xutil: Implement xstrndup without relying on strndup.

[notmuch] / TODO

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@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ Fix the things that are causing the most pain to new users
 
 2. Allow an easy way to get tags from directory names (if the user has them)
 
 
 2. Allow an easy way to get tags from directory names (if the user has them)
 

-3. Make emacs fast for big search results (see "lazy searching" below)
-
-4. Fix Xapian defect #250 so tagging is fast.
+3. Fix Xapian defect #250 so tagging is fast.

 
 Emacs interface (notmuch.el)
 ----------------------------
 
 Emacs interface (notmuch.el)
 ----------------------------


@@ -17,11 +15,7 @@ Add a global keybinding table for notmuch, and then view-specific
 tables that add to it.
 
 Add a command to archive all threads in a search view.
 tables that add to it.
 
 Add a command to archive all threads in a search view.

-
-Lazy searching: call "notmuch search" with --first and --max to fill
-just a screenful of results, and then fill in more as ther user pages
-through the buffer.
-
+       

 Add a '|' binding from the search view.
 
 Add a binding to run a search from notmuch-show-mode.
 Add a '|' binding from the search view.
 
 Add a binding to run a search from notmuch-show-mode.


@@ -47,8 +41,6 @@ Portability
 -----------
 Fix configure script to test each compiler warning we want to use.
 
 -----------
 Fix configure script to test each compiler warning we want to use.
 

-Implement strndup locally (or call talloc_strndup instead).
-

 Implement getline locally, (look at gnulib).
 
 Completion
 Implement getline locally, (look at gnulib).
 
 Completion


@@ -119,6 +111,10 @@ any of this we're probably going to need to break down an write our
 own parser for the query string rather than using Xapian's QueryParser
 class.
 
 own parser for the query string rather than using Xapian's QueryParser
 class.
 

+Make failure to read a file (such as a permissions problem) a warning
+rather than an error (should be similar to the existing warning for a
+non-mail file).
+

 Add support for files that are moved or deleted (which obviously need
 to be handled differently).
 
 Add support for files that are moved or deleted (which obviously need
 to be handled differently).
 


@@ -134,6 +130,11 @@ Add support for configuring "virtual tags" which are a tuple of
 (tag-name, search-specification). The database is responsible for
 ensuring that the virtual tag is always consistent.
 
 (tag-name, search-specification). The database is responsible for
 ensuring that the virtual tag is always consistent.
 

+Think about optimizing chunked searches (max-threads > 0) to avoid
+repeating work. That would be saving state from the previous chunk and
+reusing it if the next search is the next chunk with the same search
+string.
+

 General
 -------
 Audit everything for dealing with out-of-memory (and drop xutil.c).
 General
 -------
 Audit everything for dealing with out-of-memory (and drop xutil.c).