+/* Coerce a notmuch_private_status_t value to a notmuch_status_t
+ * value, generating an internal error if the private value is equal
+ * to or greater than NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS. (The idea here is
+ * that the caller has previously handled any expected
+ * notmuch_private_status_t values.)
+ */
+#define COERCE_STATUS(private_status, format, ...) \
+ ((private_status >= (notmuch_private_status_t) NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS)\
+ ? \
+ (notmuch_status_t) _internal_error (format " (%s).\n", \
+ ##__VA_ARGS__, \
+ __location__) \
+ : \
+ (notmuch_status_t) private_status)
+
+/* thread.cc */
+
+notmuch_thread_t *
+_notmuch_thread_create (const void *talloc_owner,
+ notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
+ const char *thread_id);
+
+void
+_notmuch_thread_add_tag (notmuch_thread_t *thread, const char *tag);
+