Re: [PATCH] bindings/python-cffi: search for config by default

[Floris Bruynooghe <flub@devork.be>]

On Sat 08 Jan 2022 at 12:19 -0400, David Bremner wrote:

> The previous (pre-0.34.2) constructor searched for a config file but
> only if the database path was not specified, and only to retrieve
> database.path. Neither of the available options (CONFIG.SEARCH or
> CONFIG.NONE) matches this semantics exactly, but CONFIG.SEARCH causes
> less breakage for people who relied on the old behaviour to set their
> database.path [1]. Since it also seems like the friendlier option in
> the long run, this commit switches to CONFIG.SEARCH as default.
>
> [1]: id:87fsqijx7u.fsf@metapensiero.it
> ---
>  bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_database.py  | 2 +-
>  bindings/python-cffi/tests/test_database.py | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_database.py b/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_database.py
> index 14a8f15c..d7485b4d 100644
> --- a/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_database.py
> +++ b/bindings/python-cffi/notmuch2/_database.py
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class Database(base.NotmuchObject):
>              path = os.fsencode(path)
>          return path
>  
> -    def __init__(self, path=None, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY, config=CONFIG.EMPTY):
> +    def __init__(self, path=None, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY, config=CONFIG.SEARCH):
>          if isinstance(mode, str):
>              mode = self.STR_MODE_MAP[mode]
>          self.mode = mode
> diff --git a/bindings/python-cffi/tests/test_database.py b/bindings/python-cffi/tests/test_database.py
> index 9b3219c0..473723d5 100644
> --- a/bindings/python-cffi/tests/test_database.py
> +++ b/bindings/python-cffi/tests/test_database.py
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import notmuch2._message as message
>  
>  @pytest.fixture
>  def db(maildir):
> -    with dbmod.Database.create(maildir.path) as db:
> +    with dbmod.Database.create(maildir.path, config=notmuch2.Database.CONFIG.SEARCH) as db:
>          yield db

LGTM