tests/readlink.py

obsolete: skip 'changectx' usage in unstable computation

We simplify the unstable computation code, skipping the expensive creation of
changectx object. We focus on efficient set operation and revnumber centric
functions.

In my mercurial development repository, this provides a 3x speedup to the
function:

  before: 5.319 ms
  after:  1.844 ms

repo details:

  total changesets:       40886
  obsolete changesets:     7756
  mutable (not obsolete):   293
  unstable:                  30

#!/usr/bin/env python

from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function

import errno
import os
import sys

for f in sys.argv[1:]:
    try:
        print(f, '->', os.readlink(f))
    except OSError as err:
        if err.errno != errno.EINVAL:
            raise
        print(f, '->', f, 'not a symlink')

sys.exit(0)