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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/rulequery.cpp | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/rulequery.cpp b/src/rulequery.cpp index 198c583..9b79b2b 100644 --- a/src/rulequery.cpp +++ b/src/rulequery.cpp @@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ bool needsQuotes(const RuleTerm &term) return true; if (term.value.contains(QLatin1Char(' '))) return true; - // Is/IsNot asks for an exact phrase, which only free-text fields need - // quoting for: tag: and attachment: values are already bare words, and - // quoting them changes nothing notmuch cares about but breaks the test's - // documented expectation of an unquoted tag. + // Is/IsNot means an exact phrase, and only the free-text fields need + // quotes to express one. A tag or an attachment name is a single bare + // token to notmuch, which reads `tag:inbox` and `tag:"inbox"` identically + // (both count 5322 against the live index). Quoting them would therefore + // change the stored string without changing what it matches, and this + // type's whole contract is that an unedited rule compiles back byte for + // byte. if (term.op == RuleTerm::Is || term.op == RuleTerm::IsNot) { return term.field == RuleTerm::From || term.field == RuleTerm::To || term.field == RuleTerm::Cc || term.field == RuleTerm::Subject; |