+ /* Many Xapian objects (and thus notmuch objects) hold references to
+ * the database, so merely deleting the database may not suffice to
+ * close it. Thus, we explicitly close it here. */
+ if (notmuch->xapian_db != NULL) {
+ try {
+ notmuch->xapian_db->close();
+ } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
+ /* do nothing */
+ }
+ }
+