[PATCH 02/12] lib/n_d_add_message: refactor test for new/ghost messages

David Bremner david at tethera.net
Sun May 7 05:40:02 PDT 2017


The switch is easier to understand than the side effects in the if
test. It also potentially allows us more flexibility in breaking up
this function into smaller pieces, since passing private_status around
is icky.
---
 lib/add-message.cc | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/add-message.cc b/lib/add-message.cc
index 5fe2c45b..0f09415e 100644
--- a/lib/add-message.cc
+++ b/lib/add-message.cc
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
     notmuch_message_t *message = NULL;
     notmuch_status_t ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS, ret2;
     notmuch_private_status_t private_status;
-    notmuch_bool_t is_ghost = false;
+    notmuch_bool_t is_ghost = FALSE, is_new = FALSE;
 
     const char *date, *header;
     const char *from, *to, *subject;
@@ -655,7 +655,17 @@ notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 
 	talloc_free (message_id);
 
-	if (message == NULL) {
+	/* We cannot call notmuch_message_get_flag for a new message */
+	switch (private_status) {
+	case NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_NO_DOCUMENT_FOUND:
+	    is_ghost = FALSE;
+	    is_new = TRUE;
+	    break;
+	case NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+	    is_ghost = notmuch_message_get_flag (message, NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_GHOST);
+	    is_new = FALSE;
+	    break;
+	default:
 	    ret = COERCE_STATUS (private_status,
 				 "Unexpected status value from _notmuch_message_create_for_message_id");
 	    goto DONE;
@@ -663,18 +673,11 @@ notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 
 	_notmuch_message_add_filename (message, filename);
 
-	/* Is this a newly created message object or a ghost
-	 * message?  We have to be slightly careful: if this is a
-	 * blank message, it's not safe to call
-	 * notmuch_message_get_flag yet. */
-	if (private_status == NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_NO_DOCUMENT_FOUND ||
-	    (is_ghost = notmuch_message_get_flag (
-		message, NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_GHOST))) {
+	if (is_new || is_ghost) {
 	    _notmuch_message_add_term (message, "type", "mail");
 	    if (is_ghost)
 		/* Convert ghost message to a regular message */
 		_notmuch_message_remove_term (message, "type", "ghost");
-
 	    ret = _notmuch_database_link_message (notmuch, message,
 						  message_file, is_ghost);
 	    if (ret)
-- 
2.11.0



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