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| -rw-r--r-- | bindings/python/notmuch/database.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py index 3770b132..84cf79bb 100644 --- a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py +++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class Query(object): :param db: An open database which we derive the Query from. :type db: :class:`Database` :param querystr: The query string for the message. - :type querystr: str + :type querystr: utf-8 encoded str or unicode """ self._db = None self._query = None @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ class Query(object): :param db: Database to create the query from. :type db: :class:`Database` :param querystr: The query string - :type querystr: str + :type querystr: utf-8 encoded str or unicode :returns: Nothing :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` @@ -529,7 +529,9 @@ class Query(object): raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED) # create reference to parent db to keep it alive self._db = db - + if isinstance(querystr, unicode): + # xapian takes utf-8 encoded byte arrays + querystr = querystr.encode('utf-8') # create query, return None if too little mem available query_p = Query._create(db.db_p, querystr) if query_p is None: |