def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def anypats(self):
        """None of .always(), .isexact(), and .prefix() is true --
        optimizations will be difficult."""
        return not self.always() and not self.isexact() and not self.prefix()