+ notmuch_query_t *query;
+ notmuch_status_t status;
+
+ status = notmuch_query_create_with_syntax (notmuch, query_string,
+ NOTMUCH_QUERY_SYNTAX_XAPIAN,
+ &query);
+ if (status)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return query;
+}
+
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_query_create_with_syntax (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
+ const char *query_string,
+ notmuch_query_syntax_t syntax,
+ notmuch_query_t **output)
+{
+
+ notmuch_query_t *query;
+
+ if (! output)
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER;
+
+ query = _notmuch_query_constructor (notmuch, query_string);
+ if (! query)
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+
+ if (syntax == NOTMUCH_QUERY_SYNTAX_SEXP && ! HAVE_SFSEXP) {
+ _notmuch_database_log (notmuch, "sexp query parser not available");
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT;
+ }
+
+ query->syntax = syntax;
+
+ *output = query;
+
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static notmuch_status_t
+_notmuch_query_ensure_parsed_xapian (notmuch_query_t *query)
+{