bdiff: use Python memory allocator in fixws
Python has its own memory allocation APIs. For allocations
<= 512 bytes, it allocates memory from arenas. This means that
average small allocations don't call the system allocator, which
makes them faster. Also, arena allocations cut down on memory
fragmentation, which can matter for performance in long-running
processes.
Another advantage of using the Python memory allocator is that
allocations are tracked by Python. This is a bigger deal in
Python 3, as modern versions of Python have some decent built-in
tools for examining memory usage, leaks, etc.
This patch converts a trivial malloc() + free() in the bdiff code
to use the Python allocator APIs. Since the object being
operated on is a line, chances are it will use an arena. So,
this could have a net positive impact on performance (although
I didn't measure it).
$ cat <<EOF >> $HGRCPATH
> [extensions]
> convert =
> [convert]
> hg.tagsbranch = 0
> EOF
$ hg init source
$ cd source
$ echo a > a
$ hg ci -qAm adda
Add a merge with one parent in the same branch
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -qAm changea
$ hg up -qC 0
$ hg branch branch0
marked working directory as branch branch0
(branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
$ echo b > b
$ hg ci -qAm addb
$ hg up -qC
$ hg merge default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg ci -qm mergeab
$ hg tag -ql mergeab
$ cd ..
Miss perl... sometimes
$ cat > filter.py <<EOF
> import sys, re
>
> r = re.compile(r'^(?:\d+|pulling from)')
> sys.stdout.writelines([l for l in sys.stdin if r.search(l)])
> EOF
convert
$ hg convert -v --config convert.hg.clonebranches=1 source dest |
> python filter.py
3 adda
2 changea
1 addb
pulling from default into branch0
1 changesets found
0 mergeab
pulling from default into branch0
1 changesets found
Add a merge with both parents and child in different branches
$ cd source
$ hg branch branch1
marked working directory as branch branch1
$ echo a > file1
$ hg ci -qAm c1
$ hg up -qC mergeab
$ hg branch branch2
marked working directory as branch branch2
$ echo a > file2
$ hg ci -qAm c2
$ hg merge branch1
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg branch branch3
marked working directory as branch branch3
$ hg ci -qAm c3
$ cd ..
incremental conversion
$ hg convert -v --config convert.hg.clonebranches=1 source dest |
> python filter.py
2 c1
pulling from branch0 into branch1
4 changesets found
1 c2
pulling from branch0 into branch2
4 changesets found
0 c3
pulling from branch1 into branch3
5 changesets found
pulling from branch2 into branch3
1 changesets found