lib/n_d_needs_upgrade: handle error return from n_d_get_version

[notmuch] / lib / notmuch.h

diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h
index 82d6c10fefc7496c55e56a0541e8305538db20ee..f9e9cc413bcbe3daddde0431cbc07dc6f590a149 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/notmuch.h
+++ b/lib/notmuch.h
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database);
 
 /**
  * Return the database format version of the given database.
+ *
+ * @retval 0 on error
  */
 unsigned int
 notmuch_database_get_version (notmuch_database_t *database);
@@ -444,6 +446,9 @@ notmuch_database_get_version (notmuch_database_t *database);
  * fail with NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED.  This always returns
  * FALSE for a read-only database because there's no way to upgrade a
  * read-only database.
+ *
+ * Also returns FALSE if an error occurs accessing the database.
+ *
  */
 notmuch_bool_t
 notmuch_database_needs_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database);
@@ -1378,8 +1383,8 @@ notmuch_message_get_message_id (notmuch_message_t *message);
  * notmuch_message_destroy on 'message' or until a query from which it
  * derived is destroyed).
  *
- * This function will not return NULL since Notmuch ensures that every
- * message belongs to a single thread.
+ * This function will return NULL if triggers an unhandled Xapian
+ * exception.
  */
 const char *
 notmuch_message_get_thread_id (notmuch_message_t *message);