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authorKeith Bostic <keith@wiredtiger.com>2012-02-08 11:23:32 +0000
committerKeith Bostic <keith@wiredtiger.com>2012-02-08 11:23:32 +0000
commitf2451d82ddb4eed43051587c3636025802662707 (patch)
tree1fb715bb5b97b56ca18bfe00779d5f06e2a9bdac
parent8a9800336e06ba368c18cbe036193af824e149e2 (diff)
downloadmongo-f2451d82ddb4eed43051587c3636025802662707.tar.gz
Minor clarification of the meaning of WT_NOTFOUND: it's a cursor operation
only, not a "search" operation.
-rw-r--r--dist/api_data.py10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/dist/api_data.py b/dist/api_data.py
index 7629ba0f4e4..1c51d179650 100644
--- a/dist/api_data.py
+++ b/dist/api_data.py
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ errors = [
Error('WT_ERROR', 'non-specific WiredTiger error', '''
This error is generated for cases that are not covered by
specific error returns.'''),
- Error('WT_NOTFOUND', 'item not found', '''
- This return value indicates that a search operation did not
- find a record matching the application's search key. This
- includes implicit search operations in WT_CURSOR::update or
- WT_CURSOR::remove operations.'''),
+ Error('WT_NOTFOUND', 'cursor item not found', '''
+ This error indicates a cursor operation did not find a
+ record to return. This includes search and other
+ operations where no record matched the cursor's search
+ key such as WT_CURSOR::update or WT_CURSOR::remove.'''),
Error('WT_RESTART', 'restart the operation (internal)', undoc=True),
]