db: use symbolic constants for sort orders

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diff --git a/alot/db/sort.py b/alot/db/sort.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2012 Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>
+# This file is released under the GNU GPL, version 3 or a later revision.
+# For further details see the COPYING file
+
+import notmuch2
+
+ORDER = notmuch2.Database.SORT
+
+NAME = {
+    'oldest_first'  : ORDER.OLDEST_FIRST,
+    'newest_first'  : ORDER.NEWEST_FIRST,
+    'message_id'    : ORDER.MESSAGE_ID,
+    'unsorted'      : ORDER.UNSORTED,
+}