You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with notmuch. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>'
+Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
"""
import os
:class:`Database` objects implement the context manager protocol
so you can use the :keyword:`with` statement to ensure that the
- database is properly closed.
+ database is properly closed. See :meth:`close` for more
+ information.
.. note::
:raises: :exc:`NotmuchError` in case of any failure
(possibly after printing an error message on stderr).
"""
- if self._db is not None:
+ if self._db:
raise NotmuchError(message="Cannot create db, this Database() "
"already has an open one.")
def close(self):
'''
Closes the notmuch database.
+
+ .. warning::
+
+ This function closes the notmuch database. From that point
+ on every method invoked on any object ever derived from
+ the closed database may cease to function and raise a
+ NotmuchError.
'''
if self._db:
self._close(self._db)