Re: Feature Requests item #707547 (ldap_count_entries)

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Michael Str=F6der wrote:
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>  From the examples I saw OpenLDAP's ldap_count_entries() is typically=20
> used right before ldap_first_entry(). Is that right? Does=20
> ldap_count_entries() consume anything from the results returned?
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> Unfortunately the call of ldap_first_entry() in python-ldap is hidden i=
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> LDAPmessage_to_python() (see Modules/message.c) which in turn is called=
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> by the already overloaded l_ldap_result() (see Modules/LDAPObject.c).=20
> Changing anything here would result in a incompatible API change.

To rephrase my answer: Unfortunately ldap_count_entries() has to be calle=
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*after* ldap_result() and *before* ldap_first_entry().

> Now if ldap_count_entries() does not consume anything from the results =

> returned we could try to implement a solution for the following=20
> (fictious) Python code using async search:

Forget about that.

Ciao, Michael.