lib/cli: Make notmuch_database_open return a status code

It has been a long-standing issue that notmuch_database_open doesn't
return any indication of why it failed.  This patch changes its
prototype to return a notmuch_status_t and set an out-argument to the
database itself, like other functions that return both a status and an
object.

In the interest of atomicity, this also updates every use in the CLI
so that notmuch still compiles.  Since this patch does not update the
bindings, the Python bindings test fails.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h
index 7d9e0921..44b0c460 100644
--- a/lib/notmuch.h
+++ b/lib/notmuch.h
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ typedef enum {
     NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE
 } notmuch_database_mode_t;
 
-/* XXX: I think I'd like this to take an extra argument of
- * notmuch_status_t* for returning a status value on failure. */
-
 /* Open an existing notmuch database located at 'path'.
  *
  * The database should have been created at some time in the past,
@@ -168,12 +165,27 @@ typedef enum {
  * The caller should call notmuch_database_destroy when finished with
  * this database.
  *
- * In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing
- * an error message on stderr).
+ * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and
+ * sets *database to NULL (after printing an error message on stderr).
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully opened the database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'path' argument is NULL.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to open the
+ *	database file (such as permission denied, or file not found,
+ *	etc.), or the database version is unknown.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred.
  */
-notmuch_database_t *
+notmuch_status_t
 notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
-		       notmuch_database_mode_t mode);
+		       notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
+		       notmuch_database_t **database);
 
 /* Close the given notmuch database.
  *