Formerly Message.get_replies() returned an iterator or None forcing users to check the result before iterating over it leading to strange looking code at the call site.
Fix this flaw by adding an EmptyMessagesResult class that behaves like the Messages class but immediatly raises StopIteration if used as an iterator and returning objects of this type from Message.get_replies() to indicate that there are no replies. --- bindings/python/notmuch/message.py | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py index cc9fc2a..975db1c 100644 --- a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py +++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py @@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ class Messages(object): next_indent = indent + 1 # get replies and print them also out (if there are any) - replies = msg.get_replies() - if not replies is None: + replies = msg.get_replies().format_messages(format, next_indent, entire_thread) + if replies: result.append(set_sep) - result.extend(replies.format_messages(format, next_indent, entire_thread)) + result.extend(replies) result.append(set_end) result.append(set_end) @@ -253,6 +253,15 @@ class Messages(object): """ handle.write(''.join(self.format_messages(format, indent, entire_thread))) +class EmptyMessagesResult(Messages): + def __init__(self, parent): + self._msgs = None + self._parent = parent + + def __next__(self): + raise StopIteration() + next = __next__ + class Message(object): """Represents a single Email message @@ -383,10 +392,9 @@ class Message(object): number of subsequent calls to :meth:`get_replies`). If this message was obtained through some non-thread means, (such as by a call to :meth:`Query.search_messages`), then this function will return - `None`. + an empty Messages iterator. - :returns: :class:`Messages` or `None` if there are no replies to - this message. + :returns: :class:`Messages`. :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if the message is not initialized. """ @@ -396,7 +404,7 @@ class Message(object): msgs_p = Message._get_replies(self._msg) if msgs_p is None: - return None + return EmptyMessagesResult(self) return Messages(msgs_p, self) -- 1.7.7.3 _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch