[PATCH] python/thread: always return a string in get_subject/authors

Jesse Rosenthal jrosenthal at jhu.edu
Mon May 9 08:26:29 PDT 2011


On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:23:16 -0400, Jesse Rosenthal <jrosenthal at jhu.edu> wrote:
> The RFC says yes on the author, no on the subject. The only things
> guaranteed are "From:" and originating timestamp. So I'm not sure why
> subject should be guaranteed a string result and not, say, "Cc." 

Apologies -- I realize now you were talking about threads and not
messages, so I can't defer to RFCs. I still agree with the others, and
about how python users would deal with it. But I see your point better
now. Sorry to clutter.


More information about the notmuch mailing list