def delete(self, doc):
        if doc.id is None:
            raise DatabaseException('Document does not have id')
        if doc.sid is None:
            try:
                rs = self.db.docs.remove({'id': doc.id}, safe=True)
                assert rs['n'] == 1
            except Exception as e:
                raise DatabaseException(e)
            return None
        doc.data = None
        return self.update(doc)
def _rematcher(regex):
    """compile the regexp with the best available regexp engine and return a
    matcher function"""
    m = util.re.compile(regex)
    try:
        # slightly faster, provided by facebook's re2 bindings
        return m.test_match
    except AttributeError:
        return m.match