X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fnotmuch%2Fquery.py;h=25b9e78045528464bd135f32f524f78a4c64a04b;hp=14c00cd53cd64f802f6bfe39b536649e544a99cc;hb=798b74e859734d12c953390bca0753f8e5e1d67c;hpb=ff8f864245c3ac54cc23aa47af09c95cde484abb

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py
index 14c00cd5..25b9e780 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/query.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Query(object):
 
     def _assert_query_is_initialized(self):
         """Raises :exc:`NotInitializedError` if self._query is `None`"""
-        if self._query is None:
+        if not self._query:
             raise NotInitializedError()
 
     """notmuch_query_create"""
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Query(object):
         :param querystr: The query string
         :type querystr: utf-8 encoded str or unicode
         :returns: Nothing
-        :exception:
+        :raises:
             :exc:`NullPointerError` if the query creation failed
                 (e.g. too little memory).
             :exc:`NotInitializedError` if the underlying db was not
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Query(object):
         to get the value of this flag.
 
         :returns: :class:`Threads`
-        :exception: :exc:`NullPointerError` if search_threads failed
+        :raises: :exc:`NullPointerError` if search_threads failed
         """
         self._assert_query_is_initialized()
         threads_p = Query._search_threads(self._query)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Query(object):
         :class:`Messages` in the defined sort order
 
         :returns: :class:`Messages`
-        :exception: :exc:`NullPointerError` if search_messages failed
+        :raises: :exc:`NullPointerError` if search_messages failed
         """
         self._assert_query_is_initialized()
         msgs_p = Query._search_messages(self._query)
@@ -162,23 +162,18 @@ class Query(object):
             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):
-        """Estimate the number of messages matching the query
-
+        '''
         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)