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 _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