query: Remove the magic NOTMUCH_QUERY_ALL

[notmuch] / notmuch.h

diff --git a/notmuch.h b/notmuch.h
index 10067d3fb499b271bdbd01e6ec7f11b0b520e4e0..df432bcc6605f5ddfb14e672bde30383e59ac37e 100644 (file)
--- a/notmuch.h
+++ b/notmuch.h
@@ -174,9 +174,8 @@ notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
  *
  * http://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html
  *
  *
  * http://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html
  *

- * As a special case, passing a value of NOTMUCH_QUERY_ALL for the
- * query string will result in a query that returns all messages in
- * the database.
+ * As a special case, passing a length-zero string, (that is ""), will
+ * result in a query that returns all messages in the database.

  *
  * See notmuch_query_set_sort for controlling the order of results and
  * notmuch_query_search to actually execute the query.
  *
  * See notmuch_query_set_sort for controlling the order of results and
  * notmuch_query_search to actually execute the query.


@@ -190,10 +189,6 @@ notmuch_query_t *
 notmuch_query_create (notmuch_database_t *database,
                      const char *query_string);
 
 notmuch_query_create (notmuch_database_t *database,
                      const char *query_string);
 

-/* Special value to cause notmuch_query_create to return all
- * messages. */
-extern const char *NOTMUCH_QUERY_ALL;
-

 /* Sort values for notmuch_query_set_sort */
 typedef enum {
     NOTMUCH_SORT_DATE_OLDEST_FIRST,
 /* Sort values for notmuch_query_set_sort */
 typedef enum {
     NOTMUCH_SORT_DATE_OLDEST_FIRST,