[Dovecot] fts plugin - purpose of get_last_uid() ?

[Per Jessen]

Per Jessen wrote:

> Timo Sirainen wrote:
> 
>> On 17.9.2010, at 9.46, Per Jessen wrote:
>> 
>>> It looks like the uid returned is only used as an indication of
>>> whether the maildir is fully indexed or not, is that correct?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>>> In my setup, the index is built externally and will _always_ be
>>> up-to-date.  Getting the last uid would mean running a query, which,
>>> whilst inexpensive, seems unnecessary if my understanding of the
>>> purpose of get_last_uid() is correct.
>> 
>> Right.
> 
> I guess I left out the most important question - what could I return
> as last uid to indicate 'all indexed'?

got it - maildir_uidlist_get_next_uid().


/Per Jessen, Zürich