fix purge_results for args other than specified msg_id

The was a key mismatch when targets was specified (hub expected `engine_ids`, client gave `targets`), and the msg_ids='all' was transformed into msg_ids=['all'], which meant that no records
were purged.

Test included.

IPython/parallel/client/client.py

@@ -1305,14 +1305,15 b' class Client(HasTraits):'
         Individual results can be purged by msg_id, or the entire
         history of specific targets can be purged.
         
+        Use `purge_results('all')` to scrub everything from the Hub's db.
+        
         Parameters
         ----------
         
         jobs : str or list of str or AsyncResult objects
                 the msg_ids whose results should be forgotten.
         targets : int/str/list of ints/strs
-                The targets, by uuid or int_id, whose entire history is to be purged.
-                Use `targets='all'` to scrub everything from the Hub's memory.
+                The targets, by int_id, whose entire history is to be purged.
                 
                 default : None
         """
@@ -1322,19 +1323,22 b' class Client(HasTraits):'
             targets = self._build_targets(targets)[1]
         
         # construct msg_ids from jobs
-        msg_ids = []
-        if isinstance(jobs, (basestring,AsyncResult)):
-            jobs = [jobs]
-        bad_ids = filter(lambda obj: not isinstance(obj, (basestring, AsyncResult)), jobs)
-        if bad_ids:
-            raise TypeError("Invalid msg_id type %r, expected str or AsyncResult"%bad_ids[0])
-        for j in jobs:
-            if isinstance(j, AsyncResult):
-                msg_ids.extend(j.msg_ids)
-            else:
-                msg_ids.append(j)
-        
-        content = dict(targets=targets, msg_ids=msg_ids)
+        if jobs == 'all':
+            msg_ids = jobs
+        else:
+            msg_ids = []
+            if isinstance(jobs, (basestring,AsyncResult)):
+                jobs = [jobs]
+            bad_ids = filter(lambda obj: not isinstance(obj, (basestring, AsyncResult)), jobs)
+            if bad_ids:
+                raise TypeError("Invalid msg_id type %r, expected str or AsyncResult"%bad_ids[0])
+            for j in jobs:
+                if isinstance(j, AsyncResult):
+                    msg_ids.extend(j.msg_ids)
+                else:
+                    msg_ids.append(j)
+
+        content = dict(engine_ids=targets, msg_ids=msg_ids)
         self.session.send(self._query_socket, "purge_request", content=content)
         idents, msg = self.session.recv(self._query_socket, 0)
         if self.debug:

IPython/parallel/controller/hub.py

@@ -1063,6 +1063,7 b' class Hub(SessionFactory):'
         """Purge results from memory. This method is more valuable before we move
         to a DB based message storage mechanism."""
         content = msg['content']
+        self.log.info("Dropping records with %s", content)
         msg_ids = content.get('msg_ids', [])
         reply = dict(status='ok')
         if msg_ids == 'all':
@@ -1092,7 +1093,6 b' class Hub(SessionFactory):'
                         except:
                             reply = error.wrap_exception()
                         break
-                    msg_ids = self.completed.pop(eid)
                     uid = self.engines[eid].queue
                     try:
                         self.db.drop_matching_records(dict(engine_uuid=uid, completed={'$ne':None}))

IPython/parallel/tests/test_client.py

@@ -242,8 +242,16 b' class TestClient(ClusterTestCase):'
         self.assertRaisesRemote(KeyError, self.client.resubmit, ['invalid'])
 
     def test_purge_results(self):
+        # ensure there are some tasks
+        for i in range(5):
+            self.client[:].apply_sync(lambda : 1)
         hist = self.client.hub_history()
-        self.client.purge_results(hist)
+        self.client.purge_results(hist[-1])
         newhist = self.client.hub_history()
-        self.assertTrue(len(newhist) == 0)
+        self.assertEquals(len(newhist)+1,len(hist))
+        
+    def test_purge_all_results(self):
+        self.client.purge_results('all')
+        hist = self.client.hub_history()
+        self.assertEquals(len(hist), 0)