path',create=True)
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msgs = Query(db,'from:myself').search_messages()
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This returns a :class:`Messages` which internally contains a
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reference to its parent :class:`Query` object. Otherwise the
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Query() would be immediately freed, taking our *msgs* down with
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it.
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In this case, the above Query() object will be automatically freed
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whenever we delete all derived objects, ie in our case:
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`del(msgs)` would also delete the parent Query. It would not
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delete the parent Database() though, as that is still referenced
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from the variable *db* in which it is stored.
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Pretty much the same is valid for all other objects in the
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hierarchy, such as :class:`Query`, :class:`Messages`,
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:class:`Message`, and :class:`Tags`.
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"""
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import ctypes
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from ctypes import c_int, c_char_p
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from database import Database,Tags,Query,Messages,Message,Tags
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from cnotmuch.globals import nmlib,STATUS,NotmuchError
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__LICENSE__="GPL v3+"
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__VERSION__='0.1.1'
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__AUTHOR__ ='Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>'
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