python: improve Query.count_messages docstring

[notmuch] / bindings / python / notmuch / query.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py
index d4a93d5b6bf237299e906cc699d7d92a2fbe9c7f..0c08aa9eafc235b230ac8e23f7595ced9b33b7f7 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py
@@ -162,26 +162,40 @@ class Query(object):
             raise NullPointerError
         return Messages(msgs_p, self)
 
             raise NullPointerError
         return Messages(msgs_p, self)
 

-    """notmuch_query_count_messages"""

     _count_messages = nmlib.notmuch_query_count_messages
     _count_messages.argtypes = [NotmuchQueryP]
     _count_messages.restype = c_uint
 
     def count_messages(self):
     _count_messages = nmlib.notmuch_query_count_messages
     _count_messages.argtypes = [NotmuchQueryP]
     _count_messages.restype = c_uint
 
     def count_messages(self):

-        """Estimate the number of messages matching the query
-
+        '''

         This function performs a search and returns Xapian's best
         This function performs a search and returns Xapian's best

-        guess as to the number of matching messages. It is much faster
-        than performing :meth:`search_messages` and counting the
-        result with `len()` (although it always returned the same
-        result in my tests). Technically, it wraps the underlying
-        *notmuch_query_count_messages* function.
+        guess as to the number of matching messages.

 
 

-        :returns: :class:`Messages`
-        """
+        :returns: the estimated number of messages matching this query
+        :rtype:   int
+        '''

         self._assert_query_is_initialized()
         return Query._count_messages(self._query)
 
         self._assert_query_is_initialized()
         return Query._count_messages(self._query)
 

+    _count_threads = nmlib.notmuch_query_count_threads
+    _count_threads.argtypes = [NotmuchQueryP]
+    _count_threads.restype = c_uint
+
+    def count_threads(self):
+        '''
+        This function performs a search and returns the number of
+        unique thread IDs in the matching messages. This is the same
+        as number of threads matching a search.
+
+        Note that this is a significantly heavier operation than
+        meth:`Query.count_messages`.
+
+        :returns: the number of threads returned by this query
+        :rtype:   int
+        '''
+        self._assert_query_is_initialized()
+        return Query._count_threads(self._query)
+

     _destroy = nmlib.notmuch_query_destroy
     _destroy.argtypes = [NotmuchQueryP]
     _destroy.restype = None
     _destroy = nmlib.notmuch_query_destroy
     _destroy.argtypes = [NotmuchQueryP]
     _destroy.restype = None